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• Information Society and Technology Week

  … outset, technical issues, such as providing Internet connection, were discussed at the conference, now the main focus lies on social aspects of the development of the global network,” says Andrey Chugunov, head of the E-Governance Center. Key features According to Andrey Chugunov, the main purpose of this project is to create an environment for intercultural…

  31.05.2018

• How Your Brain Makes Decisions

  …ple like particular options more than others. In order to do that, they make use of the utility maximization rule from the field of economics, which states that when choosing between two options, we choose the one that we like most, or one that has the most total value from an economics point of view. Still, how can one define subjective value? Researchers in the fie…

  31.05.2018

• This Weekend in St. Petersburg: June 2-3

  …rt Wonderland Project hosted by the St. Petersburg Street Art Museum. 40 artists from all over the world will present their works to the public. This year’s theme is the line between myth and reality, so there will be no shortage of various mythical creatures and cartoon characters. Entrance fee is 400 rub. Finally, there will be several fairs that you might like.…

  30.05.2018

• Future Culture Lab: Artists and Scientists Present Their Vision of Tomorrow

  …their thoughts on how the development of technology may affect the psychological and emotional human condition, and which new questions may arise. The projects were developed between May 18 and 20, and the creators then spent several more days creating the installations. Lectures and workshops were held by media-art experts, inventors, artists and communications spec…

  30.05.2018

• ITMO’s Futsal Team Wins National Championship

  …sity’s team is among the leaders in the first group. How did the teams do at the national championship? We used to compete in the Golden League. The main difference between the Golden League and the Silver League is that the former is for professional players. Apart from Ilya Bespaliy, we don’t have any professional athletes in our team. We took the second …

  28.05.2018

• Michio Kaku on Digital Future: Should We Fear Robots?

  … replace gardeners because they lack a sense of aesthetic. We used to think that robots would replace garbage workers, but that won’t happen either, because robots can’t tell between garbage and useful objects. Intellectual capital as basis for future economy Robots can’t take over the jobs that require intellectual capital. That’s experience, logic, leader…

  28.05.2018

• Researchers Use Silicon Nanoparticles For Bioimaging and Drug Delivery

  …h such dyes. This enables scientists to track their path in the intracellular space. The intensity of the luminescent signal depends on the particle material and the distance between the dye and the particle’s surface. Scientists from ITMO’s Faculty of Physics and Engineering together with colleagues from Germany and Sweden have studied several configurations of vari…

  28.05.2018

• ITMO University Strengthens Partnerships with Swiss Universities

  …ger Kull, the Consul General of Switzerland in St. Petersburg, along with other members of the Swiss delegation, expressed their interest in establishing further partnerships between ITMO and Swiss universities. “ITMO University would like to collaborate with each partner university in a wide range of scientific fields. Today, our partnership with ETH Zürich rev…

  25.05.2018

• New Blockchain-Based System Will Control Quality of Medical and Chemical Products

  …or the QR code; this way, they can monitor how the product is stored, where it’s shipped and in what amount. The dealers, in turn, distribute this information to their client network, supplying each individual product with a unique data set. When the end customer buys the product and uses a smartphone to scan the code, they initiate a decentralized data search and en…

  25.05.2018

• St. Petersburg International Economic Forum: Hi-Tech in IT, Medicine and Economics

  …iabetics on the planet. We can’t personalize medicine for everyone right now, but we must start accounting for everyone’s individual traits. For instance, when the connection between obesity and diabetes was established, people started to encourage weight loss and that led to an epidemic of anorexia among young people. Eating disorders lead to depression and hormonal…

  24.05.2018