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ITMO University Scientists Present Record Amount of Works at the 2019 Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference in Prague
… networks can, speaking figuratively and without going into details, evolve by themselves. This year ITMO University scientists presented a record amount of reports, 11 in total. What is the reason for this? Arina: Some time ago, we began cooperating with professors Carola and Benjamin Doerr of Sorbonne University and École Polytechnique. And I see such a surge…
05.08.2019
Baikal: Fighting for the Future of World’s Deepest Lake
… in nearby bodies of water. Earlier this year, Greenpeace carried out a similar study along the coasts of the Black and Azov seas, discovering 13,000 plastic fragments with a total weight of nearly half a ton. In 2019, the attention of the public was brought to the construction of a bottling plant near the village of Kultuk in Irkutsk Oblast. The construction bega…
31.07.2019
Getting to Know Russian Literature: Soviet Sci-Fi, Part 1
…rita, he also authored a couple of most peculiar satirical sci-fi novels. In The Fatal Eggs, an accidental discovery of a way to enhance the evolution of species results in a total disaster due to a simple postal mix-up. The other, The Heart of a Dog (1925), a harsh satire on the ideas of the Russian revolution, was overwhelmingly popular despite being banned by the …
30.07.2019
Summer Edition of Webometrics 2019: ITMO University in Top-5 Russian Universities
…ve assessment by way of four criteria of different weight, each gaging a university’s successes on the basis of its online presence. The Presence indicator represents the total number of pages on an institution’s main web-domain that are indexed by Google; the Transparency (Openness) indicator reflects the institution’s number of citations in academic publication…
30.07.2019
Results of Mendeleev 150 International Conference at ITMO University
…also allowed us to become the organizers of the Mendeleev 150 International Conference,” shared the rector. The program of the conference consisted of three days; a total of 30 speakers presented the results of their work. Among them were not only renowned experts in the fields of chemistry, physics, education, philosophy, history of science, authors of pop…
29.07.2019
ITMO at International Agricultural Exhibition AGRORUS
…il networks, farmers and gardeners. In 2019, the exhibition took place at St. Petersburg Expoforum on July 10-12. The event was accompanied by an annual awards ceremony. A total of 60 participants received medals, and ten became the Grand Prix winners, including ITMO University’s International Research Institute of Bioengineering, which presented their bioregulato…
23.07.2019
10 Movies for a Summer Night-In
…f brilliant cliffhangers, the cinematography is on point, and you’d feel inclined to binge the show from start to finish even if you had a life-or-death meeting the next day (totally not our case, but maybe Sophia Amoruso is reading). A must-watch perfect for a clammy summer evening to fully immerse yourself in that suffocating, on-edge ambiance of the plot. F…
19.07.2019
Summer Foods We Love
… t-shirts. So I vote for something else that stains clothes, and teeth, and is available only in the summer. Wild blueberries. Sweet, juicy, and overall delicious, they’re totally worth my fingers turning purple. Right around now you can find them in just about any forest, flaunting their delicious beauty all around you. You can stuff yourself silly or if you’re a…
16.07.2019
Over 400 Scientists from All Over the World to Discuss Key Trends in Nanophotonics and Metamaterials at METANANO 2019
…ant, because if you focus only on your narrow scientific field, you lose sense of what is happening around you.” The METANANO conference will last until July 20, 2019. A total of nine world-renowned scientists and specialists will contribute as plenary sessions speakers. These include professor Masaya Notomi of NTT Nanophotonics Center and Tokyo Institute of Tec…
16.07.2019
ITMO University at World Conference of Science Journalists
…for collaboration and experience exchange between students and professionals in the field of science journalism from all over the world. In 2019, the event brought together a total of 1,137 people from 83 countries, including Switzerland, the USA, the UK, France, Germany, Italy, Belgium, Finland, Japan, India, Russia, Canada, India, Sweden, Spain, Australia, Netherla…
12.07.2019