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• Academic Corporations, Not Universities: Skolkovo Institute Head Andrey Volkov on the Future of Universities and PIs in Russia

  …ituation at the moment is that most universities still depend heavily on state funding (which amounts to ~57% of their total budget). At the same time, profits stemming from the production of knowledge (R&D, scientific and engineering services, intellectual and creative properties) amount only to 7%. For comparison, universities in the USA and China make 14 times mor…

  20.05.2022

• ITMO.EduLeaders Winner Andrey Kudlis on Why Study Physics

  …s as ferromagnetics that exhibit spontaneous magnetization. What it means is that this material consists of two small magnets, sources of magnetic fields, that typically face one direction. In case they don’t, there’s no magnetization and such materials are called paramagnetics. However, the temperature rise makes magnets shift their orientation, thus deviating mo…

  19.05.2022

• ITMO Scientists Develop Elastic Robots to Treat Thrombosis

  …oft magnetic composite material. This material consists of a soft elastomeric matrix with ferromagnetic particles and a temperature-responsive polymer placed inside it. Such a construction allows robots to move in a vein, change its form under the influence of a magnetic field, and seize thrombi in four minutes without damaging blood vessel walls. “Our robot…

  19.05.2022

• Student Spotlight: Talha Imtiaz, Pakistan

  … take ITMO’s model as an example and implement it in their curriculum as well. Did you enjoy studying at ITMO?  I had arrived late in St. Petersburg due to the travel restriction levied during the pandemic. It took me some time to get into a research lab. After a month of toil, I got accepted to the microbiology lab at SCAMT headed by Dr. Elena Koshel. I am…

  19.05.2022

• ITMO.Mentors: How Students Benefit from Teaching Practice

  …Starting in September 2020 and until May 2021, I assisted Evgenii Kolodeznyi, an associate professor at the Institute of Advanced Data Transfer Systems, in teaching the course Introduction to Professional Activity at the Faculty of Nanoelectronics. At the course, first-year students learn about the applications of various optoelectronics devices and the basic princip…

  18.05.2022

• Digital Services for Medicine: Latest Solutions From the World of IT

  …ew solutions. “The integration of IT into medicine poses infosecurity challenges of a completely new level of complexity and importance. After all, we’re talking about the interaction of technologies with living people. We must be able to ensure absolute stability and safety in real time while taking into account every avenue available to attackers,” says Danil …

  17.05.2022

• Rostov-on-Don: Sunshine, Spacious Streets, and History at Every Corner

  … this, perhaps, that made it colloquial for the locals to refer to places around the city as corners of two streets, for instance, “Let’s meet at Vorosh-Sadovaya” (meaning the intersection of Voroshilovsky Prospekt and Bolshaya Sadovaya Street). One of these unusually straight streets is the pedestrian Pushkinskaya, embellished with blossoming trees and local cafes d…

  17.05.2022

• Researchers Present New Synthesis Method for Optically Active Carbon Nanodots

  …Biomedical progress is largely dependent on production technologies, including novel approaches to the manufacturing and study of nanoparticles. Out of all nanoparticle types available today, carbon dots are the perfect candidates for biological and medical applications. They possess a unique combination of qualities: they are biocompatible, easy to produce, and the …

  16.05.2022

• What Modern Universities Look Like and What Opportunities They Offer

  …ersity began the transformation process in 2015 and is on-going. The university is constantly developing cutting-edge fields, looking for new growth points, and working at the intersection of research areas. For example, the Infochemistry Scientific Center was launched several years ago and became a home for not only chemists but also biotechnologists, information sc…

  16.05.2022

• Applied AI Challenge: Winners’ Tips and New Opportunities for Participants

  …s year’s Applied AI Challenge will feature two tracks: FinTech Case, where the participants will have to predict types of economic activity of corporate entities based on their transactional activity, and Oil and Gas Industry Case, where the participants will be predicting oil extraction rates using data from the oil field.  Applied …

  13.05.2022