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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
This Weekend in St. Petersburg: May 19-20
Looking for something fun to do in St. Petersburg? This weekend is packed with a whole bunch of amazing events and activities, from the Night of Museums to the Peterhof Fountains Opening Ceremony and Tulip Festival. Don’t miss out the fun!
16.05.2018
St. Petersburg Prepares for World Cup 2018
In just a month, Russia will host its first-ever FIFA World Cup football tournament. St. Petersburg will host seven of the tournament’s 64 games, including the one that will decide the third place winner. An estimated million football fans will come to St. Petersburg for the events. The city has changed greatly in preparation for the cup - here’s what you need to know about this summer in St. Petersburg.
15.05.2018
Physicist Yuri Kivshar on Russian Science, Career Management and Metaoptics
Seven years ago, ITMO University launched the Metamaterials Laboratory. It all began with a grant won by Yuri Kivshar, a world-class scientist and one of Russia’s top physicists. Since then, the university has also launched the Department, and later, the International Research Center of Nanophotonics and Metamaterials. Under Yuri Kivshar’s leadership, the center’s researchers were the first in the world to venture into a completely new field: dielectric nanophotonics, or, as the scientist calls it, “metaoptics”. ITMO.NEWS met with Yuri Kivshar during his latest visit to St. Petersburg to discuss his current work, the future of the most unorthodox field of nanophotonics, and why a scientist shouldn’t stick with the same field of study for their entire life.
11.05.2018
Today We Celebrate Victory Day
There’s probably not a single Russian family that wasn’t touched by the Second World War, or the Great Patriotic War as it is called in Russia and many former Soviet republics. The years 1941 – 1945 are engraved in all of us, even generations removed from the actual war, as the years of sacrifice, suffering, and faith in victory. It’s what we think about in times of hardship even now – the songs that we sang as kids at school about how victory is to be achieved it at any cost. And the cost was great.
09.05.2018
This Weekend in St. Petersburg: May 12-13
Finding things to do in St. Petersburg can be quite a drag. But with our handy guide to the best events this weekend that will be a little bit easier!
08.05.2018
ITMO University Developing New Design System
All of ITMO University’s online resources will soon be united by a common style; this year, the university’s UI/UX design team has begun the development of its own design system. Its introduction will increase the university’s brand recognizability as well as shorten the time needed to create websites and landing pages for its many departments, says Marina Kholodova, head of UI/UX Design at ITMO University. In the first stage, the project team will provide a landing-creation tool for internal customers. In the future, this will let university staff create and edit landing pages for various events on their own.
08.05.2018
Applications Open for Russia-Japan Youth Exchange
This August, students from ITMO University have the opportunity to go to Japan as part of a Japanese-Russian youth exchange program. Nearly all of the trip expenses are covered by the receiving country; all the students have to do is to apply for it and wait. Read on to learn what the lucky students will get to do in Japan and how one can join them.
07.05.2018