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• World-Renowned Professors Maurice Herlihy and Nir Shavit on Computer Science in Life

  … What made you interested in computer science in the first place? Maurice: I studied mathematics first, and when I received my bachelor degree, I didn’t really know what I wanted to do next. For sure I needed a job so I started to work as a programmer. After some time I came to understand that working as an average statistical programmer you don’t really have tas…

  18.07.2017

• Show, Don't Tell: ITMO.SHOW Provides Access to All ITMO Presentations

  …t of all, it is a solution to the decades-long practice of exchanging emails and memory sticks with guests at events where university staff showcases their projects. If anyone wants to have a second look at the material they were shown, they can easily find it on the website. Secondly, this makes life easier for those employees who conduct the presentations. Gone are…

  17.07.2017

• ITMO Ranks High for International Collaboration in Management Education

  …knowledge of business and management. Among our new goals we give priority to the development of connections and search for partners in topical cross-disciplinary clusters. We want to create unique educational products – not just double degree programs, but any other forms of educational collaboration that would involve the world’s leading experts,” – comments Ms. Tu…

  17.07.2017

• Game Development Education on the Rise in Russia

  …eat, important, necessary things – but a specialist has no use for them if they’re not familiar with a certain game engine. This discussion was our wake-up call, so to say. We wanted to figure out what the main topics are, to find out what others in the industry want to talk about. We’re going to keep working in this area, to make educa…

  14.07.2017

• Blockchain: New Word in Banking

  …d have successfully conducted a three-party transaction. Current limitations The use of blockchain, too, has its limits. If you have your own pilot or a project that you want to implement, the first issue you will encounter is the lack of biometric or any other form of identification. There are many types of identificators, but no connection is made between a r…

  13.07.2017

• Forming Bonds: Visiting Scientists on Chemistry Research and Working Abroad

  …rgh. “It was a very international environment, I was dealing with a new culture and a new way of working,” she explained.  As a result, she decided that after her PhD she wanted another experience abroad. “I was fascinated by German culture and the German way of working; they’re really precise,” – shares Sara – “I wrote to our now-supervisor, Professor Hey-Hawki…

  12.07.2017

• MIT Experts on Russian Entrepreneurship

  …preneurship, and we are now eager to share our experiences with others. During these eight weeks we will focus on both entrepreneurial and technical skills. On top of that, we want to emphasize communication skills, leadership skills and other, so-called “soft skills”. You already had a chance to chat with the participants. Did you notice any assets the Russia…

  10.07.2017

• Unexpected Russia: Interview with Chris Hastings

  …er Languages (TESOL) on 10-month-long fellowships at academic institutions throughout the world. When applying, he put Russia down as one of only two countries that he did not want to be placed, due to the cold winters, so he was very surprised to be matched with ITMO. “After reading about ITMO and Saint Petersburg online, I immediately realized I'd be stupid no…

  07.07.2017

• How to get a grant for studying in USA or France? Master students from ITMO share their experiences

  …ents. Also you need to show that you are responsible and interested, and be able to sell yourself in order to get a good recommendation letter from your teachers. If a student wants to go abroad but doesn’t meet the minimal criteria, it is intuitively clear that the teachers will not support him. About the practical steps, first of all you need to collect all …

  07.07.2017

• Technopark Resident VISmart: Helping Machines Think Like Humans

  …d Wide Web”, thinks that the use of semantic technology to analyze and process information will be a huge improvement to search engines, among other things. Right now, if they want to find certain information on the web, users often have to sort through a great number of websites. For instance, says Dr. Wohlgenannt, one might want to fi…

  06.07.2017