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Clarivate Analytics Expert on Why Russian Researchers Are Cited Less and Universities Aren’t Included in Innovation Rankings
…ance for modern science? What are its main objectives and what is it able to tell us? Bibliometrics provides science with a lot of information. The first and the most important function that bibliometrics acquired half a century ago is the possibility to find the most relevant articles in your field of research. Plus, you can not only find articles written by othe…
26.02.2020
EMI in Practice: ITMO Staff Participate in an English as a Medium of Instruction Internship at Boston University
…EMI: what is it and why study it? EMI, or English as a Medium of Instruction, is a method of using English for teaching academic subjects in the countries and regions where English isn’t a national language. Applying this method is necessary if a university enrolls international students. But lectures in English are often organized for local students, too, so t…
26.02.2020
ITMO’s International Center for Digital Humanities Research Presents Results of DH Week at NYCDH Week in New York
Education Helps You Understand Things, Science Communication – to Explain Them: An Interview with ITMO University Graduate Daniil Shirokov
…for the job with a background in biology. The interview went great and I became a science communicator there. What are your responsibilities there? Mainly I work in two directions. First of all, I check and analyze the things published by the clinic. I check if the articles correspond to real research. Secondly, I write summaries on various topics and check…
25.02.2020
Taste Maslenitsa Like a Russian
Fort Konstantin: A Historic Island Fortress in the Gulf of Finland
…n the area, Fort Konstantin dates back to 1807, when Emperor Alexander I signed a degree to fortify Kronstadt, once a key naval outpost for the defence of St. Petersburg and now a functioning naval base located on the nearby Kotlin Island (yep, just like the language). The original fort was built out of wooden logs, sand and rocks. It was equipped with 49 guns th…
21.02.2020
Hack the Sea: Results of First Hackathon by ITMO University and Wärtsilä Digital Technologies
…eer events, and offering students internships. Its representatives also teach a number of subjects in the university’s curricula. The hackathon became a new format of closer interaction between the company and the university’s Information Technologies and Programming Faculty, the process which started last year. “The hackathon took place at ITMO University’s…
21.02.2020
Where They're Always Glad to Help: Inside the New Student Services Office at ITMO University
…m students comes every day. They thank the staff for their help and for eliminating the need to visit a hundred offices. Today, most requests can be made in the “Студенческий офис” section of the Russian-language ISU and will be fulfilled within a single workday. The service continues to improve and its feature set is continuously expanded. Even today, most of the do…
21.02.2020
Meet the First Graduates of ITMO's Mentorship Program
… to volunteer and help each other, support and grow together,” shares her experience Uliana Petrova, a graduate of ITMO University and a leading technologist of a European bread production company. The program as seen by an experienced mentor: how mentors’ work continues in their students “I didn’t get to mentoring straight away. I was teaching for arou…
20.02.2020
Sagar Kumar: My Desire Is to Help Humankind in Every Way Possible
… the big data explosion. These fields are becoming more sophisticated with every passing year. We are yet to see its full potential, which goes beyond self-driving cars, fraud detection devices or retail trend analysis. Was there something specific you aspired to when coming to St. Petersburg? Before coming to Russia, I had only one desire: to pursue higher …
20.02.2020