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Three Video Games for a Ghostly Weekend
…, a disclaimer is in order for both hardcore horror fans and those who try to avoid this popular genre. None of the games on this list are your typical screamer-filled worlds; instead, they could be called digital stories that you get to go through yourself. We would only say that as we go down the list, these stories will get darker and, yes, a little scarier. Enjoy…
01.11.2019
Urban Development Expert On Making Cities More Comfortable to Live In
…ng. I see that this is becoming a genuinely important aspect for all of you here. This time, you’re giving a lecture and an interactive workshop for the students of ITMO’s Institute of Design and Urban Studies. What knowledge and skills can they obtain as a result? First and foremost, I’d like to note that my experience isn’t connected to urban planning in meg…
01.11.2019
JetBrains VP of Developer Advocacy Hadi Hariri: Coding Matters, But Communication Matters More
…For starters, can you talk a bit about the lecture you’re about to deliver to ITMO students? I will mostly talk about the way the working process is set up at JetBrains, where we currently have around 1,200 employees. We’re different from many traditional companies that implement internal obstacles such as hierarchies, permissions, areas of responsibility, and so …
01.11.2019
Expert Mona Khalil on Cross-Cultural Awareness, Communication, and Understanding Cultures Through Food
Travels with Benefits: International Winter Schools 2019
…r own working prototype. Teams will develop their own projects from an idea to a fully operational prototype. Learn more and apply here. Urban Agriculture 2020, Wessex Institute, the UK, and Polytechnic University of Valencia, Spain When: May 12-14, 2020 Participation fee: 560 euros The conference is aimed at exploring the ways in which urban agr…
31.10.2019
Quality of Admission to Universities Ranking 2019
…92.7, which is 2.5 points higher than last year. ITMO took fifth place among Russian universities in this indicator. Also featured in the top-5 are such universities as Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Moscow State Institute of International Relations, the Higher School of Economics, and National Research Nuclear University M…
31.10.2019
This Weekend in St. Petersburg: November 2-4
…gspan, ivy boughs that all together create a living creature’s heart, and a mahoosive branch of an otherworldly tree. Part of the Miracle of Light festival that will see light installations adorn St. Pete’s majestic Palace Square, the exposition can be explored in a quest format using an AR-powered app. The General Staff’s building facade will act as the centerpiece …
30.10.2019
Bend it Like Beckham: ITMO Winners of VK Hackathon Develop App for Honing Football Skills
…d be an opportunity to compete in different challenges, which is very popular now, on YouTube for example. To football buffs, it could be a great way to hone their skills. For instance, if you wanted to practice a special kind of kick, you could watch an educational video, record your own and see where you go wrong. The third application is sports schools. Coaches ca…
30.10.2019
Surprise Me Founder Alexander Golovatiy: Developing a Company Is Constantly Proving Thousands of Hypotheses
…gues and for team building purposes. It gradually became clear that guided city tours were very popular. The company then started aiming its efforts at individual clients instead of companies. Tourists could use the app to walk the streets of Moscow or do a pub crawl in St. Petersburg, while those who created the tours got 30% of the payment each time their crea…
30.10.2019
St. Petersburg's Spookiest Landmarks
…of the city’s oldest pharmacies, and the numbers are just an art project. As the legend goes, Dr. Pel, the pharmacy’s owner, dabbled in alchemy in an attempt to create griffins and succeeded in finding the “formula of happiness”; the griffins still guard the tower’s secrets, but are invisible and appear at night only. Quite unexpecte…
29.10.2019