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• ITMO’s New AI Assistant for Physicists Makes Theoretical Calculations and Material Selection Simple

  Developed at ITMO, AI-Materials Project is an AI assistant that significantly facilitates and speeds up calculations of material properties based on fundamental laws of physics. Complex computations no longer require deep theoretical expertise or specialized software, and the process now takes just minutes instead of a full day. With this new AI-powered tool, scientists will be able to determine a material's physical properties faster and more accurately in order to select the best option for research in laser technologies, optics, as well as thermal and microelectronics.

  27.11.2025

• AI Brainstorming and Techno Rave: Notes from Techno Quest by ITMO and Yandex

  Is it possible to create a project for Yandex in just two hours? Guess what! It is, and AI is here to help. At the techno quest Future Gets Coded Here, ITMO students worked on their projects with Alice AI, and in the final, Yandex experts chose which were ready to go into production and which – needed some improvements. The event was also attended by Ilya Nowkie, a famous million-follower blogger, who enjoyed the techno rave and coded his future alongside ITMO students. Here are the highlights.

  21.11.2025

• ITMO and Yandex to Train Specialists in Physical AI

  Together with other Russian universities, Yandex and ITMO are launching a new educational program called Physical AI Garage. The graduates will specialize in physical AI and will be trained on real-life industrial cases. At ITMO, Physical AI Garage will become a track within the Robotics and AI educational program. Admissions will start in the summer of 2026; studies will be tuition-free via scholarship programs.

  13.11.2025

• A Better Way: ITMO Presents AI-Based Service for Public Transit Route Optimization

  ConnectPT, developed by a team from ITMO’s Institute for Artificial Intelligence, can analyze existing public transportation routes and provide recommendations on how to improve them. With the service, urban planners and transportation engineers will be able to spend less time on developing the transportation system, while also lowering the risk of errors. Compared to similar products, the new open-source system can work with a minimal amount of data about urban development and transportation infrastructure, as well as being more flexible to client demands. 

  30.10.2025

• Design in the Era of AI: Skills to Learn to Stay Relevant on the Job Market

  According to the recent Future of Jobs study by the World Economic Forum, graphic design will be among the ten fastest-declining job niches in the coming years. No wonder: neural networks do quite a good job on illustrations, banners, and logos. What should human graphic designers do? What skills can they gain to retain their jobs? And can AI fully replace a human specialist? For answers, we turned to Sergey Gurov, a specialist with 20 years of experience in design, a lecturer at Bang Bang Education, and a co-founder of the OSNOVA workshops.

  20.10.2025

• ITMO Researchers Present Smart Assistant for Nanostructured Materials Design

  Experts at ITMO have created an AI-based platform that automates the search and processing of scientific literature on nanomaterials design. This smart assistant takes minutes to process a user’s request, analyze the related data, and generate responses with 81% accuracy. The system also has an additional agent that evaluates response quality and, if needed, edits the prompt, which brings the risk of hallucinations down a further 15%. With the platform, research teams will be able to proceed from hypothesis to experiment faster. The new assistant and related research were described in a paper published in Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling.

  15.10.2025

• ITMO Graduate’s Startup in Top 25 of Sber500 IT Accelerator

  Predictive Sensorics is a startup that develops next gen sensors with embedded AI. Such sensors can monitor the condition of lubricants in expensive industrial machines and thus prevent potential malfunctions. Founded by ITMO alumnus Kirill Plugin, the company has recently landed in the top 25 of the IT accelerator Sber500. The best startups were recognized on October 1 during the Moscow Startup Summit.

  01.10.2025

• New Nature of Work and Updated Requirements for Juniors: Highlights from AI in Development Study by ITMO and Yandex

  Yandex B2B Tech and ITMO conducted a large-scale study on AI trends and applications in development. In this survey, over 600 practicing specialists, lecturers, and IT majors weighed in on how AI assistants impact workplace and education, as well as shared which jobs will be most affected by automation.

  19.09.2025

• ITMO Launches Institute of Artificial Intelligence

  The newly-established Institute of Artificial Intelligence (AI) will conduct research and engage in the full cycle of development: from fundamental research to implementing solutions into the real sector of the economy. We talked to Alexander Boukhanovsky, the head of the Institute of AI, about the department’s ambitious goals, including the development of Russia’s strong AI (AGI) and the implementation of the AI-Inspired Science ecosystem.

  18.09.2025

• AI Busted: ITMO Researchers Learn to Detect AI-Modified Texts

  Scientists at ITMO University developed an LLM-based tool that analyzes text content and style to detect whether it was written by a human or an AI. The detector demonstrates the accuracy of 94% and can not only spot AI-generated writings but also offer suggestions to humanize the text. The service will be of use for proper AI labeling, as well as reviewing student papers and corporate documents. A demo version of the technology (in Russian) is already available for testing; we tried it, and it does not lie – this article was indeed written by a real person.

  09.09.2025