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• ITMO University Launches Laboratory of Quantum Processes and Measurements

  … are launching the new laboratory is to conduct fundamental research in the field of quantum optics and quantum information theory. Quantum effects are very popular in today’s science, so this field develops at a breathtaking pace. Quantum teleportation, quantum computers, quantum cryptography have been of interest to scientists for man…

  14.04.2020

• Crash Course: the Hirsch Index

  … the h-index? How is it calculated? Who calculates the h-index? Are there ways to prevent boosting?  So, does a high h-index mean that its owner is at the frontline of science? Can you use the h-index to compare the scientific impact of an engineer and a philologist? Are there other ways to compare the impact of

  14.04.2020

• ITMO University and Yandex Launch New Master’s Program in Data Analytics

  … smart cameras performing facial recognition – all this would be impossible without data analysis and machine learning. Big data is also becoming more and more sought after in science, being used for decoding genomes, researching new molecules, and analyzing the creative legacy of writers of the past.  Given that the demand for data analysis specialists only conti…

  14.04.2020

• ITMO University Scientists Create App to Calculate COVID-19 Infection Risks Based on Human Behavior

  … and organize movement of crowds in places where people are likely to be present in large numbers so as to reduce the risk of infection while causing the least discomfort. The scientists are also considering launching a service to facilitate interactions between citizens and small businesses in the conditions of social isolation.…

  13.04.2020

• Researchers Demonstrate a Platform for Future Optical Transistors

  …ns, light particles, instead of electrons. Devices that use photons for information encoding would produce less heat, require less energy, and work faster. That is exactly why scientists all over the world conduct research in the field of optical computers. However, making an optical transistor is not an easy task, because one can not simply replace the electrons in …

  13.04.2020

• How Reading and Literature Changed in the Digital Age

  …f it as of something necessary and unavoidable. For the most part of human history, that’s how it was: literature was the main source of knowledge on history, culture, natural sciences, and psychology. Reading was absolutely necessary.  Plus, most people were reading pretty much the same books.People aged 35-50 have similar must-read lists, and these choices seem …

  10.04.2020

• Gaka-Chu: The Robot That Dreams of Being an Artist

  …uld be independent but would lack any form of connection with the outside world – something that is somehow transmitted through art. While working on my thesis for my Art & Science Master’s program, I discovered one important thing. What now is becoming a fundamental element of sci-fi pop culture and defines our era — artificial life and robots — isn't a disassoci…

  10.04.2020

• ITMO University PhD Student Evgeniy Odlyanitskiy on Creating a Laser Facility During Isolation

  …The first one in Europe, the second one worldwide Evgeniy, tell us, why was this facility assembled in France? University of Bordeaux scientists have been working in this field for several years now. They had the necessary laboratory equipment, parts of the mechanism and materials, but no specialist who would assemble it. Due to the fact that my thesis advisor,…

  09.04.2020

• Scientists from ITMO and S.N. Fyodorov Eye Microsurgery Complex Have Developed and Introduced New Laser Method for Cataract Surgery

  …always go well.” Two lasers instead of one In the recent decades, many researchers placed their focus on reducing the traumatizing effect of cataract surgery. In 1997, scientists from ITMO University and S.N. Fyodorov Eye Microsurgery Complex, as well as several other research institutions, started to experiment with the use of laser radiation for destroying …

  08.04.2020

• Oncologist Maksim Kotov: Communicating With a Patient Shouldn’t Be a Game of Luck

  …dance with the Calgary–Cambridge consultation model, my experience and all the knowledge I obtain during my studies in Russia and abroad. Medical consultation algorithm for science communicators Why can this subject be useful to science popularizers? Because many of them specialize in communication in medicine. So naturally…

  08.04.2020