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• ITMO Researchers Seek to Improve MOOC Effectiveness

  …s has reached 400 million dollars and more than a thousand people were employed in that industry. Each year saw growth in the number of courses, too – just two years ago, 1800 new courses opened, as compared to 2016’s 2500. According to data by Class Central, users now have access to approximately 7000 MOOCs from 700 universities all over the globe. Even the famously…

  11.07.2017

• Andrey Stankevich: Komsomolskaya Pravda’s Media-Person of the Year

  …Each year Komsomolskaya Pravda grants awards to artists, athletes, scientists, businessmen and other subjects of the most resounding news stories. This year, Andrey Stankevich, coach of ITMO University’s programming team, was given the award for “helping achieve worldwide recognition for ITMO University and for bringing up the world’s champions in programming”. Mr…

  10.07.2017

• MIT Experts on Russian Entrepreneurship

  …e noticed that the students have places for group projects on several floors, which seems to be enough. That is really great because students can get together and share ideas. New entrepreneurs need this kind of support from universities, as they don’t have enough of their own resources yet. In August the students taking part in the program will present their prot…

  10.07.2017

• 5 Things You Need to Know Now

  …Quantum tech protects from fakes and is coming to your smartphone. The new technology can be used in smartphone app which can read whether a product is real or fake. It uses unique atomic-scale ID's based on the irregularities found in 2D materials like graphene. On an atomic scale, quantum physics amplifies these irregularities, making it possible to 'fingerprint' t…

  09.07.2017

• Unexpected Russia: Interview with Chris Hastings

  …n cities can be simultaneously similar and different. “Town squares with Lenin statues and similar street names all make different cities feel familiar while also feeling new. It's like how Russia seems both like East and West while being neither East nor West. People would always tell me that St. Petersburg wasn't really Russia, but traveling around Russia I fe…

  07.07.2017

• How to get a grant for studying in USA or France? Master students from ITMO share their experiences

  …ents study at ITMO University, and for the second year there is a possibility for the most successful students to go abroad. The partner universities of these programs are the New Mexico Highlands University in USA and the Ecole Normale Superieure de Cachan in France. In the end of the program students can defend their master’s theses in both universities they studie…

  07.07.2017

• Cafe Society: A New Wave of Urban Coffee Culture Hits the Streets of St. Petersburg

  … coffee option. And the choice is continually growing. So, even if you are not just trying to stay awake, get out there and explore. Every day in sleepy St. Petersburg is a new adventure in coffee. International Editorial Office…

  06.07.2017

• ITMO Scientists Receive Alferov Foundation Award

  …le of an ultrafast optical modulator based on a single silicon nanoparticle created and controlled by femtosecond laser pulses. Sergei Makarov and Alexander Krasnok proposed a new modulation principle by rearranging the beam pattern of a scattered modulated laser impulse. They've also proposed concepts of switches of comparable size that allow rotating the light beam…

  06.07.2017

• Technopark Resident VISmart: Helping Machines Think Like Humans

  …p program and will work with VISmart and International Laboratory “Information Science and Semantic Technologies” on services that could enhance tools like Ontodia and conduct new, fundamental research in the field of semantic web. The Austrian scientist will take part in the creation of a service that would provide Ontodia with the ability to process text search que…

  06.07.2017

• PhD Students Win Research Scholarships in Germany