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• Science Slam: Dark Matter and Liquid Batteries for Electric Vehicles

  …useless. I used to think the same way when I had to choose my path in science. Back then, I immediately excluded from my list space science, general relativity and the like; I wanted my work to be useful for ordinary people. I couldn’t even imagine that such a thing as "dark matter" would ever interest me. In the end, everything turned out differently, and today I

  05.03.2018

• Dmitry Moscovich, CIO at Gazprom Transgaz Saint-Petersburg, on Introducing IT Systems at Enterprises

  …u should already be looking for ways to reorganize business processes so that they would become more effective. What’s more, many customers can’t properly explain what they want from the new business processes. And it will be hard to get this information from them if you don’t know the peculiarities of the field they work in. Tip #2: Work out the setbacks of ex…

  02.03.2018

• ITMO Students Develop VR Lecture Hall to Replace Onsite Education

  …panies, and the like. Russia’s education market is rapidly growing, especially everything related to online education, but no one tries anything similar in the field of VR. We want to become pioneers and be the first to launch VR educational courses in Russia. Our main problem has to do with selling the product to schools and universities, as their budget does not ac…

  02.03.2018

• Mapping the City: ITMO Students Launch New Urban Development Project

  …we lack after gathering it from all the possible information systems and other sources. We’ll gather the remaining data, and verify the data we already have. Eventually, we want to create the most accurate database on all objects - buildings, landmarks, cultural sites, venues and such. We will also study all public spaces, specify the properties of streets, alleyw…

  01.03.2018

• ITMO Researchers Participating in Targeted Drug Delivery Research

  … Engineering so great is that the staff here is open to new things, ready to develop new and promising fields of science. Here, I’m at liberty to choose which areas of study I want to develop. I can keep collaborating with my German colleagues, as well as bring in new people for my projects,” – says Mikhail Zyuzin. Dr. Zyuzin is also an organizer of the special …

  28.02.2018

• Experience St. Petersburg: Perfect Places for an Outdoor Adventure

  …g is often called Russia’s “window to Europe”, and this “window” opens out upon the Baltic Sea. The Gulf of Finland is very beautiful in winter, especially at sunset, when the waning sun shines onto the evergreen trees that outline the frozen seashore, a sight you surely wouldn’t want to miss; another marvel to the eyes are the ice reef…

  27.02.2018

• Science Communication at the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation

  …was easy, since I’ve been studying science communication my whole life, and what I needed was an academic background in this field. Second, you have to explain, why you want to conduct your research in Germany and how it can contribute to the development of German-Russian relations. It wasn’t difficult either: ITMO University and Rhine-Waal University of Appli…

  27.02.2018

• How Can Russian Post Contribute to Smart City Development

  …. How did you get the idea to involve the Russian Post in developing the smart city concept? “I got interested in how information systems in state management work, and wanted to learn more about it. So, I found the Department of State Information Systems Management, applied there, then got a job at the Russian Post. When I learned how vast the organization’s …

  26.02.2018

• Russia by Rail: A First-Hand Experience

  …gest I’ve travelled is poltora sutok (1.5 * 24 = 36 hours). If you’re planning a long trip for more than a day, across Siberia, the Far North or to the Black Sea, you might want to consider the following: You will meet some awesome nice new people who will share their stories, where they are headed and where they come from; There is unlimited hot water for…

  23.02.2018

• Sberbank President Herman Gref: ”R&D That People Ridiculed Yesterday is Taking Over Markets Today”

  …d of Volkswagen if they were worried about competition from Tesla. The answer was that Volkswagen is not worried about electric engines – they know how to make them. What they want to know is how Tesla stays afloat, what is the business model of the future? How does demand change and what will it be like in the future? The people in demand right now are those who …

  22.02.2018