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• The Ultimate Guide to the Russian Banya (Part 2)

  …nstairs in the "Banya Shop' where a moderately jovial lady sells a decent variety of Veniki, at prices ranging from 120 to 300 rubles (if you need reminding, she is quite knowledgeable on their various properties.) The shop also stocks an impressive range of Banya hats; I picked up one emblazoned with a red Soviet star, a snip at just 350 rubles. The real disappoi…

  02.12.2016

• ITMO University Enters Times Higher Education BRICS & Emerging Economies Rankings

  … (learning environment), research (volume, income and reputation), citations (research influence), international outlook (staff, students, research), and industry income (knowledge transfer). The ranking only includes universities in countries classified as "advanced emerging", "secondary emerging" or "frontier" by FTSE. ITMO University Rector Vladimir Vasilyev com…

  01.12.2016

• Vladimir Vasilyev — Rector of the Year

  …e year. ITMO’s Rector Vladimir Vasilyev was chosen as the best university head. "A modern university is not just an establishment focused of generating and transferring knowledge; it’s a driver for the city’s development — its economics, infrastructure and culture. This is what we aim for. Inventions by ITMO’s scientists protect St Petersburg from floods, help impr…

  28.11.2016

• A New City Guide App from the Science Slam Participant

  …o anything: you can change the route at any moment. In the future, it may even be used for booking a hotel or a table at a restaurant — so the application will become a full-fledged travel assistant in your pocket. Credit: depositphotos.com…

  24.11.2016

• ITMO Master’s Student Is in the Top-6 of the TopCoder Open 2016

  …add functionality or make changes to an existing product. In UI Design participants get to develop a design concept from scratch or they can use their rapid prototyping, knowledge of responsive frameworks, JavaScript and HTML skill to compete in UI Prototype. Traditionally TopCoder Open finals take place online but starting last year the organizers started to hold …

  22.11.2016

• ITMO Sport Guide Part 2: Things about Sport You Should Know

  … the better! If you didn’t pay any attention to sport at high school you have a wonderful chance to start doing it at ITMO. The University makes it possible to receive knowledge and take care about your health. Those who already have an experience can continue doing some sport, participate in competitions and also serve as coaches. Sport helps you to be a stude…

  18.11.2016

• IOT-OPEN.EU — the New Open Course on the Internet of Things

  …y work out the course and train lecturers, the trends change and the program is no longer relevant. Another pressing problem is a lack of time and resources to launch a full-fledged IoT course. Will the new IoT course be targeted at professionals only, or it'll do good for common people as well? We believe that we have to create several programs for t…

  18.11.2016

• Gutenberg’s Lounge — Machines and Intuition

  …n Ivanchei, Gutenberg's Lounge Depicting intuition This model can explain intuition, as well. We are likely to feel what we call intuition when we use this implicit knowledge. Note that when we "feel" intuition, we are totally sure that we know how to do something, while we can't explain why. Another example: almost everyone has experienced this feeling when so…

  17.11.2016

• World’s Science Day: What Are the Cherished Dreams of Researchers?

  …rst academic advisor, she organized my first science conference and gave an opportunity to gain first prizes. I am very grateful to her, as she gifted me with passion for knowledge and striving for victory. My field is ecology and environmental protection. Its interdisciplinary approaches make ecology very interesting. To become versed in this field, one has to know…

  10.11.2016

• Happy Birthday Computer Virus

  …ffs reading this probably have watched at least one spy movie which featured a USB drive that had a program on it that could hack any system. Experts at all levels have acknowledged that a program that can find all previously unknown vulnerabilities in the system is as unlikely as perpetual motion. "I’m not afraid of viruses; I have nothing anyone would want to st…

  10.11.2016