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• Baikal: Fighting for the Future of World’s Deepest Lake

  … concentration levels of different pollutants in sewage water being dumped into Baikal. The scientists, however, hope that the Russian Government, with the help of scientists, manages to develop an appropriate program of action in order to preserve Lake Baikal as a model case of effective environmental conservation. Environmental scientists are also outraged by th…

  31.07.2019

• Getting to Know Russian Literature: Soviet Sci-Fi, Part 1

  …r’s disembodied human head. We (1921) by Yevgeny Zamyatin A dystopian novel written in 1921, the book describes a future world of reason and harmony where the society is managed according to a scientific approach. Still, as the plot delves into the nature of this idea, it gets even scarier than the futures described in Orwell’s 1984 or Aldous Huxley's Brave New…

  30.07.2019

• Summer Edition of Webometrics 2019: ITMO University in Top-5 Russian Universities

  …cs ranking According to the new ranking, ITMO University is placed 686th in the global ranking (650th in last year’s ranking). What is remarkable is that the university has managed to retain its position in the top-5 of Russian universities. Among other leaders are Lomonosov Moscow State University (216th place), St. Petersburg State University (463rd place), Novo…

  30.07.2019

• ITMO University and United Investors Syndicate Launch a Joint Program Univest

  …tions, and opportunities for private investment into independent projects are very rare,” highlights Anton Gopka, Dean of #itmotech, ITMO University’s Faculty of Technological Management and Innovations. “At the same time, the most groundbreaking innovative developments are most abundant at Russian universities. In the experience of the US, the universities are surro…

  29.07.2019

• Results of Mendeleev 150 International Conference at ITMO University

  … properties of the elements of the periodic table. But how do these elements come into existence in the universe? This is the topic I’m most interested in and I hope that I’ve managed to communicate my main message to the audience: in my opinion, this is the work of many types of stars that causes the synthesis of chemical elements in our universe. In my presentat…

  29.07.2019

• ITMO Urban Studies Specialist Participates in Major Urban Planning Conference in China

• Russian Language and Culture Summer School: Leading the Way to Better Career Prospects

  …to learning and practicing their Russian skills, students have been to different excursions exploring the city both during their studies and their free time. Some of them even managed to travel as far as Moscow during their weekends. “When you are abroad for a short time you become a lot more active in your everyday life and try to use your time more efficiently…

  25.07.2019

• ITMO and St. Petersburg State University of Culture and Arts Innovate Cultural Heritage Preservation

  …storation and Evaluation of Cultural Objects and first-tier art conservation professional. Among the disciplines taught by the expert is “Archive and Restoration Documentation Management”, which Prof. Shlykova has been teaching for many years. On behalf of ITMO University, the project is coordinated by Nikolay Petrov, leading research associate and associate professo…

  25.07.2019

• ITMO Fellow Fabio Bonsignorio and Professor Alexander Kapitonov: Research Reproducibility Will Generate a Sea Change in Our Economy

  …reas. In that case, only flying drones are used, tasked with not only detecting the ignition points but also locating people and cars in these areas. At one of pilot tests, we managed to increase the specialized services’ reaction speed threefold. Usually, the services only know about the direction of the fire, but now there is an opportunity to accurately locate its…

  24.07.2019

• ITMO PhD Students Share Their Impressions of Internship in Singapore

  …How did you manage to get such an internship and what projects did you work on? Ivan Derevitsky: It was pretty easy, actually. As PhD students in mathematical modeling, we applied for the Presidential Scholarship for Studying Abroad (though the contest is for Russian citizens only, ITMO University offers a wide range of opportunities for student mobility – Ed.) Th…

  24.07.2019