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Academic Coach Christoph Sprung on the Importance of Soft Skills for Scientists
…nd they had to work with people from different backgrounds and from different faculties. So, first of all they have to find a common language to communicate. Each one had a certain mindset, depending on the field they come from. And then they have to create an idea together and implement it. They learned to contribute their knowledge to reach a common goal, and they …
28.11.2022
How to Find Your Path in IT and Land Your First Job
…us negative experiences to the fear of spending a long time looking for a job. On the other hand, Anna Trunina, the producer of referral marketing at Yandex Praсtiсum, maintains that age is not a hindrance when looking to change your specialization – moreover, diverse working experiences can be very helpful in overcoming these challenges. At the conference, she s…
25.11.2022
ITMO Scientists Suggest Cheap Way to Control Optical Signals With Halide Perovskites
… experiment, the scientists demonstrated that a flat photonic crystal perovskite plate can be used as a resonator for exciton-polaritons. Nanoimprint lithography was used to obtain these plates: a lattice mold was used to deform the surface of a polycrystalline film made from MAPbl3 perovskite and acquire its replica. This suggested polariton system has several advan…
24.11.2022
ITMO Fellow Balamuralithara Balakrishnan on Creativity and Developing Products Using Design Thinking
… am responsible for research and innovation. My academic career started back in 2001, and I’ve spent over 10 years doing research at the intersection of creativity, ethics, sustainability, and STEM education. Then, about four years ago, I started focusing in deep on the ethics and sustainability of creative processes because I saw that …
24.11.2022
ITMO’s Advanced Engineering School Awards Grants to Genetics, Machine Learning, Nanomaterials Projects
…hackathons. Compared to our competitors, there are several advantages that our solution offers. It’s more flexible and can quickly convert models into services or Docker containers. It also supports several other widely used ML instruments such as scikit-learn, LightAutoML, and XGBoost. The project is currently in active development. In the future, we plan to c…
23.11.2022
A Guide to Second-Hand Shopping in St. Petersburg
…rdable” line! One of the examples is Spasibo, a chain of charity shops that sell clothes donated by citizens (you can join them by disposing of your old garments in special containers). Later, the proceeds go to charity funds. Besides second-hand goods, they sell products by local brands to support smaller businesses. Pros: you can use your student ID to get…
22.11.2022
WUD@ITMO 2022: Career-Building Skills and UI for Healthcare
…hology can be a handy source of user behavior and thus help develop a more convenient interface. For instance, in medical practice, each biological substance is placed in a container with a lid of a specific color. Whenever venous blood is taken, the specialist has to remember it has a purple lid. But what if they are under stress and forget about it? In order to avo…
21.11.2022
The Universe Said: Let Me Show You Something Beautiful!
…et your inner astrophile have an unforgettable experience. Chuya Steppe, Altai Republic. Well-known for its low light pollution, this basin in the southeast Altai Mountains is a gigantic 70-kilometers-long star observatory in itself. Murmansk, Kola Peninsula. Mainly known for its beautiful northern lights, this place becomes a heaven for astro pilgri…
18.11.2022
ITMO Researchers Twist Particles Using Quantum Entanglement
… either as waves or as particles. This phenomenon is known as wave-particle duality and it is believed that, under normal conditions, massive particles such as electrons can retain their wave properties only at lower energies, while at higher ones they can act only as particles. However, some of their wave properties can remain at higher energies if the particle is t…
17.11.2022
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