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• This Stay-at-Home Weekend in St. Petersburg: More Online Opportunities

  Believe it or not, summer 2020 is officially here – and we are ready to provide you with a guide on how better to welcome its first weekend at home! 

  03.06.2020

• Lumen in the Land of Nanite: What the Unreal Engine 5 Demo Tells Us About the Future of Video Game Graphics

  Epic Games recently revealed a new demo of the fifth generation of their Unreal Engine, running live on the upcoming PlayStation 5. The Unreal Engine 5 tech demo revolves around two next-gen technologies called Lumen and Nanite. The first is promised to bring fully dynamic global illumination to upcoming titles, while the other focuses on rendering an unprecedented number of polygons in real time.

  02.06.2020

• Love Diversity (and Exploring!) Like a Russian

  So have an irresistible urge to travel around Russia but that’s not exactly feasible right now? Besides, your attention span is down to a nanosecond? Cue in Multi-Russia, 55 postcard-style cartoons about the country’s various regions told by who else? A bear!

  01.06.2020

• ITMO Master’s Student Creates Software to Settle Controversial Moments in Hockey

  Dmitry Kukin, a Master’s student from ITMO’s program in Multimedia Technologies, Design and Usability, works at INTV, a company specializing in developing software and TV equipment for recording and broadcasting of sports events, as well as the graphics side of livestreams and stadium screens. As an employee of the company, Dmitry has been working on a project called Meteora-Referee, which will function as a video goal system. ITMO.NEWS asked Dmitry about the project and the current stage of its development. 

  01.06.2020

• ITMO University's Work Schedule for June 1-14, 2020

  On state level, some of the restrictions associated with COVID-19 are prolonged while others are being gradually cancelled. In accordance with the order of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation and the order of the St. Petersburg Government, starting with June 1 and till June 14, ITMO University will continue most of its operations in a remote format. The corresponding order was signed by ITMO Rector Vladimir Vasilyev on May 29, 2020.

  01.06.2020

• Song of the Month: May 2020

  Look, we, too, don’t know what day or time it is anymore. This could be called Song of the Month: Timeless Void 2020 as far we’re concerned. But if the calendar is to be trusted, the month is ending, and, surprise-surprise, we have been listening to music. Here are the deets. 

  29.05.2020

• Prithu Roy: Desire to Be Part of a Unique Experience Brought Me Here

  ITMO student Prithu Roy came from Varanasi, India and is currently enrolled in the Master’s program Nanophotonics and Metamaterials at the Faculty of Physics and Engineering. Before coming to Russia, he finished his Bachelor’s degree in Engineering (Electronics and Communication) and was also a tutor in advanced mathematics and physics to pre-university students.

  28.05.2020

• Workshop by Digital Design Company: How To Win Over Investors and Present Your Idea

  ITMO’s Career Services Center hosted an online meeting on how to present a project to investors and superiors. Two representatives of the company Digital Design, Vladimir Stekolschikov and Anastasia Krylova, shared their insights on the matter. They both work at a special department, the Design Bureau, which handles the development and promotion of new solutions inside the company. Read on to learn all about how best to present your idea, what to highlight in your presentation, and how to develop your hypothesis. 

  27.05.2020

• This Stay-At-Home Weekend in St. Petersburg: More Theater & Opera Performances

  Dost thou miss theater, thespian? We thought as much. Here are four world-class theater and opera offerings you can watch for free this weekend.

  27.05.2020

• ITMO Highpark: All About ITMO University's Cutting-Edge New Campus

  Today, St. Petersburg celebrates its birthday. 317 years ago, a city was founded in the north of Russia that would go on to become a global center of cultural and technological development. Today, in the south of the city, the Yuzhny satellite city is home to a new project that is expected to become a most powerful growth driver for the city and the nation. ITMO Highpark is a world-class research, education, and innovation center and the site of ITMO University’s second campus, as well as research centers, student dorms, and, in the longer term, a techno-valley and business park. In this article, we’ll look at the project’s history, stages of development, and timeline – its past, present and future – as well as which challenges this new innovation cluster will tackle.

  27.05.2020