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• VK Hackathon Winners: Using New Tech to Run Online Communities

  …nd only a 100 reached its final stage. The VK team provided participants with a choice of case studies from partners, including the State Hermitage Museum, Tinkoff, the UNESCO Institute, Selectel, the State Tretyakov Gallery and other organizations. ITMO’s team chose the category "Media": the students chose the news-focused case by Lentach (a well-known VK-based news…

  08.11.2017

• WorldSkills: How World-Class Specialists are Trained in Russia

  …the movement in 2012. The first WorldSkills championship was held in Moscow. The idea was well-received by other regions, where local competitions were also held. As Andrey Pivinskiy, member of the WorldSkills Russia expert council, notes, in the beginning this initiative was supported by enthusiasts who wanted to popularize their competencies, exchange experience, t…

  08.11.2017

• Relocation tips: Healthcare

  … certificate stating that there are no medical restrictions preventing you from studying abroad a vaccination certificate All foreign citizens must have a valid medical insurance policy on the day of their arrival and for the entire period of their stay in Russia, regardless of the purpose of the visit.  You can purchase one upon your arrival, but it is recomm…

  08.11.2017

• Artur Khanov: I Can’t Even Imagine A Profession That Gives You This Much Freedom

  …; many of us spent hours working on them. In part, this is what defined my future career. Many see hackers as anonymous cyber-criminals who hack servers and steal data, for instance, the “Russian hackers” who were a hot topic in the media lately. So, what are your thoughts on that? Hackers being criminals is a popular belief, yet in reality everything is slight…

  07.11.2017

• Technopark Resident's Projects Get Government Support At Sochi Youth Expo

  … of projects the development of which they are interested in supervising. It’s highly important that we will represent the young specialists supported by the Ministry,” – explains Ivan Mukhin. According to Alexander Golubok, professor at ITMO and CEO of NT-SPb, educational institutions will benefit from not just the microscope itse…

  07.11.2017

• 5 Science News Now

  …xtiles for military and emergency personnel. New technology that harnesses electronic signals in a smart fabric could lead to advanced hazardous-material gear that protects against toxic chemicals, according to research from Dartmouth College. The advancement could have big implications for the military, emergency service personnel and other workers that rely on "haz…

  06.11.2017

• COMSOL DAY: Tractor Beams, Optical Traps and Nanoparticle Manipulation

  …nano-particles on surfaces. Other reports from COMSOL Day Two other speakers presented their work at COMSOL Day. Sergey Popkov, senior researcher at the Sedakov Research Institute of Measuring Systems, described the use of new modeling algorithms in working with piezoresistive sensors. Oksana Limanovskaya, assistant professor at the Ural Federal University, des…

  03.11.2017

• Campus Festival: Why Data Science Is All Around Us And Why Memes Are Folklore?

  …sting term? In reality, Data Science and statistics are both terms that many people misuse. Whenever some new popular term emerges, many start using it just everywhere. For instance, I’ve been noticing that the term Data Science is now included in the name of different conferences - and I still have to check whether the conference will be on this topic or the term…

  02.11.2017

• Kinda Science: Festival of Absurd and Bizarre Ideas

  … right from the start: this is mockery and we want people to consider how truth is actually found and what determines the value and validity of a scientific discovery,” - explains head of the Zanuda (“Nitpicker”) project Vitaly Vasyanovich. The event was organized in St. Petersburg by the Brights Movement with support from Zanuda. Kinda Science is, in a way, a…

  02.11.2017

• Chemist Artem Oganov: On Blind Spots in Chemistry and Materials of Future

  … structures is, in principle, an unsolvable task. For example, John Maddox wrote in his famous article: “One of the continuing scandals in the physical sciences is that it remains in general impossible to predict the structure of even the simplest crystalline solids from a knowledge of their chemical composition”. Why are people so pessimistic? The thing is, if we…

  02.11.2017