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• Key Facts About the Second Season of ITMO’s Mega Contest

  …What is the Mega Contest? It is a contest held for Bachelor’s students and graduates. Its winners can enroll into ITMO’s Master’s programs without entrance exams. The first Mega Contest was held in the 2021-2022 academic year, with 30 winners landing their positions at ITMO. This season, the number of participants increased by 45%: 1,966 students (compared to l…

  23.12.2022

• In It To Win It: In Conversation With Two-Time AI Journey Contest Winner Ammar Ali

  … what was it that you did in each task? What was the most challenging bit? The first competition, AI4Biology, was about building a machine learning algorithm that could use mass spectrometry data to sort various bacteria into 27 species and identify new ones. This final part – needing to identify new species – was the most challenging one. Another obstacle was the…

  22.12.2022

• ITMO University Hosts Its First What? Where? When? Tournament

  …s, but winning an intellectual game brings a particular pleasure – for me, it’s much more emotional than winning at sports,” said Alexei Lizunov.  Fedor Kondrashov, a Master’s student in the program Data, Culture and Visualization, was named the best player, receiving the owl statuette symbolic to the game show. “I love to watch What? When? Where? on TV…

  21.12.2022

• This Weekend in St. Petersburg: December 24-25, 2022

  …On the big screen: Christmas concert by tenor Jonas Kaufmann December 25, 3:30 pm Rodina cinema 900 rubles (tickets here) Filmed in 2020 near Salzburg in the very church where Silent Night was played for the first time, this concert all but embodies Christmas spirit. You are promised to hear classic and contemporary Chris…

  21.12.2022

• Passing Exams, Writing Papers, and Describing Art: Why Neural Networks Won’t Replace Scientists, Writers and Journalists

  …ey Getmanov of ITMO, decided to run such a test. Maxim studies at the School of Philological Studies, while Andrey is a part of ITMO University’s Big Data and Machine Learning Master’s program. Together, they have a long history of experimenting with neural networks and pushing the boundaries of different language models for various literary tasks. For example, one t…

  20.12.2022

• A Guide to Winter Trips from St. Petersburg

  …oscow yet, winter is the right season to fix it. No matter how big St. Pete fans we are, there's one thing to admit: the capital’s festive decorations and the Red Square Christmas tree easily outmatch the local ones. Winter wonderland At this level, we’ve got real adventures that will put you out of your comfort zone toward the wonders of true Russian winte…

  20.12.2022

• ITMO Launches Open-Source Mentorship Program

  …rs will be officially employed at the university, receiving a salary (20,000-30,000 rubles/month). How to join Third- and fourth-year Bachelor’s students, as well as Master’s and PhD students, can avail of the opportunity, given that they have the relevant skills and experience of software development in Python. Additionally, candidate mentors need to be pr…

  20.12.2022

• Contractor Named for Second and Third Construction Phases of ITMO Highpark

  …orld-class research, education, and innovation center in the satellite city Yuzhny, Pushkinsky District, St. Petersburg. The complex will become home to an academic campus for Master’s and PhD students, a tech valley, and a business park for technology companies. The project is implemented as part of the state program Scientific and Technological Development of the R…

  19.12.2022

• Find Your Holiday Spirit Steps Away from ITMO Campuses

  …wards Nevsky Prospekt, enjoying the shining stars shimmering above the water. Nevsky itself is, of course, the quintessence of festivity in terms of its abundant decorations – massive red and gold, perceptibly royal. Having reached it, you have two options in your quest for the cheer: turn towards Gostiny Dvor to ogle at the decorated Christma…

  16.12.2022

• The Results of ITMO’s First Large-Scale Study of Quality of Life in Academia

  …ey methodology, as well as criteria for evaluating health indicators and a questionnaire for self-assessment.  Experts collected participants’ physical data, including body mass index (BMI), blood pressure, heart rate, and handgrip strength, and asked them to self-evaluate their level of physical activity, sleep duration and quality, diet, and bad habits. A portio…

  15.12.2022