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• How Do Russian MOOC Platforms Compete With World Top MOOC Providers? Courseburg Investigates

  …me of incoming traffic.” The platforms may want to work on expanding their audiences and gaining brand recognition through offline activities and developing their partner networks. Leading in email referrals (14,37%) is the ‘Open Education’ platform; other platforms didn’t manage to achieve significant results in this type of traffic, which signals the necess…

  16.07.2018

• Urban Scientist Steve Kuddins on Overfencing in St. Petersburg: Causes and Solutions

  … We hope that raw numbers would be enough to persuade the officials. You have to understand that it all depends on us, as well - as long as we keep silent or argue on the Internet, nothing is going to change. If we start to channel our indignation into simple efficient actions, like sending appeals, the city officials will have formal grounds to do something. Everyth…

  13.07.2018

• Young Scientists From ITMO University Win IEEE Photonics Society Awards

  …nd Educational Center for Nanophotonics and Metamaterials. Most notably, I do research in the field of metasurfaces, two-dimensional composite structures with unique electromagnetic properties. For example, I’m involved in a project aimed at integrating these metasurfaces into magnetic resonance tomographs (MRTs) in order to improve …

  13.07.2018

• TEDxSZIU: Experts Share Their Vision of the Future

  …kinds of people in the modern world: some respect self-esteem and creativity, others - hierarchy and authority. Mr. Fomintsev believes that it is communities that shape social networks, ones with no hierarchy and authority, that can become the drivers of change. Before everything else, people compete for social ties which, in turn, help them acquire particular…

  12.07.2018

• Campus Festival: How Studying Emotions Helps Urban Developers

  …urban space in a comprehensive manner. We focus our research on such topics as city emotions, as well as cities' natural habitats that can be defined based on data from social networks and have borders different from those of the administrative districts. We also analyze city voids, a subject that few urban specialists pay attention to, as we believe that city voids …

  11.07.2018

• ‘New Wallet’ Founder Mikhail Leontiev: ‘My Ultimate Goal is to Make People Associate Russia with Business’

  …ssia ever since. Your brand is now five years old. What results has it achieved? Today, ‘New Wallet’ products are sold in 150 shops nationwide. We developed an extensive network of partnering stores which includes both small independent shops and big retailers like “Yunost”, “Garazh”, “Respublica”, among many others. 2017 for us was a year of collaborati…

  11.07.2018

• How Blockchain Technologies Are Changing Everyday Professions

  …se developers who will create the blockchain of the future. The current state of blockchain that is now a hot topic is already this technology's past; it mostly has to do with networks for creating e-wallets and purchasing tokens. The blockchain of the future is different, as the current execution of blockchain technology has many flaws: for instance, the high commis…

  10.07.2018

• M-Cube Project: Solution for Faster and Safer MRI

  … M-Cube became one of the 22 winners, surpassing 542 participants. The research project is coordinated by Aix-Marseille University (the Fresnel Institute and the Center for Magnetic Resonance in Biology and Medicine). The M-Cube project unites eight universities and research centers, including Aix-Marseille University, the French Alternative Energies and Atomic En…

  10.07.2018

• ITMO.Live 2018: Graduates Celebrate at Peter and Paul Fortress

  …there are many opportunities to do research at the department. I started working at the Computer Technologies international laboratory, and did research in the field of social networks; last year, I went to the United States to present my project, and this year, I used it for my thesis defense. I plan to continue my education with a PhD program at ITMO University, as…

  09.07.2018

• Applying to ITMO as an International Student: Admissions Process Tips and Tricks

  … with NASA for you to explore, for example, check this short but informative video about Mars to find out if it’s really red! Introduction to Physics: Thermal and Electromagnetic Phenomena Developed by School №30, a prominent St. Petersburg institution specializing in Maths and Physics, this course will be invaluable for school students preparing to take their …

  06.07.2018