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• Vladimir Vasilyev to Join Yandex’s Public Interest Foundation

  …It is already known that the Foundation’s board of directors will be comprised of 11 members: the representatives of Higher School of Economics, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, St. Petersburg State University, and ITMO University, three independent directors of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs, the M…

  28.11.2019

• ITMO Graduate Ilya Chekh Named Russian Entrepreneur of the Year by Ernst & Young

  …ust amusement robots; it’s more interesting even from the technological point of view. The hardest aspect of prosthetics is the interface, the human-machine interaction,” explains Ilya Chekh. Today’s bionic prostheses are very different from the devices that were widespread 15-25 years ago. Before, even the most technologically advanced devices only had two …

  28.11.2019

• This Weekend in St. Petersburg: November 30 – December 1, 2019

  …ildings in all kinds of locations, from small towns and villages beyond the polar circle to vibrant megapolises. What is remarkable about this project is that the authors draw inspiration from the culture, history and traditions of each particular region and display those in their work. According to the organizers, the purpose of the event is to transform walls into …

  27.11.2019

• What Cells Do When They Can’t Breathe

  …n of energy. No matter how tasty or nutritious our food is, there is no way for us to use it without turning it into forms that can “pay” for all the energy processes going on inside us. Broadly speaking, our cells can’t absorb the food that we see on our plates. They only accept energy in the form of ATP (adenosine triphosphate). This molecule is an energy currency …

  27.11.2019

• Brave the Cold Like a Russian

  …s in layers.  I’m often tempted to wear the warmest, chunkiest, wooliest sweater I have but then I remember that I’ll cook on the metro, and that it’s toasty in most places inside. So unless it’s strictly an outdoorsy adventure, I go for a base layer, tights under jeans, an average sweater and a jacket, a coat and a scarf.  Get thick-soled boots and a hat.  …

  26.11.2019

• Social Anthropology Expedition: the Secret Lives of Physiologists

  … time inaccessible to the general public,” says Roman Abramov, a professor at HSE and one of the organizers of the expedition. “Major IT companies, the academic community, and institutions create their own languages and corporate cultures, their own rituals, traditions and practices. They do not seem distant, but they still constitute a separate world. A world that w…

  25.11.2019

• ITMO Graduate and Evapolar Engineer Alexander Klyavinsh: University Is Crucial Time to Figure Out What You Want to Do in Life

  …n in.”  Why did you prefer working at a startup to a career at a large company? I’d already had some experience of working at a large company which I didn’t find all too inspiring. The company was called Granit-7, and it operated under a large design bureau. The work was interesting, we managed to implement a range of engineering projects. There were good speci…

  25.11.2019

• ITMO Technopark Resident Statanly Technologies Shares Its Story of Success

  … companies interested in the services that use machine learning technologies. Among these companies were a lot of pretty big ones, such as Gazprom Neft, Yandex, Mail.ru Group, Insilico Medicine, Sberbank, VK, and so on. So we could immediately see the demand, and this is why we established the company. Smart book cover design and accelerators in Russia and abroad …

  22.11.2019

• ITMO University Physicists Discover Proof of Nobel Laureate Frank Wilczek’s Time Crystal Hypothesis

  …p honor "for the discovery of asymptotic freedom in the theory of the strong interaction,” posed a new fundamental question to the world’s scientists; this time, one based on Einstein’s theory of relativity. Its basic summary may seem confusing to those not familiar with modern theoretical physics, quantum theory, and studies of the time-space continuum. Wilczek a…

  22.11.2019

• Onis Emem on Environmental Tips and His Exchange Experience in Denmark

  … from air pollution. Fishing and farming activities were affected by water and soil contamination, respectively.  In no time, the youth took up arms (Niger Delta Militants) against the government and companies to fight for a better environment and compensation for the damages. A lot of lives were lost during this period.  Seeing this as a teenager made me decide t…

  21.11.2019