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• St. Petersburg’s Architectural Gems: Baroque

  …ally planned as the heart of the city. Among the most vivid examples of this style is Trezini’s Twelve Collegia building, with its candy-like façade of twelve identical three-story sections, which now belongs to St. Petersburg State University. This white and red street-long building is so elegant and impressive that the only question that pops to your mind when a…

  09.10.2018

• Break Down to Atoms: Why It’s So Hard to Become an Astronaut in Russia

  …strictest in the world. I suppose that in China they are almost the same, but in the West, becoming an astronaut is much easier. A bright example: no woman made it to this year’s selection. For reference, of the 12 astronauts selected by NASA last year, there were five women. The above has to do with many factors. First of all, the historical one. Our Soyuz spacec…

  09.10.2018

• Civilization Historian, Cyber Security Ace, Filmmaker: Who’s Who at ITMO’s New Art&Science Program

  …o do a semester exchange. I majored in History of Civilizations, so I have a humanities background. My thesis was dedicated to the history of the French Communist Party and its interaction with the USSR. I’d read lots and lots of editions of L’Humanité, a French communist daily first published in 1904, to research this topic. Although I can’t boast a great grasp of h…

  08.10.2018

• Movie Fridays: The Autumn Showdown

  …unday cliffhanger. Maniac Attention Black Mirror devotees: here’s your next big thing. Written by Patrick Somerville and directed by Cary Fukunaga, Maniac is a new Netflix production that vies to give the trippy masterpiece a good run for its money. The show’s ambitions shine both through its star-studded cast (with Emma Stone, Jonah Hill and Justin Theroux ste…

  05.10.2018

• Joel Rodrigues from Brazil’s National Institute of Telecommunications: on Internet of Things, Its Biggest Challenges and Goals

  … us improve productivity and efficiency, and better manage our resources. This is, undoubtedly, a revolution for the industry. In the old days we had manufactories; then, we had production lines; later, we began to use ICT in manufacturing; but it is said that the fourth Industrial Revolution lies with the Internet of Things. Productivity, automated produ

  05.10.2018

• The Nobel Prize in Physics 2018: World-Changing Inventions

  …hur Ashkin is an American scientist, a pioneer in the field of optical trapping, and a holder of 47 patents. Apart from that, he is also known for his extensive research in photorefraction, second harmonic generation, and non-linear optics in fibers. The scientist invented optical tweezers that grab particles, atoms, viruses and other living cells with their laser…

  05.10.2018

• Staking on Unique: ITMO’s Startup Accelerator Revamps its Approach

  …ack to let them know where we want to go with their project,” says the expert. All residents of the revamped accelerator have access to the following opportunities: Traction meetings Traction meetings are at the heart of the Future Technologies’ new format. Participants, program coordinators and experts meet to work …

  04.10.2018

• ITMO University Scientists Develop Laser for High-Precision Satellite Navigation

  …must be as accurate as possible to ensure precise object location. Since satellites move in circular or elliptical orbits around the center of masses "Earth-Moon-Sun-planets", a correction factor should be introduced while calculating satellite coordinates. This correction factor takes into account the distance between the Earth and the…

  04.10.2018

• This Weekend in St. Petersburg: October 6-7

  … Alphonse Mucha and Gustav Klimt’s works also celebrate the autumnal glow. From September 18 till October 21, the Etagi creative space is hosting an exhibition of high-quality reproductions of Mucha and Klimt’s paintings. The purpose of this exhibition is to let visitors get acquainted with the artists’ style and techniques, as well as help them understand the plot o…

  03.10.2018

• Pension Reform and Inclusion of the Elderly: Changing Social Policy in Today’s Russia

  …TMO University, i.e. collected data from Internet communities and social networks by using special software like IQbuzz. For instance, we studied how communities of the elderly function. Why did we decide to focus on this topic?  Not so long ago, the idea of organizing activities for the elderly got great support from the social service system. We decided to test …

  03.10.2018