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• From Russia with Gifts: Souvenirs

• New Head of US English Language Office on How to Improve English-Language Education in Russia and the World

  …ho helped with teacher training at ITMO’s Academic Writing Lab. This academic year, the staff is joined by Akiva Weiss, who is conducting some of the events aimed at the professional development of the university’s English language teachers. During the meeting, representatives of the International Office and Kelli Odhuu discussed the future prospects for ITMO’s colla…

  13.03.2018

• Exchange semester in France: a Life-Changing Experience

  …he program I wanted, so I took the classes similar to what I had been taking at ITMO University. Even though it was my final year at the university, it didn’t affect their decision; the main thing was to find a research advisor. Getting all the paperwork done sure takes a long time: it took me about half a year to arrange all the application documents. First you h…

  13.03.2018

• HR Hackathon: Making Things Easier for Employers and Employees

  …tant feature is the game/test all job seekers complete. Its purpose is to evaluate the user’s soft skills level using approximately 160 questions. Developers used linear regression to reveal connections between the users’ behavior in the game and their real-life skills. The test helps evaluate their level of involvement, adaptability, openness and other qualities. …

  12.03.2018

• 5 Science News Now

  …rtificial intelligence, machine learning combined with algorithms that can make a very complex system easy to visualize. The technique offers a powerful platform for high dimensional analysis of patients' blood on the single cell level and for predicting patient response to treatment, among other applications. AI meets robotics for a win. The University of Texas, …

  11.03.2018

• Women and Science: ITMO’s Finest

  …Daria Kozlova, ITMO’s First Vice Rector Why did you decide to work in science and not business or another field? Accidentally! Being a professional athlete as a child, I had planned to have a career in sports. But fate led to me to St. Petersburg Polytechnic University, the classes of which I successfully skipped in order to play sports. Some time during my…

  08.03.2018

• BioHack-2018: 48 Hours to Make a Difference

  …rubles – went to team m(olot)TORa (Thor’s Hammer). The team owes its outlandish name to its task: they had to find out how pluripotency factors can have an effect on the expression of genes involved in the mTOR signal pathway. Or, in other words, how these factors affect the growth, metabolism and development of certain cells. We know that the human organism contains…

  07.03.2018

• ITMO's Young Scientist on How to Win Two Grants and Go to Berlin

  …he European initiative ERA.Net RUS Plus. We created a sensor platform that can detect pathogens such as Legionella. How Did You Become ITMO’s Ambassador? What’s Your Mission? My mission is to establish and maintain contacts between ITMO’s teachers, scientists and students and representatives of other universities all over the …

  07.03.2018

• Bookstores of St. Petersburg

  …hilosophy, art, social sciences and books from independent publishers, as well as magazines and charming souvenirs. Several shelves are dedicated exclusively to books (and occasional graphic novels) in foreign languages. Sit down on the couches and enjoy the homely feel! The store is also host to events, lectures and workshops. Podpisnie Izdaniya Liteyny Prospe…

  06.03.2018

• The Finals of the GenerationS TechNet Track Start in St. Petersburg

  …s to think over the business components of their projects, and informed them that the final round will largely focus on the economic aspects of startups. The final pitch session of the TechNet Track will be held on March 10 at ITMO University. The winners will be invited to GenerationS Superfinal that will take place in April 2018. 399 entrepreneurs from va…

  06.03.2018