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• From dry Statistics to Reality: the Experts Explain How Numbers Reflect the State of Russian Science

  …ke up the top-five. What does it mean? Is the expenditure on science in Russia small or large in comparison with other countries? According to Konstantin Fursov, head of the Institute for Statistical Studies and Economics of Knowledge of the Higher School of Economics, in the form of absolute value, Russia spends a lot on science. Yet, if we look at this money as a…

  14.02.2017

• Express Analyzer — a New Project from Future Technologies' Residents

  …or element base, but the approaches and principles it uses: how to light the object, how to form the image, how to process it. First, an object or a group of objects is placed inside the analysis area, similar to how it works with microscopes. Then, you see the image on a display, magnified, if necessary, and then the image is processed. Pre-processing and analysis i…

  14.02.2017

• 5 Things You Need to Know Now

  …e observed behaving in a "supercritical' fashion — as neither liquid nor gas — an observation that was one of the project’s goals. The well, on Iceland’s volcanic Reykjanes peninsula, is being used to explore the source of geothermal systems and to see whether supercritical fluids can be tapped as an energy resource. Tires made from grass. A team lead by Universit…

  14.02.2017

• Jobs of the Future: Who Will Design Emotions and Preach IT Knowledge?

  …future, we will need specialists who are versed in IT and humanities," says Ms. Mandzhieva. As many corporations all over the world, Megafon develops robotic assistants. For instance, specialists of Megafon’s call centers work along with a virtual consultant, a counterpart of Siri, called Elena. The system by Yandex recognizes human speech and can answer questions …

  13.02.2017

• "Come Out and Solve!" - The First All-Russian Test in Technical Sciences

  …The test was organized by Moscow Institute’s of Physics and Technology Extramural STEM School with support from the Yandex Company: anyone could participate in the test online using the Yandex.Contest platform. According to Roman Polozkov, research fellow for the ITMO's Department of Nano-Photonics and Metamaterials and one of the test's tasks authors, the idea of th…

  13.02.2017

• Do Male and Female Scientists Collaborate Differently?

  …aying fields in some disciplines are not as level as they appear. Collaboration plays an increasingly important role in promoting research productivity and impact. What remains unclear is whether female and male researchers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematical (STEM) disciplines differ in their collaboration propensity, argue researchers at Northw…

  11.02.2017

• Female Scientists on Their Work, Inspiration and the Magic of Science

  …Maria Borovkova, staff member at the Terahertz Biomedicine Laboratory of the International Institute "Photonics and Optical Information Technology" When I was a child, I dreamt of doing things that are not really possible. I was always interested in everything new that scientists invented, and not just that — I always wanted to try researching something myself. Th…

  11.02.2017

• International Experts on Business Incubators and Accelerators in Russia

  …velopment, which affected the incubator’s functions: they've focused on developing particular technologies. Another change was switching to supporting a wide range of startups instead of developing "key" projects. Previously, incubators could collaborate with one team of entrepreneurs for two-three years so as to elaborate a business plan and launch the product. Now …

  10.02.2017

• Big Data for Insurance: How Algorithms Affect Car Insurance Prices

  …utions will be growing up during the next three years. These days, such technologies are mostly in demand for banks, telecommunication and public service companies, as well as insurance establishments. Yaroslav Polin, student of the Software Development Department, presented his project called "The applications of Big Data in the field of ins…

  10.02.2017

• ITMO Launches a New Set of Massive Open Online Courses

  …ourse, students will have the opportunity to study the practical tasks for the previous week completed by the author himself. Thus, they will be able to check their results against the work of a an established specialist. Informatics for Higher Education Establishments The course contains all the necessary information of the …

  09.02.2017