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Per Aspera Ad Astra — the Problems of Modern Cyberphysics
…under harsh conditions and retain their efficiency even when computational capacities are restricted. There are also action networks, where information itself partakes in decision making when controlling physical objects. Here, the requirements to security and reliability are totally different. Internet banking is my favorite example. Everyone uses it, sometimes fai…
14.11.2016
Changes at the "Speed of Lightning": International Council Meeting in Brussels Recaps on ITMO’s Two Years of Striving for Excellence
…The new Road Map was also a topic for discussion. It is to cover the period from 2017 to 2020 and is to lay out the perspectives for ITMO University development for the next years. It will be based on the Strategic Academic Units, now three. Next year the three SAUs will be enhanced by a fourth companion, centered on Chemistry, soon to be followed by a fifth one, foc…
14.11.2016
ITMO Sport Guide Part 1: Train Your Brain and Build your Body
…on show at the Cheer League Contest and emerged victorious. One of the achievements made in 2016 by the sportsmen is the bronze medal at the Open Darts Championship. The mission of "Kron Bars" is to turn sports activities into a trend, as its sport classes are free of charge and their doors are open for everyone, both beginners and skilled sportsmen. Everybody can…
11.11.2016
Processing Dostoevsky — Scientists Use Optics for Studying Manuscripts
…he radiation from the ink and from paper: as ink soaked the paper, its color in the infrared band changed. There were other pecularities to take account of, as well: the dispersion of the radiation, lighting, involuntary shifting of the manuscript. "Not every method is good for such complex analysis. Cutting a piece of the manuscript and analyzing it was not an opt…
11.11.2016
Modeling Reality: the Fifth "Young Scientists" Conference in Krakov
…international collaboration in the field of computational sciences, as well as publication of their articles in highly indexed journals. 65 articles were processed on the admission stage. As agenda of the conference was relatively wide (from modeling of complex systems and development of numerical algorithms to decision support systems …
11.11.2016
World’s Science Day: What Are the Cherished Dreams of Researchers?
… weekends together with her. Thanks to school math Olympiads these activities became regular. Then, thanks to my research supervisor at the university, science became my profession. He showed me some promising research areas that attract the world’s academic community. Fortunately, my present job is what I really like. It is perfect when your occupation is based on …
10.11.2016
One More First Place by ITMO’s Programmers
…Ilya Zban and Ivan Beelonogov also took part in the contest. Their team called ITMO University 1 took 8th place. "Participating in this Olympiad makes students grow as professionals — they can put their achievements into their CV," note organizers of the All Siberian Programming Olympiad. …
09.11.2016
"World of Knowledge" - The Best Science-Popular Films of the XI International Film Festival
…l Library went to Vladimir Shuvannikov’s film "Nikolay Przhevalsky. A life-long expedition". Maryam Mahieva, graduate of Saint Petersburg State University of Film and Television and winner of the Presidential Scholarship for developing a new type of nuclear reactor got two awards at the festival — her short "Neutrino and Andurtau" was named the best debut and the …
08.11.2016
STI, Markets and Ethics — How to Become a Leader of the High-Technology Markets?
…ce-Governor of Saint Petersburg Someone has to build our high-technology future. So, there's the question with personnel. And to train this personnel (some of the new professions don't even have a name yet), we need teachers. So, do we have such teachers? Now, technification is at large. But will it be any good for the society, if we'll free people from hard labor…
08.11.2016
Everything You Need to Know About Apple Pay
…d Apple Pay cards for those banks which use this technology and paying he can just choose which account he wants to use. Comparing Apple Pay with Samsung and Android versions, Apple beats its competitors due to its secure system, the phone data and card data are kept separately. Even an advanced hacker would have trouble getting to the card data, and it might …
08.11.2016