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• This Weekend in St. Petersburg: June 2-3

  Looking for something fun to do in St. Petersburg on the first summer weekend? Check out our list of the coolest summer events!

  30.05.2018

• English at ITMO: From ABC to ESP

  In the first part of our article, we talked about how English at ITMO has developed over the past few years since the start of Project 5-100. Beyond the intensive general English classes offered, third year students are now offered special classes to help them develop their language skills in the context of their chosen educational program.

  29.05.2018

• Michio Kaku on Digital Future: Should We Fear Robots?

  The next wave of scientific and technological progress will be based on molecular biology, biotech, AI and nanotechnology, says Michio Kaku, a physicist, co-founder of string field theory and popularizer of science. In his talk at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, Prof. Kaku described a high-tech future complete with digital immortality and perfect capitalism. Do robots know they’re different from humans? What professions will soon be obsolete forever? Will we ever get a chance to chat with Albert Einstein? ITMO.NEWS provides a summary of the scientist’s predictions of the future.

  28.05.2018

• New Blockchain-Based System Will Control Quality of Medical and Chemical Products

  Scientists from ITMO University’s international research laboratory SCAMT, together with developers from Aira and information security experts, are developing a system for end-to-end monitoring of the manufacturing of medical and chemical products. The system is based on the lab’s “Nanodoctor” – a chlorine dioxide-based drug capable of neutralizing nearly all viruses and bacteria. Among its advantages are an improved structure that prevents the accumulation of harmful substances during manufacturing, and a new quality control system based on blockchain technology. The project’s concept allows end customers to learn about each of the production stages using a QR code printed on the packaging and make sure that the process occurred without any infractions and the active ingredient content is within the stated amount.

  25.05.2018

• St. Petersburg International Economic Forum: Hi-Tech in IT, Medicine and Economics

  Discussions at this year’s St. Petersburg International Economic Forum often revolve around the development of technology, its effect on future economy, and the increasing role of scientists in the matter. Experts discussed the transformation of medicine, humanity’s destructive effect on nature, cybersecurity, digitization of production and what new educational methods will need to be developed to train new kinds of specialists.

  24.05.2018

• This Weekend in St. Petersburg: May 26-27

  This Sunday St. Petersburg celebrates its 315th birthday, which means there is no shortage of great events for you to attend. Here is our list of what we feel are some of the best things to do in St. Petersburg on this special weekend!

  23.05.2018

• ITMO University Invites Young Scientists to Study Graphene-Type 2D Materials

  ITMO University’s Laboratory of Light-Matter Coupling in Nanostructures has begun active research into the optical and electrical properties of two-dimensional materials. Two-dimensional materials are atom-thin structures, graphene being the most well-known example. The laboratory was recently joined by Ekaterina Khestanova, an experimental physicist with a PhD from the University of Manchester, where she studied two-dimensional materials. In an interview with ITMO.NEWS, she talks about her past research and her plans at the laboratory.

  22.05.2018

• Diving into Internationalization: ITMO’s English Upgrade

  The word “robot” was first introduced to the English language in 1921 by the Czech playwright Karel Čapek. His play, Rossum’s Universal Robots (RUR), explored the dark reality of humanity’s future if we build robots to do our bidding. Last Friday’s performance of RUR by ITMO students is one of the many projects and developments advanced by the Foreign Language Training Center, established just over three and half years ago.

  22.05.2018

• Gennady Korotkevich Wins Yandex.Algorithm for Fifth Time

  Gennady Korotkevich, a Master's student from the Department of Computer Technologies at ITMO University and a two-time champion of ACM ICPC, has won the competition Yandex.Algorithm for the fifth time. He was also the only participant to complete all the tasks of the competition. 

  22.05.2018

• Annual Report 2017: ITMO Code

  ITMO University has compiled its annual report for 2017 which includes all of the university’s key achievements and lays the path for its future development. The ITMO team continues to write its unique programming code at the core of which is love. 

  21.05.2018