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• 12th in Russia: ITMO University On the Rise in National Rankings

  …f six key categories, among which are education and research activities, social environment, internationalization, innovation and entrepreneurship, and brand. The first two criteria are weighted more significantly. The ranking is based on data gathered from questionnaires completed by representatives from universities, information on universities posted on their offi…

  15.12.2016

• The First Results of the Massive Open Online Course on Science Communication

  …for organizers and students. The most difficult task faced by applicants was to write a longread in a short period of time. As a lecturer, Mr. Zadereev worked hard to divide materials for his course into small pieces so as to present them on lectures. The expert also added that it would be a good idea to put information on communication models and particular communic…

  14.12.2016

• IT-Breakthrough in St. Petersburg: from Machine Vision to Smart Feeders

  …e so. "A person comes to the store, chooses what he wants to buy, goes through the readers and sees the cost of his purchase. Yet, that would be useful mostly for building material stores, where most products are expensive, the queues are long and there are many bulky wares. This technology is also great for monitoring the supply of goods. As of now, a chain of pre…

  14.12.2016

• Aiming High: World’s Leading Experts on Modern Sports Programming

• Scientists Produce Water Based Tunable Metasurfaces

  …Metamaterials are the man-made mediums with periodic structure. Then metasurface can be represented as a single layer of metamaterial, i.e. as a lattice of artificial atoms called meta-atoms. Usually, meta-atoms are made of metals and ceramics, but it turned out that can be used for this purpose too. The scientists from ITMO University…

  13.12.2016

• ITMO has the Best Business Incubator in Russia

  …he world according to UBI Global. About 59 university and 13 independent business incubators and accelerators in Russia were assessed by UBI Global based on 41 different criteria. The criteria were grouped into three categories: value for the Russian Ecosystem, value for startup clients and attractiveness of the programs. UBI Global …

  08.12.2016

• Hermitage’s Head Clocksmith on his Work, Laboratory and the Importance of Restoring Technological Marvels

  …o prove that the aesthetic beauty of clockworks is equal to that of art objects. When you're reading the description of clocks in the Hermitage, it's all about the case: its material, the master who did it, the style. This is ok. But the clockworks themselves are really diverse, interesting and beautiful. As for the tours, there's a lot to work with. For instance, th…

  07.12.2016

• How to Improve the Quality of Higher Education?

  …ucational Programs Department became its winner. The main target of the project is to compare Russian and European approaches to higher education, analyze different quality criteria and also apply the best practices of international educational centers to ITMO’s academic programs. According to Neil Sparnon, quality assurance expert in the field of higher education, …

  06.12.2016

• Russian Scientists Develop New Metasurfaces for Deep UV-Imaging

  …n tell us a lot about matter structure in motion," says the first author of the paper Sergey Makarov, senior research associate ofITMO’s Department of Nano-Photonics and Metamaterials. The new technology may also find applications in optical communications. "Using ultrashort laser pulses for data transmission, we will make the flow denser and enhance its speed. It …

  02.12.2016

• An Algorithm for Prediction Movies before They are Shot

  …ed movie, but also predict whether a film is successful or not even before it’s released. The project consists of several stages. First of all, he defined the evaluation criteria like a country, director, actors and actresses, budget, special effects and so forth. Also, it turned out that success depends on the amount of "likes" on Facebook accounts of actors. The…

  02.12.2016