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• ITMO University Participates in the Erasmus+ Program

• Rudolf Kalman Passed Away

  …and outer-space vehicles. It allows to extract a signal from a long sequence of noisy and/or incomplete technical measurements, and is applied in many fields of technology and science due to its simplicity and efficiency. Kalman filters were used during the development of computer systems for the Apollo Program, NASA's space shuttles, and are currently used in the co…

  15.08.2016

• Migraines May Be Caused by Vascular Reactivity

  …by nausea, vomiting, vision problems, increased sensitivity and can last up to several days, which negatively affects the quality of life. Today there is no consensus among scientists on the mechanisms of this disease. Therefore, no truly effective drugs exist that can completely relieve someone from a migraine. Scientists from IT…

  12.08.2016

• Lenticular Images: Researchers Combine Art & Science

  …gh-grade color specification and picture size – the images are about 60x80cm – also enhance the illusion of depth. Professor Sergei Stafeev, Dean of Department of Natural Sciences, says: “Lenticular images are usually created using two methods. The first one is when one puts a plastic micro-lenticular screen on a photo printed on a piece of paper. However before…

  11.08.2016

• Perseids 2016: Guide to Watching a Meteor Shower

  …ions. One of the best places for that in Russia is Karachay-Cherkessia, the Nizhny Arkhyz village.  By the way, the Special Astrophysical Observatory of the Russian Academy of Science is located there as well, featuring Eurasia's biggest telescope, BTA. Professionals and amateurs have been going there to watch different meteor showers for several years already. Wh…

  11.08.2016

• Optics Used for Measuring Blood Velocity

  …Yuri Emelyanov, CEO for the VISmart company and a member of ITMO's International Laboratory "Information Science and Semantic Technologies" explained that the most widespread method to measuring blood velocity is using doppler ultrasound to assess it in the large arteries, - something similar to how radar guns work. Still, sometimes knowing the blood velocity in the …

  10.08.2016

• Scientists Count Microscopic Particles Without Microscope

  …requires devices that can amplify optical signals, bring them into focus, rotate and change their type of motion. Ordinary lenses cannot cope with these tasks at nanoscale, so scientists are working with artificial optical materials – photonic crystals and metamaterials, which can control the propagation of light in most extraordinary ways. However, fabricating optic…

  09.08.2016

• Joining Big Science: How PCs Help Large-Scale Projects

  …e computer or let the program work constantly but limit processing time before that. Maksim Skorokhodov, student at the Chair of Informatics and Applied Mathematics and Science Slam participant, adds that there are projects that give users the opportunity to solve research issues. For example, such projects as Fold.It for protein model designing and EyeWire fo…

  09.08.2016

• Russia’s First Multi-Node Quantum Network: the Next Step for Quantum Communications of Tomorrow

  …of now, the security of communication links is based on specialized mathematical algorithms. However, one can eventually crack even the most complicated algorithm. That is why scientists from all over the world develop quantum communication systems based on the fundamental laws of quantum physics that offer a safe method of information exchange. This approach makes i…

  08.08.2016

• Drones at Work: Delivering Pizza, Searching for the Lost... and Dismembering Snowmen

  …hese methods would allow to considerably increase the accuracy", - explained Alexander Shchukin, an engineer for ITMO's Department of Control Systems and Informatics. Scientists from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zürich are trying to fix drones with navigational abilities that won't depend on online maps or any outer signals. They've published…

  08.08.2016