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• Chemistry Without Borders: 30 Russian and British Researchers Discuss Collaboration in Liverpool

  An international workshop on the development of complex materials and self-regulating chemical systems took place in Liverpool this October. It was organized by ITMO University and the University of Liverpool with support from the British Council. The main feature of the event was its interdisciplinary approach, as it brought together not only specialists in the field of chemistry, new materials development and energetics, but also physicists and IT, management systems, and robotics specialists. Over the course of three days, 30 Russian and British researchers shared the results of their projects and discussed prospects for collaboration. 

  06.11.2019

• Slovenian Researcher Luka Stopar: “Data Analysis and Visualization is Art and Science Combined”

  Luka Stopar, a researcher at Jožef Stefan Institute (Slovenia), has recently delivered a lecture at ITMO University. He is currently working on several grand European projects, including RENOIR, which aims to create new mechanisms of social data analysis. During his lecture, Luka Stopar described the different ways in which machine learning and intelligent data analysis may be used in the visualization of diverse data sources. In this interview, Dr. Stopar told ITMO.NEWS how the development of data analysis and visualization is changing the media and why journalists are not losing their jobs to computers anytime soon. 

  06.11.2019

• Living History: Interactive Digital Projects to Help You Learn About Russia

  Feel like taking a walk with famous Russian authors? Making history-changing choices with politicians? Modern technologies have opened up new ways to learn about the world through the combination of data analysis and interactivity. It’s not about memorizing facts. It’s about seeing, feeling, walking, asking questions, and making your own connections. Here are just a few of the projects that will allow you to dive into many aspects of life in Russia, the Soviet Union, and even the Russian Empire.

  05.11.2019

• Find Anything Like a Russian

  Need to buy a new desk or weatherproof boots? Sell your old couch? Find a new pet, or a new apartment? Here are just some of the places where one man’s junk is another man’s treasure. 

  04.11.2019

• ITMO Student Klim Gavrilov Wins Gold at FIA Motorsport Games in Italy

  Klim Gavrilov, a second-year student of the Faculty of Software Engineering and Computer Systems, is a gold medal-winner of the FIA Motorsport Games. The event, best described as the Olympics of motorsport, took place from October 31 to November 3, 2019 at the Vallelunga circuit in Italy. Klim Gavrilov competed – and won – in a racecar adorned with ITMO University’s logo.

  03.11.2019

• Three Video Games for a Ghostly Weekend

  Happy Halloween! With this spookiest holiday of them all setting the theme for an unusually long weekend, we thought we’d treat to you to our finest selection of eerie video games. These gems are a perfect fit for the occasion: not too long, just enough scary and mysterious, and leaving you with a bittersweet aftertaste of unanswered questions. 

  01.11.2019

• Expert Mona Khalil on Cross-Cultural Awareness, Communication, and Understanding Cultures Through Food

  Cross-cultural studies expert Mona Abdel Malik Khalil has earned her PhD at the Moscow State Institute of International Relations and is the author of numerous scientific articles that focus on culture and communication between Russia and Egypt. She had just finished delivering the course Internationalization of Research at ITMO University when a writer for ITMO.NEWS got the chance to ask her about the popularization of the term cross-cultural and the growing need to understand different cultures, as well as our own. 

  31.10.2019

• This Weekend in St. Petersburg: November 2-4

  With this weekend being a day longer thanks to the National Unity Day, there’s more time to explore the city of St. Petersburg (or stay at home tucked under a duvet with a movie, no pressure). Here are some of the choices for a weekend outing: a light art festival on Palace Square, a corgi cutefest with a costume contest, a colorful flower exhibition, or an electric harp concert with a twist!

  30.10.2019

• Surprise Me Founder Alexander Golovatiy: Developing a Company Is Constantly Proving Thousands of Hypotheses

  Around three years ago an ITMO alumnus Alexander Golovatiy and his friends founded a startup that enabled users to sell quests of their own creation. Over the years, the project has grown into an online platform where travelers can purchase walking tours created by locals and experts, and do these tours at their own pace using a mobile app. At the beginning of 2019, the company went international, finding its place in the hearts of American users, and now a Spanish version of the service is getting ready for release. ITMO.NEWS got the chance to meet Alexander and ask him what is needed to go from a startup to a successful business.

  30.10.2019

• Try If You Dare: Five Scary (and Delicious) Russian Foods

  Ooey, gooey, slimey, gluey… We’re not talking candy corn here. We’re talking hardcore, vegetarian-unfriendly, Halloween-every-day kind of staples. Here’s what’s lingering in the dimly lit caverns of a Russian fridge.

  28.10.2019