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• Student Life on the French Riviera: ITMO Exchange Experience

  …nd study for an entire year. Off the top of your head, what are the advantages of studying at the University of Montpellier? One big advantage is getting to experience a new approach to education, which I found difficult, but interesting. Still, a single semester doesn’t give you a full understanding of the European system. Some Russian entrepreneurs are skepti…

  24.08.2017

• Telegram For Geeks: Channels for Those Fond of Science

  … to useful articles and exposure of myths and quasi-scientific theories. The channel is exclusively in Russian. GlobChan 1,789 subscribers Russian language A great newschannel about science and technology, with sets of best news items from all around Runet. Another of GlobChan's great features is the absence of advertising. …

  23.08.2017

• Aleksandra Kalashnikova: We Need to Reconsider PhD Students’ Status

  …de some important amendments that became part of the strategy's final version. And recently, we took part in introducing presidential decrees which allowed to organize several new contests aimed at supporting young scientists. Members of the Council were invited to discuss the contests' rules, and corrected them in such a way that they corresponded to the realities o…

  23.08.2017

• Relocation Tips: Using Public Transport in St. Petersburg

  …ese types of transport run either according to a schedule that can be found at the stops or in certain intervals that usually vary from 10 to 15 minutes. Lately, on some stops new boards have been installed that show the arrival time of the next vehicle. When entering the vehicle, if you have a “podorozhnik”, you can tap your card on the orange validator if they a…

  22.08.2017

• TransformCity: The Amsterdam Approach to Urban Planning

  … architect who once worked for well-known Dutch and Japanese companies, dedicated the last several years to researching the fundamentals of urban development and promoting her new approach to urban design. Her work didn't go unnoticed: the TransformCity project, an online platform for collaborative urban planning, got 2nd place at Le Monde International Smart Cities …

  22.08.2017

• Nanoparticle Ink Lets Regular Inkjet Printers Produce Glowing Holograms

  …o implement lab-made solutions on a bigger scale, a number of steps need to be taken to ensure proper functionality and stability during long-term storage of holograms. The new ink developed by the scientists from ITMO University possesses characteristics that address precisely these issues. In a series of experiments the material was used for printing monolayers …

  22.08.2017

• "In English, Please": De-Jargonizer Helps Make Science Accessible

  …omething genuinely interesting, even if there isn’t anything particularly innovative in their approach.” De-Jargonizer’s vocabulary, note the authors, is based on that of news sites, which tend to use words that are understood by the majority of people. The project’s current database contains approximately 90 million words. As of now, the service only supports t…

  21.08.2017

• ICO-Hypethon: Will Bitcoin Take Over The World?

  …09." On the cost of bitcoin "In 2011, the prices on bitcoin started to grow, as many expected that Wikileaks will start accepting donations in cryptocurrency. Same year, New York senator Chuck Schumer described bitcoin as a money laundering technology in a TV appearance. At that time, bitcoin went up to 30 dollars, followed by the first crash, and it went down …

  21.08.2017

• ITMO Students Take Part In Experimental Interaction Design Summer School

  …m different countries came for the international Experimental Interaction Design course, where they had the opportunity to design digital environments that would provide for a new level of digital literacy and help humanity solve another problem - this time, from the field of healthcare. During the first week, the students worked in teams to analyze the problems t…

  18.08.2017

• Admission Campaign 2017: The Results

  …applicants entered Master's programs at ITMO University via a portfolio contest. The recently introduced opportunity to take the exams off-site was popular, as well: 32 of the new Master's students used it to enter the University. The most popular Master's program track in 2017 was Management: the competition for it was 8.26 people per position; the second most po…

  18.08.2017