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Future Technologies Accelerator Unveils New Projects Lineup
…ks the competencies of young specialists against requirements set by companies. ITS Discovery Data. A system for corporate networks that classifies, structures, stores, controls and searches data. Traffic Control and Monitoring System. A project for automated analysis of traffic accidents and filling out European Accident Statemen…
20.12.2017
ITMO Student on Building Robots, Dancing with Nobel Winners and Being on Chinese TV
…om the Nobel stuff, like visiting museums and institutes of Sweden. For instance, we went to an office of the AstraZeneca pharmaceutical company, the Nobel Museum, the Royal Caroline Institute, the Museum of Natural History and others. Valery Chernov presenting his project to Chinese Vice President Li Yuanchao You became a participant after winning the “Step …
20.12.2017
Winter Holidays in St. Petersburg: Merry Christmas!
… and Handmade Gifts Holidays are not holidays without the warmth of handmade gifts and the festive mood of Christmas markets. From woolen mittens to mugs with Norwegian trolls, Avoska Fest Scandinavia that will take place on Dec. 23 – 24 on Ligovsky 50/15, will feature everything we love about the Nordic concept of Hygge, or “coziness”. Sample ginger grog, wrap…
19.12.2017
ITMO Students Develop AI to Combat Car Insurance Fraud
…ata interpretation, so that the program would not call an innocent person a swindler,” comments ITMO team captain. In any case, such algorithms will not play the decisive role in assessing a traffic accident’s “authenticity”, but simply act as decision support systems - they can save insurance experts from additional routine work on things like initial analysis …
19.12.2017
Tournament of Two Capitals: Promoting Robotics To The Young
… assessed the St. Petersburg team, and St. Petersburg judges - the Moscow team,” comments Nina Wunder, head judge and PhD student of the Department of Computer Science and Control Systems. Tournament of Two Capitals in St. Petersburg ITMO.NEWS asked the trainers of teams to expand on how they prepared their students for the tournament, as well as on the signi…
19.12.2017
5 Science News Now
… neurons fire inside a brain. 80-milligram flying RoboBee outfitted with a number of vision, optical flow and motion sensor use the new class of "event-based" sensing and control algorithms that mimic neural activity and can be implemented on neuromorphic chips. Drinking hot tea linked to lower glaucoma risk. Drinking a cup of hot tea at least once a day may be l…
18.12.2017
ITMO Dean Sergei Kozlov Receives Auspicious Award
…m one to another. Transmission channels would then, of course, need to be protected on the highest level. Otherwise, criminals would not need any physical strength to take control of a bus, for example: all they would need to do is hack its autopilot system. Significant funds have been allocated to this industry in recent years. However, the competition is steep, as …
15.12.2017
The History of Light in Art
…s Christ used light differently, using it to add brightness to the face, also to indicate the subject’s divine origin. However, in all of these cases, the light itself had no “role” of its own. Renaissance: light and shape "The Last Supper" During the Renasissance, Leonardo da Vinci was the first to study the optical properties of light from the points of …
15.12.2017
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