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• ITMO’s Science Communicators Hosted a Discussion at the Total Dictation Conference

  …mote not only the  excellent writing skills, but also high-quality contemporary prose in the Russian language.  Represented by the CSC staff, ITMO University organized an entire section on science communication. Three students of the Science Communication Master’s program volunteered on the day, and assisted at the conference’s press center. For them, this was a u…

  11.02.2020

• St. Petersburg Scientists Propose a Technology That Can Reduce the Cost of High-Efficiency Solar Cells

  …popular topics in the field is the development of solar energy technologies. “Hydrocarbons as a traditional source of energy are exhaustible, and their burning leads to the production of carbon dioxide,” says Ivan Mukhin, an ITMO University researcher and the head of a laboratory at Academic University. “Meanwhile, the Sun can be a virtually inexhaustible energy…

  11.02.2020

• Do Valentine's Day Like a Single Russian

  …ter I like, the seat I choose, no one stealing my popcorn or commenting at all the wrong moments. In St. Petersburg, I’d go for Cinema Grand Palace, with super comfy chairs and a selection of movies in English and Russian, and enjoy watching a movie all the way through. Sweat it out in a banya. Few things are more Russian than banya – the local version of sauna – …

  10.02.2020

• ITMO Open Science: Science and Cutting-Edge Inventions Presented at One of Russia’s Largest Contemporary Art Museums

  …ves of different ITMO schools and departments to speak about their work and research results, discuss new projects and their joint implementation.  The event consists of several sections: Mega Battle, Power Pitch, Future Now, Industrial Battle and Open Talk, with each format opening different opportunities for the conference’s participants. These could be not only…

  10.02.2020

• How ITMO Technopark Resident Orbi Prime Is Reinventing Sports Broadcasting

  …ur first product was a pair of sunglasses with four built-in cameras that record 360-degree videos. It was in development for two years and just a year ago it was ready for mass production. The first batch has already been completed, and we’re currently waiting on a second one. The second product is also a 360-degree camera, so we’re not straying from our lane. It…

  10.02.2020

• How to Find Your Favorite Video Game Genre

  …ood base.  Role-playing games. Having originated from the legendary Dungeons & Dragons, role-playing games (RPG) center around one character giving the player full control of its actions. Typically set in a fantasy or a science fiction universe, RPGs often consist of a number of quests the player has to complete in order to finish th…

  07.02.2020

• GIS for Beginners: How to Start Working with Maps and Why Do it in the First Place

  …ystem (GIS) with an open-source code. It works on Linux, Unix, Mac OS X, Windows and Android, supports a variety of vector and bitmap formats as well as databases, and has a large functionality.  The data the GIS works with has a very important feature – these are coordinates which are bound to every element of the map and allow to unmistakably identify an obj…

  07.02.2020

• Patrick Asante: The Support From the International Office Is Incredible

  …we are interested in using cellular automata to analyze outcomes of growth in a biochemical process to explain the epidemic fronts of a disease that spreads within a society-based reaction-diffusion process. Have you fulfilled or want to fulfill any dreams while in Russia? My dream is to finish my Master’s and get admitted into a renowned Ph.D. program either a…

  06.02.2020

• ITMO Engineers’ New AC System Brings a Breath of Fresh Air to Historical Buildings

  …by the engineers is able, according to their calculations, to regulate indoor air temperature without additional heat-transfer mediums at -5 degrees Celsius (the system will still function at a lower temperature, but it will need to draw additional heat from the central heating system). Unfortunately, this year’s unusually warm winter has prevented them from testing …

  06.02.2020

• This Weekend in St. Petersburg: February 8-9, 2020

  …is art objects on topical social issues, which form a retrospective part of the display. There will also be exclusive installations created specifically for the exhibition and a collection of photos of the Parnas district inhabitants. All this will be accompanied with lectures on street art through the lens of philosophy.  “A Symphonic Mystery – The World of Hans …

  05.02.2020