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Students at the Crossroads: Making Life Priorities at the Personal Development Center Workshops
…nsider all the integrated diverse influencing factors on a situation, external and internal, individual or collective, manifest or not manifest), attentiveness (ability to control your attention: expand the scope, to focus, to concentrate, to keep, and to switch to others). Each class will be focused on developing one of these particular metaskills. The classe…
06.09.2017
Scientists Achieve Breakthrough in Polariton Laser Technology
… these issues have been solved: in 2013 an electrically pumped polariton laser that could operate at room temperature was demonstrated. The last remaining issue is that of controlling the polarization of the emission. “In a polariton laser, two Bose-Einstein condensates tend to form: one with upward-directed spin polaritons, and another with downward-directed on…
06.09.2017
ITMO University Will Host 20th International Sol-Gel Conference
Semester Abroad in Russia: Lifetime of Memories
…en started to speak only in German, but knowing Russian was very useful for my time in St. Petersburg. After finishing my Bachelor’s in Business Informatics, I decided to enroll in a double degree Master’s program with Rostock University and ITMO University. So I ended up spending the first semester of my degree here in St. Petersburg. Since I was the first one to…
04.09.2017
ITMO.GO: New Students Join the ITMO Family
…re ITMO University’s close partners and collaborators. Approximately 200 professors and scientists from foreign universities and research centers work at ITMO. In addition to prolific research activity, small innovative enterprises and startups are set up at the university. And, lastly, the university is a person-focused one, meaning that everyone, from Bachelor’s st…
31.08.2017
Back Into Swing: Life-hacks For Adapting Your Lifestyle
…Rest is necessary Tedious work, be it in an office or on research projects, is the number one cause of stress, often followed by neurological conditions and heart diseases. For instance, a certain research shows that those who work more than eight hours a day have a 40% higher risk of suffering a heart attack. Also, workaholics perform worse in cognitive ability t…
31.08.2017
Things to do in St. Petersburg this weekend
… So, be sure to not waste a second of your free time, and make the most of St. Petersburg’s short autumn! Leningrad Bridges Festival Early autumn is a great time for strolling around St. Petersburg - and this year, you’ll have the chance to enjoy it to the accompaniment of all kinds of music! The 2nd Leningrad Bridges festival will start on August 31; in the …
30.08.2017
FactoryFinder: ITMO Graduates Develop Service To Optimize Procurement
… Nowadays, FactoryFinder unites 12,000 companies, including suppliers, engineers, and purchasers (mostly small and medium-sized companies). For now, the team focuses on the rolled stock and construction materials' markets; according to Andrei Solomatin, choosing a more narrow niche allows them to be experts in this particular field and provide their clients with a…
30.08.2017
Yandex Expert Shares Rules for Co-Existence of Humans and AI
…t surely becoming accessible to algorithms. The notion, often presented in arts and, in particular, in cinema, of a human-machine relationship in which the former is given the role of a leader or a master, is far from reality, as we, unlike machines, simply cannot comprehend the amount of data that surrounds us. So – cooperation or replacement? If it requires a gr…
29.08.2017
Relocation Tips: Banking in St. Petersburg
…O University staff and students receive their salary or stipend as a direct deposit to their savings account with Bank Saint Petersburg. The account is opened as part of the enrollment process. Once the account is set up and is receiving payments, funds can be withdrawn with an ATM card or wired electronically to other bank accounts. The last option is particularl…
29.08.2017