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• Down the River: Delightful Journey Through My Suddenly Unfamiliar Country

  …fort, responsibility or initiative (things that make up our worlds 24/7) is required of you. Every day you are conveniently brought to a new place. Along the way, you are entertained and fed according to a pre-arranged schedule, and for the first time in your life you have enough free time (and literally nothing else to do) to sit on the deck and gaze at the shores a…

  29.09.2020

• Are Russians a Gambling Nation?

  … a terrible fate. According to Yuri Lotman, a prominent researcher of cultural history, gambling in the early 19th century was one of the era’s key features. There was a certain philosophy behind it: these games and other risky activities challenge not only players and their skills but also their luck, the chance – stuff you can’t really control. I’d say that’s wh…

  28.09.2020

• ITMO’s Cultural Navigation Course: Lectures, Challenges, and Quests

  …quest,” says Daria Martynova. “During this quest, students are able to explore the palace on their own by going through the game on all three floors of the palace. The game contains questions about key moments in the history of the building and Alexander Menshikov himself. Moreover, we annually arrange a challenge at one of ITMO University’s buildings – Pavel Strogan…

  28.09.2020

• Scientists Manage to Capture Light in a Polymeric Quasicrystal

  … particle propagation while facilitating engineering tasks”. However, some devices require the crystal to not transmit the wave and not extinguish it either, but to retain it in itself for some time – something like a light “trap” is needed. “For example, for laser or sensors operation, the wave must pass through the working area of the device several t…

  28.09.2020

• Inside the Industrial Ecology and Cleaner Production Master’s Program at ITMO University

  …Master's students have had the opportunity to study in Germany for an entire year and receive a double international diploma. In addition to Zittau/Görlitz, close ties are maintained with universities in Finland (UTA, XAMK, and Aalto University), Sweden (University of Gävle), and the Czech Republic (CULS Prague). Students regularly do semester exchanges and internshi…

  25.09.2020

• Picture of the Week: A Holographic Prism

  …lement called holographic prism looks like. It was developed by scientists from ITMO University’s Research Center for Optical Material Engineering. The holographic prism contains a set of angular readings in the form of beams that you can see in the picture. The prism itself is a system of many holograms that are recorded on photo-thermo-refractive glass (a specia…

  25.09.2020

• Bioinformatics Explained

  …he matrix processes, we realize that it’s impossible to cope with many tasks without computational methods because of the huge amount of data. For example, the human genome contains about 3,000,000,000 nucleotides. If each of them were to be encoded with one symbol, the entire genome would amount to 3 Gb. Modern biology collects enormous amounts of data each year. Co…

  24.09.2020

• Staff Spotlight: Hadi Hijazi, Lebanon/France

  … Russia is unique in its work mode due to the fact that you have to be productive to be successful. In the research field you have to work hard to meet requirements and maintain quality - that is what challenges me and appeals to me. Moreover, an incentive payment system is an effective motivation engine for researchers which doesn’t exist in other places around t…

  24.09.2020

• Two ITMO University Students Named Among St. Petersburg’s Top Graduates of 2020

  …r’s graduates. “On behalf of the Governor and the city government, I congratulate you on this high honor. In this difficult time, you managed to show your character and retain your personal discipline and fortitude. St. Petersburg is a great place to start your career and personal life, but even if you decide to leave someday, you will forever remember the glori…

  23.09.2020

• New Dean of Biotech Mikhail Kurushkin about the Future of the Faculty

  …reate a research project that will solve a particular social need. Thankfully, we won’t have to go far for ideas in biotechnologies – one will only have to look at the UN's sustainable development goals.  There is actually no need for each and every one of our students to do fundamental science – it is important for each project to be potentially applicable. W…

  23.09.2020