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Towards Better Tomorrow: How to Start Scientific Career in the Field of Photonics
…o the modern tendencies in optical and optical-information systems’ design. According to Anna Voznesenskaya, head of the Faculty of Laser and Light Engineering, this year a new session devoted to the role of women in science was included into the list of the seminar’s events. The representatives of IEEE Photonic Society’s Women in Photonics Initiative appreciated …
04.05.2017
Researchers Develop Word-of-mouth Computer Simulation
…d-of-mouth principle and illustrates how mobile users pass information to each other when making calls. The model includes three levels, or layers; each of them contributes to news dissemination. These are the contacts network, the network of calls between communicants and direct data propagation routes. The contacts network consists of agents – virtual people who…
04.05.2017
Video360Production Films Construction Sites In Crimea
… stabilized. Stabilizing a camera for 360-degrees filming is a really complex task, as there aren't any solutions one can buy on the market. 360-degree videos are a relatively new field, which means that such elements are to be custom-made. "We have a stabilizer of our own, but this time we've used one made by one guy from Tver, who is a really talented person. …
04.05.2017
Creative Mornings: Psychotherapist Andrey Kurpatov Explains How Our Brain Works
…Mornings is a global project with a simple, yet curious, concept: the listeners gather for a breakfast combined with a short talk on an interesting topic. The project began in New York and soon became the go-to place for intellectuals and creative youths. The idea was then picked up by other cities – today the morning meetings take place in 170 cities around the glob…
03.05.2017
Women in Photonics: Arti Agrawal on Female Scientists and Cultural Differences
… I met, I can mention two things. When I moved from India to the UK, it turned out that these countries are completely different in terms of culture. Despite that fact that I knew a lot about western traditions, I grew in a wealthy family and lived in Delhi, which is a large city, it was difficult for me to adjust to the new culture. It…
03.05.2017
Awards Given to ITMO University’s Most Successful and Prolific Alumni
Tournament for Two Capitals: High School Children Presented their Robots
… the so-called secret task – they will learn its rules right before the competition. This task will test whether the young engineers can modify their robots in accordance with new unexpected requirements having strict deadlines. The Swing Sets The winners will be awarded with the prize cup, iPads, gyroscooters and VR-glasses. The high school students will b…
02.05.2017
ITMO's MT.Lab Develops A New Kit for Studying Robotics
…rements and have lots of drawbacks, like outdated programming languages and incompatibility with modern devices and parts. The simplest example is that one can't fix them with new parts, as their connectors imply buying parts produced by particular manufacturers. This is really inconvenient, as robotics made great progress during the last five years, and lots of
02.05.2017
The Ideal Getaway or a Temple of Holiday Boredom - A Sceptic’s Take on the Russian Dacha
… limited, as an owner cannot sell or rent what he possesses. Having been built many years ago, most houses are small and usually don’t look impressive. Sometimes owners build new houses near old ones as it’s unnecessary to invest a lot in the old ones. They are not supposed to be fancy (in most cases).The only requirement for a dacha house is that it has to be cozy,…
01.05.2017
5 Things You Need to Know Now
…New elementary particle? Analyzing five years of data from the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), physicists hope that the detected series of anomalies could point to a new elementary element. As B-mesons decay, novel particles not predicted in physics’ standard model make a fleeting appearance that affect the decay products, the six papers a…
01.05.2017