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How Online Courses Can Benefit Both Students and Universities
…that it allows for a more personal approach to education. How do they work? First, a student picks certain online courses depending on their field of study and the skills they want to acquire. Universities, in turn, analyze their choices and create new online courses that cater to the students’ needs. The system, therefore, works as a closed loop. What are the oth…
20.04.2018
ITMO University Launches New Bioinformatics and Systems Biology Master’s Program
…ve adressed Nikolay Vyahhi, the Insitute’s director, with this idea. As result, we came to the conclusion that we should start with launching a program aimed at biologists who want to get the necessary knowledge in the field of programming for solving relevant application tasks.” There were two reasons behind this decision. First of all, the Institute alread…
20.04.2018
Irina Hussainova: Estonian “Scientist of the Year”
…sing sensitivity. In addition, it is much cheaper. Why are you interested in biomedical applications? Healthcare and biology have always interested me. I have always wanted to know why something happens the way it does. Therefore, when we thought about the project a lot in the very beginning of it I thought it was my destiny. It did lead me to healthcare in…
20.04.2018
ITMO University Online Courses You Can't Miss
…or 10 weeks. It is the first course in this field in Russian. The main idea of the course is to introduce students to the analysis of statistical data on innovations. “We want decision-making processes to be based on statistical data, as it allows to identify the tendencies in the field of innovations. The aim of this course is to teach students to analyze stati…
19.04.2018
Open Day at The Faculty of Physics and Engineering
…many people believe that there is no need to understand it at all, since it is completely useless. I used to think the same way. When I was only choosing my path in science, I wanted my work to be useful for ordinary people. Back then, I couldn’t even imagine that such things as neutron stars or black holes would interest me, but everything turned out differently and…
18.04.2018
Results of European Parliament Discussion on Robot Economy
…ssor herself, younger people would prefer not to see robots involved in healthcare (45%), elder care and child-raising (40%) and education (25%). Around 90% of the respondents wanted robot-made decisions to be checked by humans. Half of the respondents were willing to participate in creating a world where humans would coexist with robots. Business processes an…
18.04.2018
This Weekend in St. Petersburg: April 21-22
Winners of National Competition to go to RoboCup Asia-Pacific
… It should be noted, that football among robots is far from the dynamic spectacle which we are all used to. However, the organisers of RoboCup put a goal that by 2050 they want to outplay humans in football with a team of robots. At the moment, robots move quite slowly when they try to kick the ball, and sometimes they frankly get ‘stuck’ on the task. As Igor Los…
17.04.2018
Danish Exchange Students Developing Lighting Design Solution for St. Petersburg Park
…amic, moving. When working on our previous project, we learned about the term biophilia. It refers to the human tendency to interact with other living things, with nature. We wanted to emphasize the things that are natural, that will help people cherish nature more. Biophilia isn’t a new concept, but it’s becoming popular today. The necessary lighting effects can be…
17.04.2018
Arizona University Expert: Why People Don’t Want to Learn Foreign Languages
…nd said that it already is - and I said, “Well, it’s your English”. British English reigns over global English right now, but there are many students all over the world who want an American accent. I don’t know what causes that; perhaps it’s an effect of the mass media. Some parents send their children to British schools, and when their kids start speaking with a …
17.04.2018