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• Victory Day in St. Petersburg: A Retrospective

  On May 9 of each year, Russia celebrates Victory Day – an anniversary of the surrender of Nazi Germany in 1945 and the counterpart of VE Day. Since 1965, it has been a public holiday and Victory Parades are held on this day in many cities across the nation. In 2020, however, the pandemic forced authorities to postpone the celebrations. Nevertheless, citizens of St. Petersburg will still be able to commemorate the day, albeit in a “contact-free” manner. Below, you’ll find a retrospective of the Victory Parade in St. Petersburg through the years; scroll to the bottom for a list of events planned for May 9, 2020.

  08.05.2020

• ITMO University During the Second World War

  On May 9, 2020 we celebrate victory in the most horrifying war in the history of humanity, the Second World War, for the 75th time. Its history is compiled out of millions of stories about people, cities, villages, institutes, theaters, and museums. Together with the Historical Museum of ITMO University, we would like to share stories about our heroes, as well as challenges and triumphs that our university went through during those four years.

  08.05.2020

• Lead Analyst at Mail.ru Group Anatoly Karpov: Statistics are Available to Anyone

  Since 2018, every ITMO University student regardless of their educational program has to study a number of disciplines that make up the Digital Culture block. Apart from Data Analysis and Machine Learning, the block features Applied Statistics. In this ITMO.NEWS article, we asked Anatoly Karpov, lead analyst at Mail.ru Group and author of popular MOOCs on statistics and machine learning, why it is important to avoid the “Humanities vs STEM” divide, and how statistics can counter fake news. 

  07.05.2020

• Anna Gelfand on Life at Home During a Pandemic

  An important part of our education community, Anna Gelfand, a lead analyst at ITMO University's Rankings Research Center, offers a glimpse of her life in self-isolation and how she's getting through these unprecedented times: from interesting TV series to books and new recipes.

  07.05.2020

• Beginner’s Guide to Submitting Your Research to Scopus and Web of Science Journals

  Scopus and Web of Science are the two largest databases that collect data from top scientific journals. Today, publications in journals indexed by these two systems and the number of references to these works in other authors’ papers are key indicators of a scientist’s activity and reputation. But researchers who are submitting their work to such journals for the first time have to deal with a number of challenges, such as finding the right outlet, properly formatting their article, and so on. ITMO.NEWS asked Valentin Milichko, the winner of Scopus Award Russia 2018 and researcher at ITMO University’s Faculty of Physics and Engineering, and George Zograf, a PhD student at the same Faculty, to compile a guide to submitting your article to Scopus- and WoS-indexed journals.

  06.05.2020

• This Stay-at-Home Weekend in St. Petersburg: Self-Care

  Many things can be said about self-isolation, especially after over a month of distance learning and sitting at home, but we cannot deny that it offers us an opportunity to finally learn to be in tune with our thoughts and practice selfcare. And that’s what our weekend activity recommendations will be focusing on this week. 

  06.05.2020

• How to Support Local Businesses in St. Petersburg

  Social distancing is the right thing to do right now, but along with shutting down the virus, there’s a great risk we’ll shut down small businesses as well. The good news is that many of our favorite businesses in St. Petersburg have expanded their delivery options – you can get anything from food to gifts – and have come up with other ways to raise support, like offering future gift certificates. You brighten up your day, they get a lifeline. Let’s get through this together!

  05.05.2020

• Love Shared Apartments Like a Russian

  Being confined to your apartment these days seems like a hard task, but what if you had to share it with a bunch of strangers? Five toilet seats hanging on the wall, five stoves in the kitchen, a kid riding down the hallway and ducking under someone’s drying clothes that look like giant sails. Someone’s soup is bubbling away, and someone’s tending to their orchids. Welcome to the communal apartment - a time capsule and small city behind a single front door.

  04.05.2020

• Five Nintendo Switch Games to Brighten Up Your Holidays at Home

  The Nintendo Switch is becoming popular all over the world and the quarantine is no doubt a contributing factor. As we all seem to be stuck at home even for May holidays, here’s a list of fascinating single-player games to set out on an adventure straight from your couch.

  01.05.2020

• ITMO University's Work Schedule for May 1-11, 2020

  In accordance with the extension of measures to ensure the epidemiological well-being of the Russian population in connection with the spread of the novel coronavirus, ITMO University will continue the educational process and the remote work mode until May 11, inclusively. The corresponding order was signed on April 30 by ITMO University Rector Vladimir Vasilyev. The document also establishes the work schedule of university employees for May 1-11, 2020.

  01.05.2020