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WUD@ITMO: Ending the Dispute Between Developers and Designers
…s that in the future, we’re likely to live in societies predominated by older people. Human capabilities change with age. Starting from 25 years old, our ability to process new information takes a downward slope, the next to suffer are our mathematical skills. The only solace is that our verbal skills remain at their usual high for the whole duration of our lives,…
20.11.2018
Feel Local in Russia (and Anywhere)
…ves. And will point you to a coffee joint by metro. But living in close quarters gets old soon, so yes, your own place might just be the trick. A Moose from Space At the new exchange student orientation years ago, one of the things they told us was not to pack a lot of clothes. “When you get there, you’ll see how people dress and will be able to make an educati…
19.11.2018
Gennadiy Korotkevich Wins 2018 Topcoder Open Marathon
…llegiate Programming Contest, TCO is an individual championship with a ranking system. The tournament consists of several online rounds and regional events aimed at attracting new members to the TopCoder community. Originally launched in 2001, this year's Topcoder Open includes six types of competitions such as Algorithm, Development, First2Finish, UI Design, UI P…
19.11.2018
Alfa-Bank Scholarship Winners on How to Innovate the Most Innovative University Out There
…terview, three winners were selected from ITMO University: Ivan Timakhovich, Ekaterina Subbotina and Timofey Timofeev. They shared about their competition experience with ITMO.NEWS. Ivan Timakhovich, Faculty of Technological Management and Innovations Initially I was convinced that I wouldn’t suit the eligibility criteria: I didn’t win any academic competit…
19.11.2018
ITMO Robotics Team Wins Gold at World Robot Olympiad 2018 in Thailand
Movie Fridays: The Best of Edward Norton
…f China where he volunteered to treat victims of a cholera epidemic sweeping through the area. Surrounded by death, disease and destruction, the characters see each other in a new light. As the movie’s tagline goes “Sometimes the greatest journey is the distance between two people”, and in this case, this journey played by two charismatic beautiful actors is really i…
16.11.2018
Intercultural Nights, Legends and Movies: Erasmus+Youth Exchange Program
… combined a Turkish ceremony called Henna Night (a Turkish bridal shower held before the wedding, during which the bride’s relatives smear henna on the bride’s hands) with our New Year. I was really surprised to learn that many participants could speak Russian. I hadn’t known that the Russian language is so widespread in Estonia. What also surprised me was t…
16.11.2018
National Technology Revolution 20.35: Universities as Driving Force of Change
…Maksim Gashkov, Head of the Research Department of MTS’ Innovation Center, on the ways for effective interaction with universities Two years ago, MTS developed a new strategy which suggested a root-and-branch transformation of the company and its exploration of new digital markets. What a company is ultimately equivalent to is people…
16.11.2018
BIOCAD VP Roman Ivanov: “Biotechnologies are the Cornerstone of Medicine of Tomorrow”
…cal companies are mostly producing outdated generic drugs, which is far from the truth. In the past decade, several Russian companies have been able to introduce completely new technologies and begin production of expensive, hi-tech drugs that had not been previously made in this part of the world. Among them are, for instance, drugs based on monoclonal antibodies…
15.11.2018
NTR 20.35 BarCamp Explored Prospects for Neural Interfaces
… February-March 2019, start to manufacture our technologies in China to lower the prices Our key promotion strategy is to gain the support of stakeholders and launch on new markets having already developed local supply chains. In Russia, we’ve already made arrangements with several kindergartens so that kids could use our products to interact with the
15.11.2018