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• Dave Vasquez: We Need To Start Teaching Entrepreneurship Back In School

  …o years to learn Russian; and after that, I succeeded in getting a scholarship at the Polytechnical university. Politecnico Grancolombiano University. Credit: static.iris.net.co At that time, you just graduated from high school. Weren't you afraid of going to Russia, a foreign country thousands of kilometers away?   Well, I've always had this advantage: my…

  17.08.2017

• Giant Paper Plane Dives in at Red Bull Flugtag

  …ni-airports, and each team got funny stickers saying things like "Left to get some spare parts" and the like", says Alexander Gostev.   Team Big Fingers Credit: social networks After registering, the team members assembled their plane for the first time - to find out whether it was reliable or not some two hours before the launch. Participant's performa…

  17.08.2017

• IEEE Award Winner Slobozhanyuk: “There Are No Stupid Questions in Science”

  …c societies in all kinds of fields: medicine, biology, power industry and many others. Among them is the IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society, which brings together electromagnetics experts. Each year they hold competitions for scientists and postgrads – I participated and won an award in the latter. To apply, one needs to present a project, CV and references from o…

  16.08.2017

• Relocation Tips: What You Need to Know About ITMO Dorms

  … From 10pm until 7am, it is forbidden to make noise, listen to loud music, sing in the bathroom, etc. Your neighbours have a right to rest, too! Furniture, linen, and Internet All of these things will be provided to you. Each room has beds, tables and wardrobes. If you need something else or want something replaced - you can do that with permission from the do…

  15.08.2017

• The Night of Light: Gatchina Hosts International Light Art Festival

  … Gatchina Palace and a fireworks display above the White Lake. The light installations from the festival's contest were assessed by both the expert jury and via an Internet poll. The contest's winners will be announced in October at the Light Design-2017 international conference that will be organized by ITMO's Higher School of Lighting Design.  …

  15.08.2017

• SHA2017: Summer Camp for Hackers

  …The outdoor hacker conference has been held in the Netherlands every four years since 1989, yet, despite the event’s lengthy conference, it still does not have a permanent name: each installment of the five-day convention gets a new name. This year’s SHA2017 (Still Hacking Anyway) follows such events as the GHP1989 (Galactic Hacker Party), WTH2005 (What The Hack), HA…

  14.08.2017

• DemoDay: Projects from MIT Global Startup Labs and SumIT Startup School

  …nts to appropriate technologies that would help them to solve local problems and take advantage of local opportunities. In 2000, the pilot project, called AITI (Africa Internet Technology Initiative), was launched in Kenya. In 2011 the name was changed to reflect the project’s global scope. Ekaterina Zabrovskaya The methodology of the program is based on t…

  11.08.2017

• Dmitriy Andrianov: We've Lost Our Opportunity To Develop IT-Outsourcing Industry

  …pany, and DataArt focused on service, though I didn't know it then; hence, I had to learn a lot. For instance, I never worked with Unix before that. I knew how to use the Internet, but this time I had to not just be a user, but work with protocols I didn't know much about - SMTP/POP3 and the like. Were you already an ITMO student at that time? Yes, I started st…

  11.08.2017

• Cool Science: Why Science Communication Matters

  …nd science communication in general and gave the audience an example. A zoo had conducted an open day to, as stated in the official statement, help children learn about the planet’s biological diversity. To see just how well the goals were accomplished, researchers tested the kids’ knowledge before and after their visit to the zoo. Turns out that their knowledge did …

  09.08.2017

• Levan Tatunashvili: Focusing On One's Own Resources Only is No Good

  …particular problems in fields NSU has great potential in, and giving project-oriented education to our students.   Project defence at the A:Start accelerator Credit: social networks NSU and ITMO also plan on developing innovative entrepreneurship and business projects in the field of infrastructure. What will that be about? The common fields of science both …

  08.08.2017