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SciComm in Russia: How Does It Work and What’s Its Future?
If you think that everyone knows that the Earth revolves around the Sun — well, you'd be disappointed. According to data gathered by the Higher School of Economics three years ago, 8% of respondents in Russia still believed it's vice versa. So, what does this mean? At the very least, it means that science writers, communicators and journalists still have a lot to do! During the recent course "Theory and Practice of Science Communication", its participants learned how to speak about complex things to a wide audience, why business needs science communication, and what will be popular science's future.
02.03.2017
Startups from an Ice-Hole:
Oulu, a small town in the north of Finland, recently hosted the Polar Bear Pitching contest for innovative startups. The contest's main feature is its original format: all the developers present their projects while standing waist-deep in an ice-hole. This was the fourth time that the contest was held in Oulu; it has already attracted the attention of foreign startupers, so the project's geography constantly grows. This year, participants from ITMO University participated in the contest, as well.
01.03.2017
JavaScript, С, PHP and Python: ITMO’s Master’s Students on How to Create a Website in 45 Minutes
Which programming languages one should learn to create a full-fledged website? How to do the design layout justice? And how to combine all that in such a way, that the website will look great on both a PC and a mobile device? Master's students from ITMO's Department of Computer Engineering and Design can do all the graphics and coding in just 45 minutes, and can well explain a novice web-developer how to create a modern adaptive website from scratch. What can one learn in a short time, and how to choose "your" programming language — read this and more in our article!
28.02.2017
Russian Men’s Day, Women’s Day and the Danger of the Frying Pan
If Russians have two New Years (read more about it in our Idiot’s Guide to the Russian New Year), what can stop them to have two Valentine’s Days? Nothing! Russians do things in a big way, so they have Men’s Day and Women’s Day, and celebrate them within days of each other so no-one gets left out. Being among Russia’s "sacred" holidays, they involve any man or woman, regardless of their relationship status. Born out of violent causes of war and suffrage, they’ve turned into a celebration of love and appreciation.
23.02.2017
Experience Is a Must: American Experts on Business-University Cooperation
A university's profile depends not on rankings, but on how its graduates succeed, believe Casey Sax, vice chancellor of West Virginia's Department of Vocational and Technical Education, and Inta Morris, head of the International Office of the Department of Higher Education of Colorado (USA). The experts came to ITMO University to find more about its entrepreneurial infrastructure. The American colleagues are sure that in both Russia and the USA, education shares the same goal: to train its graduates 100% ready for future work. In an interview to ITMO.NEWS, they've shared about why it is important to focus on demands of particular enterprises, and how the graduates' quality affects the economics of the whole region.
21.02.2017
Does Your School Have the Best Programmers? ITMO Does!
On February 19 HackerRank platform published the results of the University CodeSprint, the international contest for programmers. This year ITMO University took first place (361.9 points) by a significant margin (the team placed 2nd got only 299.58 points).
21.02.2017
How to Make an Ideal Pitch and Win the Investor: Lessons and Tips from the Saint-Startup Forum
How can a first year student create his first serious business, or persuade an investor in just 4 minutes? These and many more questions were answered at the Saint-Startup Forum last Saturday at ITMO University. The event included business games, quests, meeting with investors, an "ideal pitch session" and the final battle of startups — not to speak of life-hacks, unique success cases, and many advices from the market's experts.
20.02.2017
The "Dream Tasks" of Photonics: Sergei Makarov and Anvar Zakhidov Share about ITMO’s Collaboration on Hybrid Perovskites
In the end of last September, ITMO University and the University of Texas at Dallas won a big grant, which will be used to build Russia's first laboratory for creating new optoelectric devices based on hybrid perovskites. So, how will the unique laboratory work, what are flexible lasers and is it possible to create a teraherz device that can see trough walls? Learn this and more from our article.
16.02.2017
Female Scientists on Their Work, Inspiration and the Magic of Science
On February, 11th, it was the International Day of Women and Girls in Science. Scientist is one of the world's most interesting jobs, but it sure is not easy. We've asked female scientists from ITMO University to share about how they came to work as scientists, what they dream to achieve and what inspires them.
11.02.2017
International Experts on Business Incubators and Accelerators in Russia
What are startup accelerators and business incubators about? Growing a new generation of entrepreneurs? Speeding up startup development? It hasn't been long since they've appeared in Russia, but now a Russian university can't call itself progressive if it has no entrepreneurial environment. Yet, in pursuit of modern tendencies, one must not forget the very point of creating business incubators. Tom Strodtback, Director of European and Asian Partnerships at Global Accelerator Network, and Lynn Robertson, Liverpool Incubator Manager at Santander UK Corporate & Commercial, shared about how incubators help novice entrepreneurs, who invest in startups and their impressions of the entrepreneurial environment in Russia. Tom Strodtback and Lynn Robertson came to Russia to speak at a seminar for heads of business incubators and technoparks, which was hosted by ITMO University on February 6−7.
10.02.2017