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• What’s the Commotion? ITMO Scientists Discover How Obstacles Change Crowd Dynamics

  …ecifically used to simulate pedestrian flows during mass gatherings and emergency situations. The program was developed by researchers from ITMO University’s eScience Research Institute in collaboration with the National Autonomous University of Mexico, the University of Amsterdam (the Netherlands), the Massachusetts Institute of Techno…

  27.08.2018

• Dealing with Culture Shock in Russia

  …ver, there’s a good chance that the reality around you will lose some of its luster. To get to university every morning you have to navigate a crowded metro. There’re potatoes instead of rice at the canteen. Instructors are way too demanding and don’t understand your personal challenges. And no one’s speaking English. It’s enough to cra…

  27.08.2018

• Movie Fridays: Time of Your Life

  …ls lonelier than ever until he meets the local bad-boy Hunter Strawberry (Alex Roe) and falls for his “it girl” sister McKayla (Maika Monroe). And that’s when the adventure begins. I really enjoyed this flick for its great cast, incredible soundtrack, and dynamic storyline. But the most extraordinary aspect of this movie is its dazzling camerawork with dramatic close…

  24.08.2018

• ITMO University Launches SumIT International StartUp School

  …t sale. The project authors usually come to Russia aiming to test the Russian market. Last year’s experience made us realize that despite all the market successes and contest wins, project teams often don’t have a clue about basic business concepts such as how to identify a product’s target audience and analyze the market. We adapted the program accordingly and now f…

  24.08.2018

• Sport, Recreation, Intellectual Hobby: What is Birdwatching and How it Helps Scientists

  …ithologist, for example, on an ornithological excursion that take place in many cities around Russia. In St. Petersburg they are conducted by Sergey Petrov with the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Birdwatching is very affordable: All you only need is binoculars and a guide book for birds in your area. The best of them are made with drawing…

  24.08.2018

• Roger Roger: How to Make Websites Understand Their Users

  …itive, this interaction style is not so widespread in PC computers. There’s a Pointer Events software specification which combines three of the most widely used interaction instruments, which are computer mouse, touch pen, and touch events. In other words, Poiner is an abstraction method which enables users to switch between all these ins

  23.08.2018

• ITMO Student on Management, Branding, and Working with Gucci

  …ows so far: the presentation of Gucci’s autumn/winter 2018 collection in Milan, and a cruise show in the French city of Arles. About social media Everyone knows that Instagram has helped many people to become popular, get a job, and establish useful connections. It played a very important role in shaping my career, too, as it was there where Gucci designer …

  23.08.2018

• This Weekend in St. Petersburg: August 25-26

  …de at 8pm with a magnificent gala concert of the Taurida State Symphony orchestra conducted by the musical polymath Mikhail Golikov and star-studded with lead singers from Mariinsky and Mikhailovsky theaters. And if you feel a bit blasé about the conventional musical gatherings, don’t forget that the ‘Summer Music Park’ festival we wrote about last week is still o…

  22.08.2018

• Foodtech: Functional Nutrition Trends in Russia

  … “People have become more educated and versed in these matters. Previously, we had to explain to our audience the simplest of things, and some topics are still taboo. For instance, many people still don’t trust pharmaceutical vitamins, as they see them as chemical compounds. What we are trying to do is to explain that human beings …

  22.08.2018

• Do It Yourself: Citizen-Led City Planning

  …ople find it easier to collaborate on some small-scale projects which can grow into something bigger. For one, a group of locals in Helsinki organized a restaurant day: people installed small coffee shops, mobile food courts, and tables with homemade goods. The event coordinators asked the city authorities for permission, but their project wasn’t supported. But peopl…

  22.08.2018