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Kickoff Meetup: Why Finland Is Great For a Career in Game Development
…ciences). The government, too, actively supports game developers, and their community is very open to new ideas and participants. Each month, they host major events where they share experience and practices with each other. Credit: yllaslevi.com Living and working in Finland One has to understand that even though Finns are Europeans, being cut off from the m…
17.11.2017
Alena Shchelokova, Presidential Scholarship Recipient: To Achieve Something, You Have to Get Over Yourself
…search in a new team. This trip was a real challenge. On the other hand, I got the unique opportunity to learn how research is conducted at other universities, work in Yuri Kivshar’s team (professor at Australian National University and chief research associate at the Department of Nanophotonics and Metamaterials), adopt some of their methods and workstyle that can b…
16.11.2017
ITMO’s 7th International Council Meeting in Arizona
…ext few years and, in this most recent meeting, we explored them in more detail. The Council’s members provide us with a high quality of expertise, which we are grateful for,” shared Daria Kozlova, ITMO’s First Vice Rector. As the meeting was held on the campus of the University of Arizona (UA), it offered an excellent opportunity for ITMO’s representatives and …
15.11.2017
"Assemble a University": Nationwide Hackathon Contributes to NTI Project
…h between functions or perform routine written assignments. Trend: feedback on the lecturers’ work and students’ achievements The Polymer team decided to help students share opinions of different lectures. Oftentimes, even if a lecture is interesting, the students don’t get a summary of it or the opportunity to ask the lecturer questions. To help deal with th…
13.11.2017
ITMO Scientists Develop Gene Analysis Software to Combat Superbug Viruses
…nes) in its DNA or metagenome. On the one hand, these genes help regular flora survive. However, on the other hand, recent studies have shown that gut microbiota is capable of sharing resistance genes with pathogens, thus making them resistant to available therapies. In this light, the study of how resistance genes spread becomes especially important. Programmers …
13.11.2017
WCSJ-2017: Making Science More Popular Than Politics
…f as both a representative of the Russian SciComm community in general and AKSON in particular. I’ve developed ideas for joint projects and useful contacts that I’m anxious to share with my colleagues in mass media and universities. Our task right now is to get more Russians to participate in the conference in Lausanne and expand our professional network,” – said Ale…
10.11.2017
Watching the Stars: Technologies of St. Petersburg’s New Planetarium
…ve the appearance of 360-degree videos,” comments Nikolai Matveev. Nikolai Matveev He adds that planetariums usually employ special dome casings to amplify the image’s sharpness. For instance, such casing has to be grey-ish, and not completely white. Also, hemispheric structures often demonstrate remarkable acoustics; thus, being at one side of the dome, one …
09.11.2017
WorldSkills: How World-Class Specialists are Trained in Russia
…m other regions of the country who pass on the skills they acquired in their localities. In the future, notes the expert, the acquired experience is to be developed and shared on a nationwide scale to create a training system for specialists in industry and higher education. An intercollegiate championship modeled on the WorldSkills standards is already on the…
08.11.2017
Artur Khanov: I Can’t Even Imagine A Profession That Gives You This Much Freedom
…ng, just continue working on it. How do you plan to develop both yourself and your projects in the future? I hope that in five years I’ll still be surrounded by people who share knowledge and help me learn what I still don’t know. It is most important to always move on, and continue searching for this “magic” side of technologies that hackers admire. As for my pr…
07.11.2017
Technopark Resident's Projects Get Government Support At Sochi Youth Expo
…ll Russian projects, the best were selected, including all three of ITMO’s projects; finally, out of these 40 the 8 best projects were chosen – our two projects among them,” – shares Ivan Mukhin. The proposal for the introduction of new equipment to Russian schools involves both of NT-SPb’s microscopes. The Ministry of Industry and Trade will now collaborate wit…
07.11.2017