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Arebolagets kameralins loser Hollywoods problem
…Igor Gurevich har en magisterexamen i optik efter studier vid ITMO-universitet i Sankt Petersburg. Sedan manga ar lever han i Tyskland och har bland annat designat linser for Carl Zeiss. Han gick med pa att lyssna pa Vygantas Kirejevas ideer – bara for att omgaende avfarda dem. «Ni ar ju korkade. Sa dar kan man inte gora linser». …
08.11.2017
This Algorithm Mines Instagram For 'Authentic' Travel Experiences
…sed, selfie stick-wielding cliches. Computer scientists at ITMO University in St Petersburg, Russia, have developed a high-tech answer. They found a way to distinguish between Instagram users living in St. Petersburg and visiting tourists based on how they use social media, then developed an algorithm that mines the app’s publicly available data to create a “genuine”…
28.09.2017
Tres universidades chinas participan en el Bootcamp de programacion mas grande de Europa
… de Espana) durante un periodo de ocho dias. Space con la colaboracion del Moscow Workshops ACM-ICPC, Sberbank, Codeforces (la mayor comunidad online de programadores), Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, ITMO University y Saint-Petersburg State University. …
27.09.2017
Can you keep a secret?
…The perpetual desire to flaunt our lives on social media has ensured no place remains hidden or inaccessible from the prying cameras. In recent news, the perpetual need to hunt for authentic experiences has led the scientists at ITMO University in St. Petersburg to develop a tool to allow users to experience the city of St. Petersburg a little closely. Accordin…
27.09.2017
Want a more 'authentic' tourist experience? There's an app for that!
… kind of holiday is one based on local knowledge, but how do you know where the locals go – especially when they may prefer not to tell you? By mining their publicly available Instagram data. …
15.09.2017
Femtosecond laser pulses produce terahertz radiation from water
…ation has been generated from solids, gases, and plasmas (the "fourth state" of matter) before, no one had created terahertz light from a liquid -- until now. A group from the Institute of Optics at the University of Rochester (U of R; Rochester, NY), Huazhong University of Science and Technology (Wuhan, China), the Center for Terahertz Waves and School of Precision …
11.09.2017
Hello, Barcelona!, el bootcamp mas global de Europa, volvera a reunir a Barcelona a los mejores programadores del mundo
…opa del este, y tambien con Codeforces, la mayor comunidad online de programadores. Ademas, Harbour.Space colabora con las mas celebres universidades de la informatica: Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, ITMO University y Saint-Petersburg State University. …
06.09.2017
Glowing Nanoparticle Ink Could Lead to Easy DIY Holograms
…specialized field of futuristic printing — luminescent holograms that can be produced by a normal inkjet model printer. Co-author of the study Alexander Vinogradov gives some insights on their invention. …
05.09.2017
A new algorithm helps tourists find those secret places that locals love
… have taken pity on tourists and offer a solution. They created a computer algorithm that allows travelers to find museums, cafes, streets and other interesting spots based on Instagram posts by local inhabitants. Ksenia Mukhina, the main author of the paper, explains how it works. …
05.09.2017
Algorithm identified Trump as 'not-married'
…Scientists from Russia and Singapore created an algorithm that predicts user marital status with 86% precision using data from three social networks instead of one. While testing, the program identified Donald Trump, the 45th US President who is actually married, as single. According to the developers, this inconsistency came up because of Trump's abnormal activity i…
03.03.2017