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ITMO Student Nikolay Budin Wins Huawei Cup
…l, as noted by Nikolay. “We had to use the C language to solve one of the problems,” he recalls. “This isn’t the most common language nowadays and it’s mainly used for specific tasks, for example, for OS kernels. From what I heard, Huawei is now working on its own OS, so maybe that’s why they decided to test our skills in C. I prefer C++ but I did well anyway.” …
06.04.2021
ITMO Hosts EduLeaders Best Educational Projects Contest Final
…ns of the material. This project includes educational videos on YouTube, as well as a short course on applications of group representation theory in physics. The course specifically focuses on making abstract mathematical concepts more concrete, visual, and understandable for a wider audience. Each video featured images, computer modelling, and visualizations of…
05.04.2021
ITMO Scientists Propose a New Model for Study of Bone Development
…formed patterns of calcium phosphate,” explains Svetlana Ulasevich. “Our model system has a pattern made out of concentric circles and cells prefer to grow on these circles specifically. We plant cellular structures over the entire area but tissues form on the circles primarily. This means that our material allows us to create cellular patterns of any form we need. I…
02.04.2021
TECHNOHISTORY Conference: Biohacking, Neuroart, and Women of Bauhaus
…a part of it” – and I choose the second option. Perhaps, I’d even devote my life to this field. Since I've been doing sport for a long time, I chose sports biohacking – specifically doping and different supplements for sports performance. One of my friends, a professional athlete, decided to help me and take part in my experiment. We will run a test on him to see…
01.04.2021
Social Media Knows Everything: Threats and Risks
…ou do anything on the internet you leave a trail behind you: you visited a website, entered a request, clicked on certain sections, navigated through the pages, and spent a specific amount of time on each. All these actions can be represented as data. Most often, this data is in tabular form and contains a minimum amount of information, for example, user ID, time of …
31.03.2021
How To Teach a Computer To Interpret Text
…e is the human aspect in the creation of meaning – this is about things you can’t determine objectively. Any kind of text has a variety of possible interpretations and each specific meaning depends on the reader. One person can understand the same text in this way, and another one – in a different way. Our algorithm allows us to take that into consideration.” …
30.03.2021
Architectural Utopia: 5 Never-Implemented Soviet Projects
…esting place for Vladimir Lenin and Joseph Stalin. Inspired by the Pantheon in Paris, the tomb was supposed to be located somewhere opposite the Kremlin but never found its specific place in the city even though the architectural design competition had already been announced. And after the death of Stalin, Stalinist architecture developed in a different direction and…
29.03.2021
ITMO Staff Develop Tabletop VR Platform For Better User Experience
…explains Igor Kuprienko, head of ITMO’s Project Development Division. “We started to work on the system during our participation in this program. Initially, it was designed specifically for the elderly because today’s world is rapidly aging yet becoming more mobile. Many elderly people find themselves alone without the support of their families. And for such people, …
26.03.2021
ITMO University Hosts the First IChem Prize Contest for School Students
…further broaden my knowledge. Mikhail Losev, 11th grade, school named after Marshal Vasily Chuikov – 2nd place Our goal is to study and define the functions of a specific protein, which plays an unknown role in our body yet has something to do with Williams syndrome. This genetic disorder is characterized by a deletion of genes that encode this protein as …
25.03.2021
ITMO Student Creates Platform for Finding Team Members for Various Projects
…ormation about project vacancies but now every participant can add projects to their profile or the common database. As Vladimir notes, Smart Family is not designed specifically for ITMO students and staff but aims at a wider audience. “This project was created for everyone, not only for ITMO. We don’t focus on any particular field such as IT or design. …
24.03.2021