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Unexplored St. Petersburg: Kanonersky Island
ITMO University Teams Reach the Finals of Digital Opera Contest
… a concept for lighting. Then, video content is created based on this concept,” she says. “Artistic vision is the main thing here. Each contestant chooses a style and a way of storytelling, so their solution doesn’t have to be conventional – it can be abstract, minimalistic, or something else. It all depends on them. It’s a great opportunity for students to gain expe…
15.10.2020
Staff Spotlight: Assel Romanova, Kazakhstan
… participate in a portfolio contest online. It was a rather unique opportunity, as other universities demanded in-person entrance examination. I was also attracted by ITMO's history and its status as the winner of numerous programming contests. Was moving to St.Petersburg a big step for you? I thought I was 100% ready, but it turned out that I was not. It was m…
15.10.2020
Harvard Professor Stefanie Stantcheva on the Role of Surveys and Experiments in Economy
…ailing to seize opportunities. On the contrary, Europeans believe that the economic system is unfair. In their opinion, wealth is more likely to be associated with family history and inheritance, while poverty is the result of bad luck and the inability of society to care for those in need. In reality, various administrative records indicate that intergeneratio…
15.10.2020
TECHNOHISTORY Project Showcases New Approaches to Historical Studies
…Open lab As part of the TECHNOHISTORY project, a laboratory will be launched at the Tochka Kipeniya (“Boiling Point”) coworking space. It will function both online and on-site, at the Lenpoligraphmash technopark. Researchers in the fields of biotechnology, ecology, robotics, art & science, as well as 3D and VR developers will join their forces at the laboratory un…
13.10.2020
How ITMO Researchers Are Using Speech Analysis to Diagnose Dementia and Parkinson's
…ns of the elderly was provided by the organizers and compiled at the Ulm University. The sample consisted of 87 people aged 60-95. The study used two negative and one positive story. After each story, the mood of the participants was assessed according to the parameters of valence and activation on a scale from 0 to 10. The final databa…
13.10.2020
Summing up ITMO Preaccelerator's First Workshop
…What drives an entrepreneur? Daria Khelshtein is not only a soft skills professor – in particular, public speaking and storytelling – but also an entrepreneur with over 13 years of experience and two successful businesses. The workshop brought together over 60 Bachelor’s and Master’s students. Daria started her presentation by stressing the importance of findin…
12.10.2020
Your Guide to Gaming in Fall-Winter of 2020
…BO Some criticise interactive dramas because they’re not “true” gaming – what with only being in control of the dialogue options, while others say it could be the future of storytelling. Whichever side you are on, you have to agree that a good horror for your Halloween night is a rare find. This one ticks off all the boxes, presenting you with a creepishly-comfort…
09.10.2020
Battleships and Electrons: ITMO Student Develops a VR Game for Chemistry Students
…ces in the state of war. I wanted to call the races lanthanides and actinides and Mikhail really liked the idea. So we not only came up with visual content but also added some storytelling to maximize the effect," says Artem Smolin, head of the Center of Usability and Mixed Reality and associate professor at ITMO’s Faculty of Software Engineering and Computer Systems…
09.10.2020
ITMO University Launches New Preacceleration Program
…l – it’s hard to implement them but once it’s done, it’s a huge breakthrough. There are such ideas among our applications.” Probiotic beer, noise-to-energy, and a music history app ITMO.NEWS talked with some of the new Preaccelerator participants about their projects. Andrey Trapezin Second-year Bachelor’s student of the Neurotechnologies and Programmin…
08.10.2020