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ITMO.EduStars Winner Svetlana Kurashova: “To Me, Teaching is a Source of Joy”
…y. Why did you choose to teach at a university? I’m not going to lie – being a school teacher is quite a tough and thankless job. In the ‘90s, there was no demand for young scientists. I wanted to work at a university because I thought that being a lecturer would suit me and allow me to both work and take care of my family. I had several options but I chose ITMO U…
28.01.2022
Results in 15 Minutes: ITMO Researchers Develop Device to Detect Antibiotics, Bacteria, and Viruses
…It all starts with chemometrics The testing device was first developed in 2020, when researchers from ITMO’s Infochemistry Scientific Center tested its ability to detect tick-borne encephalitis in a biological sample. Today’s version of the device is a significantly improved one, although based on the same analysis principle, and is now used to detect bacteria in…
28.01.2022
Future Tech and Mushrooms: Media Art at Optomycelium Exhibition
… interaction within one ecosystem. The event’s curator draws a parallel between the university’s internal framework (with networks of interactions between students, lecturers, scientists, research teams, partners, and external institutions) and the networks that exist in nature, such as mycelium, which connects various species into a singular system, allowing them to…
27.01.2022
EduStars Winner Andrey Vasilyev on Teaching History to Programmers
…y? I didn’t have a lot of workload at St. Petersburg State University, so I was looking for some more tasks. Galina Zhirkova, the head of ITMO University’s Center of Social Sciences and Humanities, offered me to start teaching the history of science and technology and I said yes. I’ve always been into this field and I liked the idea …
27.01.2022
Student Spotlight: Shafayet Ullah Nadeem, Bangladesh
…ir own passion. Developing robots is mine. Having studied engineering during my Bachelor’s, I decided to improve my skills in robotics. It is a very multidisciplinary field of science that requires electronics, mechanics, and computer programming skills. Such a program aligns very well with my ambitions and goals in life. I also believe that a Master’s degree in robo…
27.01.2022
Inside ITMO’s School of Life Sciences
…Behind the scenes Life sciences is an umbrella term that encompasses various scientific fields, some of which had been pursued at ITMO University long before the launch of the new school. In 2011, ITMO merged with St. Petersburg State University of Refrigeration and Food Processing Technologies and launched the School of Biotechnolog…
26.01.2022
ITMO Students Discuss Future of Education with Vladimir Putin
…two years ago; Alexander Eliseev won various math competitions for school students three years in a row – from 2019 to 2021; Vitaly Egorov became a gold medalist at a computer science and programming competition for school students last year; and Daniil Kazantsev won Google Science Fair after developing a system for rehabilitation of pe…
25.01.2022
The Future of MRI: ITMO Researchers Develop New Ways to Acquire and Analyze MR Images
… used to diagnose fatty liver disease,” explains Mikhail Zubkov. Networking is key One of the goals of this megagrant project is to improve the communication between scientists and clinicians. Dr. Bendahan admits that it’s not a simple task because it can be hard for experts in completely different fields to see eye to eye with each other. However, such col…
25.01.2022
AI Alliance Russia Certifies Four University-Level Educational Programs, Two by ITMO
…ols and universities and conducts studies to, among other things, identify the most in-demand AI-related professions among employers. In February 2021, the Russian Ministry of Science and Higher Education granted AI Alliance Russia the right to conduct professional and public accreditation (PPA) of higher education programs and continuous professional development (CP…
24.01.2022
PhD Student Mikhail Maslyaev: Science Gives More Opportunities for Growth
…iar applied problems. Did you know from the start that you will be a researcher? My grandparents worked in this field, so I knew that all the negative stereotypes about scientists being poor or being forced to work on outdated equipment were false. However, of course, the main thing for me was that I am interested in what I do. I have friends who work at m…
21.01.2022