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• Movie Chitter-Chatter: Pride and Prejudice

  …rves. I don’t think even he is so bad to level up with Her Horribleness aka The Worst Female Actor On The Planet. I know. It’s like, at least he tried with his facial expressions, though he only managed to scrape three. She… is a whole other story. D’you know, I feel that we’re being too hard on her. She has: a snarling duck face, a smirking duck face, an o…

  14.12.2018

• ITMO Rector Vladimir Vasilyev Appointed to Russian Science Foundation’s Supervisory Council

  …of National Fundamental Science was founded in November 2013 by a presidential decree. Its activities are regulated by a special federal law. The Supervisory Council makes decisions on the rules regarding selection of programs and projects supported by the foundation, instates members of expert councils, and carries out other administrative functions for the RSF. …

  13.12.2018

• On the Origin of Memes: Meme Scientist Explains Post-Irony and Future of Internet Culture

  …ociology. Its founding father is said to be the British evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins, who in his 1976 book The Selfish Gene proposed a basic unit of cultural transmission: a meme. A meme to memetics is what a gene is to genetics. Both evolve and propagate according to the laws of natural selection. Any idea, symbol, expression…

  13.12.2018

• Techies Tell: Best Podcasts for Data Aficionados

  …de the mic here are avid techies specializing in machine learning. In each episode of the podcast, they talk about solving real-world problems, such as how to use linear regression software for forecasting or how to create a neural network in order to answer questions about images. A very informative number! Talking Machines Presenters of this podcast give Goog…

  13.12.2018

• How New Advanced Materials Help Fight Bacteria – and Cancer

  …se, luminescent materials absorb light before re-emitting it. This, too, depends on the composition of a material, and researchers are able to manipulate the wavelength of emissions by changing the composition. One of the examples demonstrated by Gary Hix was the use of luminescent molecules in the creation of a microcrystal laser. In many cases, inorganic and…

  12.12.2018

• BizCycle: Moving Towards Comfortable Biking Infrastructure on Russian-Finnish Border

  …peration within the region, better infrastructure, and new opportunities for tourists and businesses alike. Such a cooperation will be supported and developed through the provision of information services, on one part, and the creation of an association of small enterprises and cyclists who will use these services, on the other. These are large-scale results which ca…

  12.12.2018

• Winter in St. Petersburg: Perks, Gripes, and Getaways

  …silii Perov For me, St. Petersburg winter is about dreaming and drama. Dreaming, because winter’s sleep is so deep that whatever outlandish nightmare, whatever brisk delusion you’re having seems so true that it can make you doubt the reality you wake up to. Drama, because the cold winds, the piercing chill, and the rare sunshine that is so intense that it’s …

  11.12.2018

• Future of NTI Centers Discussed at NTI Ecosystem Forum in Sochi

  …nsive legal framework for technical standardization in the field of quantum communications, artificial intelligence and smart cities by March 2019. Taking part in the discussion from ITMO University was Advisor to the Rector Oleg Malsagov and Senior Research Associate at the eScience Research Institute Vyacheslav Ilyin. “NTI centers remove the borders tha…

  11.12.2018

• SURF Stanford US-Russia Forum: Science Communication and Diplomacy

  …pecialists from fields relevant to their research. According to the program’s organizers, the experience of taking part in SURF helps establish firm relations within the professional community. Taking part Among this year’s participants was Daria Denisova, the deputy head of ITMO University’s Center for Science Communication. As she explains, all applicants…

  10.12.2018

• ITMO Fellow Ilya Anoshkin on Nanotubes and Working Abroad

  …as nanotubes. Explained in the simplest way, these are carbon rolled into a cylinder. Their chemical properties and applications liken them to graphene, an innovative two-dimensional material for the groundbreaking research of which Russian scientists Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov were awarded a Nobel Prize in Physics in 2010. “Nanotubes are like long nano…

  10.12.2018