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• Exosuits, Career Guidance Bots, and Water Quality Analysis: Projects by Participants of Congress of Young Scientists

  …ed for 3D-holograms and the low intensity of lasers. But the times change and as lasers become more powerful, we cannot ignore the effects of heat anymore. A few years ago, scientists from ITMO University conducted research and learned that this expansion may be up to several micrometers in size. Seeing as the period of a reflective hologram may consist of a few t…

  23.04.2019

• University of Oulu Experts on Teaching, Finland-Russia Cooperation and Joint Projects with ITMO

  …this, we are now planning joint educational initiatives, in the online format at the very least. For example, we at Oulu offer the course “English for information processes in science”, which aims to develop both reading and speaking skills. We’re going to cooperate on this kind of aspects, and also those regarding the field of business. Karen Niskanen: We’ve also…

  23.04.2019

• ITMO Graduates Featured in Forbes' 30 Under 30 Ranking

  …0, Forbes also came out with a top-100 of the most up-and-coming Russians under 30 years old. This one lists promising talents in nine different nominations: Music and Cinema, Science and Technologies, Investments, New Media, Management, Sport and Cybersport, Social Practices, Art, as well as Fashion and Design. Encryption and main skills for entrepreneurs Amon…

  22.04.2019

• HackUniversity: Create, Think, and Simply Have a Good Time

  …inners receive various gadgets and internship offers. The hackathon is organized by the UMGEN integrator company, the Russian Association of Students for the Development of Science and Education (RASNO/RASDSE), and Here Technologies. For two days, the teams develop their own projects which they then present to the jury; after the projects have been evaluated, s…

  22.04.2019

• ITMO University Hosts Final Round of NTI Competition for University Students

  …ons as a great opportunity to acquire teamwork skills and work on your own project on a very tight schedule. Though we had already taken part in similar events before, e.g. in scientific conferences, this format is very different from what we had to deal with, as it leaves more room for competition, combined with less time for preparation. Dream Team Ivan Angel…

  19.04.2019

• Genome Analysis Shows Common Ancestry Among Pskov, Novgorod, Yakutia Populations

  …lation of Russia. The project has recently brought forth new results when researchers succeeded in comparing the full-genome data of several populations. In their work, the scientists analyzed 204 pre-existing genomes sourced from various ethnic groups and expanded them with 60 new genomes of natives of Pskov, Novgorod, and Yakutia. All in all, the group analyzed …

  19.04.2019

• JOB.ITMO: How to Get a Job at ITMO University Without Fuss

  …ey values. As for specific requirements, these often include a specialist’s number of publications according to Scopus and the Russian Higher Attestation Commission, and their scientific and academic experience (including leadership of research teams, mentorship of PhD students, authorship of methodological books and textbooks, etc.). Many requirements also concern t…

  18.04.2019

• Behavioral Economics: Why Humans Aren’t Made to Be Rational

  …e concept of utility states that the more a product or service is beneficial to us, the more willing we are to pay for it. Daniel Kahneman, the 2002 Nobel Laureate in Economic Sciences who founded the field of behavioral economics, proved in his experiments that we, as individual customers, almost never adhere to the utility function in our everyday decisions. The pr…

  17.04.2019

• Director of RIKEN Nishina Center Hideto Enyo on Discovery of Nihonium

  …ts “inhabitants” have a longer half-life than their neighbors in the Periodic Table. We spoke about synthesis of elements and key research tasks with Dr. Hideto Enyo, Chief Scientist of RIKEN’s Director of Nishina Center for Accelerator-Based Science. The 113th element of the Periodic Table, nihonium, has become the first element …

  17.04.2019

• Master’s Degree ++: Leading Experts Discuss the Future of Master’s Programs

  …ia Kozlova, ITMO University’s First Vice Rector. One of the last year’s grant recipients of the Vladimir Potanin Foundation was Daria Denisova, the Deputy Director of Science Communication and Outreach Office and lecturer at the Institute of International Development and Partnership. She notes that the previous conference that took place at the Kazan Nationa…

  17.04.2019