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• Bright New Dawn of Light-Guided Photonics: How the Next Generation of Fiber-Optic Device is Made

  …ITMO's Laboratory of Alignment and Assembly of Light-Guided Photonic Devices was founded in 2015. What prompted its creation at that exact time? The laboratory was created as a subdivision of the Research Institute of Light-Guided Photonics. At that time, they wanted to launch a laboratory dedicated to the alignment and assembly of devices for the production of fi…

  06.12.2018

• Education Anew: Motivation, Development, and Careers in the Digital Age

  …ation in different formats and groups. Sure, open areas with huge windows to the floor are great. But we shouldn’t forget that many schools and universities, especially large, prominent ones, have facilities that are not easy to rebuild. We needed desks to write on them, but what can we replace them with if we switch to tablets and smartphones? Maria O.: I’m inspi…

  06.12.2018

• Winter Fairs in St. Petersburg

  …ersburg, the Sevkabel Port, is not pulling any punches for the New Year. With a market, sprawling food court, dancing, choir performances, and workshops, the Market by the Sea promises to be a very fun event. And, of course, nothing can beat the view of the frozen Gulf of Finland right outside. ​Cocoa Fest (December 14, 7-10 PM) Who doesn’t think of wintertime …

  04.12.2018

• New York University Professor Kimon Keramidas on Digitalization and Digital Humanities

  …d easy answer. History-wise, we had devices like ENIAC and other monstrous computers that existed up to the mid-20th century, when digital technologies started to look more promising. With time, they even changed the discourse of modern science. Still, that was before they began using this term in relation to cultural studies. In 1993, the Wired magazine ap…

  03.12.2018

• Six ITMO University Lecturers Awarded Prize by Government of St. Petersburg

  … while developing your skills. That way, by the end of your Master’s, you’ll already have a good record of publications in major international periodicals and presentations at prominent scientific conferences, which is highly appreciated by experts and committees which decide on who gets the grant. ITMO University has done and does a lot to motivate young scie…

  03.12.2018

• Movie Fridays: New Releases

  …wanted to watch Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald so bad, I realize that it is the trailer to blame. Though messy and choppy (but all trailers are, aren’t they?), it promises what all us Harry Potter junkies are longing for, deep down inside: more details about the beloved characters, which will add even more depth to the world. But the movie never kept its…

  30.11.2018

• ITMO Scientist’s Thesis Named Best at the Australian National University

  …a three-dimensional topological insulator for electromagnetic waves (published by Nature Photonics, this research was later named by Optics & Photonics News as one of the most promising breakthroughs in the field of optics and photonics in 2017 – Ed.). One of the advantages of this innovative material is that it can be used for adaptive manipulation of light emission…

  30.11.2018

• ITMO’s Digital Humanities Lab Wins Microsoft Prize for Project on History of Gulag

  …e the opportunity to use their software for free, consult with their tech experts and request additional resources for the creation of innovative products. How will you promote your project? Antonina: Same as with any other product: through SMM and social networks. Projects in the field of Digital Humanities aren’t that different from any other projects in …

  30.11.2018

• ITMO University Tops List of Russian Universities in THE Computer Science Subject Ranking

  … Science compiled by the Expert Analytical Center. “ITMO University has once again secured a spot among the world’s top-100 computer science universities. This is a vast, promising and highly competitive field that includes (according to the THE methodology) both theoretical and applied sciences, including information systems, computer networks and communication…

  29.11.2018

• MTS Lead Architect Mikhail Mishurovsky on Collaboration with ITMO

  …systems built on AI technologies, which in theory would be easier to upscale and more adaptable to our requirements. Projects based on speech synthesis are already yielding promising results. What with all the modern developments, it’s not a problem for us to synthesize speech to a high standard. The main challenge here is enhancing it with emotional coloring. …

  29.11.2018