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School Students from All Over Russia and Belarus Take Part in the Congress of Young Scientists
…veral times. I think it would be easier to present my paper in real life, and yet I’m glad that the event took place despite the quarantine. In the future, I’d like to work in science. I want to continue studying machine vision and autonomous drones at a university. Vera Bulavinova and Anastasiia Untilova, 10th grade students, St. Petersburg, Ecology and Susta…
24.04.2020
Scientists Show a Way to Create Optical Chips and Solar Cell Details from Perovskite
…g of semiconductors. Now, they are rapidly winning the ground in the fields of solar power industry and photonics: in 2013, research on the use of these materials made it into Science’s top ten breakthroughs, as new organic-inorganic perovskites already pose a competition to silicon and gallium arsenide. Perovskites can be used to create tiny lasers that are smal…
23.04.2020
ITMO's First Game Development Graduates on Russian GameDev and Their Careers
ITMO University Graduates Become Forbes 30 Under 30 Nominees
…The Russian version of the ranking features 10 categories: Entrepreneurs, Finance & Investment, Management, Sports & Esports, Science & Technology, Art, Music, Social practices, Fashion & Design, and New media. Before forming the final 30 Under 30 list, the agency published a long-list of 100 nominees. It was created by editors and experts – renowned entrepreneur…
22.04.2020
ITMO University Gains Positions in THE University Impact Rankings
… implemented a number of educational programs and courses on sustainable development over the years; in 2020, the Institute of Design and Urban Studies’ Master’s program Urban Science will introduce a new specialization, “Sustainable Development of Cities and Communities”, the students of which will, in addition to sustainable urban development, learn about climate c…
22.04.2020
This Stay-at-Home Weekend in St.Petersburg: Celebrating the Great Outdoors
…dance on YouTube so as to provide yourself with a multisensory experience. If you feel you’ve seen it all and you’d like to take a step further, you can help contribute to scientific research with a wide variety of citizen science projects recently covered by ITMO.NEWS. Zoo Cams Another popular way to learn more about th…
22.04.2020
Over 2000 Participate in ITMO’s Online Congress of Young Scientists
… was followed by lead ITMO researchers presenting their latest R&D projects. One of the presenters, Professor Sergey Makarov, recent winner of the President of Russia Award in Science and Innovation, spoke about the optical properties of resonant semiconductor nanoparticles. Vera Ivanova, PhD student and researcher, spoke about potential sources of beta-glucans and A…
22.04.2020
“Science and Technologies in Society” Master’s Program: Why and How Do Researchers Study Labs and Startups?
…A more realistic perspective on science Andrei, can you start by telling us a bit about what STS is? STS stands for Science and Technology Studies. For the longest time, philosophical approaches reigned over this field and formed an idealized and therefore unrealistic image of science. How long ha…
21.04.2020
Speak Like a Russian: Corona-Inspired
…r flu symptom that’s become a popular expression is sneezing. Remember how you can use “symmetrical” (“симметрично”) to express your indifference? Well, if you want to be less scientific and more graphic about it, you can just say “начхать!” (“nachhat”) - “I sneeze on this”, meaning you totally don’t care. As for the expression that I’ve used in the very beginning…
20.04.2020
RAEX Ranking 2020: ITMO University Rated Russia’s First in Computer Science
…This year, the agency reviewed 16 subjects. ITMO University is represented in 14 out of these 16 rankings, with the exception of Arts & Humanities and Earth Sciences, and in all five subject areas: Metallurgy, Biochemistry, Artificial Intelligence, Hardware Architecture, and Safety, Risk, Security & Quality. Just like last year, ITMO University took the lead in co…
20.04.2020