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• ITMO Graduate on Helping Develop Cardano’s ADA Cryptocurrency

  …Cryptocurrencies One of the unique features of all cryptocurrencies is that nobody (yet) controls them: they are decentralized systems which function thanks to their users. Cryptocurrencies are not backed by gold, they cannot be printed. The only resource needed to produce most of today’s cryptocurrencies is a computer. There are thousands of articles WRITTEN abou…

  14.12.2017

• From A Double Degree Program To A PhD In France: Student Shares

  … heavy metals in water (lead, mercury, etc.). The project lies at the intersection of physics and chemistry and has an application in ecology as a sensor for water quality control. A major difference between a French PhD program in comparison with Russian ones is that the student can choose the disciplines he wants to study, and examinations are not mandatory. The li…

  13.12.2017

• Relocation Tips: Winter Activities and Beating the Blues

  …As winter rolls in, the temperatures drop and sunlight becomes a rare sight. And yet, the city of St. Petersburg doesn't seem to become much darker, as it emits a light of its own, with snow reflecting the bright lights of lively holiday decorations and with festive New Year's markets spreading warmth and cheer throughout the streets. The best way to beat the doom an…

  12.12.2017

• Game Development Education in Russia and the World

  …These days, there are two basic ways to become a game developer. Higher education experts see it like this: an applicant enrolls in a university, receives training, graduates, finds work with a major company and starts earning money. However, to get such a job, a graduate would need to acquire the experience employers would expect from them. Students themselves see i…

  11.12.2017

• Russia to Launch First Educational Media-Project on Cancer Prevention

  …ubovik. Primary prevention is general prevention: when risk factors are eliminated and the disease doesn’t originate at all. The main risk factors of cancer include: prolonged exposure to the sun or other sources of ultraviolet radiation; ionizing radiation; smoking; alcohol; malnutrition (excessive consumption of fatty and sa…

  08.12.2017

• New U.S. Ambassador to Russia Jon Huntsman Visits ITMO

  …ion. For example, we are collaborating with chemists at the University of Clermont-Ferrand in France. We also started working with Igor Roninson from the University of South Carolina, who is a specialist in the area of cancer biology and drug development with extensive international experience. This project has a direct clinical future since Igor is a partner of the …

  06.12.2017

• ITMO’s Team Wins Europe’s Largest Robotics Contest Robotex 2017

  …ous events for all robotics enthusiasts: children, students and even their grandparents who came to cheer for them. ITMO’s team included freshmen from the Department of Control Systems and Informatics, Valery Chernov, Artem Egorov and Alexander Semenov, as well as Egor Zhdan who is a student at the Computer Technology Department . Alexander Kapitonov "Al…

  06.12.2017

• New technology allows safe MRI-diagnostics for people with implants

  …ariety of diseases - from arthritis to cancer. The accuracy of such diagnostics depends directly on the quality of resulting images. To improve the image quality one needs to prolong the scanning time and increase the field strength of the MRI unit. This requires vast further investments and causes discomfort to patients. People with medical implants are unable to un…

  05.12.2017

• ITMO's Business Incubator Transforms, Will Focus on Acceleration

  … "The main obstacle on the way to creating a stable flow of high-quality innovative projects within a university ecosystem is the situation in which a university takes up a role it shouldn’t and allocates its resources incorrectly. Its reason lies in the way of thinking. Universities should carry out their mission, but not in any way replace the innovative infrast…

  05.12.2017

• 5 Science News Now

  …se the innovative robots feel more engaged and connected to the instructor and students in the classroom. Stationed around the class, each robot has a mounted video screen controlled by the remote user that lets the student pan around the room to see and talk with the instructor and fellow students participating in-person. Ultrasound needle to transform heart surg…

  04.12.2017