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Edcrunch 2017: Prospects of Online Education in Russia
…ompleted. ITMO is responsible for developing the access method to the online courses. Andrei Lyamin, Director of ITMO's Center for Distance Learning and the project's head, shared about the technical requirements that the courses will have to comply with. When filing an application for the course to be presented on the portal, its authors will have to give the exp…
09.10.2017
ITMO's Young Scientists Get Grants as Part of UMNIK Program
…er develop our innovative economy. What's most important is that the ideas you have should be implemented in order to benefit our people, our city and the country in general," shared ITMO's Rector. Winners of the UMNIK grants Among the 25 winners, three represent ITMO University. These young researchers discussed the projects they’ll be working on over the c…
06.10.2017
Telemedicine in Russia: How IT Technologies Help Improve the Healthcare System
…both students and interns, as well as doctors in further training. This is why back in 2011, we've launched the Center for Simulation Education at the Almazov Medical Center," shares Tatyana Matveichuk, the Center's head. One of the Center's best features is that it has both simulation education systems and access to real surgical wards, delivery rooms and lectu…
05.10.2017
Anvar Zakhidov On His Collaboration With ITMO and METANANO Conference
…, you can effectively study them and create new devices. Before I brought the technology for creating perovskites to Russia, no one really researched them here. At first, I shared the knowledge with my colleagues from MISIS, where I've been working for two years on a grant project. Several years later, I gave a lecture at ITMO's Metamaterials laboratory and got in…
05.10.2017
Digital Humanities: Digitizing History
…ngineering and Computer Graphics, presented a project on the Solovetsky monastery's multimedia information system. Anna Spiridonova, Assistant Professor at the same department shared about her research in the field of using light as media in art and culture. …
04.10.2017
Blogger Boris Tsatsulin on Science Writing, Kamchatka and Memes
…ready knew the fundamentals, it was easier to search for true data amongst the abundance of false methods and ineffective programs. I liked that, so I started to write a blog, share what I’ve learned. Bloggers often change their format at a certain point. Did you experiment with that? Initially, my format was similar to lectures - presentation plus my voice; ot…
02.10.2017
Spatial Development Forum: How Citizens Create Smart Cities
…they feel, etc. In theory, analysis of such data can help both create smart technologies and maintain their effectiveness. Expert tips At the plenary discussion, experts shared their advice on how smart-city technologies can be created and adopted in a cost-efficient way and with the most impact on the city. Ksenia Mokrushina, Director of the Center for Urba…
29.09.2017
ITMO won Silver "Dolphin" at the Cannes Corporate Media and TV awards
…of gigabytes of inspiring content. It was an interesting experience, which will have a positive impact on filmmaking at the University, because we already have a few ideas," - shares Ekaterina Boglayeva, head of the ITMO's Press Service. There are altogether five main categories in the competition: Corporate Films and Videos, Documentaries and Reports (TV, O…
29.09.2017
ITMO's Metamaterial MRI-Boosting Invention Praised by St. Petersburg Government
…d in teslas. Today, hospitals in Russia tend to use middle-field MRI units with a strength of 1.5 tesla, which are already being phased out by three-tesla units, which produce sharper images. However, fields of that strength can have harmful effects on human health, including overheating of organic tissue. Seven-tesla tomographs also exist and are used for scientific…
28.09.2017
Google Celebrates 19th Birthday
…ch requests”. Experts, in turn, have suggested that this would mean at least two trillions. These suggestions are mostly based on the official stats for 2012, which Google had shared with the public. Back then, the figure amounted to 1.2 trillion. In the subsequent four years, the company is likely to have increased it at least twofold. It is estimated that Google…
27.09.2017