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Team of ITMO’s Youth Robotics Lab Deemed Best Novices at RoboCup 2021 Finals
ITMO’s team became best among novices at the international finals of RoboCup 2021. Their winning project was Robert Robotecky, a robot musician that performed the popular French song Sous le Ciel de Paris.
05.07.2021
ITMO University’s DIGITAL NATIVE Campaign Named Winner of SABRE Awards EMEA
Today, on June 9, 2021, the winners of the prestigious international SABRE Awards were announced. ITMO University’s DIGITAL NATIVE campaign entered the list of finalists for the EMEA (Europe, Middle East, and Africa) region and received the top award in the category Educational and Cultural Institutions.
09.06.2021
RAEX National Ranking: ITMO in Top 15 Russian Universities
The ranking agency RAEX has published its tenth annual ranking of Russian universities. For the fourth year in a row, ITMO is included in the top 15 of the ranking, this year being 14th on the list.
09.06.2021
QS World University Rankings: ITMO University Secures its Position in the Global Top-400
Quacquarelli Symonds (QS), a British company specializing in the analysis of the global higher education market, has unveiled its latest edition of the QS World University Rankings. Like last year, ITMO University is named among the world’s top 400 universities.
08.06.2021
Expert Center Ranking: ITMO University First in Russia in Engineering Sciences
According to the ranking of the Expert analytic center, ITMO’s performance in 2020 placed it in the top 5 Russian universities, also making it the number one in engineering sciences. ITMO was also named the best in four other subjects. All in all, the university was represented by 13 disciplines out of the 16 currently offered at ITMO.
07.06.2021
ITMO and LETI Students’ Quick-Charge Startup for Electric Cars To Receive Million Rubles from EnergyHUB
The startup Powerplace, a participant of ITMO’s Energy Club, has developed a smart module for use in quick-charge stations for electric cars and is now set to receive a prize of one million rubles for its win in the student startup competition EnergyHUB. The startup was co-founded by an ITMO student, an ITMO graduate, and three graduates of LETI (St. Petersburg Electrotechnical University).
28.05.2021
ITMO Robotics Team Wins RoboCup Russia Open
Robert Robotecky, a self-balancing hoverboard-riding musical robot brought victory to the team from ITMO’s Youth Robotics Lab at RoboCup Russia Open – 2021.
18.05.2021
ITMO Student Daria Fedorova On Winning Pyaterochka’s Student Ideas Contest
Daria Fedorova, a Bachelor’s student at ITMO’s Faculty of Technological Management and Innovations, was named one of the winners of the NEXT5 contest organized by Pyaterochka retail company. Together with her friend, Daria suggested a modification to the company’s corporate application that would allow potential employees to experience a sneak preview of their job in a virtual simulator, while current retail and storage facility workers would accumulate points to be counted towards their promotion or a salary raise. We reached out to Daria to ask her why she decided to apply, how long it took her to develop the concept, and why she thinks it useful to take part in such events.
30.04.2021
ITMO in Top 100 of THE Impact Rankings in Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
THE University Impact Rankings evaluates universities based on their contribution to the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). ITMO entered the top 400 of the overall ranking, with each of the university’s seven SDG initiatives included in their respective rankings and one of them featuring in the top 100.
22.04.2021
ICPC Semifinal Winners On Training for The Final and Life After Programming Contests
The semifinal of the International Collegiate Programming Contest (ICPC) was held in early April. Two teams from ITMO University became prize-winners: SPb ITMO: pengzoo came third, while SPb ITMO: Insert your name took first place and will now represent the university in the ICPC final. We spoke to Nikolay Budin, Stanislav Naumov, and Roman Korobkov from the winning team about the contest, competing against other ITMO teams, and their reasons for getting into competitive programming.
14.04.2021