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• QS WUR by Subject 2019: ITMO University in Top-150 in Computer Science and First in Russia in Art & Design

  … compared to last year’s results, ITMO University has significantly improved its positions in three subject rankings. The University has gone up by 150 places in the ‘Computer Science & Information Systems’ ranking, where it placed in the 101-150 range (251-300 in 2018) and was ranked 2nd in Russia (after Lomonosov Moscow State University), and the ‘Engineering: Elec…

  27.02.2019

• How the RENOIR Project Untangles the Chaos of Social Media and Why It Matters

  …t together laboratories and universities from different countries. Among them are four key partners: the Warsaw University of Technology (Poland), the Wroclaw University of Science and Technology (Poland), Jozef Stefan Institute (Slovenia) and the Slovenian Press Agency STA, as well as 11 other partners including Stanford University, the University of California a…

  26.02.2019

• ITMO Technopark Resident Wins International Contest On Blockchain Applications For Self-Driving Cars

  …in Initiative (MOBI), the competition’s format is loosely based on the DARPA Grand Challenge for autonomous driving. In as little as a couple of years, the DARPA GC has helped scientists expand the horizons for using robotics in various fields, leading to significant progress in the development of autonomous transport. The organizers of the MGC hope that this competi…

  26.02.2019

• Physicists from ITMO University Complete Tests of New Class of Resonators

  …ore, they were tuned separately so as to achieve the maximum quality factor (Q factor), a parameter that shows how well the resonator traps and enhances radiation. However, scientists from ITMO University have shown that the resonance parameters are indeed connected: when the resonance peak in the spectrum of the scattered radiation becomes symmetric, its width be…

  26.02.2019

• Science-Pop for All Ages: ITMO Scientists’ How-To

  …How come you decided to write a children’s book instead of a new scientific article? Alexander: At the laboratory, we study complex microbial communities, for example, analyze genetic data of various bacteria. To do that, you don’t only have to understand computational algorithms, but also know biological laws and keep abreast of the latest trends in this field. I…

  25.02.2019

• How Researchers Use Big Data to Fight HIV and Addiction

  …In your lecture you spoke of theoretical models that are based on past experience but don’t use data. Why are such models valued in science? It’s simple. Nowadays, data science and Big Data are largely trends, and the interest in these topics is reliant less on the nature of an inquiry than the desire to keep up with the times. Many …

  25.02.2019

• Helping Sleepwalkers, Fighting Excessive Snow and Ensuring Better Security on Campus: Best Projects by 2019 “It’s Your Call!” Participants

  …m. It’s known, for example, that this technology treatment has caused some children to start stammering. Recent medical findings published in one of Oxford University’s science journals showed that two minutes before the start of a paroxysm, the brain responds with a unique activity pattern that can serve as an indicator of the impending sleepwalking session. …

  25.02.2019

• ITMO University and Government of Moscow’s Department for Education and Science to Launch IT Classes in City’s Schools

  …tion of information complexes, cryptography methods and other related topics. The road map for the “IT classes” project spells out that the Department for Education and Science of the Government of Moscow and ITMO University will spearhead the development of the new school syllabi for computer science and technology, organize joi…

  22.02.2019

• Yandex Director of Marketing Andrey Sebrant: We’re Living in the Age of Implementation

  … with conclusions supported by documents and numbers. One notion from the book has really stuck with me: there are always two stages in the development of any technology or science. First comes the “age of discovery”, marked by genius solutions and expansion of scientific knowledge, and it is followed by the “age of implementation” w…

  22.02.2019

• Forbes Science and Technology Editor on Communicating Research

  …First things first, why is promoting science so important? To my mind, there are several key reasons. It’s publicity, promotion of your ideas, getting a good reputation with the media, networking, offering an alternative approach and getting a new profession. Let's consider every of them. Today, there is a number of researchers who are recognized more as

  22.02.2019