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• For the People, By the People: Art in Self-Isolation

  Masterpieces out of toilet paper? Ballet in the kitchen? Art is alive and exploring all sorts of new forms, away from traditional venues and straight into our homes. And it has probably never been more authentic and personal.

  14.04.2020

• ITMO University and Yandex Launch New Master’s Program in Data Analytics

  ITMO University and Yandex will start training data analysis specialists. The Master’s program in Data Analytics is set to launch in the new academic year, but applications are already open. Students have the opportunity to be awarded with two diplomas: one from ITMO University and another from Yandex’s Computer Science Center. Read on to learn more about the program. 

  14.04.2020

• Do Comfort Food Like a Russian

  Spending way too much time in our kitchens, we’re turning to food for comfort as well as nourishment. Russians are pros at feeling happy through food - would you like a spoonful? 

  13.04.2020

• ITMO University Scientists Create App to Calculate COVID-19 Infection Risks Based on Human Behavior

  During the current coronavirus pandemic, even leaving one’s home is always a risk. Each time, people are faced with a dilemma: going to the store or ordering delivery? Taking the subway or walking to work? ITMO University researchers have developed an application that demonstrates how tightening or loosening self-isolation and quarantine measures would have an effect on the infection rates in various countries. This project is a part of a larger initiative on the modeling of social processes in the conditions of a pandemic.

  13.04.2020

• Researchers Demonstrate a Platform for Future Optical Transistors

  Leading research groups in the field of nanophotonics are working toward developing optical transistors –  key components for future optical computers. These devices will process information with photons instead of electrons, thus reducing the heat and increasing the operation speed. However, photons do not interact with each other well, which creates a big problem for microelectronics engineers. A group of researchers from ITMO University, together with colleagues, have come up with a new solution to this problem by creating a planar system where photons couple to other particles, which enables them to interact with each other. The principle demonstrated in their experiment can provide a platform for developing future optical transistors. The results of their work are published in Light: Science & Applications.

  13.04.2020

• ITMO Hosts MemoryHack: New IT Services for a Project About Veterans

  Due to the pandemic, every grand public event, including Eurovision, Wimbledon and the Tokyo Olympics, has been cancelled. The many online competitions, on the other hand, have grown even more popular. For instance, 113 programmers and web-developers from all over Russia took part in the MemoryHack remote hackathon. According to the event organizers, they have received five times more applications than expected. The participants had 36 hours to design new services for Memory Road, a project about the veterans of World War II. Among the winners of the contest are ITMO University students, who told us about their projects and impressions of the online hackathon.

  13.04.2020

• William Ngona Mulenga: ITMO Opened Up a Whole New World of Opportunities For Me

  Originally from the Republic of Zambia, Africa, William Ngona Mulenga is a Master’s student of Innovation Economics and Industry Regulation at the Faculty of Technological Management and Innovations. Speaking with ITMO.NEWS, he shares his entrepreneurial aspirations and what surprised him most about studying at ITMO University.

  09.04.2020

• Window to the World: ITMO Programmers’ New App Helps Combat Self-Isolation Loneliness

  If you’ve already become familiar with every corner of your home, sorted all your books in alphabetical order, and learned to play the clarinet, but are still struggling with self-isolation-inflicted loneliness and anxiety, a new app by ITMO University researchers is just what you need. HowWeSurvive allows you to explore an interactive world map and learn how people are dealing with quarantine in other countries, in other cities, or on your block. ITMO.NEWS got in touch with the app’s developers to learn more.

  08.04.2020

• This Stay-at-Home Weekend in St. Petersburg: Online Theater and Comedy Performances

  This weekend, wash your hands like Lady Macbeth and treat yourself to some top-notch, chef’s kiss theater and comedy performances streamed directly into your home!

  08.04.2020

• Life During a Pandemic: Experiences, Changes, Silver Linings

  As self-isolation takes us all into a new, unexplored way of living, our editorial team looks at the way recent events have changed their lives – for better or worse – what they’ve learned, and how they deal with the peculiar side effects of staying at home.

  07.04.2020