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• German Week in St. Petersburg: Experts Discuss Science Communication and the Social Mission of Modern Science

  …The German Week is an annual urban forum dedicated to the cultural, economic, scientific, and educational exchange between Russia and Germany. ITMO University participated in the event for the first time, prompted by the two countries’ strengthening partnership in the field of science communication and popularization, in which the Unive…

  11.04.2019

• This Weekend in St. Petersburg: April 13-14

  … the day, plied with the works of Tchaikovsky, Vivaldi and Strauss, a glass of champagne and a tour through the majestic Grand Duke Vladimir Palace, also known as the House of Scientists, where the concert is to take place starting at 7.30pm. Three Petersburg collections Held in the Benois Wing of the Russian Museum, Three Petersburg collections is a brand-new …

  10.04.2019

• Exploring North Rhine-Westphalia: St. Pete Startuppers Pitch to German Companies

  … monitor the state of refuse bins, as well as block and unblock them. You can read more about the system’s technical aspects in one of our previous articles. Right now, the scientists from ITMO’s Department of Network and Cloud Technologies with support from ITMO University Technopark are developing the platform as part of the CroBoDDIT project, whose organizers p…

  10.04.2019

• ITMO-VK Competition Winners Receive Prizes and Bonus Exam Points

  …tion takes place within the social network, which, as practice shows, users find comfortable and easy. The participants tried their hand at six subjects: mathematics, computer science, physics, chemistry, the English language, and social studies. The competition consists of two rounds: first, the students take part in a remote round, which this year took place fro…

  09.04.2019

• University of Mexico’s Carlos Gershenson: Computers Are Telescopes With Which We Study Complex Systems

  …y to predict the future is severely limited; after all, we know nothing about the future interactions that are likely to affect the system. The principle of reductionism Science has traditionally adhered to the principle of reductionism: scientists would simplify phenomena in order to be able to predict them in the future. And tha…

  08.04.2019

• Programming Music with Sonic Pi: A How-To

  …ve to work differently because, roughly speaking, one half of the human brain is wired for creativity, and the other for algorithmic thinking. But once upon a time, a group of scientists decided to test that axiom in relation to musicians by putting sensors on their heads and asking them to play. What they discovered was that musicians activate both parts of the brai…

  08.04.2019

• ITMO’s Faculty of Physics and Engineering Launches a Projects Contest

  …e looking for are, first, ideas for project activities and, second, creative people,” says the vice dean of the Faculty of Physics and Engineering Mikhail Mukhin. “They can be scientists, research associates, lecturers or even students. Going forward, we’ll join forces in developing their projects on the basis of our faculty and also help them implement their ideas a…

  04.04.2019

• CodeX Founder Petr Savchenko on the Team’s Next-Gen Software Editor.js: Block Editors Are the Future

• This Weekend in St. Petersburg: April 6-7

  …tanical art. Tracing back to ancient times and still popular all over the world, botanical art is best defined as art that depicts a botanical subject in a way that is both scientifically accurate and aesthetically pleasing. Unlike in still-life paintings, in botanical art, flowers and mushrooms are depicted on a neutral, most often white, background, which gives …

  03.04.2019

• ITMO University Makes a Debut in THE University Impact Rankings 2019

  …data in no less than four categories. So in the future, we plan to expand our presence in such initiatives. We see it as a good opportunity to improve both our educational and scientific activities and the university’s social policy. In my opinion, what makes these rankings truly unique is that they attempt to assess universities as open systems, that is how well the…

  03.04.2019