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Affiliate-Friendly Advertising Network: Connecting Small Businesses and Clients
… water. We think that our algorithm can be especially useful for small businesses.” Prototype The team is now working on a paper-based prototype of their map: they want to equip every cafe and bar with a special box where they’ll place discount vouchers for services rendered by their partner-companies. “The main goal of this prototype is to find out …
20.12.2018
This Weekend in St. Petersburg: December 22-23
University of South Carolina Professor on Development of Anticancer Drugs
…Cancer is something we want to get rid of. If a patient comes with a bacteria-caused disease, what do we do? We choose and prescribe them an antibiotic treatment which kills off harmful bacteria. But how to find an antibiotic for cancer? The main problem we face here is that we can’t create a drug that would target tumorous cells and nothing else. This is the reas…
19.12.2018
ITMO University Lecturers on Benefits of Using Online Courses in Teaching
…our teaching, or, in other words, to include online courses in the course curriculum, in full or in parts. I set myself a task of making the process fully automated: those who want and can do an online course and get a certificate at the end of it head to the online platform, while those who don’t always have the option of attending in-class lectures. I tell my st…
18.12.2018
Andrei Maiboroda, Writer and Entrepreneur: If You Work a Lot, You Are Destined to Succeed
…ok about? While my previous book "Sell=Help" focused on sales, my recent one is dedicated to the application aspects of business development. Let's say you're a student who wants to launch your own business, but you still haven't decided what you want it to be like. In this situation, you'll find practical advice most useful. The …
18.12.2018
Musicians: Nature or Nurture? Science Journalist Asya Kazantseva Explains
… buzz, the ones suggesting that music is good for your brain included, is that they are prone to survivorship bias: it’s typical that the articles which say things we like and want to hear are the ones to get published, and people tend to overlook the more important information of those that didn’t make the cut. Such correlation also doesn’t imply any causality. M…
17.12.2018
University of Twente’s Stefano Stramigioli: Robotics Is About Giving Machines Life
…o do something new here in St. Petersburg. Even though I’m not in St. Petersburg all the time and only come here a few times a year, we always stay in touch. If my students want to discuss their ideas, they send them to me. But, of course, when I’m here it is much easier to collaborate. The course I teach at ITMO University has PhD and Master’s students alike, and…
17.12.2018
Yaks and the Milky Way: Warming up on a Cold Day
…When friends ask me what I want from Russia, I almost always say instant soup. They do a double take and I ask them to go to a Lenta store and buy a bag of “Tomato and Basil” and “Chicken Noodle with Croutons,” but not the creamy kind. That adds to my overall image of their slightly insane friend, but they do it nevertheless, and on cold mornings and evenings I treat…
17.12.2018
InnoJam "TimeHack": Real Options Theory and Machine Learning
…d of information technologies and enterprise management systems, developing industry-specific software and supporting IT-infrastructures. The issue that ITSK's representatives wanted help with was the absence of an effective tool for managing the developer team and monitoring the tasks their IT specialists work on. Searching for an effective management instrument …
14.12.2018
WorldSkills Winner on His Competition Experience
…ing, you can turn off your head and go with your reflexes, but you can’t do this in WorldSkills, and it’s harder to manage your emotions. Now I’m busy searching for work; I want to find a job that will help me develop. I’ve decided that I want to pursue my career in the field of refrigeration equipment as I see lots of opportunities …
14.12.2018