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Enjoy Every Cup: Specialty Coffee in St. Petersburg
Whether you have six cups a day or only enjoy coffee on special occasions, sometimes you just want to go a little extra while still staying within a reasonable price range. That’s where specialty coffee comes in, rich in flavor and carefully handled before reaching your cup. What is it and where can you taste some? Read on to find out.
13.05.2022
Applied AI Challenge: Winners’ Tips and New Opportunities for Participants
Applied AI Challenge, an online hackathon in machine learning and data analysis, will launch at ITMO on May 17. This year, it is organized in partnership with Tochka Bank and Gazprom Neft’s Science and Technology Center. Winners will be able to enroll into Master’s programs Big Data Financial Technologies and AI in the Industry without exams. Read on to learn why you should participate in hackathons, how to take part in Applied AI Challenge, and what to expect from the contest.
13.05.2022
Fork up Night Meetup: Dealing With Challenges in FoodTech Industry
We often hear about successes in business, but what does it actually take to build a prosperous company? At the Fork up Night meetup, representatives of FoodTech companies shared their experiences of ups and downs when launching projects in the field of alternative food production. Here are the highlights of the event.
12.05.2022
ITMO’s Open Education: Raves, Rap Battles, and Star Hosts
This year will see the second edition of ITMO’s Open Education festival, which will continue on its mission to abolish all stereotypes about education. For instance, this year the event will take the form of a rave at a former factory workshop that is now DAA Design District. Here is what else to expect at the event.
11.05.2022
This Weekend in St. Petersburg: May 14-15, 2022
It almost feels like there have been too many weekends this May, and yet another one is around the corner. Just like our trusty and handy guide to all the best events you should visit this weekend. Enjoy!
11.05.2022
Unexplored St. Petersburg: Kolomna
Unlike more flashy districts of the city such as Petrogradskaya Side or Vasilievsky Island, Kolomna remains low key. Some even confuse it with its namesake, a town in the Moscow Oblast. A bohemian and cultural gem, it shouldn’t be overlooked.
06.05.2022
Carve Your Path in Science: ITMO to Host PI School for Rising Stars
Within the scope of several days, participants of ITMO PI School: Rising Stars will turn into leaders of research, technological, educational, and engineering projects that will make the core of the university’s transformation into its 2030 vision. Here’s all you need to know about the school’s program and application process.
04.05.2022
Practices in Management: An Optional Course by ITMO Student
Not only lecturers, but also students at ITMO can create and teach their own optional courses. This April, first winners of the contest for original courses and participants of the ITMO.Mentors initiative launched their own courses at the university. Maria Tsyplyaeva, a first-year Master’s student at the Faculty of Technological Management and Innovations, is one of the new lecturers with her course Practices in Management, where she will talk about building systems for daily management tasks based on her three years of experience as a project manager. What is it like to make your own course from the ground up? And why should students attend lectures by their peers? Read on to find out.
04.05.2022
Konstantin Fursov On Best Formats for Developing Science Communication
For more than 15 years Konstantin Fursov has been engaged in research in the fields of science and technology. Some of his interests are the sociology and statistics of science, scientometrics, and public perception of science and innovations. Last year, Konstantin was invited to take the post of deputy head of research and education at the Polytechnic Museum and more recently he has joined ITMO’s Center for Science Communication through the ITMO Fellowship & Professorship program. In this interview, we asked Konstantin about his plans at ITMO, changes in Russian science, and tips for students learning statistics.
29.04.2022
ITMO University Expands Its Presence in THE University Impact Rankings
The ranking agency Times Higher Education has published its annual Impact Rankings. This ranking launched in 2019 aims to measure the impact that universities all over the world have on the social and economical development of their home countries through the prism of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals. ITMO University applied for 10 out of 17 goal-based categories and was included in the rankings for all of them. For example, it entered the top 100 in the Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure category by placing 76th.
28.04.2022