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ITMO Graduate on Helping Develop Cardano’s ADA Cryptocurrency
…But why are they necessary and what’s their economic potential? Cryptocurrencies, just like regular currency, are sold on markets. But only a few states, such as Japan, for instance, have recognized the most well-known cryptocurrency – bitcoin – as a legitimate mode of payment. Many European countries are gradually introducing cryptocurrency into their financial s…
14.12.2017
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From A Double Degree Program To A PhD In France: Student Shares
…s program prepare you for you further training in France? I believe that double degree programs are a great thing, as such an educational program at your home university trains you for what awaits you abroad. Let me give you an example. When I was doing my nanophotonics course at ENS de Cachan, there were also students from other universities who followed common t…
13.12.2017
DreamDorm.Shine Contest: Prove YOUR Room is the Best!
…tories, but back then it was focused more on identifying the residents who kept their rooms in disarray or caused damage to property, meaning that the contest committee had to inspect all of the rooms. This year’s competition, however, aims to seek out the students who treat their dorm room like their home, and the committee will only assess the rooms the residents o…
13.12.2017
Relocation Tips: Winter Activities and Beating the Blues
…fully, these days it’s available in trauma-free pill form. Another crucial factor is social contact. Fight your inner couch potato and resist the desire to hibernate - instead, get out and spend some time with others. Many wintertime activities, even simple ones like snowball fights - are much better with company. Or, perhaps, you’d even be interested in payi…
12.12.2017
Initiative Is Encouraged: How To Get Funding From Academic Mobility Support Office
…Semen Mironov, Master’s student at the Instrumentation Technologies Department I learned about the contest conducted by ITMO’s Academic Mobility Support Office from my department’s staff, and decided to use this opportunity to go to the city of Emden (Germany). This is not my first trip there - this time, three people from my department will go there. We are plann…
12.12.2017
Horizon 2020: How to Obtain Grants for Russian-European Studies
…y and the private sector. Actual statistics of Russia's participation in the research programme Horizon 2020 over the past four years show a decline in activity of domestic institutions and scientists in projects under this program. So far, 58 agreements on the allocation of grants have been signed in the amount of 2.5 million euros, while the success rate of Russ…
12.12.2017
5 Science News Now
…ed scientists since it was first theorized almost 50 years ago. Excitonium is a condensate--it exhibits macroscopic quantum phenomena, like a superconductor, or superfluid, or insulating electronic crystal. It's made up of excitons, particles that are formed in a very strange quantum mechanical pairing, namely that of an escaped electron and the hole it left behind. …
12.12.2017
ITMO Hosts CROPS 2017: Chinese-Russian Optics & Photonics Symposium for Young Scientists
…l Translational Research Centre - a new subdivision of our facility that focuses on a science-based approach and has all the necessary equipment for conducting research,” explains Yulia Kononova from the Federal Almazov North-West Medical Research Center. As part of the symposium, a new agreement on short-term exchange programs was discussed, according to wh…
11.12.2017
Game Development Education in Russia and the World
…llowed by educational programs (read more on this here). Approximately 20 Finnish universities currently offer programs to future game developers, while one university also trains top managers for game development companies. This is where some of the global gaming market’s leaders currently reside. There was no such technological push in the United Kingdom that wo…
11.12.2017