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• ITMO’s Monday Science Roundup #33

  …pting to rapid changes. New knowledge, new ideas, and new technologies are created too quickly. And the technology itself is becoming highly complex and interdisciplinary. For instance, one of the most difficult questions we’ll have to tackle concerns the ethics of AI. Those of us in the technical sciences will have to study philosophy to make the right decision,” sh…

  26.06.2023

• PI School Welcomes Young Scientists From All Over Russia

  …ons on how to start a career in science and find collaborations in academia and industry.  As noted by Vladimir Vinogradov, the school’s initiator and the head of the SCAMT Institute, PIs are specialists with a specific skill set, not conventional lab leaders, and the PI School is exactly the platform where such experts, both current and future ones, can acquire n…

  26.06.2023

• ITMO Students Win Google’s Image Matching Challenge 2023

  …he participants noted that the key challenge of the competition was a strict 9-hour time limit. The time constraint influenced the team’s approach towards a possible solution: instead of applying extensive matching, they had to develop a retrieval system to select the best image pairs from a dataset. As a result, the final solution was a mix of technologies, includin…

  26.06.2023

• Data-Based Medical Solutions: How Practicing Clinicians Can Benefit From Master’s in Public Health Sciences

  …diseases, too. According to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, regular physical activity and a healthy diet can help maintain a healthy weight. That’s why, for instance, WHO, insists on the importance of screening for endocrine conditions at a national level. Screening in Russia In Russia, there are special natio…

  23.06.2023

• Inside the Art of Manga Exhibition in Sevkabel Port

  … with little to no context, I was personally surprised by the amount of info on display: from the history of the genre in chronological order to how manga is produced and what inspired renowned manga creators. But the abundance of facts to consume is just as much a pro as it’s a con, specifically if you're not much of a reader – or know manga like the back of your ha…

  23.06.2023

• ITMO University During World War II

  …Everything for victory The start of the Second World War changed the overall being of the Leningrad Institute of Fine Mechanics and Optics (LITMO), with some students and employees volunteered to the front, some prepared to evacuate to the Caucasus and then Cherepanovo (Novosibirsk Oblast), and others stayed in the besieged city to continue their work.  Followi…

  22.06.2023

• Student Spotlight: Sutanu Chatterjee, India

  …y the opposite after living here for 4+ years. I have realized that Russian culture has no place for fake or pretentious behavior. If you need something, you ask straight away instead of trying to find ways of getting it. The worst you’ll get is a “No, I am sorry, I can’t do that.”  The Russian culture respects genuineness, family values, and the relationship peop…

  22.06.2023

• ITMO Researchers Propose Technology For More Efficient Detection of Hazardous Gas Leaks in Production

  …igital converter, a programmable controller, and a system of thermal sensors. Model provided by Anastasiia Olkhova. What ITMO researchers suggest Researchers from ITMO’s Institute of Laser Technologies came up with an alternative to thermal heat treatment in an oven – and that is laser modification. As part of their research, the scientists applied lasers with …

  21.06.2023

• This Weekend in St. Petersburg: June 24-25, 2023

  …rtist Boris Chaika invites you to pay attention to your own inner world as you explore the immersive space created by his visual works and the accompanying ambient sounds that insulate visitors from the external life. Seems like just what the doctor ordered after a stressful exam period. Whiplash on the big screen June 25, 5:50 pm  Avrora cinema 400-1,10…

  21.06.2023

• Holiday Diary: Summer in St. Petersburg

  …ot and sunny, is always late to arrive in St. Petersburg. This year is no exception. It’s almost the middle of June, and it’s your first time opening the closet for a seasonal inspection. Before long, it turns into a decluttering session: some items don't bring you joy anymore, others don’t match. And you’re missing denim shorts and a sunhat! You pack clothes you don…

  20.06.2023