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Art & Science of the 1920s: ITMO Graduate Creates 3D Visualization of Guidoni’s Luminous Monument
Art historians Olga Kolganova and Anna Spiridonova joined forces with ITMO graduate Sofia Petrash to recreate the monument originally designed by Grigory Guidoni. Read on to learn more about the process behind the project – from the initial idea to its presentation at a conference.
06.11.2020
New Gaming Consoles: Learning From the Previous Generation
In order to understand the pre-sale agitation surrounding the launch of the new consoles, we need to go back to 2013, when Xbox One and PS4 were at the beginning of their life cycle, just as Xbox Series X/S and PS5 are now. The thing is, such major companies as Microsoft and Sony do learn from their mistakes, since their mistakes are usually too costly to ignore. As a result, the marketing campaign you see surrounding the new consoles now is, in many ways, a product of this learning.
06.11.2020
How to Enter Russian Universities Through ITMO University’s International Competitions
International competitions, such as Open Doors and Open Competitions in Mathematics and Computer Science for school students, allow school and university students from all over the world to continue their studies at ITMO University or other Russian institutions. We compiled a guide to this year’s competitions
05.11.2020
ITMO Researchers Discover Material With Refractive Index Higher Than in Silicon
This will potentially allow them to create more compact and efficient elements for lasers, sensors, and optical chips. Moreover, it proves the hypothesis that ITMO physicists had about the connection between a material’s refractive index and its electronic features. The research has been published in Nanophotonics.
03.11.2020
ITMO’s Gennady Korotkevich Wins VK Cup
Gennady Korotkevich, a PhD student at ITMO University and multiple-time winner of various international programming competitions was named VK Cup’s top participant in the Engine category. This year’s winners of VK Cup split between themselves a prize sum of 2,752,512 rubles – in binary, this particular number converts to an elegant 1010100000000000000000.
02.11.2020
Collecting Sounds: ITMO Holds Workshop on Soundscapes and Environmental Acoustics
As part of the Access Modes exhibition at ITMO’s new Art.ITMO.Residence space, the university held a workshop titled “The concept of a soundscape”. Those taking part were able to learn about noise pollution and tried to study the environment of sound surrounding them.
02.11.2020
Bringing a Young Russian Startup to USA Step-by-Step: Advice & Lifehacks from Investor Mikhail Gavrilov
ITMO Accelerator hosted a talk by Mikhail Gavrilov, vice president of Bank St. Petersburg, an investor, and founder of Fantasy Invest. He gave advice on how to find American investors and explained why startupers need Reddit. Read on for the main outtakes.
30.10.2020
ITMO University Expands Its Presence in Times Higher Education Subject Rankings
The UK-based magazine Times Higher Education has published its annual subject rankings of the world’s best universities. This year, ITMO University is featured in five subject rankings – an increase compared to last year's three.
28.10.2020
Research Team from ITMO University, St. Petersburg State University, and Nova Southeastern University Is the First to Sequence the Genome of Moss Animals
Moss animals (Bryozoa) are a source of bryostatin, a promising material to be used in medicine. However, the genome of these species hasn’t been analyzed until now. The research has been published in Scientific Data.
28.10.2020
This Weekend in St. Petersburg: October 31 – November 1, 2020
Halloween is extending its zombie hands towards us this weekend – but let’s not allow it to steal all of our time, for there are just so many interesting things happening around us! Delve into contemporary art, explore a new reality, as well as a new island in our guide for what to do this windy weekend.
28.10.2020