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Quizzing and Mythbusting: Medical Lab Initiative Comes to ITMO University
…ev. We’d also like to note that ITMO University’s Master’s program in Science Communication has launched a new major in biotechnology and medical communications. Students enrolled in the program this year may choose this track at the beginning of their second semester; as part of its curriculum, they will learn to work with medical and healthcare databases and exp…
06.08.2019
Digital Identity: Current Trends and Future Prospects
…ich retains and develops the traits of an original prototype based on its digital profile. A digital identity’s structural elements are artificial intelligence (what we control), a digital model (how we control it), and a perceived environment. The current state of technology Today, scientists are developing several computer mo…
05.08.2019
ITMO University Scientists Present Record Amount of Works at the 2019 Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference in Prague
…year ITMO University scientists presented a record amount of reports, 11 in total. What is the reason for this? Arina: Some time ago, we began cooperating with professors Carola and Benjamin Doerr of Sorbonne University and École Polytechnique. And I see such a surge in publication activity as a consequence of this joint research. For a long time already, we and P…
05.08.2019
Mendeleev 150: IUPAC’s Birthday and Invention of Periodic Law
Crystals and Peculiar Stars: Final Day of Mendeleev 150 at ITMO
… from UCLA, Seaborg received his PhD in chemistry from UC Berkeley, where he took part in the discovery of iodine-131. This isotope is widely used in medicine and even helped prolong the life of Seaborg’s mother, who suffered from hyperthyroidism. At Berkeley, he learned about research as a lab assistant to famed chemist Gilbert Newton Lewis. Seaborg’s researc…
01.08.2019
ITMO Master’s Student on Her Exchange in Barcelona: Tips, Tricks, Impressions
… Catalonia The program I studied on was called Innovation and Research in Informatics (MIRI). I chose four disciplines, all of them in the field of programming. Because I enrolled in the Faculty of Programming, I encountered a lot of new information. I knew only the basics of programming at the beginning of my studies, while all of the other students knew it very …
31.07.2019
MIT Professor Marin Soljacic: AI Will Play a Large Role in the Future of Research
…hen the object begins to radiate energy, that radiation can be converted to electricity thanks to photovoltaics. All this is possible because photonic crystals allow us to control the emission spectra, which is useful for the purposes of optimizing and enhancing the efficiency of such systems. (Read more about this research project here; the research paper has bee…
30.07.2019
Song of the Month: July 2019
…d'œuvre with 35+ million views, its video clip starring, among others, Pierre Niney as a (latterly redeemed) misogynist. If you enjoyed it, I really recommend her debut album Brol: my favorites are Je Veux Tes Yeux, Ta Reine, La Thune and La Loi de Murphy. I also love her cover of Cry Me a River (Billie Holiday’s one, not Justin Timberlake’s, although here’s a great …
26.07.2019
Chief Editor of Nature Photonics Oliver Graydon on Russian Science, Researcher’s Path and Ways to Start Publishing in World’s Leading Journals
…ientific tradition, especially in the field of photonics. You could remember the invention of the laser, namely semiconductor laser: Russian scientists played a very important role in this process. Russia has a lot of Nobel Prize laureates, including those connected to photonics. The country’s theorists have always been strong in this field, this is a generally known…
26.07.2019
Russian Language and Culture Summer School: Leading the Way to Better Career Prospects
… his options. “I believe Russia is the future,” Paul said. “They have good government jobs, and a highly educated population. It will be a focal point, and play a bigger role in the future, so why wouldn’t you be interested in such a country.” As first-time visitors to Russia, all the participants agree that this program has helped them immensely in unders…
25.07.2019