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Painting with Plasma: ITMO University Researchers Propose a Way of Fast and Inexpensive Glass Processing for Microoptics and Microfluidics
…nfrared wavelength can be used. This method is based on the fact that if radiation is applied to a target under the glass, a high-temperature plasma torch plasma occurs on its edges, creating intense pressure on the glass. The research team started to work on problems of that kind long ago. One of the very first laser material processing examples was presented in …
28.02.2020
Students of Three European Universities Visit Russia to Study Closed-Loop Economy on the Example of St. Petersburg Companies
…r what changes we could introduce on an international level. It’s also very inspiring that all of the group’s members specialize in completely different topics – this new knowledge will come in extremely handy in my research. Diana Rupeika, University of Latvia, Environmental Science Our team works with the company Baltika – this is a major plant with a sig…
28.02.2020
Exploring New Cultures, Studying New Materials: ITMO Students on Their International Internships
…, positive result on the environment. What did you learn during the internship Without a doubt, the internship allowed me to make a significant leap in terms of my knowledge and skills, I really feel this. But what I also found very significant was the opportunity of immersing myself into a new culture. I’ll channel all the experience I obtained into continuin…
27.02.2020
This Weekend in St. Petersburg: February 29 – March 1, 2020
…History museum February 29, tours starting at midday, 3pm and 5pm Russia – My History multimedia museum 350 rubles Want to practice Russian and expand your knowledge of Russia’s history? Attend a special Maslenitsa tour of the House of Romanov exposition at the Russia – My History multimedia museum. You’ll learn all about how Russian tsars celebrated t…
26.02.2020
Art Born of Slime Moulds and Bacteria: ITMO Hosts BioArt Workshops
…program, the first of its kind in Russia, launched at ITMO in 2018. The curriculum, created for artists working at the intersection of art and science, aims to combine cutting-edge biology, photonics, optics, IT and robotics with art practice. The program has several tracks: BioArt, NeuroArt, RoboticArt, Video/AR/VR Art, AIArt and Media Art. Next year, courses on Sou…
26.02.2020
Education Helps You Understand Things, Science Communication – to Explain Them: An Interview with ITMO University Graduate Daniil Shirokov
…we were checking during the day. Articles that we thought were the best were compiled and published. A perfect job for someone who wants to work with text. Did the knowledge that you received at the science communication program come in handy back then? When I first saw the list of 600 sources I realised that, thanks to the program, I’d already read many of…
25.02.2020
Hack the Sea: Results of First Hackathon by ITMO University and Wärtsilä Digital Technologies
… of working on this task. We’ve really enjoyed the format of the hackathon, and we plan to participate in more of them going forward. We plan to work on expanding our knowledge in the aspects that could come in handy at hackathons – this is a substantial spectrum of skills we need to brush up on so that we wouldn’t have to spend this much time learning something …
21.02.2020
Digitalization of Construction, Helping Dyslexic Kids and an Online Training Bot: The Graduates of ITMO’s Pre-Accelerator
…vercrowded, and it was very nice to see so many faces. The second highlight was the moment when we’d picked and formed 60 teams and matched them with the trackers. The knowledge you receive in the educational program is important, but it is thanks to the connection between a project and a tracker that it was possible to achieve groundbreaking results. As a tracker…
20.02.2020
Reach Out and Touch Science: Sirius Conference Participants at ITMO University
…s internship is the opportunity to communicate with smart people from different orientations, to work in a team, to find something new and relevant for yourself, to share knowledge with your supervisor and to gain a new professional experience,” explains Anna Efremova, a first-year student at Saint Petersburg State University in "Applied Mathematics and Physics". …
19.02.2020
Entrepreneur, Law Firm Founder, and Master’s Student Rodion Juryev: You Only Live When You Learn
…ught me one important thing: you need to give access to higher education to as many motivated people as you can, no matter their age. I’m talking about those who come for knowledge, not a diploma. It completely changes the learning process and the mood of the group. For one, I am no longer afraid of being seen as a fool, so when I have a question for the lecturer, I’…
19.02.2020