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• ITMO Students Presented Summer Schools in Europe

  … Every time we made a presentation we took into account the backgrounds of students," said Ksenia Bureiko. ITMO’s representatives also visited Liege and Ghent where they shared about the programs of the university for international students and participated in discussions related to the rights of students who study abroad. "In Liege we met a girl who speaks R…

  07.03.2017

• Bioinformatic Contest 2017: The Results

  …t. That is why we had to devise such tasks that won't have an exact solution, some comprehensible algorithm. We needed something which can be answered, say, on 75%, not 100%", shares Mr. Aksenov. A damaged DNA sequence. Credit: anh-usa.org Thus, apart from tasks with precise answers, the participants had to solve four tasks of this kind. One, for instance, impli…

  07.03.2017

• American Scientist’s Experts on Scientific Standup Shows and Singing Dinosaurs

  …That is why it is necessary to take science away from university campuses. For this purpose I started giving my science speeches in bars. I asked researchers to come there and share about their passion for science, what inspired them to do research instead of participate in a conference. I wanted their emotions to make people understand that science is very important…

  06.03.2017

• Gutenberg’s Lounge: Human-like Intelligence or a Spotless Mind?

• Gamification: How to Learn the Periodic Table While Playing Battleship

  …pecific game. This is what educators or business coaches have to understand. "Games are great in teaching participants certain algorithms, explaining concepts or making them share their ideas. Yet, they won't help one remember a poem or learn some great amount of data — those are completely different tasks", notes Maksim Ivanov. To explain how games can be introd…

  03.03.2017

• Russia Is Better Protected Against Creationism than the USA

  …ally, evangelicalists are behind such lawsuits. "The recent study by the Pew Research Center proved that Evangelicalists, Jehovah's Witnesses and Mormons are among those who share the most radical attitude towards evolution theory. Buddhists, Hindu and Judaists are generally content with evolution, and Catholics, traditional Christians and most Protestants are some…

  02.03.2017

• Society or Scientists: Who Needs Science Communication More?

  …ality is a social one. People know how to get information about activities of scientists and companies. Furthermore, they always ask the necessary questions, like "Why do they share this here and now?", "Should I trust them?", "Is it possible that it was reported for somebody’s benefit?" That is why people don’t rely on experts' opinion sometimes. While discussing so…

  02.03.2017

• SciComm in Russia: How Does It Work and What’s Its Future?

  …and founder of the "Russell's Teapot" agency, Ekaterina Tukel, head of GS Group holding company's press center, and Dmitry Malkov, head of ITMO's Science Communication Center, shared about how scientific press centers work and what will they do in the future, what's the use of science communication for business and scientists, and can "science communicator" be called…

  02.03.2017

• Daria Kozlova, ITMO’s Vice Rector for International Relations, Receives "Saint Petersburg’s Influential Women — 2017" Award

  …which attracts talents from all over the world. Naturally, we support this process and actively cooperate with the city. In a way, Saint Petersburg has become our laboratory", shares the Vice Rector. According to Ms. Kozlova, the fact that a representative of education and science was chosen as the award winner shows the growing importance of intellectual capita…

  02.03.2017

• Startups from an Ice-Hole:

  …am plant in Finland, where he invited us to. As the Pro&Ice technologist, I had the chance to meet theirs, learn of their work and exchange experience. We keep contact still", shared Malika Abdulaeva from the Pro&Ice project. For her team, participation in this event was a debut, even though they've already had some serious groundwork — participated in ITMO 3.0 …

  01.03.2017