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• 10 Things We Are Proud of in 2016

  … it past thousands of participants and took their prize spot next to MIT and just below Harvard. Nature Index names ITMO a "Rising Star". Tracking research at over 8,000 institutions worldwide, the index draws out countries and institutions "that are the players to watch." The authors noted that ITMO U "saw a leap of 184% in its W…

  20.12.2016

• "Death and Life of Catalysts": Evgeny Pidko on Getting the ERC Grant and his Research Plans

  …ts ERC gives: ERC Starting Grants, ERC Consolidator Grants, And ERC Advanced Grants. The latter, 2.5 million euros for five years, is given to the best of the best. For instance, Ben Feringa, Nobel Prize winner in Chemistry, got the ERC Advanced two times. One can apply for the ERC Starting Grant, 1.5 million Euros for five years, only five years after gett…

  20.12.2016

• Science Slam ITMO 2.0 Final

  …mechanics of her invention — tiny strokes are made on the surface of the caramel or chocolate, something like a diffraction grating. When white light falls on it, it disperses inside the candy in a rainbow-like pattern. Unfortunately, on caramel it lasts only for at most a day, while for chocolate, the hologram sticks around for up to three weeks. This kind of hologr…

  20.12.2016

• Janush Holyst: "Emotions Are the Main Engines for Discussions in a Cyber Community."

  …There is no general insight into the definition of emotions. The only thing we know is that they affect our lives. In different countries people describe this phenomenon in various ways. For example, the Japanese have an emotion called "tokimak," which appears when one falls in love or is excited by something. It is hard to explain it to people from other countries. …

  16.12.2016

• Science Slam Participant on Improving Nuclear Plant Operation

  … what you'll read on paper. I even saw a fire on a turbine once, and learned that such situations are common for all plants", shared Dmitry Stepanov. Being a graduate of the Institute of Refrigeration and Biotechnology, Dmitry slightly changed his specialty after being invited to work at a company that does nuclear plant maintenance. His team conducted reference me…

  15.12.2016

• Experience Academic Mobility: International Students On How they Feel about Studying at ITMO

  …ay in France but I preferred coming here. As for paperwork it was much easier than I thought. Thanks to International Educational Programs Department it took a couple of weeks instead of several months, such an un-Russian style! I sent my CV and a motivation letter, then I had several interviews with staff members of ITMO’s International Research Center "Biotechnolog…

  14.12.2016

• The First Results of the Massive Open Online Course on Science Communication

  …ournalistic activities are more evident and well-known — public relations issues are less straightforward. According to Egor Zadereev, biologist, academic secretary at the "Institute of Biophysics Siberian Branch of RAS," sci pop expert and science blog writer, this project was challenging both for organizers and students. The most difficult task faced by applican…

  14.12.2016

• IT-Breakthrough in St. Petersburg: from Machine Vision to Smart Feeders

  …udent, Sergei Gromenuk from the Faculty of Control Systems and Industrial Robotics presented a multi-agent system for conducting search operations under harsh conditions. When installed on a quadcopter, such system can find people even among smoke in hard-to-reach places. Also, it can already recognize a person's gender with a 95% probability, and paths and trees in …

  14.12.2016

• "It's More than ESP" Exceeds Our Expectations"

  …itical thinking." It helps students to always be ready for analyzing everything they learn so as to find something important for them. It also serves as a tool for fighting against brainwashing. One of the most extraordinary workshops was "Public Speaking Skills" by Lynnae Lehfeldt. The speaker showed how to prepare one’s voice for public speaking, shared acting t…

  13.12.2016

• Aiming High: World’s Leading Experts on Modern Sports Programming

  …like in its development, which affect the results. There are lots of factors for teams and strategies that one has to note, and the key player is often the most important. For instance, it is mostly thanks to Gennady Korotkevich that ITMO's team has been the absolute champion of ACM ICPC for the last few years. Teams who have a long-term strategy and polish their ski…

  13.12.2016