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• Hacks, Viruses, and DDoS: Who Attacks Our Computers and How to Stop Them

  … Now, they’re a non-topic – does that mean they’re no longer a threat? It’s more that they’ve become much more common. The Kaspersky Lab has a real-time tracker of virus detections around the world. The average stat is 10 million per day. It’s like with all sorts of crime: the sensational cases are in the news, but the vast majority are only found in statist…

  12.08.2020

• This Mostly Stay-at-Home Weekend in St. Petersburg: Art and Cinema

  …the International Debut Film Festival will introduce a competition program of short and feature-length films by aspiring independent filmmakers. The program covers various genres – fiction, documentary, and experimental so everyone should find a touching topic for them. The goal of the event is to support artists crossing the boundaries of traditional cinema and to t…

  12.08.2020

• ITMO Joins Hult Prize Hosts List Alongside Oxford, Harvard, Others

  …rticipating projects are socially responsible and sustainable business projects aimed at solving specific problems: poverty, social inequality, pollution, and so on. The first selection round, On Campus, is conducted at various universities. The second, Regionals, brings together the semi-finalists from various countries in one of the European capitals. The finali…

  12.08.2020

• St. Petersburg Scientists Propose Prototype of New Infrared Visualizer

  … Sergey Makarov, the chief research associate at ITMO University’s Laboratory of Hybrid Nanophotonics and Optoelectronics. “This type of radiation is widely used in medicine, at production sites, in lidars, as well as in fundamental research. Practically every second optical laboratory has infrared laser installations, for example, we at ITMO alone have over a hundre…

  12.08.2020

• St. Petersburg Scientists Propose Using Terahertz Holography for Diabetes Tests

  …arkedly different from the norm. Among other things, changes in blood composition lead to the blood of a person with diabetes having slightly different refractive indices and reflection in the terahertz range. This is what was suggested to be used for the analysis. “The idea is that a blood sample is subjected to radiation in the terahertz range of the sp…

  11.08.2020

• ITMO Master’s Student Becomes a United Nations SDG Youth Ambassador

  …ambassador, what do you want to achieve, and so on. The second phase of the contest was held in April. It was an interview during which we discussed our goals and objectives. The selection was very strict: the jury reviewed our social media pages, as well as our ideas and suggestions. As a result, 17 candidates were picked, one for each of the goals. The youth amb…

  11.08.2020

• 5 Things You Didn’t Know About St. Petersburg

  …m the laboratory at the Garden. Gradually, the size of the garden began to grow with new areas added. In the early 19th century, it was decided to combine the medical and botanical sections of the garden into one and the garden was also renamed. Now, the Botanical Garden with its rich and beautiful plant collection, is one of our favori…

  11.08.2020

• Graduate Artem Cherepakhin: After ITMO, I Know Where to Go Next

  …lab and colleagues? My research advisor and I have maintained contact over the past two years. We’ve had joint research and reported on our progress, constantly planning our next actions and considering which ideas and fields to explore. I also went to Vladivostok once this year already, though it was only supposed to be a layover. My goal was to bring samples …

  10.08.2020

• ITMO Lecturers Develop a New Methodology for Interdisciplinary Research

  …ch, explication, clusterization, and statistical processing, as well as a tutorial on how to work with these programs. “At all the stages, from looking for sources to trend prediction, we use modern analytical systems. We also came up with a number of principles which we follow while selecting and using software,” says Dmitry Prokudin. “The key principle is acce…

  07.08.2020

• What’s Next for the Self-Driving Cars Market?

  …We live in a world where cars take pride of place: the majority of cities are car-centric, while others are car-dependent. Their infrastructure and interests are dominated by road junctions, roundabouts, and parking lots.  It’s not the done thing to discuss this widely, as this is perceived as a given, but the existing car-focused system is unacceptable. Here are …

  07.08.2020