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• WorldSkills: How World-Class Specialists are Trained in Russia

  …What is WorldSkills? WorldSkills is an international non-commercial movement that aims to elevate the prestige value of blue-collar and service professions and develop mastery of skills. The movement began in 1947, in post-war Spain, as a response to the lack of qualified workers; as of now, the organization includes members from 77 countries. The first championsh…

  08.11.2017

• Relocation tips: Healthcare

  … border crossing point for a short period (minimum one week). The cost of insurance starts from 1 USD per the day of your stay and covers help only in case of emergencies, traumas and/or critical health situations. Later, you will still need to buy health insurance for the entire length of your stay in Russia. Here are some hints for buying medical insurance …

  08.11.2017

• Artur Khanov: I Can’t Even Imagine A Profession That Gives You This Much Freedom

  …rs. We were the first CTF participants in Russia, and, gradually, teams from other universities joined us. I'd played for UFU's team XOR a few times before I started my Master's studies at the Mathematics & Mechanics Faculty of St. Petersburg State University. Their local team, Peter Pan, was looking for a reverse-engineering specialist to help them hack progr…

  07.11.2017

• Technopark Resident's Projects Get Government Support At Sochi Youth Expo

  …tructure in education, which concerns the commercialization of university projects by industrial enterprises. This will let the university gain funding for the project’s later mass production. NT-SPb’s NanoTutor microscope is already used in 18 schools of St. Petersburg and several regional Quantoriums; teachers received special training from ITMO University in or…

  07.11.2017

• 5 Science News Now

  … by tracking particles called muons. They are very similar to electrons—having the same charge and a quantum property called spin—but are 207 times heavier. This difference in mass is quite important as it turns out it determines how these particles interact when hitting matter. Two parts of brain communicate during sleep, make memories. Using an innovative "Neuro…

  06.11.2017

• Things to Do in St. Petersburg this Weekend: November 4-5

  …fers great performances and lots of fun stuff. Every evening from November 4th to 6th, fire dancers, circus performers and, surely, the show’s guests will all become part of a massive Halloween-themed celebration that will take place at the Babushkina Park. If you’re a fan of mass gatherings, spooky stuff and festive atmosphere, be sure…

  03.11.2017

• KronBars Tops List of Russia's Best Student Sports Clubs

  …dential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (RANEPA) and the club KAI-Zilant of the Tupolev Kazan National Research Technical University (KNRTU-KAI). Gornaya Mashina from the Ural State Mining University (USMU, Sverdlovsk Region) and one more representative of Moscow - the Phoenix club from the Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University (IMMU) r…

  03.11.2017

• Campus Festival: Why Data Science Is All Around Us And Why Memes Are Folklore?

  …sakovich, language expert from St. Petersburg State University. Memes are quite a complex field of research, partly because Richard Dawkins who’s introduced the term to the masses confused everyone a little. The defined memes are units of cultural transmission that can mutate and form groups and are subject to natural selection processes. His memetics never got th…

  02.11.2017

• Chemist Artem Oganov: On Blind Spots in Chemistry and Materials of Future

  …firmed. Blind spots of chemistry This work illustrates how we predict a stable structure for a given chemical composition, but, in fact, predictive power can be expanded massively more. We also learned how to predict which chemical compounds will be stable: without knowing the chemical formula, we can predict it. Methodologically, everything is quite simple. In…

  02.11.2017

• Master’s Student: Why IT Specialists Need to Get Involved in Science

  …This year you enrolled in a Master’s program at ITMO University. Before that, you already spent quite some time working in the industry. What was your career like before you came here? I’ve been into tech since my childhood; I wasn’t all that interested in the humanities, although I had a pretty diverse upbringing: went to sports clubs, attended a musical school. …

  01.11.2017