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New Online Courses on the Open Education Platform. Part 1
…Elements of Automatic Control Systems 5 days left Electric vehicles, mixers, unmanned machines or moving stairways — all these kinds of different equipment are based on the same principle. They all use electromechanical systems of automatic control. During the course, you will learn how these systems are set up, so that after you co…
20.09.2016
ITMO Imagines at EAIE Conference and Expo in Liverpool
… and work in a globalised world." She also says that "…we should remember that it [internationalization] is not an end in itself but a means to improve quality and enhance the role of higher education as a service to society." After only a few hours at the conference, soaking in all the experiences and learning from around the world, it became clear that what …
19.09.2016
The New Mandatory Russian Exam for Foreign Applicants — Is There Anything to Worry About?
…re to expect it to become a mandatory condition for applying to a Russian university. The question is — how much will the requirement change and what will be the universities' role in conducting these examinations», — comments the expert. Ms. Kondrasheva believes that the risks of Russian universities losing their popularity can be easily averted, if th…
16.09.2016
«Smart Home»: Apps, Advices, Solutions
…nt as comfort: the system counts every liter of spent water and every kilowatt of power, as well as provides the necessary security. All of the system's elements are to be controlled by a common platform — a web-interface or a smartphone app (a separate remote control doesn't make your teapot smarter, does it?), notifications are to be …
15.09.2016
ITMO’s Graduate Ilya Czech on How to Develop the Prosthesis Market in Russia
… cosmetic models. And foreign devices are too expensive — they sometimes cost around 4 million rubles. Surely, our active informational policy must have played an even greater role. We constantly show that what we're developing is not some app but a real product that can really improve lives of thousands of children and adults and is already being implemented — both …
13.09.2016
Transport of the Future: A Foresight Session at the Anichkov Palace
…ctures. One of the festivals most notable events was the foresight session "ETransport and our Future": the participants had to think up ways to replace regular buses and trolleybuses and make a 2 minute presentation on their ideas. Amongst the jury and the curators were representatives of ITMO University, Smolny and the city's Palace of Youth Creativity, as wel…
12.09.2016
The University of Children: Their Dreams and Plans for the Future
… Children last year and I continue to do it now, as well. During the fist lecture about saltiness of water I learned lots of new things, though I've already known about the hydrological cycle. I want to become many things, but first and foremost I want to be an inventor. I really want to listen to a lecture on physics and learn of teleportation. Thing is, I have my o…
12.09.2016
METANANO-2016: Best Reports and Future Collaboration
…cal systems. He also shared about experimental work in this field, including the prospects of practical use of photon and acoustic topological insulators. They allow us to control light and sound, direct electromagnetic waves in preset directions with no loss or dispersion even through curved waveguides. Plasmonic microchips: theory and application Mr. Valentin…
10.09.2016
The Shock of the New — Latest Developments in St. Petersburg Theater Part 2
…y the fact that these astonishing shows were seen only by a couple of hundred devotees in a windswept corner of a St. Petersburg Park. To top it all, AKHE are ridiculously prolific. In the past year, they have also staged Cabinet of Curiosities, also on Yelagin, and Pene Dna or Froth on the Daydream, an open-air adaptation of the novel by French writer Boris Vian,…
09.09.2016
British Royals Acknowledge Video360 Arctic Footage
…Students from Russia's different universities spend 20 days conducting experiments, researching the flora and fauna in places where the icebreaker stops, gather geological, hydrological and meteorological data. Every year the Arctic Floating University goes a different route. This year, it left Arkhangelsk for the Novaya Zemlya archipel…
09.09.2016