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• HR Hackathon: Making Things Easier for Employers and Employees

  …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. Having fille…

  12.03.2018

• ITMO Programmers Make It to Google HashCode Finals

  …e best algorithm for posting videos on YouTube (streaming videos included) during the qualifying round, and the final round’s task was about distributing wi-fi routers and cable connections in a building in such a way that the signal would cover the designated area, and the solution would be as cheap as possible.    “During the 2018 qualifying round, the task wa…

  12.03.2018

• 5 Science News Now

  …n team is incorporating artificial intelligence into its machines so that they can deal with real-world situations. Along with learning to decipher social cues and carrying out instructions, they’re playing football as part of an international "RoboCup" initiative, which has set itself the challenge of building a team capable of beating the men's World Cup winners by…

  11.03.2018

• Women and Science: ITMO’s Finest

  …bly one of the most famous women scientists in the world and was awarded a Nobel prize twice! She researched the effects of radiation on cancer cells. These studies are at the intersection between physics and biology. In my opinion, such interdisciplinary studies are still relevant. And what Marie Curie did in those years was an impetus for the development of modern …

  08.03.2018

• BioHack-2018: 48 Hours to Make a Difference

  …To take part in the hackathon, the participants simply had to sign up and submit a letter of motivation. Teams could only take part together if all applicants had passed the selection process, as the hackathon’s goal is to promote interdisciplinary research and help the participants develop skills they need to work in mixed teams of biologists and programmers. Bef…

  07.03.2018

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

  …razil and Ireland. Please, Tell Us a Bit More About the Project That Made You Move to Germany? This project focused on the development of a quantum dot-based system for the detection of pathogenic bacteria in drinking water. Together with our colleagues from ITMO’s International Research and Education Center for Physics of Nanostructures and ETH Zurich (Switzer…

  07.03.2018

• Bookstores of St. Petersburg

  … host to events, lectures and workshops. Podpisnie Izdaniya Liteyny Prospekt, 57. Website Podpisniye Izdaniya shares its space with the coffeshop Meet Joe.  With a great selection of English-language fiction (nearly 3,500 books in the catalogue) and a pleasing selection of snacks and pastries, thi…

  06.03.2018

• ITMO and Mel Science Launch Affiliate Program for Kids

  … students that operates on the base of ITMO’s School of Biotechnology and Cryogenic Systems) on the development of an affiliated program that aims to teach children about chemical reactions and ways to explain the phenomena they encounter from a scientific point of view. The first lesson where the children could grow chemical jellyfish and seaweed from salts has take…

  06.03.2018

• ITMO Scientists Study Properties of Terahertz Gauss-Bessel Beams

  …covering the wavelength range between 0.1–1 mm. The wider the wavelength range, the more channels there are to connect different devices to. This can contribute to enhancing the connection speed of each individual device. What is more, terahertz radiation is non-ionizing, i.e. harmless to human health (you can read more about ionizing radiation and its effects…

  05.03.2018

• Science Slam: Dark Matter and Liquid Batteries for Electric Vehicles

  …So we made our battery in the shape of a snail’s shell. Not because it is beautiful, but because it allows us to extend the surface area and provide more sites for electrochemical reactions to occur. How do we recharge these "liquid batteries"? Regular cars use gasoline, and when you run out of it, you go to a gas station and fill up. Our electric car will wor…

  05.03.2018