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• ITMO’s Robotic Center: New Projects by WRO’s Award Winners

  …d how to correct a mistake in calculations and let the robotic hand manipulate objects more freely, shares Alexandr Kapitonov, teaching fellow at ITMO's Department of Computer Science and Control Systems. In the future, such collaborations may result in serious projects, as well as creating mixed teams for participating in competitions, adds Igor Lositskiy.…

  22.03.2017

• Staying Ahead of Time: ITMO’s New Program of Neurotechnologies

  …Web 4.0 and the neurotechnology revolution: how soon? Understanding the brain's structure and functioning principles is one of modern science's greatest challenges. Even now, the neurotechnology market stands at 180 billion dollars, and numerous projects on studying the human brain are conducted by different research teams, like the Human Brain Project (Europe), B…

  21.03.2017

• Chemists Create Nanoparticles for Safe Imaging of Tumors

  …Scientists from ITMO University (Saint Petersburg) and ETH Zurich (Switzerland) aim to develop a safe method to visualizing cancer tumors and damaged blood vessels in heart and brain. They’ve developed nanoparticles that can emit visible light under ultraviolet and blue excitation that can be used as contrast agents in imaging internal tissues. Organ imaging is no…

  21.03.2017

• Ten Online Courses You Won’t Want to Miss

  …Computer science Introduction to Computer Science (Harvard University), edX The program is good for both beginners and experienced programmers. The introductory course by David J.Malan which is traditionally available on edX gives insight into such topics as data structures, encapsulation, resource management, methods and too…

  20.03.2017

• Mobile University: ITMO Presents Plans and Research Projects to Project 5−100's International Council

  …al level, as well," comments Marianna Chistyakova, head of the Office of Strategic Development, manager for Project 5−100. "In 2016, we got the 56th position in THE's Computer Science subject ranking, got the UNESCO award for the university's unique environment, and the "rising star" status from Nature Index Rising Stars. Our strategy — securing our leading position …

  20.03.2017

• 5 Things You Need to Know Now

  … the Autism spectrum of disorder (ASD), based upon a recent study by Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. X-rays reveal artistry in an ancient vase. Cantor Arts Center's Art + Science Learning Lab and the Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource (SSRL) at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory used X-rays to uncover ancient art masterpieces. The mysterious black, red…

  20.03.2017

• Grants for Universities: One Has to Know When to Stop

  …ity Assaf Jacob In the Russian Federation, patenting is very important for providing activities of the National Technology Initiative, which assists in commercialization of scientific ideas and supports new innovative markets. It is impossible to derive benefit from even a brilliant development without intellectual property (IP) laws. Universities, as places where…

  17.03.2017

• Videogames and Violence: the Pro’s and Con’s of Gaming

  …lion people; videogames are popular among half of them. Yet, there are very few cases of violence caused by gamers. So, can gamers be seen as potential aggressors? In 2015, scientists from the American Psychological Association stated that though children who are interested in videogames are actually more aggressive, there's no proof that they will be violent in r…

  17.03.2017

• From Idea to Business in Eight Weeks: The Second Session of ITMO 3.0 Reload

  …antin Deresh. As a result, we have several categories of them. There are socially significant projects (from fields of medicine and education), Aeronet, machine learning, data science, and others. Also, we took several projects from the field of food industry, as they are very logical from a production point of view". This season will be comprised of several module…

  17.03.2017

• The New Alumni Community for Over 40 Thousand Graduates

  … Its main goal is to gather ex-students and present ITMO’s achievements to them. The events of this week will be devoted to the main development area of the university such as science, innovations and entrepreneurship. During the Alumni Week we also plan to award the winners of the Alumni Contest. We hope that it will become annual. For instance, one of the prizes…

  15.03.2017