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• Bend it Like Beckham: ITMO Winners of VK Hackathon Develop App for Honing Football Skills

  …ts on goal made by famous footballers, record their own attempts and compare how closely they’ve managed to copy a sports star’s shooting technique. The app left such an impression on a VK Hackathon’s partner, sports media outlet Sports.Ru, that now the team are in discussions on developing their project further and building it into Spo…

  30.10.2019

• Surprise Me Founder Alexander Golovatiy: Developing a Company Is Constantly Proving Thousands of Hypotheses

  …ginning to understand what they want from their career or those who can dive into several topics at the same time. A perfect candidate for us is someone who already is a professional but who wants to get better and knows where to go. We don’t have a structure, everyone is responsible for something, meaning that each of our employees can be a developer, a client suppo…

  30.10.2019

• St. Petersburg's Spookiest Landmarks

  …e first has to do with the stone it stands on. Some say that once upon a time, sacrifices were made upon this imposing rock in order to quell the forces of evil! After the decision was made to transport it from its initial location outside St. Petersburg, the locals cursed the stone. Another popular urban legend states that the monument sometimes comes alive to patro…

  29.10.2019

• ITMO Graduates on Education in Russia and Finland, Running a Business and Being Expats

  … of university. It so happened that I only thought of this in Finland.  Lev, you worked at a startup before leaving for Finland. Why did you not stay there and made the decision to relocate? Lev: This was in 2008. My colleague founded the startup Cloudmach and found himself an investor. The idea was to transfer 3D technologies to any device, for example, an iPh…

  29.10.2019

• John Ioannidis’s ITMO Lecture: What’s Wrong With Medical Research and How We Can Make It Right

  …cal greeting he moved on to the main topic of his lecture by saying: “The majority of medical and clinical studies is, unfortunately, useless”. It is a rather disturbing conclusion, as we expect scientists to deliver breakthroughs that would save many people or at least improve the quality of their lives. And yet, as Dr. Ioannidis demonstrated at the very beginning o…

  28.10.2019

• ITMO University Among Leaders of 5-100 Russian Academic Excellence Project

  …ty, Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University, Samara University, and Siberian Federal University. As noted by Tatyana Golikova, the Russian Deputy Prime Minister, upon conclusion of the session, the project’s funding is expected to increase by 5 billion rubles in 2021. She also pointed out that, traditionally, the project’s 10-billion…

  26.10.2019

• Song of the Month: October 2019

  …ome truth or some philosophical gibberish.” One of my favorite parts of the song is the solo. Before the song takes this uplifting attitude, it drives you into a rumbling explosion full of drifting synths, cymbals and a distorted guitar with an almost silent choir underneath, truly exorbitant.  “This one bird didn’t leave you You can hear it as it flies It’s not…

  25.10.2019

• ITMO University Graduate On Working in Public Service and Studies at ITMO

  …rsity in another city for two years. How did you manage to juggle your studies and work? Back then, I was working at the Department, and its administration supported my decision and wrote a letter to ITMO University’s Rector asking him to develop an individual educational track for me. There were six students in my group, three of which entered the university via …

  25.10.2019

• Mexican Student Shares His Story and Tips for Better Online Security

  …t new approaches to detect malware. I always found malware topics fascinating and I’m doing my best to create a product that can really be useful for everyone. That’s my professional and social goal. As a mechatronic engineer and future information security expert, I believe I can merge these two disciplines in a useful way, and work at a very deep level with them.” …

  24.10.2019

• Returning to the Path of Human: St. Petersburg to Host Lighting Design International Conference

  …an studies. Platform’s pilot projects have already been tested in six cities in Finland. The first results will be presented this year as part of the “Urban Innovations” session. It will take place at the “Lighting Design” conference at the General Staff Building of the State Hermitage Museum on November 1, 2019. St. Petersburg officials and scientists also too…

  24.10.2019