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This Weekend in St. Petersburg: April 29 - May 2
… place at Babushkina Park of Culture and Leisure (149 Obukhovskoy Оborony Avenue) at 15:00 April 29-30. The entrance fee is 200 rub and includes a bubble-blowing kit. Great news for music lovers! St. Petersburg is this year’s Global Host City for International Jazz Day, celebrated worldwide on April 30. The festival’s program includes a series of educational and o…
25.04.2018
ITMO 2027: 8th International Council Meeting Looks to the University's Future
…The 8th International Council meeting welcomed two new members: Dr. Sijbolt Noorda, President emeritus of the University of Amsterdam, and Dr. Wei Zhao, Chief Research Officer at the American University of Sharjah. “From this meeting I see a brighter future of higher education and technology development in this region, because I observe the energy and motivation…
25.04.2018
SimCity IRL: How Citizens Help Urban Developers by Playing Board Games
…evelop this method five years ago. Back then, I was really impressed by the opportunity to use various media tools to make complex questions simpler. What makes urban gaming a new method? I think you’ve noticed that digital tools and games have become increasingly more popular over the past 10 years. We all remember SimCity and other city building and management simu…
25.04.2018
Arizona University Expert: Pros and Cons of English as a Global Language
… learn English. For example, one student said that learning it would help them build a more successful career, while for another it is just a way to hone their skill and learn new things. Turns out that students from the same university might often have different attitudes towards learning English, and teachers have to take it into account when developing educational…
25.04.2018
From Russia with Gifts: Best Places to Look for Souvenirs
…e through the different handmade goods by people from all over Russia. We hope you’ve found our tips useful - and wish you the best souvenir hunting experience! Yours, ITMO.NEWS.…
24.04.2018
School Student Does Research on Holographic Paradigm of Artificial Intelligence
ITMO.EXPERT Project Lets Educators Share Digital Teaching Experience
… used in education, as well as talked about how to approach students unwilling to work in teams. “All the teachers who attended my seminar recognize the need to introduce new technologies in education. And what is interesting, they don’t see it as a chore, but as an opportunity to enhance the quality of the educational process”, noted Ms. Emanuel. She also …
24.04.2018
Physicists Discover Way to Control Transitions Between States of Matter
…ubwavelength scale. Maurice Skolnick described the project’s perspectives: “As of now, this study has a mainly fundamental significance, as we have described a completely new aspect of physics. Yet once we produce miniature devices, it will be possible to use nonlinear transitions between different states of matter for telecommunications or, for example, for the…
24.04.2018
InnoJam: Students Help Develop Smart Solutions for ITMO’s New Campus
…t separately from sustainable development. ITMO University’s Convergent Innovations Center initiated this design-thinking session with the goal of coming up with and outlining new, innovative approaches for the area of the University’s new campus. Our first objective was to develop a smart interior system for the educational spaces, wit…
23.04.2018
“Vzlet” Hackathon: Students to Help Mobile Providers Enter eSport Market
… help of mentors and speakers, who taught them about the eSport market, its main players, and explained the most interesting cases. The participants were also taught to design new products for existing brands by integrating them with game mechanics. The experts also explained to them such things as how to set meaningful KPI, define a brand’s target audience, make use…
23.04.2018