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Nature Index Names ITMO U as a "Rising Star"
Look at Neptune and Visit a Warship: St. Petersburg Continues to Celebrate Navy Day
…uly 31 10.00 am. The official start of the celebration. Ship crews that will be on the Neva river between Blagoveshchensky and Palace Bridges will be congratulated on the occasion of the anniversary. 10.30 am. The concert starts in Senate Square, near the Bronze Horseman. Also, the beginning of the boat parade organized by Leningrad Naval Base. Some 16 boats will …
29.07.2016
Getting Close to Nanostructures
…es affect the possibility and quality of imaging. For instance, when working with structures with a complex surface it’s better to use long sharp probes that offer higher precision; more stable probes are used in nanolithography. “My work mostly focuses on the development of new types of sensor probes. For example, I am working on probes with nanowhisker structu…
26.07.2016
Exchange Semester in Switzerland Turns into a Two-Year Master’s Program
…Why did you choose EPFL for your exchange semester? Actually, this was quite a difficult decision. Switzerland is really expensive to live in but the exchange program with EPFL is one of the best available at ITMO University. I’m really grateful to the university for giving me such an opportunity, even more so because exchange students don’t have to pay tuition fe…
26.07.2016
Forum for Strategic Initiatives: Experts Look Towards the Future
…’s broadcast. The guests submitted various projects supported by the ASI (Agency for Strategic Innovations), and demonstrated their best practices. Many round tables and discussions were focused on educational issues. “The forum’s most popular topic was the future of industry, science, project management, education, and new competencies. Everything was focused…
26.07.2016
Time to Register For Russia’s First Online Science Communication Course
…ientific journalist or a successful PR specialist working for a research establishment – or both. For instance, Alexandra Borisova and Ilya Ferapontov have changed their professions several times during their careers”, - explains Dmitry Malkov, Head of the Center for Scientific Communication at ITMO University. The MOOC was based on Russia’s first science commun…
25.07.2016
“Open University:” BrExit, Startups and Smart Paperwork
…funds, business angels and grant competitions. Mr. Karchmarsky noted that this top-down approach limits the whole business area. Furthermore most of entrepreneurs who make decisions cannot predict future innovation trends. The expert also gave an example of Magic Leap, a new gadget for virtual reality visualization. According to its’ developers, this idea has no e…
25.07.2016
ITMO U Helps Talented Children at Sirius Center in Sochi
…The "Sirius" project is organized around three main areas: science, art and sports. Sessions for science and art programs took place from 1 July to 24 July. The participants were divided into teams and spent their time working on complex research assignments and practical tasks — like doing projects on making space habitable, designing electric vehicles for the Inter…
24.07.2016
Robotic Skeletons: How to Develop Hi-Tech Startups
…r device because of high-grade experts in various fields who joined the engineering team. “To share results of research activity scientists have to collaborate with a professional manager. It gives researchers an opportunity to spend time for work they are really good at and don’t deal with paperwork and other issues that are not connected with science. It is obvi…
22.07.2016
Scientists Produce Microresonators with Unprecedented Level of Precision
…17 angstrom. This variation in size is 10 times smaller than the diameter of a hydrogen atom and 100 times smaller than a nanometer. For comparison, current manufacturing precision of microresonators is still measured at the nanoscale. Such a leap in fabrication precision can significantly improve the efficiency of future optical device…
22.07.2016