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Student Spotlight: Ramiro Vicente, Ecuador
…you plan to come to Russia, I strongly advise you to study the language at least a little before coming, as it will be very useful. I do not regret for a second being here. I totally recommend getting out of your comfort zone. Interview by Juan Sebastian Velasquez Acevedo…
17.12.2020
ITMO University Team Comes Second in Online Stage of ICPC Northern Eurasia Finals
… the ICPC 2021 finals. The offline stage will be held some time between April 1 and August 31, 2021. The precise date will be announced no later than a month beforehand. A total of 50 teams made it through the online stage. The full list is available here. In order to participate in the offline stage of the Northern Eurasia competition, the teams will compete at o…
15.12.2020
ITMO Graduate Nikolai Golos on Brainstorming and Launching a Startup
… We put the project off last August. We reached an audience of up to 16,000 people and launched a paid product that several hundred people used, too. However, the team was totally slammed, and I felt exhausted, too. So, we all decided to continue working and gaining new experience but separately. I wanted to join a great company to acquire useful knowledge and ski…
10.12.2020
FoodTech Master’s Program Head Olesya Volokh: Food Is Always in Fashion
… issues that businesses are concerned about, but they don’t have the resources nor the equipment to do the necessary research – and, truth be told, their employees’ goals are totally different. I believe that this is exactly the ground on which we can build relationships with corporate partners and other universities. “The sky’s the limit!” What kinds of st…
03.12.2020
Nanolasers, MRI, and Cultural Heritage: ITMO University Wins Three Megagrants
…hel Menu will spend 90 days in Russia every year to teach us the latest techniques for studying cultural heritage objects.” About the 8th megagrant competition In total, the Council of Grants has received 465 applications from 57 regions of the country, including 362 applications from universities and 103 from scientific organizations. 20 expert groups ma…
03.12.2020
Where Bananas Become Hammers: Coldest Places in Russia
…t the numerous Gulag camps here in 1932. Life here is no fairy tale – ask any of the 462 local residents, who face an average temperature of -42 to -50 C every winter and are totally familiar with -60 C. Such an inhospitable climate is a result of a unique geographic location: there’s no ocean nearby to moderate the extreme conditions deep in the frigid valley. Add d…
30.11.2020
Beneath the Pavement, Not the Beach: First Art & Science Conference on Soil
…ete, is forever lost and cannot be a source of life. Soil degradation is a global problem that is not yet obvious to most people. But the modern rate of population growth and total urbanization proves that soon such neglect could lead to a severe crisis. As city dwellers, we are more and more detached from soil and ground and this fact defines our attitude to the …
27.11.2020
Optical Computers Explained: Will They Replace the Regular Kind?
…al current, which produces heat. That heat is energy that goes to waste. To make sure that devices don’t overheat, we waste even more energy on cooling them. As a result, the total energy consumption by major data centers in 2018 amounted to 200 terawatt per hour, which is approximately 1% of all energy consumption in the world; and that number is growing fast. Photo…
25.11.2020
Beginner’s Guide to Brainstorming and Writing Articles for Scientific Journals
…n, or altered, and your experiments will not always give you the desired results. Creating an idea is a complex, emotionally involved, and time-consuming process, and that is totally normal. Proof of concept After you have chosen the topic of your work, experiments begin. You are to prove the consistency of your idea, and in doing so, you need to demonstrat…
25.11.2020