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• Dimensions: New Analysis Platform Makes Science Trends Analysis Easier

  …alytic platforms and services. Its developers note that machine learning and AI technologies were used to make the platform as automated as possible, as well as to ensure that new data would be added to the database and sorted in the shortest amount of time. “Most importantly, Dimensions will help Russian scientists learn more about publications that aren’t avai…

  17.01.2018

• Ice Swimming: Russia Celebrates Epiphany

  … dedicated to ice swimming throughout the world. In US and Canada, for instance, the so-called Polar Bear Plunges are used to raise money for charity and are sometimes part of New Year’s celebrations; a similar event serves as a rite of passage for scientists and visitors of the Scott Polar Research Base in Antarctica. So the next time you see a group of people ga…

  16.01.2018

• How to Deal with Exam Stress: Advice from Scientists

  …late in your mind the purpose of exams: it doesn’t have to be “a terrible time that you need to survive even at the cost of death”, but rather “a time when you learn something new that will be useful in the future and change lives for the better”. You can even create a special scenario in your mind: imagine that exams are Death Star and you are Luke Skywalker and you…

  16.01.2018

• Digital Culture: New Educational Module At ITMO University

  …What will the new course be about, and why is it so important? Digital Culture is about understanding modern information technologies, their functions, and ways to properly apply them in work and everyday life. This has to do with not just smartphones or smart coffee makers, but also such issues as working with databases, machine learning, computer modeling, stati…

  16.01.2018

• Eleven ITMO Scientists Receive Presidential Scholarships

  …ipate in the competition. The competition provides support to scientists in the following five fields: - Energy efficiency and preservation, including the development of new fuel types; - Nuclear technology; - Space telecommunications technologies, including GLONASS and the development of ground infrastructure; - Medical technologies, primarily diagnos…

  15.01.2018

• 10 Top Tech Trends of 2018: Part Two

  …as Vegas was the presentation of a 49-qubit processor for quantum computers from Intel. According to the head of the company Brian Krzanich, who presented the technology, this new processor is yet another step towards "quantum supremacy". Credit: ces.tech Last spring, IBM launched cloud-based access to its 20-qubit quantum computer, and by the end of 2017 ann…

  15.01.2018

• Winter School “It’s Your Call!”: Leading Experts’ Lectures, Semi-Hackathon and Chess Pong.

• 10 Top Tech Trends of 2018: Part One

  …mpany owners should bear in mind. So, what is this “mesh” about? Firstly, that would be further introduction of artificial intelligence technologies which will allow to create new dynamic, flexible and, possibly, autonomous systems. Secondly, the integration of the virtual and the real worlds, which will contribute to creating a more advanced digital environment. Las…

  12.01.2018

• Social Media: Does It Change Us? Here’s What Science Thinks

  … and Twitter (2006) followed by Pinterest and Instagram in 2010. Thus it can be said that the true, “active” age of social media is approximately 13 years. Despite being so new, social networks have won the hearts of nearly half the world’s population. Approximately 2.64 billion people used various social media outlets in 2017, and that number is likely to reach 3…

  12.01.2018

• ITMO and ER-Telecom Sign Research & Education Partnership Agreement

  …ions on implementation of IoT technologies. The company has expressed interest in using some of the university’s existing projects, as well as collaborating on the creation of new applied technologies. Vladimir Vasilyev and Andrey Kuzyaev The company’s choice of partner university was also greatly influenced by the fact that ITMO University’s Rector, Vladimir…

  11.01.2018