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• This Weekend in St. Petersburg: July 21-22

  …ival that will take place at the Peter and Paul Fortress! Listen to minstrel songs, watch the knights joust, take part in various workshops and visit a medieval fair with a great selection of handmade jewelry and gifts. Entrance is free. The Pavlovsk Park, one of the finest landscape parks in Europe, will soon become even more beautiful thanks to the Imperial Bouq…

  18.07.2018

• ITMO Student on Using IT to Help People With Dementia

  …can choose where they want to go and with whom, or choose any other particular kind of activity and its participants, explains Daniil. We intend for the application to perform the functions of social networks, but to also be geared towards people with dementia and their relatives. For now, we are working on the issue of where to take data from. It’s possible that we …

  18.07.2018

• Innovative Method for Microcirculation Diagnosis Gives New Insights into Migraines

  …Capillary blood circulation plays a crucial role in tissue metabolism. There are more than several billions capillaries in a human body, and malfunctions in the work of such a big and complex system can lead to severe effects like migraines or strokes. Nevertheless, despite their importance for the overall health, capillary coordination mechanisms are still not fully…

  18.07.2018

• Surviving a Hot Day: Beaches in and around St. Petersburg

  …ould tell you that St. Petersburg stands on a swamp rather than a beach. What is more, the local water isn’t exactly clean, and the Federal Service for the Oversight of Consumer Protection and Welfare strictly forbids swimming anywhere in the city (or the Oblast, for that matter). Still, the ban is often ignored, and lots of people try their luck at a few popular spo…

  17.07.2018

• Computer Simulation Technologies: New Master’s Program at ITMO

  …om San-Francisco was the first to support the idea. Then it was followed by a German company GlobalSign which provided sdCloud with security certificates that guarantee a secure connection, and then by the Veesp data center company. Practice plays a very important role in training future professionals. That’s why coordinators of the program offer their student…

  17.07.2018

• “Quantum Potential” Science Stand-Up Show Returns In Second Installment

  …arge said, well, that’s how it was always planned: it’s a team competition!” “In seven years, it became a genuine international event, with teams from all over the world and a selection process. Few things have changed since then. 20 years ago there was a bit more of an athletic aspect, as the teams had to download their solution onto a floppy disk and take it to …

  17.07.2018

• How Do Russian MOOC Platforms Compete With World Top MOOC Providers? Courseburg Investigates

  …Although the actual term entered the world dictionaries only in 2008, first prototypes of MOOCs, massive online open courses, date back to as early as 2001, when Massachusetts Institute of Technology went digital with its education  resources. Other education institutions quickly jumped on the online learning bandwagon. All this led to the establishment of the digita…

  16.07.2018

• Urban Scientist Steve Kuddins on Overfencing in St. Petersburg: Causes and Solutions

  …ght behind the already existing traffic barriers. The problem here is that different departments of the city administration are responsible for different kinds of fencing, and their actions are often mismatched. Representatives of the General Administration for Traffic Safety claim that placing fences improves road safety; in reality, it doesn’t. Sometimes, fencin…

  13.07.2018

• Young Scientists From ITMO University Win IEEE Photonics Society Awards

  …entific institutions by encouraging joint publications, sponsoring meetings, and facilitating other means of exchanging knowledge and expertise. One of the Society’s main line of action is supporting young scientists that show outstanding scientific results and are active in conducting scientific research. With this in mind, the Society established the Graduate St…

  13.07.2018

• Taking a Glance at Academic Writing in Arizona

  … lessons at the Center of English as a Second Language (CESL) where she learned more about the running of the center, which was founded in 1968 and is a world leader in English instruction. “The qualifications of ITMO’s English teachers match those of CESL teachers. Despite the fact that FLTC has only been running for 4 years, we have achieved a lot. Our approac…

  12.07.2018