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ITMO University Online Courses You Can't Miss
Online learning is becoming increasingly popular today. However, many specific subjects like Plasmonics or Statistical Methods in Innovation Management can’t be found online. This semester, ITMO University is launching three new online-courses on the Open Education Platform and the edX platform.
19.04.2018
Startups to Compete for 16 Million Rubles in GenerationS Superfinal
12 teams took part in the DemoDay for the GenerationS TechNet Track, and five winners were named. They were invited to the GenerationS Superfinal, which will take place on April 27, and where they’ll compete for the prize of 16 million rubles.
20.03.2018
SCAMT Member on New Approaches to Chemical Education
Chemistry, physics, biology - these are the subjects that most students study through rote learning; only few of them actually develop a meaningful understanding of the general concepts and processes. Still, the problem here is not that some do have the aptitude for learning natural sciences and some don’t; it is more about the educational approaches used at most schools and universities. Mikhail Kurushkin, a new lecturer at ITMO’s Research and Educational Center of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, believes that we can and must change them. Mr. Kurushkin has developed interactive educational methods that are based on games, schematic representation of information, active communication and VR technologies. In an interview for ITMO.NEWS, he shared about his idea of a perfect educational process, and of how a proper approach to education can help master any field of science.
14.03.2018
ITMO University’s Business Incubator Named Among World’s Best
On February 22-23, Ryerson University (Toronto, Canada) hosted the World Incubation Summit, at which the world’s best university-linked business incubators and accelerators were recognized. In the 2017 ranking, compiled by the Swedish analytics company UBI Global, ITMO University entered the top-20 in 14th place. For ITMO’s Business Incubator, this was the last time it participated in the ranking: starting in 2018, the incubator has reformed into the unified University Entrepreneurship Center.
01.03.2018
How Can Russian Post Contribute to Smart City Development
What can serve as a technological basis for the smart city concept? Big Data. But data is something you have to gather, meaning you have to set sensors, place cameras, maintain this equipment and analyze the information you get. Surely, all of that can be built from scratch with the help of some commercial company. The alternative solution is to use the existing resources of a governmental organization, namely the Russian Post. Maria Pavlovskaya, student at the Department of State Information Systems Management and staff member of FSUE Russian Post’s Enterprise Architecture Department, used it as the topic of her Master’s thesis that won the best article prize at the Smart Cities Conference in Bucharest.
26.02.2018
Academic Mobility: Studying Biotechnology at Sup Biotech Paris
Aleksandra Predeina, Alena Moiseenko and Elena Panasuk, students at ITMO’s Faculty of Food Biotechnologies and Engineering, spent the last semester at Sup’Biotech Paris - a French private school that focuses on training specialists in different fields of biotechnology, from aesthetic medicine to pharmaceutics and agricultural production. In the course of several months, not only did they get to familiarize themselves with new fields, but develop several projects, as well. For instance, they’ve proposed the concept of protective gear for sportsmen and come up with a solution for the food crisis we’ll be facing in 2050 when Earth’s population will amount to 9 billion. In an interview for ITMO news, they talked about the peculiarities of studying and living in France.
12.02.2018
Projects by ITMO’s Higher School of Lighting Design Win LIT Design Awards
Three projects by ITMO’s Higher School of Lighting Design got into the list of winners of LIT Design Awards - an international event created to recognize the efforts of talented international lighting product designers and lighting implementers. The AETHER concept of a “neural theater” by Master’s student Daria Chirimisina, and Valeriia Molodovskaya’s project on creating new energy-effective accessories and footwear were named best in two Student categories. The collaborative project by Nikolai Matveev, Associate Professor at the Higher School of Light Design, and Hungarian artists from the Lux Aeterna theater, was recognized amongst the best works of the contest’s Professional category. LIT Design Awards’ 2017 results were announced at the end of January this year in Los Angeles.
06.02.2018
ITMO’s Future Technologies Alumni Develop a 3D Printer And Win RSCI Grant
The project carried out by residents of ITMO’s business incubator has topped the Start1 program and started their own SIE, “Photonics Systems”. ITMO.NEWS spoke with the team leader about their experience with developing an industrial 3D laser printer, the opportunities that this grant gives, the value of accelerators and the unique new development that has no analogues in the Russian market so far.
26.12.2017
ITMO.REGIONS Startup School Comes to Volgograd State Technical University
As part of the ITMO.REGIONS trans-regional network of startup schools, an expert team from ITMO University has conducted two training programs on technology entrepreneurship and fundraising at the Volgograd State Technical University. The initiative is part of the “Conveyor of Innovations” strategic project; among its partners are the Volgograd Oblast business incubator and the regional government.
06.12.2017
New technology allows safe MRI-diagnostics for people with implants
An international research team has developed a device capable of improving the performance of MRI units. The technology is based on local redistribution of a magnetic field with the help of a metasurface made of metal resonators. It was proven experimentally that the metasurface is capable of reducing the power required to produce high-quality images using an MRI unit. The use of MRI units of lower intensity makes it possible to make MRI diagnostics safe for people with medical implants. The results of this research are published in the latest issue of the Journal of Magnetic Resonance.
05.12.2017