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• Surviving a Hot Day: Beaches in and around St. Petersburg

  …epellent and long-sleeved clothing just in case. Always bring some water with you. It’s very easy to get dehydrated on days this hot. Have some cash on you. Certain shops and most buses still don’t accept cashless payments, or often have problems with those. We wish you best of luck! Yours truly, ITMO.NEWS.  …

  17.07.2018

• Computer Simulation Technologies: New Master’s Program at ITMO

  …ethods, the theory of distributed and parallel computing, etc., and specific ones, such as parallel computing on OpenCL platform, forecasting models for computer systems, uncertainty in data analysis, etc. Some courses are taught in English, which will allow students to hone their English skills. In addition to traditional classes, students will work on various proje…

  17.07.2018

• ITMO University Makes a Big Debut in 2018 Shanghai Global Ranking of Academic Subjects

  …iod between 2012 - 2016, with Physics having the highest requirements for the Natural Sciences group and Materials Science for the Engineering group. Publishing metrics were obtained from the Web of Science and InCites databases. Among the prizes and awards taken into special consideration were the Nobel Prize, Fields and Priestley Medals and other international mark…

  17.07.2018

• Drink (Soda) Like a Russian

  …Way before Coke and Pepsi slipped under the iron curtain, Russia had started to develop its own tradition of soft drinks, some of which are still a favorite today. Take, for example, Квас (kvas). First mentioned in relation to Vladimir, Prince of Kiev, in 989, it’s made from dark rye, yeast, and barley and is basically liquid bread. It has a distinct rye scent an…

  16.07.2018

• Children Develop Robots at ITMO.KIDS Technopark

  …s hazardous cargo. The idea is that a special cart autonomously moves cargo from a lower to a higher point. For instance, when ore at a uranium mine needs to be moved up a mountain. The motorized cart moves up a slope, while a special robot awaits at the summit and offloads the cargo for further processing. “Our main goal for the school was to show school ki…

  16.07.2018

• Vacations, Business Trips and Mushroom-Picking

  …’m a totally free person and I’ve got my whole life ahead of me”. So if you spend the summer at work, when do you go on vacation? During the ski season, usually. Mountains and snow are a must, and most of the time I take the last couple days of December and the beginning of January off. I only rest a bit in summer: a week or so in August or July. I once wen…

  13.07.2018

• Urban Scientist Steve Kuddins on Overfencing in St. Petersburg: Causes and Solutions

  …egins with us, the civic society, though it has recently been focusing on the Internet only and doesn't want to change that. What are the services that one can use to attain the desired results? The simplest service by Beautiful St. Petersburg uses a script, so most city committees block appeals sent from its website. Still, they never abolished the very fo…

  13.07.2018

• Young Scientists From ITMO University Win IEEE Photonics Society Awards

  …als in visible areas. Currently, all research in the field of topologically-insulated optical structures mainly focuses on unique properties of these structures. But I’m certain that in a couple of years, electromagnetic topological insulators will be widely used for creating stable nanophotonic elements, including subwavelength waveguides and lasers. Dmitry Fi…

  13.07.2018

• TEDxSZIU: Experts Share Their Vision of the Future

  …TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design) is a world-famous non-profit organization that is known for its annual conferences. TED's mission is to support "ideas worth spreading." Its first conference was conducted in 1984 in California. TED conferences are conducted as intellectual shows that feature presentations on relevant topics and demonstration of research and te…

  12.07.2018

• Travel Tips: Incomplete and Subjective Guide to Summer in Tallinn

  …t Church, has the most beautiful and precious decorations a merchant’s money could buy. Everything we love about Gothic we can find there: wonderfully carved wooden pictures, stained-glass windows, fresques and marble. Pikk (or “long”) Street starts from the Holy Spirit Church. Just take a walk down this street and enjoy all the best of medieval merchant houses: star…

  10.07.2018