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Who Draws the Bridges in St. Petersburg?
ITMO to Receive 196 Million Rubles for Educational Programs in IT
…illingness to revamp their educational programs and become competence centers for partner universities. To be eligible for the contest, universities were required to develop a new top-level educational program geared towards specific roles and fields of study. In this regard, ITMO University combined the efforts of two of its departments – the Information Technologie…
30.06.2026
ITMO’s Monday Science Roundup #107
…espite how ubiquitous LLMs might seem these days, there are still plenty of niches left unfilled – such as in the case of less-widespread (or less prioritized) languages. At a new laboratory launched by ITMO and MWS AI, scientists will develop new ways to train neural networks, in addition to making speech synthesis and recognition mode…
29.06.2026
Russia Is Cold, But Its People Are Not: Indian Chemist Praveen Chandrasekar on Working in St. Petersburg and Achieving Scientific Recognition
…ar cells. As you know, India is a sunny country, and I’m from its southernmost state, Tamil Nadu. Sunlight, especially when there's a lot of it, is an excellent source of renewable energy that can be converted into electricity. It’s done using solar cells, typically silicon ones. Though the material is affordable, its ultrapurification remains highly expensive, an…
29.06.2026
Discovery of the Month: Hearty Laughs, Outdoor Fun, and More
… June, I was looking for a show to lose myself in and escape reality for a bit. I remembered Seinfeld, the ‘90s sitcom about the life of a stand-up comedian and his friends in New York. I had given it a chance a while back, but it struck me as too slow-paced and unsophisticated compared to modern counterparts. This time, though, it just hit home. I found a sanctua…
26.06.2026
ITMO Student Ildar Gainullin Wins One Million Rubles at University Battle 2026
Student Spotlight: Ruimin Ma, China
…It has been a deeply meaningful experience. It has helped me improve my Russian language skills and gradually adapt to Russia's academic environment. At first, everything felt new and sometimes overwhelming, but step by step, I've grown more confident. What has been the biggest adjustment since arriving in Russia? It has to be using Russian in both daily life a…
25.06.2026
This Week in St. Petersburg: June 25 - July 1, 2026
…is the artist and the enterprise – and how often they are viewed as opposites. For this, artists chose to see the corporation as a means of creative expression – to reflect on new forms of human associations and technologies, as well as imagine how these interactions will look like in the future. Wednesday, July 1 Music Above the City June 28 - July 1…
24.06.2026
Full-Cycle Development: The Future of ITMO’s Faculty of Biotechnologies
…ch at the university. Among her team’s projects is a portable test system for rapid detection of DNA pathologies. You’ll head ITMO’s Faculty of Biotechnologies in the new academic year. The faculty was established in 2020; it grew out of the Faculty of Food Biotechnology and Engineering, which, too, underwent transformation in 2015. What are the faculty’s ma…
23.06.2026
Active Summer: Social Activities in St. Petersburg
…r arthouse. Better still, these are usually free of charge, located at trending spots, and are open for all. Where: Vasileostrovsky market, Yelagin Island, Sevkabel Port, New Holland Island (late July - August), and more. Dance all day, all night As the day winds down, St. Pete turns into a high-energy dance floor – local dancers and performers hit w…
23.06.2026