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• Learning Russian and Making Movies: a Finn's Exchange Semester at ITMO University

  …t to communicate. I have also had problems with red tape when I was applying for a subway student pass. No one knew how long the whole process would take, which resulted in certain difficulties. I cannot say, though, that these complications have been a huge nuisance, it is just that the whole system is very different from the one I am used to. What are the core d…

  09.04.2018

• VR/AR Association & ITMO University Spring Kickoff: Trends and Philosophy of Virtual Reality

  …$2 billion in investments). Nearly 55% of VR/AR apps today are made with specific industries in mind; another 20% are educational in nature. Experts predict that by 2025, entertainment content will make up 60% of the industry. Practical applications today VR and AR applications tend to be made either for internal (used within organizations for corporate purpose…

  05.04.2018

• This Weekend in St. Petersburg: April 7-8

• Russian Easter: a Feast of Cheer

  …ich people, wanting to give a precious and unique Easter gift. As for me, the eggs made by children are the more precious (and touching) gift. Kulichi This sweetbread containing butter, eggs, sugar, spices (cinnamon, ginger, cardamom, vanilla and clove), dried fruits and nuts, infused with rum or sugar syrup, and covered with fondant glaze, is a calorie bomb th…

  03.04.2018

• Video Games vs. MBAs: How Gaming Makes You a Better Employee

  … very different kinds of employees and managers. Resilience and Determination “Gamers instinctively want to move forward. When you play video games, you acquire certain behavior patterns useful in real life. Gamers know that failure is survivable, because they have already failed thousands of times and they are not afraid to start over”, shared Miroslava …

  03.04.2018

• Funny Science: ITMO Hosts Its First-Ever Science Stand-Up Show "Quantum Potential"

  … the Faculty of Physics and Engineering. How to present yourself to scientific foundations, how to get a response, how to interact with colleagues sharing a grant, how to entertain yourself on the grant’s money and how to behave if you didn't get a grant? Everything is just like in a real relationship. "Each scientific foundation has its own website. Each scientis…

  02.04.2018

• Startup Pallium Promises Smarter AI

  …nts need data, and they need a lot of it. On the one hand, there is a problem of the lack of data. On the other hand, there are organisations that have this data. Suppose a certain factory has collected the characteristics of metals throughout 1979. It has this data stored, but they are not involved. So there are people who could benefit from this data, and simultane…

  30.03.2018

• Dean of Faculty of Control Systems and Robotics Anton Pyrkin Named “Professor of the Year”

  … to find solutions that will have value here and now. That includes citations – which show the demand for our work – and orders from third-party companies for research in a certain field. These days you teach, do research and administrative work. How do you combine all these things? I can’t say that I have a specific schedule for all these things. Depending on …

  30.03.2018

• This Weekend in St. Petersburg: March 31 - April 1

  …This Sunday is April's Fools Day and the streets of the historic center of St. Petersburg will host clowns, jugglers and acrobats that will entertain the crowd with their magic for the 13th “Funny Festival”. The festival is organised by the “Mimigrants” Clown-Mime Theater. The program includes a concert on the square in front of the Music Hall theater, literature …

  30.03.2018

• Russian, German and French Scientists to Collaborate on Nanowhisker Research at European XFEL

  …X-ray free-electron lasers will play a key role. With the first experiment scientists have shown how it is possible to study fast reactions, particularly the interaction of certain molecules with an aqueous medium. The second experiment was aimed at "deciphering" the structure of a molecule. The work of Russian scientists on the laser beam machine is carried o…

  28.03.2018