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• Concurrency In Life - Practical Advice From Roman Elizarov

  … contests. On emigration: "Many prize winners of international contests are invited to work at foreign companies. Yet the advantages of working in the Silicon Valley, for instance, are not that obvious. As of now, the IT market in Russia has developed to a good level; surely, selling a high-technology product is easier in the USA, but who says that you have to d…

  10.05.2017

• Psychophysiologist Alexander Kaplan: Why Elon Musk is Weaving “Neural Lace” and Will AI Help Conserve Resources for Human Brain?

  …Until recent times, neurology specialists believed that the human brain contains approximately 100 billion neurons. It was only in 2009 that Dr. Suzana Herculano-Houzel, a researcher from Brazil, had successfully confirmed that this number was quite smaller. The actual number of neurons in the human brain is not bigger that 86 billion. The 14-billion difference is su…

  10.05.2017

• Coordinating Blood Banks and Organizing International Summer Camps - How One Develops Social and Ecological Projects?

  …blem. Having worked at the university's Volunteer Center for four years, Roman Malushkin conducted several Donor Days and learned how hard coordinating the process can be. For instance, even the slightest mistake during registration can really mess up everything that has to do with donor's lists, also, all the invitations are usually done manually. Andrei Zlenko a…

  10.05.2017

• Vyborg: Scandinavia with the Russian Soul

  …d named it after his eldest son "Vybor", and some believe that this was the beginning of this city with such a rich and ambiguous history. The official history of Vyborg begins in 1293, when the Swedish knights, during one of the crusades, ordered the regent of the Swedish King Torgils Knutsson to establish a castle with this name in place of the destroyed Karelia…

  08.05.2017

• “Edible Science” Course: How to Cook a Modernist Dish and Learn About All Colors of Potato

  …ourse, participants learned about the history of culinary art and the various world-class gurusworking in thisfield. Among the latter were the names of Harold McGee (the chief inspiration for most science-based culinary experts) and J. Kenji López-Alt (author of the best-selling culinary book “The Food Lab” that explains how to use scie…

  05.05.2017

• Researchers Develop Word-of-mouth Computer Simulation

  …nt happens, people tend to start making and receiving calls in emergency mode. Overloaded, the nearest cell towers may suffer failure. The staff of ITMO’s eScience Research Institute have proposed a tool that can advise mobile operators how to share the load on the network to keep it from breaking down during emergencies and how to organize the work of cell towers…

  04.05.2017

• Video360Production Films Construction Sites In Crimea

  …ts that resulted from collaboration with large companies (Samsung Russia), museums and theaters (a collaborative project with the State Hermitage, as well as projects with Mariinsky and Alexandrovskiy theaters), and famous musicians (including bands like Piknik, Leningrad and others).  Starting with 2015, Video360Production has been developing its own unique cameras …

  04.05.2017

• Creative Mornings: Psychotherapist Andrey Kurpatov Explains How Our Brain Works

  …d the globe. Creative Mornings in St. Petersburg  The theme for all meetings in April is “Beyond” and so Andrey Kurpatov spoke about scientific paradoxes, how our brains are deceiving us every second and why our free will in making decisions is just an illusion. He debunked the idea of man as the “apex of creation”, described fascinating social experiments …

  03.05.2017

• Women in Photonics: Arti Agrawal on Female Scientists and Cultural Differences

  …ld but at that time India had no a space program. Now it prospers in this field, but back then it wasn’t like that. When I got a Master’s degree in physics I entered Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) to receive a PhD degree. We had three disciplines such as plasma physics, solid state physics and optics. I chose the last one and decided to develop in this field…

  03.05.2017

• Awards Given to ITMO University’s Most Successful and Prolific Alumni

  …r millionaire by the age of twenty after he founded Adwad, a service that helps develop partnerships between websites and advertisers. Kira Chechiulina, an alumna who maintains contact with the most students, alumni and future ITMO partners, is the winner in the “Exemplary Communication” category. She is also actively involved in the implementation of joint projec…

  02.05.2017