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• Sberbank President Herman Gref: ”R&D That People Ridiculed Yesterday is Taking Over Markets Today”

  Sberbank President and Chairman of the Board Herman Gref delivered an open lecture at ITMO University yesterday. He stressed the importance of being the first to reach the future and developing information and digital technologies today that will change the way we live tomorrow. What are those technologies and how are they changing business models? What mode of thinking should be adopted by the professionals of the future? ITMO.NEWS sums up the key points.

  22.02.2018

• Here's How ITMO's New Academic Degree System Will Work

  Last year, 19 universities and 4 scientific organizations in Russia were given the right to grant their own academic degrees, form thesis boards and outline their credentials. According to representatives of those universities that have already started this process, it will help Russian universities better integrate into the international community. At the same time, experts agree: more abilities means more responsibility. Maria Skvortsova, head of ITMO’s Office of International Postgraduate and Doctoral Studies, and Stanislav Reznikov, head of the Thesis Board Office, talk to ITMO.NEWS about how this change makes international partnerships easier, how the university plans to ensure a high quality of thesis defense and ITMO’s current efforts to establish this new system.

  29.01.2018

• Open Innovations: Future According to Jack Ma and Michio Kaku

  The Open Innovations forum is taking place in Moscow. On the second day of the forum, October 17, the plenary session “Digital Economy. Society, Business, Government” was opened by Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev. Founder of Alibaba Group Jack Ma, futurologist and scientist Michio Kaku and others discussed the impact of technology on society and how to run a business in a rapidly changing world.

  18.10.2017

• Youth Foresight Festival Tackles Future of Transportation

  Last night, at Peter and Paul fortress in St. Petersburg, a special opening of the Russian Youth Foresight Festival “Pravo Rulya” [or “Go Starboard!”] took place. The festival is devoted to transport and traffic. ITMO University’s Faculty of Technological Management and Innovations (FTMI), St. Petersburg’s Education Committee and St. Petersburg’s City Youth Art Palace are organizing the event for the second time for school and university students from the ages of 7 to 25. The festival will go on for an entire week, during which future transport systems will be discussed. ITMO.NEWS writes about the opening and what to expect in 2050.

  21.09.2017

• Journey to the Red Planet: New and Daring Projects for Mars Travel

  In the recent years, the journey to Mars has been a hot topic among scientists and the general public. Back in the 16th century, new lands were discovered by ships sailing the seas; nowadays, we're talking about exploring new places in the Solar system where humans could settle using a different kind of ship. In this article, we'll be looking at the newest engineering and scientific solutions for man's journey to the Red Planet.

  18.09.2017

• Breakthrough Technologies Will Soon Leave Laboratories: School Students Share Their Vision Of Future

  60 years ago, Earth's first artificial satellite was launched; four years later, the first man followed it to space. At that time, almost every student dreamt of becoming an astronaut. Times have changed, but even now many students believe that the future belongs to space exploration and robotics. One of St. Petersburg's best schools - Lyceum #239 - decided to make this year's first day of school space themed. ITMO.NEWS learned what the soon-to-be graduates dream about and which technologies they believe to be most promising.

  01.09.2017

• Yandex Expert Shares Rules for Co-Existence of Humans and AI

  Machine intelligence, open source code and cloud storage are having a radical effect on business models, job market demand and human life. For companies to remain commercially viable and for people to remain employed, it is necessary to learn and adapt, as well as to break the stereotypes about the role of machines in society. As part of the Future in Tech: What’s Next conference in Moscow, Andrey Sebrant, Product Marketing Director at Yandex, spoke about these and other topics.

  29.08.2017

• Vladimir Lumelsky On The Future Of Robotics: An Open Lecture At ITMO University

  We all would have liked it if robots could do all the routine work, wash the dishes and do lots of other things we can't or don't have the time for -  and it might seem that our dreams are about to become reality. Now, we already have robots like Da Vinci who can perform surgeries with better precision than any human would do, or the Roomba vacuum-cleaner robot who can get rid of dust in your apartment while you are taking a stroll. Yet, we still can't trust robots with everything -  in fact, a robot still can't bring a glass of water to an aged person or fold washed clothes, notes Vladimir Lumelsky, Professor Emeritus at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. During an open lecture at ITMO University, he shared about what can help robots operate under the conditions of uncertainty and perform things humans easily do.

  01.06.2017