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IEEE Award Winner Slobozhanyuk: “There Are No Stupid Questions in Science”
…have missed it, there are those who prefer to do the bare minimum and waste the taxpayers’ money. The Science journal, for instance, has a Technical Reports section that contains scientists’ feedback on the published articles, meaning that they welcome criticism. Have you ever written anything like that? Not yet. I wanted do, but didn’t get around to it. But I …
16.08.2017
ITMO & Australian Scientists Contribute to Latest Nanophotonics Review
…s. Our goal was to not just list them, but lay some groundwork for researchers who now have the opportunity to easily check which types of nanostructures are best used with certain materials and at different light intensity. For instance, writing this review was most useful for me, as my main research field as a PhD student is the use of special dielectric nanostruct…
16.08.2017
Relocation Tips: What You Need to Know About ITMO Dorms
… at the dormitory. When you send in your application documents via e-mail, state that you require dormitory lodging. To move into the dormitory, you will have to provide certain medical documents. Submitting the documents is compulsory for all students. The documents are: ⦁ Form 086-y certificate (with chest X-ray results). You keep the certificate, be …
15.08.2017
Ecological Raids: International Ecocamp at Yagodnoe
…new paper from waste paper at home, which they learned about during one of the workshops; they also learned how to make solar batteries, microgenerators and other devices to obtain energy from alternative sources. ITMO.NEWS asked the young ecologists why they came to Russia to learn about recycling, what were the most memorable parts of their stay at Yagodnoe and how…
15.08.2017
Gennady Korotkevich Wins Google Code Jam Fourth Time in a Row
…swer until the award ceremony. Another special feature of this particular competition is that the competitors may use any programming language and development environment to obtain their solutions. This year, the Google Code Jam finalists had six problems to solve. According to the official analysis of the contest, the majority of participants first solved the…
14.08.2017
SHA2017: Summer Camp for Hackers
…ery participant had their own external IP, which made communication really simple,” – shares Oleg. Oleg Zaytsev (center). Credit: social media Another source of entertainment was the central bar, where a large display hung behind the bartenders. Each pixel of it could be modified by sending a message containing the correspondi…
14.08.2017
DemoDay: Projects from MIT Global Startup Labs and SumIT Startup School
… General of the United States in Saint Petersburg, spoke at DemoDay and noted that the development of business partnerships between Russia and the USA is a crucial part of maintaining the relationship between the two countries. This kind of cooperation can help overcome this difficult time in the relations between them, he says. Russia’s first MIT Global Start…
11.08.2017
Dmitriy Andrianov: We've Lost Our Opportunity To Develop IT-Outsourcing Industry
…loping a particular machine instead of going to lectures. One can think that's the easy way, yet to make such a machine the student will have to do lots of work: learn how certain technologies work, check them for compatibility and the like. At my son's school (though it's not in Finland), when children show potential in some field, they give them additional trainin…
11.08.2017
Project Session at Sirius: Implants, Security and Nano-Shampoo
… with solutions on their own, organized their actions and planned everything themselves. Project leads were only there to supervise their work and help them figure out if a certain idea was working,” – explains Mr. Mukhin. In preparation, staff and administration of ITMO University have set up a “nanoclassroom” in one of the university’s buildings. There, they p…
10.08.2017
Cool Science: Why Science Communication Matters
…The first “Formula for Science PR” handbook was released in 2014, back when science communication in Russia was still in its infancy. It contained SciComm experts’ stories of their failures and successes. 2017’s edition was edited by ITMO University’s Science Communication Center. This is the third edition and is much more mature; it shows that the field of science c…
09.08.2017