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• Digital Humanities: Digitizing History

  …dels of different historical processes. For instance, they calculate the probability of particular tribes' migration from one area to another or the effect of harvests in a certain historical period on a certain culture's development. Such work implies the symbiosis of mathematics, programming and historical research. Where do DH com…

  04.10.2017

• Urbanist Dhiru Thadani: to Improve Cities, We Must Focus on People

  …Russia. I haven’t had many chances to see Russia, but I believe that parking spaces are lacking in Russian cities. Parking spots are expensive because they’re costly to maintain. At the same time, most people don’t want to pay for parking, which is a problem, as well. I myself think that cities shouldn’t have free parking altogether. It is not a popular solution, …

  03.10.2017

• Urban Evolution: Artists, Journalists and CEOs Discuss Future of St. Petersburg

  …management of urban spaces. The Forum is organized by ITMO University and the Government of St. Petersburg. The main goal of the Forum is to find effective approaches to sustainable urban development with regard to the global challenges of today’s world. This year, the main theme was the re-thinking of the cities’ essence and the evolutionary ways for their develo…

  02.10.2017

• Blogger Boris Tsatsulin on Science Writing, Kamchatka and Memes

  …gst the abundance of false methods and ineffective programs. I liked that, so I started to write a blog, share what I’ve learned. Bloggers often change their format at a certain point. Did you experiment with that? Initially, my format was similar to lectures - presentation plus my voice; other formats were too complex for me at that time. Surely, I tried intro…

  02.10.2017

• Spatial Development Forum: How Citizens Create Smart Cities

  …tion not only about themselves, but their owners, as well: where they are, how they feel, etc. In theory, analysis of such data can help both create smart technologies and maintain their effectiveness. Expert tips At the plenary discussion, experts shared their advice on how smart-city technologies can be created and adopted in a cost-efficient way and with the…

  29.09.2017

• "HOW should I trust?" - Thomas Leitch on Fake News

  …se, the theoretical knowledge you possess doesn't make you a good driver. Being a good driver implies the ability to adapt to the ever-changing conditions on the road. To a certain degree, you have to rely on your car, the quality of road pavement, and other drivers (as long as they’re following the rules). Yet adapting to the surroundings is the key. Similar to t…

  29.09.2017

• ITMO won Silver "Dolphin" at the Cannes Corporate Media and TV awards

  …,000 applications this year from more than 40 countries, all the way from Brazil, USA and Canada to Australia and New Zealand. Most of the projects came from Germany, Great Britain, Austria, France and Switzerland. The international expert jury awarded the coveted trophies to 174 of the films. "Cannes is well known for film festivals, and during the year there a…

  29.09.2017

• School Students Present Their Inventions At the St. Petersburg International Innovation Forum

  …s.   Also, one should consider the phenomena of patent trolls - people who patent ideas in advance without working on prototypes, thus hindering other inventors' work on certain projects (as they already "own" the idea). You can always check whether the idea you're working on has already been patented with the help of the WIPO Technology and Innovation Support Cen…

  28.09.2017

• ITMO's Metamaterial MRI-Boosting Invention Praised by St. Petersburg Government

  …ess solution” and “Best innovative product”. In each category, projects from six areas were included: nanosystems; information and telecommunication systems; life sciences; sustainable use of natural resources; transport and aerospace systems; energy efficiency, supply and nuclear energy. Researchers from the Department of Nanophotonics and Nanomaterials, Alexey Slob…

  28.09.2017

• Google Celebrates 19th Birthday

  … success Google’s strength as a search engine lies in its algorithms. Regular users and IT professionals often say that they prefer Google simply because it is better at certain tasks – such as finding plane tickets. “Google’s algorithms give great results in certain search areas and less great results in others. The company has…

  27.09.2017