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White Nights Forum Experts on Combating Pseudoscience in Medicine
…tive impact on how the public views the disease. If we want to disassemble this fear culture, we have to be mindful of the number of articles dedicated to any given topic. Mass media have a strong influence on how people perceive the situation, this was even proven by research in the field of economics. If a person has a formed opinion, it’s not likely to be chan…
25.06.2019
The Scent of VR: New Device by ITMO University Student
…Konstantin Malyshev developed the device as part of his Master’s thesis and internship at ITMO University’s Center for Usability and Augmented Reality. Using his invention, people can feel the scents of the objects they see in virtual reality. The device allows to feel both one scent and the whole range of intermixed aromas. “We us…
25.06.2019
ITMO University Holds Training for Mentors of Regional Quantoriums
…ipment such as probe making devices, the NanoTutor training simulator, the MicProbe scanning probe module and the X-ray analyzer Panda. They also conducted laboratory work and mastered lithography using scanning probe microscopy, and attended tours of St. Petersburg Academic University, also known as the Nanotechnology Research and Education Center of the Russian Aca…
24.06.2019
Admissions 2019: Everything You Need to Know
… of International Development and Partnership What’s more, they also have to choose an educational program. This year, ITMO offers 25 different Bachelor’s programs, 78 Master’s programs, and 49 PhD programs. Dates and deadlines Applicants to Bachelor’s programs who choose to use their Unified State Exam scores and those who can join without entrance…
20.06.2019
Technology and Policy Student Julia Milton: Science is a Very Good Instrument for Stabilizing the State of International Politics
…You are currently a PhD student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. What can you tell us about your research there? I work at MIT’s Human Systems Lab. As part of the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, we work with everything that entails interaction with people. Most of our work involves wearable technology, including exoskeletons and space suit…
20.06.2019
PhD Student from MIT on Internship at ITMO, Russian Culture and Science
…hschool, and then went to Paris to complete preparatory classes for the French Grandes Ecoles. In the end, I joined École Polytechnique in Palaiseau, and got my Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees there. This part of my education was more fundamental in its nature and mostly focused on physics and engineering sciences. Towards the end of my
19.06.2019
Five ITMO University Scientists Awarded SRIE Scholarship
…d the work I’ve done during the last year and a half of my PhD studies, when I started to actively publish articles on the topic very close to that of SPIE. Before that, in my Master’s studies, I used to research the Yang–Mills supersymmetry theory, which falls out of the Society’s focus. The lion’s share of my research is conducted on computer, as modern theoreti…
18.06.2019
Made in Russia: Bad Brand or Unexplored Potential?
…esting products, but these things, even if given a material form, were only made in a few samples. The inventors would show their inventions off to colleagues, but rarely ever mass-market them. What next? How did it happen that our inventors began to direct their inspiration and creativity inwards, not outwards? There are many factors and reasons to list. Bu…
17.06.2019
8 International Summer Schools to Attend This Summer
…ologies for Industrial Internet of Things, University of Pisa, Italy Dates: July 15-20, 2019 Application deadline: June 15, 2019 Who can apply: Bachelor’s (last year) and Master’s students Tuition fee: €500 (reduced fee of €250 for Bachelor’s, Master’s and PhD students) This year’s summer school “Enabling Technologies for Indus…
14.06.2019
International Research Summer Camp in Photonics at ITMO University
…t what scientific field they want to pursue their career in and are willing to explore new topics related to photonics. This year’s summer camp brought together Bachelor’s, Master’s and PhD students from a whole range of countries, including Iran, the Czech Republic, India, Finland and Russia. The camp lasted for two weeks and was held in two rounds: during the fi…
14.06.2019