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• Geography for All: Why Science Popularization Matters

  … doesn’t amount to much, as the average score of participants hovers around the “satisfactory” mark, a rather unsatisfactory fact lamented by the Russian Geographical Society networking projects coordinator Andrey Katorgin. “Most people have a simplistic notion of geography as a science that does no more than putting rivers and countries on the map. In reality, …

  28.08.2018

• ITMO and Rostelecom Support Technological Startups

  …ity to test their products using the company’s resources. “ITMO University will become the company’s entry point to the market. Our task will be to arrange communication between Rostelecom and our resident companies and startups,” shared Nina Yanykina, head of Project Management and Innovation Department. According to the terms of the agreement, ITMO Un…

  28.08.2018

• What’s the Commotion? ITMO Scientists Discover How Obstacles Change Crowd Dynamics

  … GPS-tracking data, the scientists were able to establish how and where the pilgrims preferred to spend their time at the festival, as well as how they distributed their time between the festival’s venues, and how much people these venues attracted. The GPS trackers also enabled scientists to gage the speed with which the flows moved around. Several experiments were …

  27.08.2018

• Movie Fridays: Time of Your Life

  …by her surroundings, struggling with defining her true self, and dreaming about leaving her home town for somewhere “where culture is”. But the movie’s crux is a relationship between mother and daughter, which makes it a sort of “love letter to teenagers and their mothers”. Unlike many other young-adult films about teens and growing up, Lady Bird is astonishingly hon…

  24.08.2018

• ITMO University Launches SumIT International StartUp School

  …this program together with colleagues from South Korea. “Our SumIT co-hosting partner choice isn’t limited by one specific country. Last year we expanded our partnership network by establishing contacts with colleagues from South Korea and decided to develop a program focusing on innovative projects that emerge on the South Korean market. This year we held an op…

  24.08.2018

• Roger Roger: How to Make Websites Understand Their Users

  …most widely used interaction instruments, which are computer mouse, touch pen, and touch events. In other words, Poiner is an abstraction method which enables users to switch between all these instruments as and when needed. Apple, which is one of the biggest tech market players, supports the Touch Events specification and ignores Pointer Events, which largely exp…

  23.08.2018

• ITMO Student on Management, Branding, and Working with Gucci

  … pretty easy for me to quit using social media and messengers. About management and branding I took a gap year after high school. Then I took my exams and had to choose between management and economics. Many of my friends studied at ITMO University and when I learned about the Faculty of Technological Management and Innovations I felt that is was exactly the th…

  23.08.2018

• Do It Yourself: Citizen-Led City Planning

  … are comfortable public spaces, not only huge shopping malls. That’s what I write about in my blog, I describe things as they are and as they ought to be. The main difference between blogs and social media is that in blogs, people can discuss any issues they want to bring up, while the traditional social media are limited by their editorial policy. Through blogs, you…

  22.08.2018

• Culture Calling: Where to Enjoy Classical Music in St. Petersburg

  …Bach Christmas concerts a real treat. Keep your eyes peeled for the many discounts the Chapel offers: there’s a whopping 30% reduction of all tickets bought in its box office between 12am and 1pm, while students get 30% off all tickets anytime, so there’s no excuse not to give it a go. Opera houses Opera enthusiasts will definitely enjoy stopping by the St. Pet…

  21.08.2018

• CEO of TuSion on Participating in Startup Festivals

  …n. The purpose of a company is not to just attend different events, but look for new opportunities - this helps improve the product and sell it to a bigger number of clients. Networking is also a bonus. As for field-specific products, you have to constantly monitor what’s happening, for example by using dedicated portals. Tell about your upcoming trip to New York.…

  21.08.2018