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• Top Five: Podcasts to Self-Isolate With

  Real life has been put on hold, so why not live vicariously through the podcast one? From personal experiences of attempting to change the world and relationship heart-to-hearts to mental health pep talks, light-hearted movie banter, and a history podcast-tuned-insomnia cure, here are some of our picks for you!

  17.04.2020

• Russian and Dutch Researchers on What’s Holding Back a Revolution in Data Storage

  Almost all of us store data on cloud services and use social networks. Some know that servers hosting that data occupy whole buildings and require significant resources to maintain. The world’s best researchers are at work trying to make data hosting more affordable, secure and user-friendly, but no revolutionizing changes have happened so far. Recently, Alexandra Kalashnikova, a physicist at the Ioffe Institute and ITMO University, along with colleagues from Radboud University Nijmegen (the Netherlands) and the Prokhorov General Physics Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences have published a paper in Physics Reports. In the article, researchers explain why the industry hasn’t yet begun recording data on HDDs with lasers, or dropped disk drives altogether. Alexandra told ITMO.NEWS more about the paper. 

  16.04.2020

• This Stay-at-Home Weekend in St. Petersburg: Concerts and Live Shows

  Itching to feel the drive of seeing your favorite band or musician play live as you responsibly stay inside during these uneasy times? Well, we’ve got some good news for you – luckily, it’s not only theaters and concert halls that are broadcasting their performances straight to your chosen place of self-isolation. Read on to learn all about our best picks for live shows to see from your home. 

  15.04.2020

• For the People, By the People: Art in Self-Isolation

  Masterpieces out of toilet paper? Ballet in the kitchen? Art is alive and exploring all sorts of new forms, away from traditional venues and straight into our homes. And it has probably never been more authentic and personal.

  14.04.2020

• ITMO University and Yandex Launch New Master’s Program in Data Analytics

  ITMO University and Yandex will start training data analysis specialists. The Master’s program in Data Analytics is set to launch in the new academic year, but applications are already open. Students have the opportunity to be awarded with two diplomas: one from ITMO University and another from Yandex’s Computer Science Center. Read on to learn more about the program. 

  14.04.2020

• Do Comfort Food Like a Russian

  Spending way too much time in our kitchens, we’re turning to food for comfort as well as nourishment. Russians are pros at feeling happy through food - would you like a spoonful? 

  13.04.2020

• ITMO University Scientists Create App to Calculate COVID-19 Infection Risks Based on Human Behavior

  During the current coronavirus pandemic, even leaving one’s home is always a risk. Each time, people are faced with a dilemma: going to the store or ordering delivery? Taking the subway or walking to work? ITMO University researchers have developed an application that demonstrates how tightening or loosening self-isolation and quarantine measures would have an effect on the infection rates in various countries. This project is a part of a larger initiative on the modeling of social processes in the conditions of a pandemic.

  13.04.2020

• Researchers Demonstrate a Platform for Future Optical Transistors

  Leading research groups in the field of nanophotonics are working toward developing optical transistors –  key components for future optical computers. These devices will process information with photons instead of electrons, thus reducing the heat and increasing the operation speed. However, photons do not interact with each other well, which creates a big problem for microelectronics engineers. A group of researchers from ITMO University, together with colleagues, have come up with a new solution to this problem by creating a planar system where photons couple to other particles, which enables them to interact with each other. The principle demonstrated in their experiment can provide a platform for developing future optical transistors. The results of their work are published in Light: Science & Applications.

  13.04.2020

• ITMO Hosts MemoryHack: New IT Services for a Project About Veterans

  Due to the pandemic, every grand public event, including Eurovision, Wimbledon and the Tokyo Olympics, has been cancelled. The many online competitions, on the other hand, have grown even more popular. For instance, 113 programmers and web-developers from all over Russia took part in the MemoryHack remote hackathon. According to the event organizers, they have received five times more applications than expected. The participants had 36 hours to design new services for Memory Road, a project about the veterans of World War II. Among the winners of the contest are ITMO University students, who told us about their projects and impressions of the online hackathon.

  13.04.2020

• William Ngona Mulenga: ITMO Opened Up a Whole New World of Opportunities For Me

  Originally from the Republic of Zambia, Africa, William Ngona Mulenga is a Master’s student of Innovation Economics and Industry Regulation at the Faculty of Technological Management and Innovations. Speaking with ITMO.NEWS, he shares his entrepreneurial aspirations and what surprised him most about studying at ITMO University.

  09.04.2020