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• Russia to Launch First Educational Media-Project on Cancer Prevention

  …s, are a part of primary cancer prevention. Secondary prevention is aimed at screening - early diagnosis of cancer. There are two kinds of cancer screening: opportunistic (random) and organized (population screening). And while the former can’t help reducing cancer-related deaths on a national scale, the latter can. But in order for it to be effective one needs to…

  08.12.2017

• RAISON Developers on Using AI for Financial Analysis

  …indexes is made using Markov decision processes (MDPs) and reinforcement learning. MDPs have already found use in modeling decisions in situations where results are partially random and partially dependent on the decision maker. One of the main parameters is prediction accuracy. 80% is our goal for the initial stage; we plan to eventually get up to 90-95%. So w…

  29.11.2017

• Emerging EdTech: Can AI Change Education

  … the need was serious enough, then as soon as expectations are not justified the emotion becomes sharply negative - which affects student’s motivation greatly - and they can abandon training. Our body’s natural reaction to frequent negative emotions is apathy. People try to avoid negative emotions. So, it is easier for them to drop the course altogether. Therefore, I…

  29.11.2017

• Watching the Stars: Technologies of St. Petersburg’s New Planetarium

  …c roof, and is located in St. Petersburg’s “grey belt”. At the opening Sergei Poltavchenko, St. Petersburg’s governor, noted that such projects bring new life to the half-abandoned industrial buildings that separate St. Petersburg’s center from its new districts. Andrei Borisenko, astronaut and Hero of the Russian Federation added that, in a city where skies are s…

  09.11.2017

• Chemist Artem Oganov: On Blind Spots in Chemistry and Materials of Future

  …does not know anything about it. It only knows the laws of quantum mechanics and my search algorithm - the algorithm of global optimization. We make analysis that begins with random structures. They are disordered and look bad, they are not energy-efficient, but they can evolve and do it quickly enough, transforming into the correct structure. This way, without knowi…

  02.11.2017

• Optics-2017 Conference: Experts Discuss Relevant Technologies of Industrial Photonics

  …able solid-body C-WAVE is a great alternative to organic-dye lasers. Korbinian Hens Francois Richou from IDQuantique SA (Switzerland) spoke about photon detectors, true random number generators and other of his company’s equipment used in the relevant field of quantum communications. Photon detectors are used to register extremely weak signals. As of today, hig…

  23.10.2017

• Why Smart Cities Need Standardization: Experts Discuss

  …ursue their home standards, but soon common standardization formats will lay down the necessary rules for the industry," comments the expert. Heng Qian, Director of the Shandong Institute of Standardization, spoke about the necessity of promoting standardization throughout the world. "It's impossible to discuss the subject of smart cities without mentioning…

  17.10.2017

• Prime Minister Medvedev Announces Start of ITMO Highpark Construction

  … –said Vladimir Vasilyev, ITMO’s Rector. The Rector also said that the ITMO University buildings which are currently located in the center of St. Petersburg will not be abandoned; bachelor’s students will continue to study there. The Master’s and PhD students will go to the satellite town of Yuzhny. Approximately 3,600 students will study there, supported by abo…

  17.10.2017

• How to Change the World Through Cooking

  … Massimo Bottura and his team are using food to facilitate the integration of refugees into society. Integration is a complex process – it’s impossible to forbid people from abandoning their cultural identity, but some of the elements that make up that identity may not be found where they end up. Bottura and others have recruited volunteers from among the refugees an…

  13.10.2017

• Spaceports: Where They Are and How to Get There

  …ocket launch, you’re in luck. Cape Canaveral has a remarkably well-serviced visitor center visited by thousands of people every day and is located an hour’s drive away from Orlando. For a special fee, you may even have dinner with an astronaut or watch a rocket launch. In Russia, this is a bit more complicated. There are two spaceports that conduct rocket launches…

  12.10.2017