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• ITMO.DigitalCareerWeek’20 Goes Online

  …Up until now, ITMO University hosted the regular ITMO.FutureCareers event twice a year. According to the organizers, the 2020 version of the event was scaled up in response to the students’ suggestions: over the week, ITMO University students had a chance to talk directly to their potential employers. The event also featured workshops, internship presentations and po…

  20.04.2020

• “Humans Aren’t So Unique”: Modern Artists Talk Future of Art

  …Art and coronavirus The participants began with a discussion of the idea that the definition of “human” as a noun and adjective is outdated and needs to be revised. Ekaterina Nikitina brought up a theory by the French philosopher Bernard Stiegler, who wrote that the homo sapiens only became “human” in the modern sense of the word once they got their hands on instr…

  17.04.2020

• Cosmonaut Training Methods to Apply In Your Daily Life

  …t time at night. If a person isn’t asleep during this period, they don’t receive enough melatonin, and their immune system may be harmed. It’s scientifically proven that depression is also related to sleep cycle disorders. However, one shouldn’t regularly take melatonin as a supplement. It’s better to use other ways that can help you fall asleep easily: switch…

  17.04.2020

• Zooniverse: Help Study Polar Animals While Staying at Home

  …ooniverse. “To this end, we enable thousands of volunteers to perform simple pattern recognition tasks on the data. A secondary aim is to break down the barriers between professional research and the general public.” #flippersfirst! For example, you can help a research team who study penguins. The process itself resembles playing a game or doing wildlife …

  17.04.2020

• Top Five: Podcasts to Self-Isolate With

  …focus of this podcast is upon the human drama that is played out in history. Rather than providing a dry recount of dates and names, I am doing my best to provide a three dimensional image of what these people, places, and events were like.” On that it delivers in spades – plus, an episode or two before bed works a treat for getting the daily news out of your system …

  17.04.2020

• Russian and Dutch Researchers on What’s Holding Back a Revolution in Data Storage

  … demagnetize it without any harm to the film itself. After that the magnetization can be restored relatively quickly. For 11 years after this discovery there were heated discussions on whether a laser pulse can be used not only to destroy magnetization but to reverse it, which is what we need to record information. Some argued it was impossible – we don’t have enough…

  16.04.2020

• ITMO Roboticists Developing a Financially Independent Robot Artist

  … to empathize with them, so to say. But sooner or later, they will learn to imitate human behavior, at the very least. And human nature is such that some of us will feel compassion and even pity for them. AO: There’s already some dissonance in the field. There are many questions of ethics in robotics. The same questions surface in regards to neural networks; there…

  16.04.2020

• ITMO University’s Congress of Young Scientists Held Online for the First Time

  …This Congress of Young Scientists’ plenary session was opened by Vladimir Nikiforov, ITMO University’s Vice Rector for Research. He stated that despite the change of format, the event’s program will remain practically the same. As in previous years, university and school students will present their research, the university’s leading scientists will deliver plenary th…

  16.04.2020

• Study Abroad at Home: ITMO University Student’s Experience

  …oom, or it can be passed as a project instead of an exam. The professors took the organization of digital learning very seriously. They even create special platforms for discussions. I’m planning to complete studying as soon as possible, pass all the exams, and go back to my research at ITMO University. What positive aspects of distant learning can you name? I …

  16.04.2020

• Citizen Science: How to Contribute to Research From the Comfort of Your Home

  … some monkeys with Chimp&See, help count the seals and sea lions on the tiny Año Nuevo Island off the coast of Northern California, or identify the animals captured by night-vision cameras at the Lopé National Park in Gabon. Those who appreciate a challenge will love this project by the University of Otago (New Zealand), where they’ll need to spot tiny lizards among …

  15.04.2020