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• ITMO Launches Second Season of Scientific St. Petersburg Project

  ITMO’s Center for Science Communication has announced the start of the second season of the Scientific St. Petersburg project. Before the end of 2025, the team will implement over 13 popular science initiatives, from lectures to media projects and from VR tours to crash courses on AI tools. The experts invite St. Petersburg citizens to look at the role of science in the urban environment under a new perspective and become part of interdisciplinary studies.

  14.08.2025

• ITMO Scientists Develop New Cheap and Quick Way to Produce Green Hydrogen

  A team of researchers from ITMO have designed a new type of reactor that can quickly produce affordable green hydrogen. The technology uses magnets and nanoparticles to accelerate sixfold the process of water decomposition into hydrogen and oxygen, all while requiring 15% less energy than conventional methods. The lab-assembled reactor prototype is now ready for industrial testing. The resulting paper was published in Chemical Engineering Journal.

  13.08.2025

• This Week in St. Petersburg: August 14-20, 2025

  It’s time to plan the next week! Luckily, there is no shortage of goings-on in the city – from fun festivals to concerts and exhibitions, you will for sure find something for yourself.

  13.08.2025

• Real-Life Superpower: Researchers Use Magnetic Nanoparticles to Improve Spider Web Strength

  A team of researchers from ITMO University, Tel Aviv University, and University of Aveiro have come up with a new way to improve the mechanical properties of spider webs. To achieve this, they introduced a solution of magnetic nanoparticles into the spiders’ silk glands. In the future, the modified web can be used to create flexible magnetically controlled elements in soft robots or durable microchip substrates in flexible electronics. The related article was published in ACS Applied Bio Materials.

  12.08.2025

• ITMO PhD Students Train Algorithms To Count Cells in Microalgae Images With Computer Vision

  Researchers from ITMO University have developed a new method for automated assessment of microalgae cell concentration in a solution based on microscope images. Unlike other popular neural networks, this method uses classic computer vision algorithms and doesn’t require training data. The new solution can be launched on a standard PC and can determine cell concentration in a sample in 30 seconds instead of the usual 30 minutes, with accuracy equal to manual calculation. This algorithm will facilitate environmental studies and improve their accuracy.

  11.08.2025

• ITMO Graduate Alan Gazzaev: From Student Startup to AI Project for MTS

  Many IT students aspire to develop their own language models and make an impact on the IT market. Well, one recent ITMO Master’s graduate has done exactly that. Together with MWS AI (a subsidiary of MTS, a major Russian telecom operator), Alan Gazzaev has created Cotype Nano, a compact Russian-language neural network for business. For this solution, Mr. Gazzaev was honored with the national award Priority: Digital – 2025. In this interview, he explains how to secure grants for your business, find a dream job, and developing a product with 35,000+ downloads over six months.

  08.08.2025

• First Phase Completed: Construction of Internal Road Networks at ITMO Highpark

  The first phase of ITMO Highpark’s road construction is finished: a 2 km roadway has been built on the site of the future world-class research and innovation center. As claimed by St. Petersburg’s Governor’s press service, ITMO Highpark will have complete road access to Kiyevskoye Shosse in 2026. 

  08.08.2025

• ITMO Master’s Students Develop Russia’s First Monitoring and Cyberprotection System for AI

  Created by ITMO Master’s students in collaboration with experts from Raft, HiveTrace is the first Russian system that protects AI from cyberattacks. The new system it mitigates 70% of the most common vulnerabilities and protects generative-AI web apps from prompt injections, confidential data leaks, excessive agency of LLM systems, and other threats. Moreover, HiveTrace is compatible with any open-source or closed AI models – this means it can be implemented by tech, financial, telecom, and other companies and tailored to their security policies.

  07.08.2025

• First Results of ITMO’s 2025 Admissions Campaign: Bachelor’s Programs

  Admissions have concluded for tuition-free positions within Bachelor’s programs at Russian universities. Orders of admission are now being published on institutions’ official websites. This year, ITMO received over 21,000 applications, which is 3,000 up from last year. The number of enrolled contest winners also grew – in this regard, ITMO is the top university in St. Petersburg and one of the leading in Russia.

  06.08.2025

• ITMO Humanities Students Participate in AI Thesis Initiative

  ITMO has joined the federal project by Yandex Education and Higher School of Economics that aims to introduce AI into the graduation thesis workflow. Within the project, students and lecturers learned to apply AI tools, primarily YandexGPT, for routine tasks such as analyzing sources, structuring information, visualizing data, and working with text.

  05.08.2025