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• The Second International Spatial Development Forum in St. Petersburg

  …aining its historical appearance. This often calls for extreme, unconventional solutions — believes Mr. Piotrovsky. It is also important that all the participants acknowledge the tasks that are now set before the governments of different cities. One of the key ones is searching for solutions that will be accepted by everyone. Administrations sometimes ignore go…

  26.09.2016

• The Future of Programming: IOI Winners Talked about their Challenges and Dreams

  …ontakte, Facebook and Telegram. It is easier to use one app at a time rather than on several.» According to Nodir, he has not made a decision about the application of his knowledge but currently he spends lots of his free time coding. The students are very ambitious about their future career. They dream about internships and then working at large IT giants such as J…

  23.09.2016

• The Question of Innovation: What Scientists Should Be Nourished?

  …cy of universities' heads as they set goals to their employees. Most rectors consider main universities' role as education. Moreover professors can only share theoretical knowledge. Moreover, scientists don’t understand the reason why to provide R&D activities — it is easier for them to receive grants. Small innovative enterprises bring little income so universities …

  22.09.2016

• ITMO University in the Times Higher Education Ranking for the First Time and Amongst Russia’s Top Three

  …aboration — 47.1%. Since 2011, the index for average citation of collaborative articles has increased twofold. In the Index of Rising Stars ranking, the Nature magazine acknowledged ITMO as a university that may well become one of the leaders among the modern scientific community. These positive dynamics were reflected by the THE ranking as well. «ITMO Universit…

  21.09.2016

• Volunteering in St. Petersburg: Present Situation and Prospects

  …Social advertising for it has only started to appear in the city. Still, there are organizations and communities that actively promote and do volunteering and share their knowledge with anyone interested — for example, the «Nevsky Angel» society. It is hard to find large partner companies for conducting volunteering initiatives in Saint Petersburg, as well — a…

  21.09.2016

• New Online Courses on the Open Education Platform. Part 2

  …nciples of fundamental mechanics, thermodynamics, basics of statistical physics and, and also fundamental electrodynamics as the main discipline. The latter requires deep knowledge of its' laws in mathematical terms, I mean vector algebra, differentiation and integrating, vector analysis and others. We also prepared explanations of physical and mathematical lectures …

  21.09.2016

• SAP Marketing Director Makes Predictions about the Future

  …e. To crown it all I want to repeat that the world changes extremely fast. Having spent many years working in this field I wouldn’t be surprised if one day all the knowledge I have will stop being relevant because someone invents something new like Facebook or Angry Birds. I am sure it will happen many more times.…

  20.09.2016

• New Online Courses on the Open Education Platform. Part 1

  …students will be able to use several most popular algorithmic methods for solving tasks with graphs. Those who will successfully pass the end exam will have the necessary knowledge to continue studying the Graph Theory independently. «The courses' main feature are interactive practical tasks based on RCLP-compatible virtual labs. This technology allows you to au…

  20.09.2016

• Philips’s Vice President: Darkness is the other side of the Lighting Design

  …ties of United Arab Emirates where they worked. Apart from art appreciation lighting designers have to understand how lighting technologies work. This skill includes the knowledge of fundamental physics and chemistry in order to choose the correct way of lighting. For example, Mr. Van der Heide developed the project for California Academy of Science. To light its' …

  19.09.2016

• ITMO Imagines at EAIE Conference and Expo in Liverpool

  … with universities abroad and to establish new and fruitful ones. Beyond the exhibition, the conference was packed with interesting sessions, networking events and knowledge-sharing opportunities. Everyone involved in international education at any level had an opportunity to learn from the vast experiences of all the presenters. However, Richard Gerver, th…

  19.09.2016