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The Experiment: Digital Decluttering
…hone, I went on to do the same with my computer. This called for a more subtle approach: making it less easy to use would've hindered my work, which, in turn, would’ve gone against the purpose of this project. So, I opted for an entirely different method. Rather than deleting stuff and making my workspace less attractive, I set up additional user profiles, each f…
15.12.2023
ITMO Retains Top Spot Among Priority 2030 Participants
…skills – to create and test machine learning models for free. The service can build a model several times more quickly than a human and will help solve a problem even based on insufficient data. In 2021, ITMO was listed among the recipients of Priority 2030’s base grant and the special Research Leadership grant. In 2022, the university demonstrated the top results…
15.12.2023
Student Spotlight: Mahmoud Hikal, Egypt
…Please introduce yourself to our readers. Hi. I am Mahmoud Hikal, a 38-year-old Egyptian. I started my career as a computer instructor in 2005. I have 18 international certificates in many domains of computer science. I also have the experience of teaching cybersecurity in Egypt, not only to students, but to the army, as well. I love…
14.12.2023
ITMO Team Takes Gold at ICPC Northern Eurasia Finals 2023
…lution for the geometry-based task 1. Now, we'll just train and await the upcoming finals,” comments Nikita Golikov, a member of the team and a PhD student at the university’s Institute of Applied Computer Science. Throughout this season, ITMO University was represented in the contest by 5 teams: Cataleptodius, pengzoo, Bread for 14.5 rubles, I don't know, and K…
13.12.2023
This Week in St. Petersburg: December 14-20, 2023
…kirche) 700 rubles (500 rubles for students; weekend prices are higher) Already a little tradition, this annual exhibition captures the magic of Christmas through media installations, art objects, and even an upside down Christmas tree on the ceiling! Apart from awing at all this, you will get to explore the origins of holiday tr…
13.12.2023
Top Spots for Cool and Unusual Gifts in St. Petersburg
…Charming knick-knacks Intricate forest-inspired jewelry straight out of a witch’s closet, hand-made pottery, scented candles, hand-knit woolen hats, chocolate with dried fruit and tiny pine cones… That’s far from the full list of items to be found at Tvoya Polka shops. In our experience, whoever comes into this treasure trove will inevitably find something to thei…
12.12.2023
ITMO’s Monday Science Roundup #45
…its: Lecturer Meriç Biçakçioğlu On Turning Research Into Business Projects *** Even in the face of numerous awareness campaigns and countless research, breast cancer remains a major health risk for millions. Could AI be a helping hand in combating this disease? We spoke to Olga Puchkova, a radiologist who partnered up with an ITMO research team to study and dev…
11.12.2023
ITMO Team Reigns Supreme in Russian Infosec Championship
…remained a leader in training top-tier infosec specialists. We have also contributed to the creation of a professional community that extends far beyond the walls of ITMO. For instance, we organize national and international CTF contests and run a CTF community that welcomes school and university students, as well as professionals. This comprehensive approach is the …
11.12.2023
Malaysian Researcher Meisam Tabatabaei on Biofuels and the Role They Can Play in Transitioning to a More Sustainable Future
…tional fuels or even other types of green energy? In truth, the issue with conventional energy sources is not their depletion – this has long been thrown into question. For instance, it is proven that there are plenty of oil and gas reserves in the world and around 1,000 years of proven coal reserves. The main concern with the widespread utilization of fossil f…
11.12.2023
Unexplored St. Petersburg: Peski
…Peski is a historical district just a couple of blocks away from Nevsky Prospect, formed by the Sovetskie streets (there are 10 of them!), as well as the Mytninskaya and Degtyarnaya streets and the Suvorovsky, Grechesky, and Ligovsky prospekts that intersect them. Its name, Пески, meaning “sands” in Russian, can be interpreted quite literally: once, there was a sandy…
08.12.2023