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• ITMO University Hosts Virtual Smart-Up Camp 'Innovations for Smart Cities in BSR'

  … well as representatives of the governments of Tallinn and Aarhus, the Latvian Ministry of Economics, and the Lithuanian Agency for Science, Innovation and Technology. ITMO.NEWS spoke to some of the camp’s participants and stakeholders to find out how relevant for the Baltic region are the issues presented within the cases, which solutions have been found, and whe…

  17.09.2020

• App Developed by an ITMO Student Won the VK Mini Apps Contest

  … we suggest it? How do we attract people? That’s why we decided to create a page on VK called Simply Eco. It’s still active and we publish various information there: articles, news, and eco lifehacks,” says Serafima Mikhailova, co-founder of the project. More than a contest In spring 2020, when the three students were trying to decide how to develop their…

  17.09.2020

• Student Spotlight: Gabriel Guerra, Ecuador

  … “I think that the Russian culture is bigger and deeper than the silly stereotypes that we were told. The city is so beautiful, you can always go for a walk and find some new buildings with amazing architecture. St. Petersburg is a fantastic city to live, it is very cultural, and you can feel it every time you go outside”.  After some time in Russia, Gabrie…

  17.09.2020

• How Robots Help Us Deal With Online Toxicity

  …y simple: for a long time, developers teach an algorithm to tell regular and toxic comments apart by showing it pre-parsed examples of both. Then, the algorithm begins to scan new comments for toxicity. At this point, the number of text entries doesn’t matter: a well-trained algorithm can process millions of comments in mere seconds. How do these algorithms wo…

  16.09.2020

• LIGHT4HEALTH International Project Second Summer School to Commence in October

  …tested at the international summer schools of the project by students. And then it is approved at workshops by the professional community. The conduct and organization of each new meeting is assigned in turn to one of the consortium partner universities. In 2019, the University of Wolverhampton, United Kingdom, hosted the first summer school on  the topic "Indoor lig…

  16.09.2020

• Bike Ride With the Rector 12.0: Participants Share Their Impressions and Pandemic Experience

  …r the Yakhtenny Bridge, students and staff returned to the home stadium of the Zenit football club, where they took the final photo. Several participants talked to ITMO.NEWS and shared why they decided to devote their Tuesday evening to cycling and how the pandemic affected their love for two-wheeled vehicles. Anatoly Ivanov, second-year student at the Info…

  16.09.2020

• This Weekend in St. Petersburg: September 19-20, 2020

  … (teacher of the much talked-of Balagov) Alexander Sokurov reconsiders this Biblical tale. By combining paintings, music, sculpture and video pieces, the author is looking for new meanings in this centuries-old story, reinstating the relevance of all-forgiveness in the present day. Is it simply a one-man story or a lesson to be learned by all? Just a heads-up if you …

  16.09.2020

• ITMO Researchers Present New Inventions at AGRORUS-2020 Expo

  …. Its current and potential partners, too, participated in AGRORUS-2020. “We’re actively building relationships with industrial partners in order to bring onto the market new, promising inventions and submit joint grant applications,” says Daria Mironova, deputy head for projects and commercialization at the School of Biotechnology and Cryogenic Systems. “We’ve …

  15.09.2020

• Public Transport in St. Petersburg

  … than the “regular” ticket price and is discounted even further based on the number of uses in the past month, resulting in a discount of 17 to 21 rubles per ride. Use your newly-acquired card by simply holding it next to a turnstile (on the metro) or a bright orange “validator” on a bus or tram. Select commercial minibus routes also accept Podorozhnik cards for p…

  15.09.2020

• Medical Discoveries That Changed the World

  …that are capable of producing antibodies in order to deactivate pathogens. In 2018, James Allison and Tasuku Honjo made additions to the immune theory and developed a brand-new way to treat cancer. There are many restrictions in our bodies. Cells of the lymphatic system that are responsible for detection and destruction of a pathogen, be that a virus, bacteria, or…

  15.09.2020