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

  … made up of students from the Faculty of Infocommunication Technologies Valeria Stromtsova, Artemiy Magarin, and Petr Revyakin. They came up with the Interface project, a money transaction system based on facial recognition technologies. All you have to do is to direct a camera to a cardholder’s face, then the application recognizes it and transmits the data to the s…

  21.12.2018

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

  …eat St. Petersburg Polytechnic University. Why Russian? Compared to Spanish, Russian is much more difficult; it has 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 airpor…

  20.12.2018

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

  …pment (OECD), “green” technologies fulfill the following tasks: general environmental management (waste management, water, and air purification, land reclamation, etc.); production of energy from renewable sources (solar energy, biofuel, etc.); mitigation of climate change; the reduction of harmful emissions; the increase …

  20.12.2018

• This Weekend in St. Petersburg: December 22-23

• University of South Carolina Professor on Development of Anticancer Drugs

  …rugs also depends on the correct identification of molecule classes. The key term to know here is pharmacophore. It describes the properties of the drug that ensure the optimal interaction with a biological target and a timely start of the whole reaction. Structure-guided drug design is slowly but surely becoming the most popular app…

  19.12.2018

• Virtual Influencers: What Are They?

  …ose who use their social media presence for profit, like, say, for promoting organizations or brands. Several types of influencers can be distinguished: some are known for their connections, others for pioneering new niches and staying up to date on the latest trends. However, most commonly the term refers to those who are considered experts in their area of work and…

  19.12.2018

• ITMO University Lecturers on Benefits of Using Online Courses in Teaching

  …nt to understand, however, is that such courses always are a simplified version of the in-class lectures; some topics are covered in a more detailed way during the face-to-face interaction with students, and some topics aren’t included in online courses at all. They can also prove very beneficial to foreign students, and we advise them to give online learning a go ev…

  18.12.2018

• Andrei Maiboroda, Writer and Entrepreneur: If You Work a Lot, You Are Destined to Succeed

  …o be capable of seeing the full picture and forecasting its development in order to tell where you have to be at a particular time. It is an essential skill that exists at the intersection of analysis and intuition: you have to both work with huge amounts of data and know how to go with your gut. If you can't grasp this concept, you'll be constantly making mistakes i…

  18.12.2018

• Musicians: Nature or Nurture? Science Journalist Asya Kazantseva Explains

  …Psychology, neurobiology and genetics already know a lot about the brain’s less complex operations such as how the vision works. But it is the higher-level brain functions like listening to music, enjoying music, performing music, that prove a tougher nut to crack, as these activate many different parts and cortices of the brain with an odd distribution of fun

  17.12.2018

• University of Twente’s Stefano Stramigioli: Robotics Is About Giving Machines Life

  …te tumors and direct the system to that area. We continue to develop this project and are also trying to market it. Our next task is to start clinical trials; we already have a functioning device but have not gotten to test it. We have an established relationship with some hospitals, and there are a surgeon and two radiologists on my team. We have close ties with …

  17.12.2018