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ITMO University and VR/AR Association Host Japan VR/AR Day in St. Petersburg
…mbers of the scientific community and focuses on AI technologies. Our current project combines the functionality of AI and an appraiser. The iPad app MEKIKI can be used if you want to, say, sell a brand bag or wristwatch that you no longer need. Usually, you’d have to take this kind of item to a pawnshop and have someone appraise it. We, however, want to activate Internet on your phone, or change your rate plan, or solve some other problem and get feedback, you most often have to deal with a chatbot. Its efficiency is estimated to be so…
29.11.2018
This Weekend in St. Petersburg: December 1-2
…sts managed to ‘save’ (take from that what you will), cooked by a restaurant chef Ilya Shapiro. Admission is free, you just need to register here for each individual event you want to attend, and here if you feel adventurous enough to drop by said dinner. Gold Turtle exhibition and ‘adopt don’t shop’ pets fest Where are our nature lovers at? Loft Project Etagi …
28.11.2018
Professor Sergei Tihodeev on Soviet Science and Collaboration with ITMO University
…ds that are currently popular. What do you think about this change? I was in the USA during the dissolution of the Soviet Union. At that time, I knew for sure that I didn't want to stay in a foreign country where all they do is write projects to compete for financing. Still, in just a couple of years, I had to start doing the same here. I guess it's inevitable …
28.11.2018
Physicists Conduct Study of Terahertz Radiation in Liquids
…back of fluid is its large absorption. We plan to solve this problem by optimizing the type of fluid, the shape of the jet, the pump power and a number of other parameters. We want to experimentally find the optimal parameters for the radiation generation in different liquids, as well as to develop a theoretical model based on this data. It can be used to create a pr…
28.11.2018
Pop-Science Cinema at ITMO University
… learns to play games, while the developers strive to figure out how to equip it with intuition. ITMO University is all about cutting-edge computer technologies; that’s why we wanted our students to watch this movie. We hoped that it would give them food for thought and encourage them to create something just as complex and amazing," shares Ms. Polishchuk. The s…
26.11.2018
Andrey Breslav on Kotlin, Time-Management, and Being a Programmer
…t of my PhD studies I researched the field of domain-specific languages, which are like programming languages, but not universal. They wouldn’t allow you to write anything you want; on the contrary, these languages target specific, limited tasks. This is the topic that has its niche, but it hasn’t become mainstream yet. As I was doing this research, I heard fr…
26.11.2018
Dobby, Russian-Style
…Most of my American friends think it’s weird that I keep a little handmade domovoi – or a house elf – in the back of my pantry just because I want to hedge my bets and make friend with whatever supernatural forces that might also inhabit my house. OK, that didn’t come out right… But hey, lots of people used to hang socks for Dobby, right? Some Russians get along w…
26.11.2018
The Magic of St. Petersburg Philharmonia
… the diamond earrings she’d inherited from her mom. My grandma had been going to the Leningrad Philharmonia (now called the St. Petersburg Philharmonia) her entire life and wanted to make sure that I did, too. At some point, she held several season tickets (a ticket to a series of concerts united by the same theme), which she used to bring along her various girlfr…
23.11.2018
KonFest 2018: Experts on Development of K2B Market
…has been working in the field of intellectual capital since 1999. According to Valery Platonov, KonFest's main goal is aimed at the future. "We both have children, and we want them to stay in our beautiful country after they graduate, says Valery. We don't want the brain leak to continue: we are well capable of launching great comp…
23.11.2018