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• This Weekend in St. Petersburg: April 17-18, 2021

  …e Soviet times, St. Isaac’s Cathedral opened its doors to the public as an anti-religious museum with its first ever exhibition demonstrating the conflict between religion and science. There, apart from decorations and relics from other churches, the visitors could see Foucault's pendulum that demonstrated the Earth’s rotation. Now, 90 years later, the cathedral stil…

  14.04.2021

• Mind-Blowing Research of the Month: Exploring the Deep Sea

  … Advances in underwater exploration have been made with various autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs), which are basically tiny submarines launched from a ship stationed at a scientifically interesting location and then controlled remotely from it.  A typical AUV mission would involve first lowering the exploring vehicle and launching it on its mission, usually w…

  13.04.2021

• Introducing ITMO’s New School of Physics and Engineering

  … the School, and promote the values of the university and the principles of the School. Also, each dean will have new responsibilities that are vital for the School. These are scientific infrastructure, links with the economy and with the Academy of Sciences (the Ioffe Institute), as well as the development of fundamental physics educat…

  12.04.2021

• Picture of the Week: Lithium Niobate Crystal

  …s”. The research focuses on a deeper analysis of lithium niobate-based integrated optical modulators, and is aimed at stabilizing properties of modulators. According to the scientists, the results of this research can be promising in regard to the use of lithium niobate crystals for signal processing in high-precision sensors.  …

  12.04.2021

• Top Places To Learn About Space in St. Petersburg

  … can learn more about all sorts of celestial objects. There are seven halls where you can learn not only about space and cosmonautics, but also physics, geography, and natural sciences. Planetarium No. 1 is a more modern option, launched in 2017, but in these few years it has managed to become one of the most popular venues in St. Petersburg. Its very location – a…

  12.04.2021

• ITMO PhD Student ‪Ksenia Balabaeva Wins Science Slam Big Data

  …conomic Geography of Foreign Countries at Lomonosov Moscow State University. As a result, they both became winners. “Before that, I listened to the presentations of young scientists, and I thought it was funny and interesting. I wondered what it’s like to be in their shoes. During the preparation, you work hand in hand with an expert on public speaking. It’s use…

  08.04.2021

• ITMO Team Wins Bronze at IST-2021

  …logies at ITMO University. They were also joined by two Ukrainian students: Tetiana Petrova and Oleksii Shulga. In the main round, they were faced with three rounds of "science battles.” The teams were sorted into groups of three. In the first round, one team prepared a paper on a scientific topic, another served as their opponen…

  08.04.2021

• ITMO University Presents Projects on Ecology of Big City and Baltic Sea Day International Forums

  …intly with Mikkeli Development Miksei Ltd (Finland), Environmental Partnership Association (Russia), and XAMK University (Finland). Its aim is to establish cooperation between science and business in the field of biotechnology and circular economy. The project is funded by the EU, Russia, and Finland within the 2014-2020 South-East Finland – Russia Cross-Border Co…

  07.04.2021

• A Geek’s Guide to St. Petersburg: Where to Eat, Shop, and Play

  …ng yet (and that’s okay), you’d probably want to take a note of some of the geek festivals held in our beloved city, one of them being the famous Starcon festival – a blend of science, cinema, art, and show. ITMO has something for you, too. If you’re interested in science and geek culture, pay a visit to the Museum of Optics or join one…

  06.04.2021

• ITMO Hosts EduLeaders Best Educational Projects Contest Final

  …echnologies and artificial intelligence. At the same time, the project was meant to involve not only students in the field of maths and physics, but also psychologists, social scientists, cognitive scientists and neurobiologists modelling artificial intelligence and decision support systems, as well as economists and market specialists …

  05.04.2021