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• This Weekend in St. Petersburg: January 15-16, 2022

  …re Institute exhibition until January 23, 11 am - 7 pm, Sundays are days off Marina Gisich Gallery Free on weekdays, 150 on weekends QR code: required Art and science come together again at this curious exhibition of works by the graduates of ITMO’s eponymous Master’s program. Can plants talk to birds and what do they discuss if that’s true? Can you …

  12.01.2022

• How ITMO’s Partnership With Sperasoft Moves the Game Industry Forward

  …external talent for such positions. – How does this partnership benefit the two sides? – AAA games are the first field of application for the latest advances in computer science. There’s a constant competition for the best graphics, the best physics, the best AI. You need to entice the players while making sure your game can work well on high-end as well as low…

  11.01.2022

• Student Spotlight: Fernanda Olivares, Mexico

  …What are you studying at ITMO? I am a first-year Master’s student at ITMO’s Art & Science program. This is a very unique field that brings science and art together. It is a myth that science and art are antagonistic to each other. Instead, they are incomplete without one another. I am extremely glad tha…

  06.01.2022

• From Subway Tokens to Quick-Charge Modules: How ITMO Specialists Change Transport Infrastructure

  …lly the task of its Laboratory of Validation and Verification of Complex Technical Systems, is to ensure that driverless trains are safe for people and the environment. The scientists have focused their attention on a neural network, combined with an array of sensors, that will control the train: they must check all the possible negative scenarios and their possib…

  06.01.2022

• What to Read, Watch and Listen to on the Winter Holidays

  …enthralled by how wonderful and adventurous the daily life of an octopus is. Hawking: Can You Hear Me? A poignant and very personal story of one of history’s most famous scientists – the astrophysicist Stephen Hawking. The film tells the story of not just a genius researcher but an outstanding person who, despite his debilitating condition, preserved his sense …

  04.01.2022

• Best Movies and TV to Binge This Holiday Season

  …st hurdles of modern society (be it the economy, the military-industrial complex, or climate change). Such is the case with Don’t Look Up, an unsubtle allegory about a team of scientists trying to warn the oblivious public about a comet hurtling towards Earth. If you’ve seen The Big Short, you’ll know what to expect, and hey, that’s not always a bad thing! Watch i…

  03.01.2022

• Reservoir Computing and New Surgical Materials: This Year’s Presidential Grant-Winning Projects by ITMO’s Young Scientists

  …The grant contest, conducted by the Ministry of Education and Science, is open to PhD researchers under the age of 35 and doctoral researchers under 40. During the selection process, experts evaluate participants’ achievements over the past three years: the number of publications in high-ranking journals indexed by Web of Science and Sc…

  30.12.2021

• ITMO Student Chosen as St. Petersburg Representative on Ministry of Science and Higher Education’s Student Council

  …The newly founded Student Council will be curated by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education’s Department of State Youth Policy and Educational Activities, particularly its director Denis Ashirov. In late December, he conducted an orientation session during which he responded to council members’ questions on the new advisory body’s functions, operations, and fir…

  29.12.2021

• Library-on-a-Chip: Scientists Record Data on Nanoscale Layers of Metal-Organic Frameworks for First Time

  … and a recording density three times greater compared to that of contemporary hard drivers. For instance, such memory devices can store up to 502 terabits per square inch.  Scientists have now shown that metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) and atomic force microscopy can provide greater density and writing and reading capacities even at room temperature. Unlike the at…

  29.12.2021

• ITMO Scientists Receive Presidential Grants

  …A “scientific school” is a team of at least 10 members that works within the scope of one scientific subject and trains specialists within the framework of educational programs. Every year, the Russian Ministry of Science and Higher Education and the Council for Grants of the President of the Russian Fe…

  29.12.2021