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• Brain as a Hologram: Exploring Vision at ITMO’s Museum of Optics

  …st located in our retinas. In a series of experiments conducted in the 1960s, David H. Hubel and Torsten Wiesel demonstrated (initially almost by accident!) that there were specific neurons in the visual cortex of a cat activating to lines positioned at a certain angle – and only at that angle. There were others that reacted to movement, and others that reacted to pa…

  17.11.2020

• Art.ITMO.Residency Hosts Hidden in the Woods Exhibition

  …den in the Woods stands out by its educational program that includes a series of lectures, screenings of thematic films, and workshops. “Typically, an exhibition has a specific topic and is associated with visual content, but we let our audience join lively discussions. This makes the viewers’ experience complete. Plus, it's technological art we're talking about…

  17.11.2020

• Picture of the Week: Test Fluid in a Decellularized Spinach Leaf

  …The photo, taken with a 25x zoom lens, shows a transparent spinach leaf injected with a test fluid (a solution of specific viscosity mixed with a colorant). The leaf’s conducting system bears a strong resemblance to the blood circulation system of a human brain in its bifurcation and vessel size. Therefore, it can be used as an experimental model for medical trials. …

  16.11.2020

• ITMO Researcher Nominated for Person of the Year by Fontanka.ru

  …rsburg media outlet Fontanka.ru. Its aim is to celebrate St. Petersburg-based businesses that make the city a better place. Apart from businesses, citizens can also support specific people – in the Person of the Year category. According to the organizers, all ten of this year’s nominees in the category significantly contributed to science or culture, promoted crucial…

  16.11.2020

• ITMO Experts Rank Regional E-Participation Platforms

  …re focused on receiving digital feedback and that regional and municipal leaders are ready to discuss emerging problems with their citizens by digital means.  “It is a specific indicator of administrative transparency that is becoming especially relevant,” says Andrey Chugunov.  The second stage of the survey will be conducted between December 2020 and Janu…

  13.11.2020

• How Not to Fall For Fake News

  …: an image post without a date or a link to the original source; A lack of source, as it often happens with news propagated via messenger apps, or a non-existent one; A specific propagation timeline: first an active phase, then a sudden drop. During his seminar, Arseniy Tretyakov also spoke about various services such as Grover, which generates fake news in …

  13.11.2020

• ITMO's Creative Lighting Department Joins the International COVID CARE LAB Workshop

  …shop and its goals, and get to know the teaching team and other participants,” says Daria Chirimisina. The first step is important Each day the teams are assigned a specific task. On the first day of the workshop, students reflected on concepts such as feeling at home, security, (self-)isolation, and confinement, as well as watched the video lectures that the…

  10.11.2020

• Three ITMO Students and a Graduate Win UMNIK Grant Competition – Here Are Their Projects and Plans

  …ponsible for marketing. We started this project when we studied at St. Petersburg State University.  About the project  We work in 3D printing and we are developing a specific photocurable material. We will use it on 3D printers that we also assemble ourselves. For each model we first create a digital 3D shape. The materials usually applied in laser 3D printing…

  09.11.2020

• New Gaming Consoles: Learning From the Previous Generation

  … exclusively for Microsoft and Sony which contains both CPU and graphics units. Though the architecture is similar to that used in AMD’s PC processors, this one is tailored specifically for the needs of consoles and is way more powerful in comparison to the first generation of Zen used in Xbox One and PS4.  When it comes to direct comparison of the raw computation…

  06.11.2020

• Keeping the Balance Between Creativity and Technology: Ekaterina Doronina on Her Path to Self-Discovery

  …ield, I realized that I was drawn to something more structured, that I want to see the result of my work, and understand that it will definitely happen and that I need more specifics. On the first work and cooperation with museums During my internship at the Alexandrinsky Theatre, we went on a tour to the Ascreen company, which supplies all the equipment, inclu…

  06.11.2020