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• Smoke and Mirrors: ITMO’s Lighting Designers to Present Projects at Light Nights in Gatchina Festival

  …orary Art, Liza Savina, eminent Russian art curator and critic, Carole Purnelle, director of the Lumina Festival of Light (Portugal), and Caspar Lootsmann, art director of the Wandering Lights Festival (Estonia). All in all, the contestants’ works were evaluated by 27 judges. Among the projects selected are two installations by first-year Master’s students and one by…

  03.06.2019

• Konstantin Zaytsev, One of Top-5 Young Russian Scientists in Systems Biology, on Systems Biology in Russia

  … in a cell is actually the RNA that is defined by the cell type and particular processes that take place in this cell, like division or response to some external stimulant. We want to have the ability to understand several things at once: both the type of the cell and which processes have been activated in it. This is what my research is about. For how long have s…

  31.05.2019

• InnoCamp: How Russian and Finnish Students Reinvent Old Spaces

  …n, marketing, finances, and overall concept. During the remote stage, we tried to learn as much as we could about the citizens of Helsinki and similar locations in Finland. We wanted to develop the general aspects of the project and get into the specific stages of it once we got to Kotka. We also built a mockup of the building to gauge its scale and how much it can f…

  31.05.2019

• How Minkowski–Bouligand Dimension Helps Determine Signature Authenticity

  …he length of a coastline: the lesser is the scale (or the rod graduation of a ruler that we use to measure the coastline), the bigger its length will be. Just imagine that you want to measure the coastline of an island. When using different tools, like a rope, or a millimeter, centimeter, or meter ruler, we’ll be getting different results. The Minkowski–Bouligand dim…

  29.05.2019

• Summer Festivals in St. Petersburg

  …of yet, but as always, expect obscene amounts of delicious food. Entrance tickets are 400 rubles, but don’t forget to bring some pocket money to spend on all the offerings! Wanderlust 108 July 13, Yusupov Garden The worldwide “mindful triathlon” that combines a 5k run, some yoga, and a meditation session is held each summer all around the world, and St. Pete…

  28.05.2019

• Cybersport, Innovative Healthcare and Retail Solutions: Startups Present Their Projects at iHarvest Angels Pitch Session

  …er information and real cases from experienced coaches who trained successful cybersport teams. As of now, the company focuses on two major customer segments: the users who want to become professional players, and those who just want to play in comfortable environments. “We’re developing in several directions: we help users asse…

  28.05.2019

• Useful (and Not) Apps for Exploring St. Petersburg

  …opular media portal Paperpaper, this app (App Store) is akin to a crowdsourced map of the city featuring comments from the editorial team and other users. It works best if you want to see the city through locals' eyes, and if you like sharing your impressions with others. More of a social experience than a straightforward guide, it's sure to help you find some authen…

  27.05.2019

• Magic of Light Exhibition in Shanghai: The Dazzling Results

  …ction of holograms, which formed the centerpiece of the exhibition in Shanghai. “The museum had long worked behind closed doors, and you had to register in advance if you wanted to visit it. Among our visitors were mainly school students and ITMO University’s partners, and sometimes tourists. The museum worked like this until 2015, when the first Magic of Light …

  24.05.2019

• Get to Know ITMO’s Soft Skills Lecturers

  …e an expert in child-parent relationships as well as psychology. Dariya Treskunova, Efficient Team Management Why are soft skills so important for techies? If you want to thrive in the modern world, having an education, speaking two or three languages, coding for different platforms and devices is not enough. The most successful people today are strong i…

  23.05.2019

• ITMO Graduate and Business Coach Marianna Krel: When Working With People, Trust Comes Above All Else

  …ck then ITMO had just been granted the status of a national research university. My thesis was about developing an information system for a commercial bank branch. I really wanted to do something based on real data, not something from books. To find an academic advisor, I wrote letters to around a hundred different banks asking for help with a thesis project. I en…

  23.05.2019