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• Anything that Can Go Wrong… Is to Be Equipped With a Failsafe System

  …ecessary coefficients are to be taken automatically, allowing the system to function. Currently, I’m on the stage of testing my results using mathematic modelling”, - adds the scientist.   Alexander Borgul shares that saturation effect can be erased if control activities are well-regulated. Adjusting algorithms are necessary for improving a system so that it con…

  24.08.2016

• Bringing Rock Stars Back to Life: Demystified

  … John Henry Pepper demonstrated this specific technique in the 1860s with it being used to overlay visual elements onto a physical set or stage. Dean of the Faculty of Natural Sciences at ITMO University, Sergei Stafeev affirms that this is “definitely not a hologram. This technology is often called a holographic projection but actually this kind of gimmick has nothi…

  22.08.2016

• 5 Things We Loved This Week

  …Scanning human history Using  microCT scanner Tim Ryan, associate professor of anthropology and information sciences and technology, took 3-D images of bones so as to decipher why modern humans have such light skeletons. phys.org Surface engineers prefer whisky over coffee As a whisky drop dries, a combination of molecules in the liquid ensures a spatially uniform…

  21.08.2016

• The International Olympiad in Informatics – Russian High Schoolers Score Big

  …The contest’s main goal is to promote computer science among schoolers and gather children talented in the field so that they can share scientific and cultural experience. Each country is represented by teams of four, the only exception being the host country that can have an additional unofficial team. This year, 308 contestants from 8…

  19.08.2016

• Evgeny Pidko: Chemistry is a Catalyst for Success

  …ug production. Why did you choose ITMO University to conduct your research work? That was a lucky coincidence. I saw an announcement at Research Gate (social network for scientists), and I loved the idea of a Fellowship project. One of the requirements was that the scientific interests of the researcher correlate with those of …

  18.08.2016

• Summer School in Tallinn: Research Methods in Human-Computer Interaction

  … school organized by Tallinn University in collaboration with Cyprus University of Technology is a three-week intensive program that includes courses in both human and natural sciences. Most summer school's events are based in Tallinn; still, every year the university chooses new partners from different countries for the course on the methods of human-computer intera…

  18.08.2016

• Russian Coders: To Leave or not to Leave

  …arch activity at ITMO University influenced me. Guided by my supervisor Anatoly Shalyto I stared writing articles and making presentations at conferences. After realizing that science captures me more than programming I left Mail.Ruand got a position of a lab researcher at the Chair where I’ve been working since. I have never regretted about my decision because resea…

  18.08.2016

• The Ins and Outs of the Postgraduate Admissions Process at ITMO

  …What is the role of postgraduate study today and how does it differ from other levels of education? Postgraduate studies give students an opportunity to embrace scientific creativity. This is when you can refine your ideas, implement a unique project, and try your hand at teaching. There are huge opportunities for personal development and naturally, this is all ac…

  18.08.2016

• Light-Emitting Glass Will Enhance Solar Panel Efficiency

  …id application,” says lead author of the research work, associate at the International laboratory of Modern Photonic Materials and Technologies Yevgeniy Sgibnev.  The scientists also suggest that production of the white LEDs with new luminescent glass will be a major step forward in the manufacturing methods of light equipment. Today, in order to obtain whit…

  17.08.2016

• Faster, Higher, Smarter: 5 Main Technological Novelties of 2016 Olympics

  …such narrowly specialized bot won't be any good with other topics. Still, the patterns are necessary: generation of texts in a natural language is a task from another field of science - the processing of natural language. Washington Post is not a pioneer of journalism's robotization. Associated Press agency has already used specialized bots for covering baseball m…

  16.08.2016