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• Daniil Sharov on Being a Physicist and a Science Communicator

  …realized that I, too, had to learn to do that. That is how I understood I want to study science communication at ITMO to pick up the skills I was lacking. Moreover, I already knew I could teach and this Master’s program opened up more opportunities to try myself in different fields.   Do you teach these days? Yes, I tutor to practice communicating with chil…

  22.01.2020

• New Apps for the New Year

  …re. It’s a process, and I get it, but it sure is more fun when someone with a nice voice tells you to close your eyes and take a deep breath. Anastasia K. So far, my new year’s app developments consisted of actually deleting unwanted and unused apps off my phone, in an attempt to make my digital space less unwieldy. From what has made the cut, I really love…

  21.01.2020

• ITMO’s Rector Vladimir Vasilyev: Science Can’t Be Measured in Square Meters

  … our advantage. I want to stress once again that we are open to any collaboration, which meets international quality standards.  How can the Institute benefit from this newly established proximity to ITMO?   First of all, it will improve the quality of research conducted at the Institute. ITMO University is a national research university, which makes it a s…

  21.01.2020

• ITMO Graduate Elena Ushakova on Scientific Career, Research Projects and Working in Hong Kong

  … then, the Center was looking for young researchers; we were just freshers and didn’t know much but they accepted us nevertheless. It was a very interesting experience for me: new equipment, important research projects and lots of plans for the future. I decided to continue my career at that laboratory, and I’ve been working there ever since. So you studied and wo…

  21.01.2020

• Speak Like a Russian: On Kvetching And How Things Go Wrong

  …iously, there are many stronger expressions in the Russian language, especially the obscene ones - but this is an entirely different subject! See you next time! Yours, ITMO.NEWS.…

  20.01.2020

• International Team of Scientists Discover New Phenomenon in Topological Physics

  … to substantially change the properties of some materials that are used in electronics. While studying the properties of the topological phase of matter, scientists discovered new materials with unique properties that are called topological insulators. “In nature, there are insulators that don’t conduct electricity, and conductors that do, as well as semiconduct…

  20.01.2020

• Machine Rights: Can an AI Create And How Should Its Creations Be Protected?

  …wing?  Dmitry Muromtsev, associate professor at the Faculty of Software Engineering and Computer Systems: The topic itself [robots creating pictures, music or texts] is not new; there were a number of studies in the 1970s in which various AI creations were demonstrated to critics to great acclaim. It’s not particularly difficult from the point of view of the algor…

  20.01.2020

• Physicists Trap Light in Nanoresonators for Record Time

  …raps the light.” Two years ago, an international research team from ITMO University, the Australian National University, and the Ioffe Institute theoretically predicted a new mechanism that allows scientists to trap light in miniature resonators much smaller than the wavelength of light and measured in hundreds of nanometers. However, until recently, no one had …

  17.01.2020

• ITMO.KIDS: A Technopark for Children

  …older kids, we teach them to program in Python and explain the basics of writing one’s own code. We have lots of courses in every field, and we are currently launching several new ones, for example courses on working with vector graphics and graphic animation. We’ll also be launching a course on creating a smart lamp soon. Children will be creating their original sma…

  17.01.2020

• Tsegai Tekle: Russia Exceeded My Expectations

  …l drama movies and Eritrean cultural movies. Recently I watched Fireproof by Alex Kendrick. What’s the most beautiful place you’ve ever been to? I’m used to admiring any new place for its uniqueness and it’s hard for me to pick the most beautiful place in my mind. But, I can never forget the life I enjoyed in both Moscow and St. Petersburg.…

  16.01.2020