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Ilya Nikiforov, Founder Of TeachMePlease, On Blockchain in Education
…able certificate. So, lots of questions emerge - like why education has begun to lose its value at some point? Even academic education, as students don’t clearly see how their new skills can be monetized. There are lots of examples when a person studied to be an economist and ended up working in construction and vice-versa. So, students don’t see the direct correlati…
22.12.2017
All-Russian NTI Engineering Competition: Young Engineers’ Budding Talent
…for the world economy. The All-Russian NTI Young Engineers’ Competition is devoted to the acquisition and development of knowledge and skills that are in demand at the world’s new markets. This competition took place last year for the first time and now the organizers plan to conduct it annually. RVC (Russian Venture Company - Ed.) and the Agency for Strategic Ini…
21.12.2017
St. Petersburg Governor Poltavchenko Elected as ITMO Highpark Chairman of Board
…t a forum of the All-Russia People’s Front, President Vladimir Putin outlined such key goals as, on the one hand, ensuring the people’s welfare and, on the other, developing a new economy. I believe that projects such as ITMO Highpark are exactly what we need to fulfill these goals and create an environment in which our young specialists can live and work”. Ni…
21.12.2017
Future Technologies Accelerator Unveils New Projects Lineup
…hat would allow regular gamers play with e-sports stars and streamers for a particular price. This way, fans will be able to have their 15 minutes of fame, and their idols - a new source of income. Nikolai Golos, head of the project, states that the only existing counterpart to such a platform are websites where professional cyberathletes offer their services as c…
20.12.2017
ITMO Student on Building Robots, Dancing with Nobel Winners and Being on Chinese TV
…asuring systems, chemical analysis using e-microscopes, a four-dimensional electron model, presented software for people with Parkinson’s disease, discussed cancer treatments, new sensors, experimental plane wings – all kinds of things. There were 25 of us in total, but the countries were represented a bit unevenly. Most countries had only one representative, while J…
20.12.2017
Winter Holidays in St. Petersburg: Merry Christmas!
…ure on how to train a reindeer or explore Antarctica. Truly unique gifts – like a heart made of metal gears and screws or holiday feather wreaths – will be the stars at the New Year’s Fair at Etagi Lofts on Dec 23-24. Felt flower pins or hand-sewn iPad cases? Yes, please! If you’re thinking more along the lines of traditional European-style markets, you’d like …
19.12.2017
ITMO Students Develop AI to Combat Car Insurance Fraud
Tournament of Two Capitals: Promoting Robotics To The Young
…ow team,” comments Nina Wunder, head judge and PhD student of the Department of Computer Science and Control Systems. Tournament of Two Capitals in St. Petersburg ITMO.NEWS asked the trainers of teams to expand on how they prepared their students for the tournament, as well as on the significance of the event for novice roboteers in general. According to L…
19.12.2017
Nanoscale Super-Resonator Extends Light Lifetime
…cations of photonic devices. Researchers from ITMO University, the Ioffe Institute and the Nonlinear Physics Center at the Australian National University have discovered a new way to improve the efficiency of optical resonators. This can be achieved by creating a structure where incoming light produces two waves of the same frequency yet different phases. In such…
18.12.2017
Teaching 3D Tech to School Kids in Moscow
…Caliber’s operation; one of its purposes is to create more jobs for the city’s inhabitants, creating a space which will bring more people to the Ostankinsky district. Adding a new area for children was a logical development for the technopark which helps to develop new skills in preparation for university as well as get to know more abo…
18.12.2017