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• Data Science for Culture, Toxicity, and New Perception of Time: Researchers of New Media Discuss Trends in Digital World

  …d experienced by not a single subject but a multitude of them. The “present predicted” puts a person in a future situation where they exist at the present moment. This is attained with the help of gamification mechanisms, the application of categories that work in games (videogames or games as a type of cultural activity), i.e. it is possible to control people’s a…

  28.06.2019

• Leading the Way: 10th ITMO International Council Meeting Focused on Entrepreneurship and Tech Transfer

  …rtance of practice-oriented, well-organized education that strives to prepare students for a disorganized world, ensuring their continuous satisfaction with the process to maintain their interest and motivation throughout. The participants highlighted that modern professors should take on the role of mentors who, in the words of the Council expert Andrew Comrie, “mak…

  27.06.2019

• St. Petersburg to Get a Unified Human Capital Development Platform

  … discuss it with an expert. This provides prospective employees with opportunities for social mobility. Upon registration on the platform, each user is offered to take a certain test which explores various scenarios. The system applies different organizational models depending on users’ needs, that is there’ll be one model for children and students and another for…

  27.06.2019

• Twitch, Twitter and Depression: Young Researchers Present Their Projects at ITMO University Poster Session

  …l ones. In my new research, I have looked at the dynamics behind the hashtags Maduro and Guaidó to evaluate how the general public’s attitudes towards the two changed after certain events had transpired such as the burning of humanitarian aid convoys.  “Digital Transformation and Global Society” is one of the many St. Petersburg conferences dedicated to my researc…

  26.06.2019

• Shanghai Ranking: ITMO University Enters Global Top-100

  … such as publishing metrics and the number of laureates of prestigious awards among alumni and staff. In order to make it to the 2019 Ranking, universities had to provide a certain number of publications in journals included in the Web of Science database in the period from 2013 to 2017.  Over 1,700 universities from 86 countries made it to the list of the world’s…

  26.06.2019

• White Nights Forum Experts on Combating Pseudoscience in Medicine

  …ic approach, when a doctor dictates you a course of treatment with no explanations of the reasons why, anymore; it’s the attempt to affirm yourself as a person that wants to obtain reliable information and make an independent decision. We often make decisions on treatment based on liking a specific doctor. Failing which, it’s really easy to stumble on alternative met…

  25.06.2019

• The Scent of VR: New Device by ITMO University Student

  … scents that already exist out there, such as perfumes, the scent of coffee, alcohol, and various fragranced oils. After we choose a scent, we pour the fragrance into small containers connected to the part of the device which is located near the user’s nose. By the way, we can mix fragrances by regulating the containers’ valves. The dev…

  25.06.2019

• Leading Expert and IoT Architect Alexander Surkov on Current Trends in Internet of Things

  …dvantages. First, they allow for remote control. With their help, you can collect information about a big number of object and accumulate it in one place, and thus optimize certain processes. For some fields, like, for example, car sharing, such remote control is a necessity, while for others it’s more of a useful feature. Another scenario in which the Internet of…

  24.06.2019

• ITMO University Holds Training for Mentors of Regional Quantoriums

  … activities, and plan to come here one more time. Everything we did here can be projected onto our own work as mentors, and the team here also helped us with questions that pertained to other educational and pedagogical aspects, bringing us to the full picture of building a mentorship strategy when working with a child audience. This was very useful since our educati…

  24.06.2019

• 6 Tips for a Healthy Summer

  …d have a pleasant flow to them. Even better if the materials in question are ethically sourced, and for your outfit of choice to come from your wardrobe, charity shop, or a sustainable fashion brand that actually cares about the environment and welfare of their workers. Spend more time outside. Summer in the northern hemisphere usually means that you won’t freeze …

  21.06.2019