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Get Lucky Like a Russian
…ing bags with them because they don’t want to pay for plastic bags, but avos as a concept is probably never going away. We wouldn’t want it to, anyway. In small doses, it’s an inspiring glimpse of serendipity that brightens up everyday life. After that trip to Russia, Bob started to give out cloth shopping bags to his customers and posted a note that said: “In Rus…
03.12.2018
Chemists From ITMO University Created New Diagnostic Method for Difficult Climate Conditions
Movie Fridays: New Releases
… realize that it is the trailer to blame. Though messy and choppy (but all trailers are, aren’t they?), it promises what all us Harry Potter junkies are longing for, deep down inside: more details about the beloved characters, which will add even more depth to the world. But the movie never kept its promise. The plot revolves around a dozen characters, whose storylin…
30.11.2018
ITMO Scientist’s Thesis Named Best at the Australian National University
… research, the scientist works on topological photonics. This is a new but dynamically developing scientific area concerned with developing structures analogous to topological insulators in solid state, explains Alexey Slobozhanyuk. What makes topological insulators so good in general? The protected sta…
30.11.2018
ITMO’s Digital Humanities Lab Wins Microsoft Prize for Project on History of Gulag
…a: CultTech Lab Russia isn’t exactly a competition. Its creators describe it as a laboratory. In essence, they are offering startups an opportunity to work with major cultural institutions such as the Tretyakov Gallery, the Bolshoi Drama Theater, the Gulag History Museum, and others. Before I enrolled in the Art&Science program at ITMO University, I graduated from th…
30.11.2018
ITMO University Tops List of Russian Universities in THE Computer Science Subject Ranking
…king; 11 of these are participants of the 5-100 Russian Academic Excellence Project. Second after ITMO University is the Moscow State University (78th), followed by the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT) (101-125) and the Moscow Engineering Physics Institute (MEPhI) (201-250). This year, eight participants of Project 5…
29.11.2018
ITMO University and VR/AR Association Host Japan VR/AR Day in St. Petersburg
…r the like. The ability to sense things is important, because it lets us understand the distance between us and an object. You can also use it to showcase products. For instance, the technology is used by car dealers. Another possible application is for analysis and testing of designs for new products, or in training staff before sending them to the assembly l…
29.11.2018
MTS Lead Architect Mikhail Mishurovsky on Collaboration with ITMO
…. Finally, another crucial aspect to improve upon here is the elimination of structural glitches. The users we work with could find themselves in a wide range of locations: inside a building, outside in the noisy street, wherever. We have to address this to make our technologies process only the necessary information. As for chatbot systems, there is a topical …
29.11.2018
This Weekend in St. Petersburg: December 1-2
…ty much wow), and Yasuni Man, a story of the conflict centering on Yasuni (a wilderness forest in the depths of South America) that has pitted biodiversity and human rights against extractive industries and human consumption. All the films come hand in hand with additional events aimed at enhancing their message: discussions, lectures, and a dinner from the food r…
28.11.2018
Professor Sergei Tihodeev on Soviet Science and Collaboration with ITMO University
…ten of my colleagues would've understood. I focused on the Keldysh diagram technique during my studies at the university and then during my PhD program at the Lebedev Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences. My teacher was Leonid Keldysh, whose contribution to science can be compared with that of Enrico Fermi and other founders of solid-state physics. …
28.11.2018