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• Future of NTI Centers Discussed at NTI Ecosystem Forum in Sochi

  …mart cities by March 2019. Taking part in the discussion from ITMO University was Advisor to the Rector Oleg Malsagov and Senior Research Associate at the eScience Research Institute Vyacheslav Ilyin. “NTI centers remove the borders that exist between science and business. ITMO University’s NTI competence center accommodates the work of scientists by comm…

  11.12.2018

• ITMO Students Score Second and Third in Robotex Competition

  …t back to the body using red tape. Thanks to this, their device evoked associations with the team’s name RED. “Despite the difficulties, we never get angry at our robots. Instead, we treat them like Soviet drivers treated their Kopeykas, tenderly calling their cars “Swallow”. It sounds a bit weird, but that’s how things work here. If you treat your robot like a …

  11.12.2018

• The Alchemy of Silk: Bioart Pioneer Joe Davis’s Workshop by The Polytechnic Museum and SkBioLab

  …ganized by Olga Vad, the head of Art&Science department of the Polytechnic museum, and head of SkBioLab Ippolit Markelov. “Joe Davis is unique in that he doesn't just get inspiration from scientific knowledge, but can talk to biologists as an equal, he has a keen knowledge of scientific techniques and applies scientific methods in creating his works," says Olga …

  11.12.2018

• SURF Stanford US-Russia Forum: Science Communication and Diplomacy

  …essional community. Taking part Among this year’s participants was Daria Denisova, the deputy head of ITMO University’s Center for Science Communication. As she explains, all applicants have to pass a rigorous multi-stage selection process. Although the deadline for applications is usually in early June, applicants are advised not to delay and submit theirs…

  10.12.2018

• ITMO Fellow Ilya Anoshkin on Nanotubes and Working Abroad

  …nd Konstantin Novoselov were awarded a Nobel Prize in Physics in 2010. “Nanotubes are like long nanowires, which can be used to connect anything you could think of,” explains Ilya. “For example, it is them that connect the hardware of our smartphones with their screens. Compared to the relatively simple material of graphene, nanotubes offer more opportunities fo…

  10.12.2018

• Cakes vs. Tortes: Do Carbs Like a Russian

  …ngs. Arguably the most regal example also happens to be my favorite - the Napoleon. It’s comprised of multiple crispy layers interlaced with rich butter cream. If it’s custard instead, it’s a fake. The only places I can still find them done the right way are Sevjer Confectionery and at my grandma’s house. The recipe dates back to 1912, when triangular-shaped pastries…

  10.12.2018

• The Hermitage: Getting the Full Picture

  … way you could avoid a trip to a house of arts if you visit, or live in, Russia’s cultural capital. The city’s all-permeating sophisticated ambience or that visceral touristic instinct bidding us to mindlessly cash in on ugly magnets and go places will do the trick. And if that won’t be enough, our temperatures, which are, let’s put it that way, a bit worse than thos…

  07.12.2018

• NeuroForum-2018: Experts Discuss NeuroNet's Development

  …ge. Students are more interested in our service, but their priorities mostly have to do with everything that offers an immediate effect. People over 30 have much better insights. They use the service a lot more often (most use it every day), and the metrics for them are higher than those for other age groups. Depending on one's age, the level of motivation and…

  07.12.2018

• Tech Entrepreneur Grigory Kunis: Sky's the Limit

  …g we do subconsciously. Fighting this habit and persuading people to give our service a chance is our most important task. We've faced many difficulties in this regard. For instance, a lack of trust. A considerable part of our clients are young families with children. Parents find it hard to entrust others with buying their children’s food and such. On empl…

  07.12.2018

• Bright New Dawn of Light-Guided Photonics: How the Next Generation of Fiber-Optic Device is Made

  …nd Assembly of Light-Guided Photonic Devices was founded in 2015. What prompted its creation at that exact time? The laboratory was created as a subdivision of the Research Institute of Light-Guided Photonics. At that time, they wanted to launch a laboratory dedicated to the alignment and assembly of devices for the production of fiber-optical interference-type se…

  06.12.2018