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• Materials Scientist Alexandre Nominé on Challenges of his Field, Learning Russian, and Creativity at ITMO University

  …e has been a lot of interest towards going to the nanoscale, which introduces a lot of applications in electronics, medicine, and catalysis, which is used in the research of renewable energy. I myself am not directly involved in such projects, but I have many great colleagues who are. My background is in materials science, so my job is mostly to downscale the process…

  07.03.2019

• 10 Summer Schools to Attend This Summer

  … This summer school is aimed at Bachelor’s students who have work experience in the field of biology, chemistry, biotechnology, and biomedical science and want to learn about new applications of biotechnologies, as well as the latest advances in cancer treatment, synthetic biology, structural biology, and genetics of plants. Participants of the school will embark…

  07.03.2019

• Awardees of 2018-2019 Potanin Scholarship Reveal Their Winning Hacks

  …ence; first, I needed the scholarship for supporting my imminent study exchange to Germany, second, I wanted to see what I’m capable of, to try my hand at something completely new. My thesis is dedicated to environmental awareness building in Russia’s natural parks and reserves. Sustainable natural resource management and popularization of ecological knowledge is …

  07.03.2019

• From Leucippus to Dmitri Mendeleev: History of Periodic Table

  …ng them was John Dalton (1766-1844), an English chemist, physicist, and meteorologist. He found out that two elements could be united in different combinations, each forming a new chemical compound. For example, carbon and oxygen form two compounds, namely carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide: for three carbon atom there are eight oxygen atoms in the carbon dioxide, wh…

  06.03.2019

• On Way to Smart City: Head of St. Petersburg e-Government Department on Digital Economy and City Services

  …hrough. This isn’t the problem of the educational system supposedly lacking in quality, but, rather, is due to how fast innovations emerge; education often just can’t adapt to new challenges that quickly. The classic system, with its set outcomes and education standards, trains specialists of all kinds of levels, but its rigidity means that these specialists quickly …

  06.03.2019

• This Weekend in St. Petersburg: March 9-10

  …‘Maslenitsa in Song’ Festival at Mariinsky Theater Great news for music lovers out there! Throughout the entire week, the Mariinsky Theater hosts the Maslenitsa in Song choral music festival. Dozens of musicians from several countries will come to the Northern Venice to play all kinds of music: from folk, church and classical music to opera and jazz. Watch the Jap…

  06.03.2019

• Quantum Physicist Oleksandr Kyriienko on the Future of Computing and Making a Career in Science

  …plied it to optics and semiconductor systems that are used to create lasers, which are actively used in the industry. In particular, I was working on a theoretical design of a new type of lasers called “polariton lasers”. However, since quantum optical systems have other peculiar properties, like the ability to store quantum information for a long time and to process…

  05.03.2019

• ITMO University Scientists Remember Nobel Laureate Zhores Alferov

  …mater to many renowned scientists. He was a mentor to a whole generation of scientists. Many academicians and members of the Russian Academy of Sciences did research in the new fields Prof. Alferov had established, such as nano-objects, and quantum dots lasers, to name but a few.…

  05.03.2019

• Sberbank’s Cyber-Security Staff on Protecting Bank’s Network Perimeter

  …not a mere safety network that needs to be tuned once and left to fend for itself; it’s a complex system that is marked by continuous progress and needs regular monitoring and new equipment. This can only be done with the efforts of highly skilled specialists. “There are teams whose main responsibility is to test the level of perimeter protection. In essence, th…

  05.03.2019

• Head of RN-Burenie Oil Company’s IT Department: Every Bit of Fundamental Knowledge I Have, I Learned at University

  …s and Programming Faculty, which is headed by Prof. Vladimir Parfenov. A renowned figure, he was the reason that many of my peers had chosen that particular faculty. Everyone knew that students who studied under him ended up winning many competitions. Of course, I did my research first and considered other universities, including St. Petersburg State University, t…

  04.03.2019