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• ITMO University Moves Up in QS BRICS Ranking

  … for the ranking, of which ten are included in the Top-50. All 5-100 participants in QS BRICS for the first time This year’s QS BRICS ranking is notable for its inclusion of all participating universities of the 5-100 Russian Academic Excellence Project, with 15 of them placed in the Top-100. The Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University (115th) and th…

  16.10.2018

• All St. Petersburg's a Stage: Must-Visit Unusual Theaters

  …«Поминальная молитва» (Memorial pray) and «…Забыть Герострата!» (... Forget Herostratus!); all of the performances are in Russian, but the last two still are a must-see. Mansion Theater (Театр “Особняк”) Despite its rather aristocratic name, this theater is open to everyone, but it will particularly appeal to an audacious, unconventional audience. This small thea…

  16.10.2018

• PhD Vitaly Aksenov: Coding For Someone Other Than Myself Is Boring

  …and develop this topic even further. We did two articles based on my Bachelor’s thesis, then a couple based on my Master’s, and finally brought the research to a logical conclusion. It was also the time when I got interested in concurrent programming. During my third year, we had lectures by Roman Elizarov (developer of the Kotlin programming language, expert …

  16.10.2018

• Open Innovations 2018: Higher Education in the Digital Age

  …ational business representatives, and government officials willing to discuss the most efficient training methods and approaches.   One of the main highlights was the discussion “Education 4.0. From university to business”. The list of the discussion’s participants included ITMO University Rector Vladimir Vasilyev, TU Ilmenau Rector …

  16.10.2018

• Faculty of Physics and Engineering Staff to Republish Legendary Soviet Physicist’s Works

  …ysics theory from the school curricula. The narrator often draws analogies between the theory and the real-world phenomena such as circus and waves. In total, Dr. Silin’s visionary book unpacks nine topics of contemporary physics, including phase and group wave velocity, isofrequencies, anisotropic substances, magnetostatic waves, unheard-of environments with ener…

  15.10.2018

• The 2018 Nobel Prize in Economics: Any Lessons for Russia?

  …g else that consumes hydrocarbon resources, on climate. Nordhaus proved that the best solution to climate change is to have all countries establish taxes on greenhouse gas emissions. Some scientists claim Russia to be among the biggest producers of greenhouse gases, although I would disagree; most of it comes from the countries that are heavily involved in manufactur…

  15.10.2018

• International Olympiad in Informatics 2018 Winners: Even If You’re Tired, Don’t Lose Sight of Your Goals

  …nments, and can see to the core and come up with a fresh solution. It is these skills you acquire as a result of participating that influence your future development and professional performance. Ramazan: I think that the main goal of these competitions is finding talented and hard-working people, and they do their job. You have enrolled in ITMO University.…

  15.10.2018

• Unexplored St. Petersburg: The Museum of Sound

  …le); it is the place’s side projects that make it so unique. In a sense, the Museum continues the heritage of European Philosophic cafés; the topics of lectures and open discussions that take place here range from contemporary art theories to the application of latest scientific inventions and the future of digital culture. My personal idea of fun has a lot to do wit…

  12.10.2018

• Rostelecom’s Project Leader Alisa Korzhenevskaya: We’re Slowly but Surely Digitizing the World Around Us

  …ok after the implementation of the Unified Biometric System (UBS) in Russia. It’s a system that combines voice and photo identification of people which is integral to the provision of services in the financial sector. All you have to do to get access to all the opportunities offered by every bank around the country is to pay one single visit to your local bank and co…

  12.10.2018

• How to Write a Thesis on Marvel Comic Books: PhD Student Daniil Shirokov Explains

  …s make it to the Marvel comics: only 24 of 2,500 scientific protagonists are philologists. Archaeologists are slightly more popular: we counted about 35 heroes with this profession. After a brief analysis of context and visuals of comic books, I was ready to agree with the verdict of a research project conducted in the end of 80’s-beginning of 90’s and aimed at un…

  12.10.2018