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• The First Results of the Massive Open Online Course on Science Communication

  …The pioneering course gathered 1,653 applicants, 57 of them managed to complete more than 60% of all tasks. Those are actually good results — according to Anastasia Ivanova, supervisor of the project, usually only 3−7% of those who follow the course to its end, and only about 20−30% do as much as start completing the tasks at all. "Our statistics shows that 355 peo…

  14.12.2016

• IT-Breakthrough in St. Petersburg: from Machine Vision to Smart Feeders

  …uate of the Skolkovo Open University, advised him to refocus his project, as it can possibly solve the problem of machine vision that many companies work on. Andrei Myasnikov, managing partner of ITMO Future Technologies, also noted that the developers should better leave the idea of quadcopters and focus on the algorithm, which will be easier to sell to potential cl…

  14.12.2016

• Scientists Produce Water Based Tunable Metasurfaces

  … The concept of using water as meta-atoms was firstly proposed by staff of Technical University of Denmark Andrei Andryieuski and Andrei Lavrinenko in 2015. Now the scientists managed to put this idea ito practice due to a special microwave laboratory at ITMO University. Established in 2010, the lab is unique, because only private enterprises usually work with electr…

  13.12.2016

• This City Needs a Hero

  …a public vote. According to the organizers, the RBC Award aims at looking for new heroes who contribute to the well-being and prosperity of St. Petersburg through effective management and business activities. Mr. Vasilyev became one of these heroes this year. He became the best "State Official" and was awarded for developing business oriented activities at univ…

  12.12.2016

• ITMO has the Best Business Incubator in Russia

  … When asked what is the secret of our success, Nina Yanykina, head of the Project Management and Innovation Department, said that it’s "the best team, focus on results for our students, professors, innovators and entrepreneurs with whom we work, and also the desire, ability and possibility to look into the future and look for new ways to grow." She tells us that, at …

  08.12.2016

• The "3.0 Reload:" How to Make a Business Model

  … they also have to be useful despite whether they work at a corporation or for themselves," says the speaker. The 3.0 Reload project is based on the Faculty of Technological Management and Innovations and supported by the Project Management and Innovation Department. Its main goal is to assist ITMO’s research centers and departments i…

  07.12.2016

• How to Improve the Quality of Higher Education?

  …n values are freedom of choosing disciplines, practice-oriented programs and contacts between professors and graduates. Maria Stepanova, head of ITMO’s Department for Quality Management of Education, talked about how ITMO contributes to its educational system. According to the speaker, higher education should be based on competitiveness, using the best educational t…

  06.12.2016

• "Searching for Lost Kitties": ITMO student Develops an App for Finding Lost Pets

  …oaded a photo of a raccoon, but it still finds only striped cats. What of your project's future? Now I understand that apart from development, we have to do project management as well. Amongst our team, I seem to be the person who likes interacting with people the most, but it takes lots of time and effort. And I want to contribute to the program. There's …

  06.12.2016

• Reaching the Finals! ITMO’s Teams Do It Again at the ACM ICPC

  …me requirements. Five hours — too many or not enough? When preparing for the contest, participants pay a great attention to timing. The success depends on the correct time management, as demerit points are given to those who have solved the task when the time has expired. The main intrigue of the contest is also related to time. An hour before the round is finis…

  05.12.2016

• ITMO.START — the Academic Festival for School Students at ITMO University

  …earn about other research activities at ITMO University. The children also learned about the "People Need You!" social project contest, where the students can get skills in management, social entrepreneurship, leadership, promotion and communication. Those who came to the ITMO.START festival got the chance to learn about joining ITMO and its five Schools, and a…

  05.12.2016