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• Feel Local in Russia (and Anywhere)

  …entation years ago, one of the things they told us was not to pack a lot of clothes. “When you get there, you’ll see how people dress and will be able to make an education decision about your fashion choices,” they said. That holds true in Russia, where people like to dress up for all sorts of occasions, or even without. Last summer …

  19.11.2018

• Gennadiy Korotkevich Wins 2018 Topcoder Open Marathon

  … solution in a given time period. Every participant’s name and results are then put into a table, which all the participants have access to. Based on this table, the final decision is made. A total of 12 participants were allowed to go to the USA to take part in the competition’s finals, which lasted for ten hours. ITMO University PhD student Gennady Korotkevi…

  19.11.2018

• Alfa-Bank Scholarship Winners on How to Innovate the Most Innovative University Out There

  …r enrolling into English language lessons, maybe I’ll go traveling instead: I want to better my understanding of other cultures and boost my English by practicing through immersion. Ekaterina Subbotina, Faculty of Technological Management and Innovations Even as a school student, I was actively applying for scholarships and succeeded in winning a couple. I …

  19.11.2018

• ITMO Robotics Team Wins Gold at World Robot Olympiad 2018 in Thailand

  … in Thailand.  “The team improved on the device after the national competition, developing a more sophisticated capture that is much more fault-proof than the previous version. They also adjusted the neural network, which enabled it to analyze berries in fuller detail, increased the productive area of the patch twofold, and added the option of delivering the fru…

  19.11.2018

• Intercultural Nights, Legends and Movies: Erasmus+Youth Exchange Program

  …Erasmus+Youth Erasmus+Youth is a big organization founded more than 20 years ago and funded by the European Commission. Thanks to its initiatives, young people from all over the world can take part in international exchange and volunteer programs, as well as various courses and workshops. In 2018, the Secret Library exchange was held for the third time. Secret …

  16.11.2018

• National Technology Revolution 20.35: Universities as Driving Force of Change

  …n pursue different interests, so perfecting the coherence of our communications is something all of us can benefit from. The second aspect to improve upon is the unity of vision. It would be great if we held regular meetings in order to harmonize our individual strategies, for us all to understand what is this we want to achieve by working together. Linear links a…

  16.11.2018

• BIOCAD VP Roman Ivanov: “Biotechnologies are the Cornerstone of Medicine of Tomorrow”

  …an effect on some 10% of patients. In our trials, we were able to establish control over the disease with 61% of patients, and in 30% of patients, we saw the number of tumor lesions decrease six months after the treatment. Unfortunately, tumors have more ways of hiding from the immune system, which is why we’re working on a series of other drugs that will facilitate …

  15.11.2018

• NTR 20.35 BarCamp Explored Prospects for Neural Interfaces

  …chnologies is a promising scientific trend with a wide range of possible applications ranging from medicine to sports. But as noted by Vitaly Zubchenko, moderator of the discussion and Head of ITMO University’s NeuroNet project office, the majority of people in Russia still remain unaware of such breakthrough solutions, although these are widely used in other countri…

  15.11.2018

• This Weekend in St. Petersburg: November 17-18

  …ell out pretty fast, so it’s better to claim your place in advance before the malignant hipsters come and buy everything out. Kids from three to seven years old have free admission – ageism is real, people. You can also rent the skates if you don’t have a pair on yourself or buy a ten-session season ticket if you’re secretly training fo…

  14.11.2018

• That Blockchain Life: Cryptocurrency Experts on Field’s Challenges and Opportunities

  …nd what blockchain is exactly. Social services, municipal initiatives, medicine; all that concerns everyone in society. We’ve already tested the blockchain technology for provision of subsidized drugs in the Nizhny Novgorod Oblast. This innovation yields the Oblast 30 million rubles in a year, a massive sum of money by regional standards. Why does our field de…

  14.11.2018