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• International Winter Schools 2021-2022: Python, Hackathons, and More

  Looking for some opportunities to train your professional skills, discover new fields, or present your project? Here are six winter schools, both on- and offline, that are a great chance to boost your knowledge and skills, as well as practice your English! 

  10.11.2021

• Dune: Five Themes Not To Miss

  One of the most anticipated movies this year, Dune: Part One (2021) will take you on an immersive ride through the futuristic world of Frank Herbert's novel, complete with blinding sandstorms and extraterrestrial sandworms. But even in a detailed screen adaptation by the celebrated director Denis Villeneuve, it's easy to miss the important themes that in the end, make all the difference. Pinky promise – no spoilers!

  05.11.2021

• ITMO Launches Two New Labs for Young Researchers

  As a result of a contest held as part of the Science and Universities national project by the Russian Ministry of Science and Higher Education, six new AI-focused laboratories are to open in St. Petersburg. Two of them have already launched at ITMO University – read on to learn about the way composite AI and intelligent technologies for infochemistry will be studied at ITMO.

  03.11.2021

• This Stay-at-Home Weekend in St. Petersburg: Unleash Your Creativity with Journaling

  If you think you’ve done it all in lockdown – all movies are seen, games are played, and your place is squeaky clean, then maybe it’s time to tend to your creative spirit? Here’s how to do it with six fun journaling techniques. 

  03.11.2021

• ITMO's 2030 Development Strategy: Open Call for Projects

  ITMO University’s Development Strategy for 2030 heralds a transition to a whole new qualitative level: from a top-100 university to an open-source university. That means our top priority is to create new products, technologies, and inventions that aim to improve human life. ITMO University invites its staff and students to take part in an open call for projects. Submit your idea, make it a reality with ITMO, and contribute to the development of our society, city, and the whole country!

  02.11.2021

• Experts Discuss Future of Russian Esports

  Following Team Spirit’s win in the Dota 2 world championship The International 10, Russian experts have once again begun to discuss the development prospect of esports and whether it could one day become a recognized Olympic sport. How should this be done? Do universities need educational programs in esports? And how does gaming affect players’ health? These and other questions were discussed at a TASS press conference on the development of esports.

  27.10.2021

• ITMO University’s Work and Study Schedule from October 30 to November 7

  As per order No. 1172-од, signed on October 25, 2021, ITMO University will institute changes to its current work and study format for the period of October 30 to November 7, 2021.

  26.10.2021

• ITMO Signs Russia's First AI Ethics Code

  Representatives of federal and regional administration, as well as leading Russian companies and universities, signed the first Russian code of ethics for artificial intelligence at the international forum Ethics of Artificial Intelligence: The Beginning of Trust. The Code will become part of the Artificial Intelligence federal project and the Strategy for the Development of the Information Society for 2017-2030.

  26.10.2021

• ITMO.EduStars Winner Alexander Mayatin on Combining IT and Education

  Last year, ITMO launched its own award for achievements in education, which was granted to lecturers who apply best practices in their work. ITMO.NEWS talked to Alexander Mayatin, winner of the ITMO.EduStars track of the contest and an associate professor at ITMO’s Information Technologies and Programming Faculty, and asked how it feels to work at an IT university for someone with a PhD in pedagogy, why teaching is different at school and at uni, and what principles guide his own work. 

  26.10.2021

• ITMO Researchers Generate Laser Radiation in Anapole Modes

  ITMO University researchers in collaboration with scientists from the Australian National University and Korea University have demonstrated the generation of laser radiation in anapole states (modes) for the first time. In the future, this might help develop compact sources of laser radiation such as lab-on-a-chip devices. 

  25.10.2021