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• ITMO University Scientists Develop Laser for High-Precision Satellite Navigation

  …cy of a laser locator depends on the duration of its laser pulse and resolution of the receiver. The shorter the impulse, the higher is the accuracy. Increased Precision Scientists from ITMO University’s Research Institute of Laser Physics have developed a laser capable of measuring the distance to the Moon with the margin of error of a few millimeters. Obtaine…

  04.10.2018

• Pension Reform and Inclusion of the Elderly: Changing Social Policy in Today’s Russia

  …You’ve been studying the issues of the “third age” for several years already. What did you start with? The first project by the Russian Science Foundation was launched in 2014. It was dedicated to social inclusion of the elderly. My initial hypothesis was that the best way of doing it is engagement: for those who are working, it is best to continue to work, and fo…

  03.10.2018

• Change of Seasons: Autumn is Love

  …vour lots of podcasts on a daily basis (especially in autumn when my brain starts to come round after the heat-induced summer slurp), but my all-time favs include the good ol’ science-based BBC Discovery, the movie-related MTV number Happy Sad Confused with the ever-affable presenter Josh Horowitz interviewing his glitzy movie star friends and inspirations, Ghiblioth…

  02.10.2018

• ‘I Want to Create Something that Really Matters’: ITMO University’s First-Year Student On Developing Socially Significant Apps

  … a smart-watch device. Vice versa, deaf-blind people can communicate by tapping on the screen of the device. I called it ‘Life Feel’. I took this app to practically all the scientific conferences in my home region of Bashkortostan, receiving scores of accolades and first places. I also won ‘My First Business’, a prestigious contest organized by the Plekhanov Russi…

  02.10.2018

• Fighting Talk: Management Sparrings Participants Discuss their Experience

  …able opportunity of practicing their negotiation skills, which isn’t so easy to find in other management competitions,” comments Natalia Lukovnikova, head of ITMO University’s Science and technology foresight center. Management sparrings draw on the unique approach created by the famous management expert Vladimir Tarasov, who developed a set of techniques for ev…

  01.10.2018

• Smart City VS Smart Citizens: Сoen Bergman on Conducting Efficient Public Research

  … use, and how will it help from the sociocultural standpoint? At WAAG, we conduct a whole range of public research that focuses on tasks existing at the intersection of science, technology and art. We believe that it’s most important to develop in an interdisciplinary manner: combine different competencies and involve experts from multiple fields. We also invi…

  01.10.2018

• Art-Tir: Unleash Your Inner Pollock

  …l to paint using the centrifugal force. And don’t worry about getting plastered with paint: they sell disposable protective clothing at the counter, which gives you a fun, mad scientist kind of a look. Apart from those, the only things you have to pay for are paints and whatever you want to paint on, be it canvas, fibreboard, or even T-shirts. You are not limited in …

  28.09.2018

• Want to Be Successful in Business? Learn to Communicate

  …careers as a teenager. Not every 17-year-old understands what they really like. In my case, it was my parents who influenced me. They wanted me to do something related to hard science. I did, and I realized it wasn’t for me, even though I still graduated. At the same time, I started exploring other options. I ended up at AIESEC, an international youth organization th…

  28.09.2018

• Hot Air Balloons, Telescopes, and Sky Surfing: 2018 ‘Right Rudder!’ Youth Foresight Festival Takes Flight

  …sessions, competitions, workshops, and meetings with the experts and public figures give participants an opportunity to think about their future careers and foster the youth’s scientific, technical, and artistic creativity. Opening the 2018 ‘Right Rudder!’ festival were ITMO University’s Faculty of Technological Management and Innovations Dean Nina Yanykina and Deput…

  27.09.2018

• ITMO Researchers Receive Grant to Create Urban Development Centers in Russia and Finland

  …echnologies. The latter is especially relevant, as it will let citizens cut out the middleman and form contracts between each other. Participants and Locations A team of scientists, with the support of ITMO University’s Center for Project Management, has formed an international consortium that, in addition to ITMO, includes the St. Petersburg Information and An…

  27.09.2018