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ITMO Graduates Reflect on True Value of Education
…new nothing about science and how it’s done. Still, Sergei Arkadyevich was quite favorable to us, and we started to cooperate with the department and the Vavilov State Optical Institute, where we became immersed in the world of science. It was then that we understood what real physics is like, met classical Soviet scientists. We participated in research projects, com…
15.05.2018
Computer Simulation to Make Cities Cleaner
…ppealing, so they design a network of paths as an artistic composition, which only birds can appreciate. People can’t use these paths and form the paths they want across lawns instead. What do you think about pedestrian infrastructure planning in the Soviet times? I haven’t seen any successful pedestrian infrastructure projects in residential areas formed i…
14.05.2018
ITMO University Earns First Place in Computer Science Ranking
…ul in each subject area, shared Ilya Kuftiryov, head of ITMO University’s Rankings Research Center. ITMO University took the first place in computer science, outrunning Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, and Lomonosov Moscow State University. ITMO is also among the leaders in two other areas, such as chemistry (3rd-4th place), and chemical science (3rd place…
14.05.2018
Motion Capture, VR and Video 360: New Technologies Enter Classical Art
…udying at ITMO University. As of now, we are planning to conduct an experiment with another talented choreographer who has already organized several successful projects at Mariinsky Theatre - Yuri Smekalov. His latest choreographic experiment - the ballet Solaris - was recently staged at the Comediant’s Shelter (a musical theatre in St. Petersburg -- Ed.). Yuri is op…
14.05.2018
Physicist Yuri Kivshar on Russian Science, Career Management and Metaoptics
…– Ed.) What are the projects you’re working on right now? What issues in this field do you aim to solve? There are, undoubtedly, many tasks to complete in our field. For instance, we’ve just had a research project that we worked on with colleagues from Australia and Switzerland accepted into Science. It’s about biosensing. Kind of like a barcode, but with metas…
11.05.2018
How Citizen Science Helps in “True” Research
… Internet two hundred years ago and the opportunities were limited compared to what we can do today. Nevertheless, there were many skilled naturalists who collected plants and insects back then. Although they were not professional scientists, but their knowledge was enough to communicate with them, be published in newspapers and magazines and contribute to various re…
11.05.2018
Electronic Checklists for ITMO Graduating Students
…ervices Office. To start completing your checklist, log into your student account and open the “Checklist” subsection in the tab “My Page” – “Education”. Then follow the instructions below: First, check if your contact data is correct and fill in the graduation application. You will then see a list of departments, each marked with different colors: …
11.05.2018
Island 10-21 Welcomes Future Technological Leaders
…. The project will also enable them to manage their career. According to Dmitry Peskov, the organizers will select candidates for positions in the government, various research institutions and technological start-ups and provide them with career prospects. The participants will decide how to use the acquired skills themselves. “One focus of the programme is de…
10.05.2018
Work on the Plot, Not the Graphics: Making VR-Gaming Mainstream
…ver graphics VR has been around for a long time, and the technology has advanced greatly. To keep it from becoming a thing of the past, we need to make this technology as mainstream as, for example, cinema. After all, cinema was not particularly popular when it emerged in the late 19th century, and people didn’t believe that it would become one of the most popular…
10.05.2018
A Look at Russia’s First Master’s Program on LED Technologies
…LED market since 2012. Six years ago, as the field developed rapidly, the university launched Russia’s first specialized Master’s program “LED Technologies”. The program trains specialists who develop and study processes related to the growth of light-emitting nanostructures, and the processing and production of microchips based on these structures; the technologi…
10.05.2018