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  • Switching From Robotics to Data Science: ITMO PhD Student Qi Yang on Courage to Do What You Love

    Qi Yang first came to Russia six years ago to follow his high school dream of getting into ITMO. After acquiring his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees from ITMO’s Faculty of Control Systems and Robotics, Qi Yang realized that his heart was in big data and machine learning. That’s why he enrolled into a PhD program at ITMO’s Information Technologies and Programming Faculty. These days, Qi Yang analyzes social media data and develops unique methods for automated profiling. Read on to learn how working with data is more exciting than robotics and why it’s important to follow your heart when choosing your career. 

    02.02.2022

  • PhD Student Mikhail Maslyaev: Science Gives More Opportunities for Growth

    January 21 is celebrated as PhD Student Day in Russia. Over the years, ITMO has welcomed hundreds of PhD students who graduate to pursue an academic career or use their degree for a transition between different research fields. This was the case for Mikhail Maslyaev, who graduated from the Faculty of Geography of the Lomonosov Moscow State University (MSU), where he studied meteorology and climate modeling, and then got into machine learning. Now, as a PhD student at ITMO he works at the recently launched Laboratory for Composite AI and specializes in modeling physical systems. Read on to learn how to transition from meteorology to machine learning and being a researcher is more appealing than working at Yandex. 

    21.01.2022

  • ITMO’s Best Graduation Papers 2021: Big Data, Biotech, and More

    This year, 12 Bachelor’s and Master’s graduates won ITMO’s annual competition for the best thesis. 

    03.09.2021

  • PhD Studies at ITMO University’s Faculty of Physics and Engineering

    What activities PhD students of ITMO University are engaged in? How are they trained for building a career in science? You can find answers to these and many other questions about PhD studies at ITMO University's Faculty of Physics and Engineering in this ITMO.NEWS article.

    27.04.2021

  • ITMO University PhD Student Rodion Yuriev on Business Development and Self-Confidence

    The Neuroscanner company became a winner of the All-Russian Festival of University-level Technological Projects by the Higher School of Economics. ITMO.NEWS talked to its founder Rodion Yuriev, a PhD student at ITMO's Faculty of Software Engineering and Computer Systems.

    26.11.2020

  • ITMO PhD Student Joins Nobel Winner Konstantin Novoselov's Smart Membrane Research

    In the future, the results of this project may provide the foundation for artificial cells. The research was published in Nature Nanotechnology. 

    11.11.2020

  • How to Enter Russian Universities Through ITMO University’s International Competitions

    International competitions, such as Open Doors and Open Competitions in Mathematics and Computer Science for school students, allow school and university students from all over the world to continue their studies at ITMO University or other Russian institutions. We compiled a guide to this year’s competitions

    05.11.2020

  • From Science Lab to Real Business: New School of Technology Brokership at ITMO University

    Last week, it was the start of the new School of Technology Brokership at ITMO University. Read about who technology brokers are, which tasks they focus on, and about the opportunities offered to the school’s participants.

    26.10.2020