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• ITMO 2027: 8th International Council Meeting Looks to the University's Future

  …al Systems laboratory, Photoprocesses in Mesoscopic Systems laboratory, Computer Technologies laboratory, Solution Сhemistry of Advanced Materials and Technologies laboratory, Institute of Translational Medicine, and the Laboratory of Hybrid Nanophotonics and Optoelectronics. Council members asked pertinent questions regarding the research areas and were impressed by…

  25.04.2018

• SimCity IRL: How Citizens Help Urban Developers by Playing Board Games

  … behavior. We use it to analyze what happens on the board and collect feedback: we can identify what issues appear the most crucial to players and which ones cause strife. For instance, if it becomes apparent that there’s a strain in communication at some point in the game, we learn that we have to research this situation more in order to avoid a similar conflict in …

  25.04.2018

• Arizona University Expert: Pros and Cons of English as a Global Language

  …, in Russia: my Russian students sometimes ask me “Why do Americans smile so much? Are they stupid?” And I’ll explain to them that it’s just a social norm and nothing more. So instead of learning foreign cultures, I would rather try to be open-minded. I think that when talking to someone from a different culture, the most important thing is to remain aware and try to…

  25.04.2018

• From Russia with Gifts: Best Places to Look for Souvenirs

  …at kinds of souvenirs to buy, visiting one can be a huge help. Another type of shop you should consider are specialized stores that focus on a particular kind of items; for instance, there are company stores of certain manufacturers, like those of St. Petersburg’s Imperial Porcelain Factory or the Pavlovo Posad Shawl Manufactory, which are basically the best place…

  24.04.2018

• School Student Does Research on Holographic Paradigm of Artificial Intelligence

  …tion. It would’ve been nice if they could recognize faces based on one’s overall image and not just certain features: this way, even if someone shaves off their moustache, for instance,  or puts on a hat, the face would still get recognized based on the form of their nose, ears, cheekbones. This way, the AI would account for different features in order to form a comm…

  24.04.2018

• ITMO.EXPERT Project Lets Educators Share Digital Teaching Experience

  …. The course consisted of three parts. First, the participants learned how to create digital educational environments where teachers constantly communicate with their students instead of just conducting lectures. Then, there was a workshop, during which the participants tried their hand at creating an interactive educational program with the use of Google tools and g…

  24.04.2018

• Physicists Discover Way to Control Transitions Between States of Matter

  …ctions between particles lead to a whole range of novel effects such as nonlinear transitions between different basic states of matter including polaritons, solitons and Bose-Einstein condensates. “Polaritons are quasiparticles formed due to the hybridization of matter and light. Once they are supplied with additional energy and densities, they form collective e…

  24.04.2018

• InnoJam: Students Help Develop Smart Solutions for ITMO’s New Campus

  ….e. acquire the kind of experience one usually gets from internships,” – comments Yury Kupriyanov, SAP University Alliances program manager at SAP CIS. As the expert explains, SAP’s participation in such projects is due to their understanding of how necessary it is to talk to and interact with the younger generation, as the children of the 2000-s have different …

  23.04.2018

• “Vzlet” Hackathon: Students to Help Mobile Providers Enter eSport Market

  …he team). The students also came up with the idea of a new “Cybersport” service plan for Megafon that offers an unlimited access to such entertainment platforms as Youtube and Instagram, as well as optimal SMS and minute bundles. The users will also get access to a premium account and private tournaments. Also, the students’ plan implies launching Megafon’s own e…

  23.04.2018

• Smart St. Petersburg: Citizens Will Help Shape the City’s Future