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• Young Urban Scientists Changing Leningrad Oblast: Case of Bolshie Luchki

  …Even though the trade of urban science is rather young, it has already become associated with a number of misconceptions. Often, people associate urban scientists with e-scooters, bike paths, and fancy coffee shops. The Summer School in Urban Studies, held by ITMO, St. Petersburg State University (SPbSU), and Higher School of Economics …

  12.08.2024

• ITMO’s Monday Science Roundup #61

  … all with an unprecedented accuracy of 81%. Additionally, the model has now been trained to visualize particles based on the description of their synthesis. Read more: ITMO Scientists’ New Machine Learning Model Predicts Nanoparticle Shape and Size *** By now, it’s clear to many that quite a few “green” products are actually anything but. Be it coffee cups, …

  12.08.2024

• Treat Yourself: Russian First Aid Kit Essentials

  …that’s been around for almost a century: the medicinal glue BF-6 (БФ-6). Though its precursor, BF-2, was an industrial product used on metal, glass, and ceramics, in the 1950s scientists found that a modified version can just as easily be used to protect cuts from infection. Since then, it has remained a very handy first aid tool, especially in cases where a band-aid…

  09.08.2024

• New Invention from ITMO: Materials Biodegradability Testing

  …gradability and absence of negative impact on flora get their official mark. In Russia, there is no analogous certification standard. Thanks to the system suggested by ITMO scientists, it will be possible to conduct expert evaluation of materials’ decomposition and regulate this concept on the market. “In Russia, OK compost is only used in relation to imported …

  09.08.2024

• Student Spotlight: Wu Yupeng, China

  …ed in martial arts and table tennis. I wanted to become a sportsman when I grew up! Where did you study before joining ITMO? I completed my Bachelor’s degree in computer science and technology at a university in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province. I came to Russia after graduation. And why did you decide to study in Russia? Russia is a good friend of China and I…

  08.08.2024

• Success Story: ITMO Student Attracts 10 Million Rubles in Investments for His Startup

  …e-minded individuals and assemble a team. For instance, at ITMO I met SmileAI’s cofounder, Andrey Perevoshchikov, a Master’s student at ITMO’s Institute of Applied Computer Science; he studies in the program Highload Systems. At the university, I also met our programmers. By the way, this is the reason I enrolled in a Master’s program at ITMO: here, you can train …

  06.08.2024

• Better, Higher, Stronger: First Results of ITMO’s 2024 Admissions Campaign

  …ghest in the university’s history. In 2024, ITMO welcomed 681 winners and runners-up of student competitions, two thirds of whom demonstrated their skills in math and computer science. Others came out on top in physics, chemistry, and information security. The majority of applicants were admitted to the university thanks to victories in the Open Competition (93) and …

  05.08.2024

• ITMO Scientists’ New Machine Learning Model Predicts Nanoparticle Shape and Size

  …on machine learning; this year, the event was held in Vienna on July 21-27. In the latest ShanghaiRanking Academic Excellence Survey, ICML ranks third in the category Computer Science & Engineering, while in the CORE conference ranking it features as an A* conference (the highest rank). By joining such conferences, researchers get the opportunity to present their stu…

  02.08.2024

• Tiny Orchestra: New AI Model Uses Water Vapor to Make Music

  …sprays we use on a daily basis, such as perfumes or throat medicine. Chemists refer to such clouds as droplet clusters. This phenomenon was discovered by Alexander Fedorets, a scientist from Tyumen State University, 20 years ago. A droplet cluster is a self-organized system of particles with its own interaction principles. Within this aggregation of liquid, droplets …

  01.08.2024

• ITMO Welcomes Record Number of Academic Contest Winners

  …ubject areas among competition winners are IT-related: Systems and Applied Software, Software Engineering, and Computer Technologies. Among the top subject areas are also life sciences, as ITMO annually welcomes future physicists and chemists. AI360: ML Native, the new Bachelor’s program at ITMO developed in collaboration with Yandex and Sberbank, was also a popular …

  30.07.2024