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• The Dangers of Light Pollution

  … pollution), so it is important to concentrate it on the target we have in mind. In other words, it is mostly the irrational design that exacerbates the problem,” explains Svetlana Kolgushkina. Why is it getting worse? One of the reasons behind the growth of light pollution has to do with the progress in development of lighting devices. What’s more, up un…

  13.02.2018

• Andrey Sebrant On Machine Learning, Public Confidence and Relevant Education

  …y hate to work with you. This is why in modern times, getting training in non-technical sciences has become essential for a programmer’s career. Basically, here’s a good explanation for it: if there’s a good programmer who also plays the guitar well, you will like him more than someone who’s a good programmer and that’s all. I guess everyone knows some person like…

  06.02.2018

• ITMO University Hosts Potanin Foundation Competition

  … of a social event. Thus, the games will differ, but all of them will be united by a common topic - the future - and the necessity to come up with some new idea,” explains Svetlana Sapojnikova, the event’s lead trainer. For example, it was already during the official opening of the competition that students got the opportunity to show their prognostic skills…

  02.02.2018

• DataArt Reveals The Face Of A "Typical Programmer"

  …from more than 20-30 photographs resulted in getting almost identical faces. Most of the photographs being those of developers from Russia and Ukraine provides one possible explanation for this phenomena: the results just tend to Slavic features. Another issue is that an “average” face mostly has ideal proportions. So, in order to not create some “icon developer”,…

  30.01.2018

• ITMO Graduate Nadia Polikarpova on Working at MIT and UC San Diego

  …o get into MIT if you’re a student; same if you’re a PhD student; and it’s nearly impossible if you’re a professor. For postdocs, however, it’s much easier. There’s a sound explanation for this: few American PhDs want to be postdocs – they either go straight for the professorship or leave the academia. Basically, nobody wants to spend time on a temporary job. However…

  29.01.2018

• ITMO Scientists Develop New “White” Near-Field Optical Microscope

  …s focused using special lenses. However, if the object is less than a wavelength in size, it cannot be observed in detail. This is what is called the diffraction limit. The explanation for this phenomenon is such: the electromagnetic field that carries information about the object with a spatial resolution of less than the size of a wavelength is localized near the o…

  29.12.2017

• Teaching 3D Tech to School Kids in Moscow

  …c hours). Credit: realty.ria.ru “ITMO University developed special educational guidelines for how to conduct classes at Caliber. These guidelines include detailed explanations of the content of the courses and their stages, which based on our many years of experience with high school students; there is a special Children’s Computer Center that runs within t…

  18.12.2017

• Horizon 2020: How to Obtain Grants for Russian-European Studies

  …rizon 2020 to do so despite possible doubts or concerns that it is hindered by the political situation," said Maria Putseleva. Anastasia Zadorina, Maria Putseleva and Svetlana Klesova At the end of the Seventh framework programme (predecessor of Horizon 2020), which operated from 2007 to 2013, Russia was leading in terms of scientific and technological cooper…

  12.12.2017

• Tournament of Two Capitals: Schoolkids Show Off Robotics Skills at Regionals

  …Alyosha and Antosha – Anton Kuznetsov, Valery Khlyustin, coach Andrey Loginov (Saint Petersburg) Runners-up: Non-stop – Vsevolod Fedorov, Svyatogor Trukhachev, coach Svetlana Umnikoa (Vsevolozhsk, Leningrad Oblast) NoName – Alexander Klyukin, coach Vyacheslav Klyukin (Tosno, Leningrad Oblast) Kubik – Stepan Zhogolev, coach Vyacheslav Klyukin (Tosno, Lenin…

  28.11.2017

• Tournament of the Two Capitals: St. Petersburg to Host Robots Battles This Autumn

  …der children - from 14 to 18 years of age - will compete in the tasks "Race" and "Swings". And if the rules of the "Race" are clear to everyone, then "Swings" requires some explanation and better understanding of its rules. During this task, robots need to collect as many objects of different weight as possible and place them on their scales. The difficulty lies in t…

  14.11.2017