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• Why Teach Robots How to See? Nine Burning Questions About Computer Vision

  …Content list: What is computer vision? Why do we need computer vision? Can an AI or robot be taught to “see”? What changed with the advance in neural networks? What does it look like? What are the main achievements? How is computer vision used in various areas? What are researchers wo…

  19.08.2020

• How an ITMO Student and Her Friend's YouTube Channel is Breaking Stereotypes About Women in IT

  …’s experts, as well. Moreover, it was important to focus on live communication: our faces and emotions on camera are priceless. Now we are thinking about creating a podcast version of our interviews, but that is still in the plans. Perhaps there are no interviews because IT people don't like this genre? Isabella: According to our modest statistics and observati…

  19.08.2020

• This Mostly Stay-At-Home Weekend in St. Petersburg: August 22-23, 2020

  …al place to pick up some books in Russian if you wanted to practice it – and at better prices than in stores, too! This weekend’s program will feature live music and poetry sessions as well as the usual company of fellow bookworms and paperback enthusiasts. Don’t forget to be safe and sanitize your hands regularly. All Together Opera International Festival  …

  19.08.2020

• ITMO.GREEN Club Holds Online Ecohabits Camp

  …volunteer projects in Russia. “This year we celebrate the 100th anniversary of international volunteering. Various organizations all over the world had plans for this occasion. Of course, when we planned events for this season at the beginning of the year, we didn’t know how it’ll turn out. As we can see today, there was almost no season at all. At least somethi…

  18.08.2020

• Gold Changes Light: Scientists Find Optimal Nanoparticle Shape for Controlling Color

  …pulse intensity , we control the time that the metal spends in this liquid state, and the shape in which it will solidify. This is how nanobumps are created, hemispheric protrusions on the surface of a smooth gold film, that can be produced extremely quickly, at ten millions of them in a single second.” Search for an ideal form It is possible to generate …

  18.08.2020

• 5 Russian Architectural Wonders You Didn’t Know Existed

  …Founded in the 1930s, the theater was originally meant to attract youth and children and from the very beginning its directors tended to experiment with forms and creative decisions in the plays they produced. During the war, as the company had to move from location to location, more classical plays were adapted, making the repertoire more appealing to people of diff…

  17.08.2020

• Lasers for Medicine: ITMO and Partners Work on Improving Medical Titanium Alloys’ Biocompatibility

  …iocompatibility and microbial resistance. The laser will become the key instrument for controlling the functional properties of implants’ surface: a special combination of emission modes and schemes of scanning the surface with laser pulses makes it possible to simultaneously shape the surface structure and change its chemical composition. Apart from practical res…

  17.08.2020

• ITMO University Retains Its Position in Academic Ranking of World Universities

  …etwork science on belief system dynamics under logic constraints, co-authored by Anton Proskurnikov, a senior researcher at the Fin Q Lab; - On-chip generation of high-dimensional entangled quantum states and their coherent control, co-authored by Roberto Morandotti, a professor at the Department of Laser Systems and Technologies; - Surface patterning of nanopa…

  15.08.2020

• Friday Experiment: Decluttering

  … Back at my office, still very little progress was being made. “Mom, do we have glue?” asked my little son. I knew we did but where was it? In a radical “search for glue” mission, I pulled everything off the shelves and out of drawers, and once again made three piles, with trash being the biggest one. The Berlin Wall and the owl migrated to a designated shelf. Book…

  14.08.2020

• Reject All Labels: ITMO Master’s Student Finds Way to Make PET Plastic Production Eco-Friendly

  …The technology is based on the infusion of metal nanoparticles into the plastic used to manufacture bottles. The addition makes it possible to apply images onto the preform using a pulsed laser. ITMO.NEWS chatted to Ulyana about the new technology, the prospects of its integration, and its effects on the environmental aspects of plastic production and recycling. …

  13.08.2020