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• InnoJam "TimeHack": Real Options Theory and Machine Learning

  …ting a system with high usability, but also creating an effective tool for managing and motivating personnel. The key indications for assessing the prototypes are minimizing the production budget and the interface usability. It is very important that the interface would allow to see all the information space on one screen, and present all the operative records necess…

  14.12.2018

• WorldSkills Winner on His Competition Experience

  …ls World Championship will be held in the Russian city of Kazan. All the competencies at WorldSkills’ champions are divided into six groups such as social sector, IT, industrial production, civil transport, service industry, art and design. This year, the WorldSkills Russia National Championship was held for the second time. The competition took place in one of VD…

  14.12.2018

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

  …ience 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

  … 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 or action can become a meme. Dawkins’s examples of memes included idioms, types of arched bridges and even stew recipes…

  13.12.2018

• Microbial Fuel Cell, Space Station, and Electronic Guide: Finals of Quantoriada Competition

  …iversity’s SCAMT Laboratory where the students are currently working on their device, a microbial fuel cell (MFC), a biotechnological system that transforms the energy of chemical reactions into electrical energy by using bacteria. Like any other fuel cell, MFC is a very powerful device, however, unlike other fuel elements, it can use the energy of wastewater, which …

  13.12.2018

• How New Advanced Materials Help Fight Bacteria – and Cancer

  … the branches of a complex approach to solving this issue. Today, the research concerning MOFs is focused on a number of fields, such as drug delivery systems. Nevertheless, the production of pharmaceuticals (and pharmaceutical materials) can take a while to pass through the various regulatory procedures before they are prescribed to patients. However, anti-ba…

  12.12.2018

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

  …ned to be a study into the world’s best practices and experience of organizing cycling tourism infrastructure. The project participants have already achieved some results in this direction. The project’s participants will also hold consultations with local cycling organizations and the business community. This will help them identify the needs of the future users …

  12.12.2018

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

  …e hubs of valuable knowledge helping companies boost their excellence, ensuring access to global science, and conducting marketing and business development of inventions. Their interaction with business partners is especially important as the latter generate demand for research projects and identify problems that need to be solved, using such techniques as the establ…

  11.12.2018

• ITMO Students Score Second and Third in Robotex Competition

  …arted collaborating with the university students after their last year’s victory.   However, the new robot made the team have a tough time, as its navigation system suddenly malfunctioned. The students didn’t manage to fix it entirely, which resulted in them lagging behind. The second drone didn’t function perfectly either. Af…

  11.12.2018

• The Alchemy of Silk: Bioart Pioneer Joe Davis’s Workshop by The Polytechnic Museum and SkBioLab

  …ts. How was the event organized? What tasks did you get to solve? Liliana: The event was arranged in two parts. First, Joe Davis spoke about his work and projects at the intersection of science and art that he's been doing lately. The second part was dedicated to practical work at the laboratory. Laura: Our tasks were part of the project that Joe Davis prese…

  11.12.2018