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• Castles and Fortifications: Russia’s Hidden Medieval Gems

  …ally closer than you think, and one of the examples is St. Michael’s Castle, found right in the historical center of St. Petersburg. Known as the Mikhailovsky Castle or the Engineers' Castle, it is both a beautiful and unusual architectural phenomenon, blending features of a royal palace with those of a medieval lord’s castle.  It is also one of the most mysteriou…

  15.02.2021

• Celebrate Lunar Year of the Ox

  …dered by the Chinese as the coldest day of the year when you need to warm up with hot dumplings! Jiyuan Chang, first-year Master’s student at the Faculty of Software Engineering and Computer Systems The Chinese New Year is indeed a family celebration, and it’s a tradition to visit and wish joy to your close relatives. As I'm staying in Russia and don’t have…

  12.02.2021

• Winter School on Robotics and Control Systems Wraps at ITMO

  …n the field of control systems and robotics. As noted by Anton Pyrkin, these three fields correspond to the largest educational programs at the faculty.  Mathematical Engineering and Control Systems This track was designed for participants who have an interest and competencies in mathematics and are going to continue exploring digital control systems in th…

  12.02.2021

• ITMO Scientists Propose Improved Method For Laser-Plasma Processing of Glass

  …organized the gap as an air-gap wedge: one edge of the glass rested on the target and the other was raised by a micron-sized air-gap wedge,” explains Vladimir Rymkevich, an engineer and PhD student at ITMO University. “We chose the size of the gap in such a way that there would be no track imprint on the glass at the end of the wedge.”   Using plasma at…

  11.02.2021

• Venture Capitalist Dmitry Kulish on Business Unicorns and Why Not Chase Them

  …rate their ready-made prototypes, receive funding, and develop quite successful projects in the future.  We took the Agile methodology and slightly reworked it by adding engineering and innovation technology specifics. Our method is called Plunge. The key idea is to keep on refining your initial hypothesis through controlled experimentation and work on a product p…

  11.02.2021

• Student Spotlight: Vitor Figueiredo, Brazil

  …ledge of it. I was in Russia before applying to ITMO, on a trip to Moscow and St. Petersburg. What was your educational path before joining ITMO? I studied mechanical engineering for five years at the University of Rio Grande do Norte (Natal, Brazil). And one year of that degree, I had the opportunity to study mechanical and automotive engineering technology and will include the C2C12 cell line – myoblasts cultured from the thigh muscle of a mouse back in the 70s.  The mouse that was used to collect these cells died long ago,…

  10.02.2021

• ITMO Scientists Come up With a Way To Protect Satellites From Space Radiation

  …on Union of Concerned Scientists assembled a satellite database with almost 2800 operational satellites that are currently orbiting the Earth. Each year, this number grows. Engineers should make sure their designs would fit all essential devices and offer protection from solar radiation. “While we’re on Earth, we’re protected by the atmosphere: it consumes or re…

  04.02.2021

• Student Spotlight: Nguyen Thi My Tu, Vietnam

• DH Week in St. Petersburg: The Future of Digital Humanities in Russia and the World

  …ital humanities – which is, for one, still a rather experimental and novel discipline, and, secondly, implies an interdisciplinary approach at the intersection of computer, engineering, and human sciences – should be taught to students. Antonina Puchkovskaia spoke about her experience of launching a Master’s program at ITMO: the first challenge she had to face was…

  03.02.2021