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• Over 300 Students From 14 Universities Compete for Potanin Scholarship at ITMO

  …and have a clear-cut leadership and social stand. We aren’t ones to lower our bar, and that’s why our competition assignments evaluate the whole spectrum of personal and professional qualities of participants.” The 2019 scholarship contest also involves a better academic mobility of students. By obliging them to spend the onsite round outside of their home u…

  12.02.2019

• Just Ask: How Does New Cancer Consultation Service Work

  …ell as graduates of the Higher School of Oncology that were recommended by the expert committee of the Cancer Prevention Foundation, ensuring that patients get help from professionals of evidence-based healthcare with a high level of expertise. The experts don’t make a diagnosis or prescribe medications, their role is to share information that would enable patient…

  11.02.2019

• ITMO Open Science at Erarta: From MegaBattle to Open Talk

  …ITMO Open Science is a scientific conference whose main mission is to provide a platform for efficient communication and knowledge exchange between the University’s schools and faculties. Any ITMO University staff interested in research, be it a department head, a Master’s or a PhD student, could partake in the conference, share the results of their projects and e…

  11.02.2019

• Mendeleev 150, MedChem 2019, and Marnikov Congress: the International Year of the Period Table in Russia

  …mistry (IUPAC), International Union of Pure and Applied Physics (IUPAP), European Chemical Society (EuChemS), International Astronomical Union (IAU) and others. The decision to deem 2019 the year of the Periodic Table has a special significance for Russia, say RAS officials. Its events will help promote the international recognition of the great Russian scient…

  11.02.2019

• Date Like a Russian

  …ound the house or taking care of the car. But at the same time, they’re fully capable of doing all of this (and then some) themselves and do not hesitate to make important decisions for the family. As the local saying goes, “A man is the head, a woman is the neck.” If there’s such a thing as casual dating, it’s a new concept inspired by Tinder and other onli…

  11.02.2019

• 5 Incredible Facts You Didn’t Know About Music

  …iscrimination, particularly for consonants. Benefits of music Previous studies have indicated that musicians usually perform better on tasks such as reading comprehension, distinguishing speech from background noise, and rapid auditory processing. However, most of these studies have been conducted by asking people about their past musical training. The MIT …

  08.02.2019

• Breathing-Checker Belt and Smart Trousers: ITMO Students Explore Health Devices at Tallinn University Winter School

  …n the wrong way or held their breathing for too long. We invented several types of feedback, depending on the kind of mistakes the user would be making. Because of my profession, I’d already had a good understanding of the design process, but I’d never held a soldering gun before I came here. So the second week of the course, when we could actually hold the wires,…

  08.02.2019

• 10 ITMO University Lecturers Will Intern at University of York in 2019

  …d with a mentor who will coordinate their internship and provide useful advice and recommendations. The main purpose of this initiative is to form a group of like-minded professionals, who will contribute to the development of educational strategies at our university,” explained Irina Kim, the Head of ITMO’s International Cooperation Department. Among the compet…

  07.02.2019

• Switching to Kotlin: Books, Courses, and Tips

  …sed to create software. In order to remain relevant, programmers have to learn fast and stay up to date on the newest tools and tech. As Roman Elizarov tells us, today’s professional programmers are well-versed in at least three programming languages and are familiar with at least another ten. Getting started Those who are just starting to get into Kotlin would…

  07.02.2019

• ITMO Scientists Analyzed Gaming Behavior to Predict Players’ Gender

  …l gaming data studies were carried out manually and on small sample groups of people. But only the analysis of large sets of data can result in statistically significant conclusions. Scientists from ITMO University and the University of Singapore were one of the first to use machine learning technologies to achieve this goal. Drawing on the data from the gaming platf…

  07.02.2019