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ITMO Imagines at EAIE Conference and Expo in Liverpool
…o strengthen existing partnerships with universities abroad and to establish new and fruitful ones. Beyond the exhibition, the conference was packed with interesting sessions, networking events and knowledge-sharing opportunities. Everyone involved in international education at any level had an opportunity to learn from the vast experiences of all the presente…
19.09.2016
Studies at Russian vs. American Universities: Tale of Two Cities
… contemporary dance, or both, if you so desire. In Russia, you too follow a predetermined course, but unlike in the US, it’s pretty rigid, with very few electives. The exclusion might be foreign languages or sports. You will receive your schedule for the upcoming semester and will follow it with the rest of your group. Your group is your family Unlike in the…
16.09.2016
SCAMT’s Review on Chemically Synthesized Materials — a Reason to be Proud
…rks are a great step in the development of metamaterials. MOFs possess a distinct set of electronic properties of organic and metal elements, which allows to create three-dimensional structures with properties that can greatly exceed those of metamaterials created with physical means. But the most important thing is that they can be easily scaled and introduced into …
16.09.2016
Why Sugar the Pill: Indian Scientists on How Sweet Pills Make Treatment More Effective
…A sweet pill is more effective Taking medicine by swallowing pills or different suspensions is both most effective and most common way of treatment. It allows to calculate the dosage accurately and guarantees the uptake. Still, no matter these advantages, people don't always like the idea of taking pills. And the reason is not always that the patient fears…
15.09.2016
«Smart Home»: Apps, Advices, Solutions
…Key ready Due to all kinds of sci-fi films and novels, the general impression of a «smart home» system is that such house or flat has to provide maximum comfort for its owner by automatizing common household tasks with high-tech appliances that keep schedule or using intellectual algorithms. In reality, economy is almost as important as comfort: the system counts …
15.09.2016
ITMO’s Graduate Ilya Czech on How to Develop the Prosthesis Market in Russia
…en a startup? Surely, that would have been much easier. But there are two pressing problems. The first is that often, startupers just don't have the funds to employ a professional — those are expensive. The other problem is that there are few people with enough competencies to work in our field. I'm not talking about engineers — we get several suitable candidates …
13.09.2016
The Day Programmers Bathe in Fountains
…ly celebrate it with different events and parties where they conduct contests and play pranks. ITMO University's team congratulates all Russian programmers with their professional holiday! We wish you green tests, closed tickets and pull quests on github! Good luck!…
12.09.2016
Transport of the Future: A Foresight Session at the Anichkov Palace
…d the city's electric transport museum and also decorated the "Kind Bus" on route 27 with children's pictures. One of the festivals most notable events was the foresight session "ETransport and our Future": the participants had to think up ways to replace regular buses and trolleybuses and make a 2 minute presentation on their ideas. Amongst the jury and the cur…
12.09.2016
The University of Children: Their Dreams and Plans for the Future
…a and Rita can discover lots of new things, experience the educational process at a real university. It's great that there are people who can answer children's questions professionally. I hope that in some years, my girls will actually understand what's it what they really want to do. Efim, 4th Grade I really liked the lecture on why water is salty it was rea…
12.09.2016
METANANO-2016: Best Reports and Future Collaboration
… pressing questions of fundamental physics and experimental science in the fields of nanooptics, plasmonics, quantum physics, metamaterials, photonics and other. The poster session of the conference where new scientific concepts and results were being discussed was really popular as well. During the plenary session, scientists from Russ…
10.09.2016