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• On the Fire Incident at ITMO’s Birzhevaya Building

  On December 29, 2019 around 7 p.m. a fire emergency occurred at one of the offices on the second floor on Birzhevaya, 14. The alarm went off, making it possible to quickly localize and put out the fire. According to the main office of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia in St. Petersburg, the outbreak area was no more than 8 m², and only security staff were present during the incident. There were no casualties. 

  29.12.2019

• Song of the Month: December 2019

  Ready to finish the big 2019 off with some fantabulous music in tow? From alternative holiday hits to old-time faves, melancholic ballads and energizing bops, this playlist by the ITMO.NEWS editorial team has something for everyone! Happy New Year – see you in the next one!

  27.12.2019

• Jozef Stephan Institute’s Miha Cimperman on Data Forecasting in Rail and Energy Industries

  Miha Cimperman, a researcher from the Jožef Stefan Institute (Slovenia), has visited ITMO University within the framework of the European Union’s RENOIR project. In his lecture, he covered sensor data forecast modeling in critically important infrastructure — energy facilities and railways. Read on for the lecture’s highlights. 

  27.12.2019

• This Weekend in St. Petersburg: December 28–29, 2019

  Merry Christmas to all who celebrate it! We have quite an unfestive weekend program on our hands, for better or worse, but remember that you can always up the holiday factor thanks to the numerous winter fairs happening all throughout the city. But for now, here’s what this overview has to offer: a weighty sculpture exhibition, a magical ice festival, a celebration of hairdressing as art, and otherworldly paintings!

  25.12.2019

• Harvard Medical School Professor Peter Kharchenko: Using Statistics To Understand How Cells Work

  Peter Kharchenko is one of the world’s leading specialists in transcriptome research. He received a PhD in Biophysics at Harvard University, studying gene regulation and metabolic networks under the advisement of George Church, a renowned geneticist and a molecular engineer, Director of PersonalGenomes.org and a science communicator. These days, Peter is head of his own lab at Harvard Medical School. In December, Peter visited ITMO University with an open lecture. We got to talk to him about the statistics needed to understand how cells work and why this research can help in disease diagnosis. 

  25.12.2019

• Love New Year's Cartoons Like a Russian

  The holidays bring out the kid in all of us. Reconnect with yours as you enjoy some of our favorite Russian New Year’s cartoons. 

  23.12.2019

• The Experiment: A Week Without Coffee

  Hello, we are Anastasias, and we are coffee addicts. We love coffee for so many reasons: the rich taste, the delicious aroma of roasted beans, the feeling of excitement and euphoria caffeine evokes in us, and just the ritual of taking a rest from your daily routine and sitting down with a cup of latte. However, though reinvigorating and delicious, coffee has its fair share of drawbacks, as it increases anxiety, reduces sleep and causes energy spikes and crashes. So we decided to do the unspeakable: attempt to give up coffee for a week. Will we make it out alive? Let’s find out!

  20.12.2019

• This Weekend in St. Petersburg: December 21-22, 2019

  Ready for another events-rich weekend in the city? Admire exquisite tropical flowers at St. Pete’s Botanical Garden, travel into the mist and fog of St. Petersburg’s past, take a look into at the Russia of the freewheeling ‘90s, and explore the best collections of Assyrian art at the Hermitage.

  18.12.2019

• Party Like a Russian

  'tis the season! If you’re invited to a holiday party by your Russian friends (or there's one spontaneously happening at your dorm), don’t panic. Here’s how to come out alive and love every minute.

  16.12.2019

• Making the Workspace Safer With VR

  Last week at the Tochka Kipenia event space was marked by the Majorov International Conference on Software Engineering and Computer Systems, a part of ITMO University’s 120th anniversary celebrations. The topics of the conference included software engineering development, computer systems and cyber-physical systems. One of the key presentations on the first day of the conference was given by Dmitry Kirillov, the president of VR solution company Modum Lab. He described the potential application of VR to educate children and adults alike. Read on for the highlights of his talk. 

  16.12.2019