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• How to Survive Exams: The Russian Way

  …ur university grades for each class are kept with the signatures of your professors. When you’re performing this crazy ritual, be sure to check for rain or snow so as not to "stain" your previous academic success. No less important a tradition, which can really help you to quickly study the material, is to sleep with your notes under your pillow the night before t…

  03.01.2017

• International Relations at ITMO University in 2016: Successes and Plans

  … Institute of Design and Urban Studies was invited by UNESCO to participate in "The Europe & North America Regional Workshop on the Global Action Programme on Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) and Cities". The senior lecturer of the Foreign Languages Department, Inna Anokhina, participated in an international convention "TESOL 2016" and "International Visit…

  29.12.2016

• Idiot’s Guide to Russian New Year

  …t was able to freeze them. From the early 90's his image became more Santa-like. The coat turned red — though it continued to be longer, and the essential Russianness was retained with the child-freezing stick and valenki. In 1998 he got assigned a permanent home in Velikii Ustug, a small town near Moscow, where his house has become a tourist attraction. But ther…

  29.12.2016

• IT Remains the Best Choice: SuperJob Webportal on 2017's Job Market

  …imir Parfenov. The Dean also relieved the fears of those who believe that one won't survive without programming skills in the future. Basic knowledge in programming will certainly be of no use: being successful in new fields implies university-level training and a proper outlook. Yet, one surely has to understand what programming is and how it affects everyone's l…

  29.12.2016

• How to Hack into Something That Cannot be Hacked?

  … for any possible ways to hack their systems. For instance, we now collaborate with the Swiss ID Quantique Company. There is also the TOSHIBA's Research Laboratory in Great Britain, they attempt to create a system that accounts for all vulnerabilities. Those work independently, though it is hard to find vulnerabilities in your own system. That is why I never try to c…

  28.12.2016

• ITMO 3.0 Reload: 2016's Results

  …ents. Eduard Kamalov and Artem Demchenkov shared about their idea — a liquid gainer as opposed to the commonly used powder ones. Such gainers will be easier to use and will contain more useful substances. The last project was on protein ice-cream. Kirill Kazarinov, one of the project's authors, explained that this product will be in demand as sportsmen would like to …

  27.12.2016

• Who Are Makers? Why Do They Need to Be Creative?

  …research and even aesthetic skills. It means that a maker is a creative engineer with a sense of beauty. Those who want to implement their ideas into the market also have to obtain entrepreneurial skills. Such centers as ITMO’s OLYMP and FabLab were made for these purposes. When most Russian labs were created by enthusiastic university staff members and scientific…

  26.12.2016

• Small Innovative Enterprise "Intelligent Information Systems" Attracts New Investors

  …nity, but also on the market. Then, both our staff and the University’s future graduates can look for new ways to apply their scientific knowledge and experience, as well as obtain new business and entrepreneurial competences." — explains Aleksander Ostroukhov, head of the SIE Cooperation Office. Denis Zhuk, the commercial director of "IIS", says that in 2016, …

  22.12.2016

• ITMO Scientists Gets the Presidential Grant on Studying Quasiparticles

  … inorganic materials. Such crystals are already used in solar batteries and gas sorbtion. Thanks to the combination of organic and inorganic elements in such crystals, they contain both porous and conductive structures. The pores absorb gases, and conductive structures can effectively absorb light, which is crucial for photoelectric elements.…

  20.12.2016

• "Death and Life of Catalysts": Evgeny Pidko on Getting the ERC Grant and his Research Plans

  … European Research Council (ERC). Their grants are considered the most prestigious in Europe. When distributing grants, ERC looks at one's excellence only: you have to meet certain criteria, and the project itself has to be innovative and groundbreaking. These grants may well be the hardest to get. According to official statistics, the success rate of grant applic…

  20.12.2016