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• Creative Technologies: A New Core Course at ITMO University

  …quick to react to changes in the world. When we were developing the course, one of our goals was to establish an expansive creative framework and form a team of creative professionals. In our opinion, creativity is one of the biggest requirements for university graduates today, and ITMO University is one of the first Russian higher education institutions to respond t…

  28.12.2018

• Business Games, or How to Pass Exams Without Taking Exams and Get a Job Without an Interview

  …ng of Strategic Results’. This original examination format implies putting students in groups to work on problems in assigned conditions (for example, that of conflict or collision of interests) or to identify the potentials of a specific case, which is, fully on in part, based on real-world facts. ITMO’s business game included three teams of students competing for t…

  28.12.2018

• Entrepreneurial Culture: A Look Into the New General Course at ITMO

  …Project Management is a new course aimed at developing the students’ professional skills. The course itself is very practice-oriented, with students working on real cases under the supervision of business experts. Its main goal is to explore the various project types, their lifecycles, and specifics of development, and how to determine …

  26.12.2018

• HAKORA: Building a Business in the Field of AR

  …roduct line of six models only, while we are working on a great many of them. The official launch of the app is scheduled for March or April, but we already have a trial version available. Also, you can check the app's operating principle on our Instagram page. This is a long-term project, as we put much effort into developing every model. We place much focus on t…

  26.12.2018

• Christmas Is All Around Us

  …on’t normally make handmade cards. Actually, I used to, but it took too much time and effort, while the cards I came up with did not even remotely resemble the fancy and professional ones you can find online or buy at a Christmas market. So, after a while, I gave up on this idea, with the only exception: Christmas. 3. Christmas Decorations If you have ever been…

  25.12.2018

• ITMO University Awards Its First Academic Degrees

  …grees and form thesis boards with powers of their own. Thus, defenses at ITMO University will be different from those at thesis boards of the State Supreme Certification Commission of the Russian Federation. First of all, the procedure will become more modern from the technical standpoint: it will feature e-voting, and both members of the board and opponents will be …

  25.12.2018

• Mind Maps, Open Spaces, and Cooking Contests: ITMO Staff Visit UK’s Oxford Brookes University

  …lution: the teaching staff and students meet at the university restaurant and take part in a cooking contest. After the contest, they sit down for a dinner and wine tasting session. IT and education There is, of course, no innovation without IT. The educational process at Oxford Brookes is based on the distance learning platform Moodle, which lets students lear…

  21.12.2018

• ITMO Students' Facial Recognition System Wins 'Best Creative Solution' at Fintech Cup

  …r biometric data.” The students haven’t yet developed a prototype of their system, just a visual concept. They say that if given more time, they would have made a demo version and shown the facial recognition process. At the Fintech Cup Championship, the project received mixed reviews. The Accenture company have mentioned the situations in which the syste…

  21.12.2018

• From Sunshine to Freezing Cold: An Ecuadorian’s Experience of Russia

  …as many peculiarities, such as cases, for example, or vowel reduction when O is pronounced like A. It’s such a challenge for me, and I like it. What is your first impression of St. Petersburg? I vividly remember how I came out of the airport in St. Petersburg and felt the cold for the first time in my life. It wasn’t freezing-to-death kind of cold, but it w…

  20.12.2018

• ITMO Launches New Master’s Program ‘Bioeconomics and Resource Management’

  …ification, land reclamation, etc.); production of energy from renewable sources (solar energy, biofuel, etc.); mitigation of climate change; the reduction of harmful emissions; the increase in fuel efficiency and power preservation in buildings and lighting. Some of the global trends in the green economy are the preservation of energy and adoption of ren…

  20.12.2018