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• Nanolasers, MRI, and Cultural Heritage: ITMO University Wins Three Megagrants

  …not only deal with radiofrequency and develop new coils for MRI units, but also optimize pulse sequences used to obtain images, as well as apply artificial intelligence,” explains Irina Melchakova. “Our goal is to improve the MRI procedure, shorten it, increase its safety, work out new methods of obtaining images, and, as a result, offer medical specialists a univers…

  03.12.2020

• Scientists Demonstrate New Opportunities for Controlling Light in Optical Graphene

  …ook really similar, despite the difference in their nature. This is how the analogy principle works in physics. “I’ll give you a simple example from school physics," explains the article’s co-author Alexey Yulin, a leading researcher at ITMO’s Faculty of Physics and Engineering. "Let’s take a regular pendulum and swing it a bit. Then take an electric capacitor a…

  03.12.2020

• Student Spotlight: Omar Ceesay, Gambia

  …nd the Rossotrudnichestvo agency. I chose Russia as my destination because I think that this country has one of the world’s best higher education systems. ITMO is a recognized institution in research and that attracted me to come to this university. Why did you choose that program? I’m a computer science fan and my best friend is my computer. I want to build th…

  03.12.2020

• Best Projects by Participants of Online School by ITMO Avatar Developers

  …based on their interests and major. “Our service gives recommendations based on a student’s educational track and the tags they’ve chosen themselves on ITMO Avatar,” explains Maxim Sychugov, member of the winning team and student at Vyatka State University. “When we were given the task, we had no experience in the development of recommendation services. We acqui…

  02.12.2020

• Soft Skills: What Are They and Why Do We Need Them?

  …n company? I’ll be my own boss, after all. It’s simple: whoever runs the company holds twice the amount of responsibility. They are the person who must direct others, inspire them, and be able to tell who needs motivation and who needs a vacation. Without that, your company just won’t grow. It’s equally as important to know how to talk to customers, partners…

  02.12.2020

• To Fear or Not to Fear: Psychologist Alexander Palin on the Nature of Phobias

  …e human psyche goes through numerous stages from the moment when fear affects a person to its consolidation in our memory and its connection to suffering. Some phobias, for instance, animal phobia can appear at the age of four. But up until 15 years, when kids start to grow up and experience many mental processes and hormonal changes, they don’t have a clear under…

  02.12.2020

• This Weekend in St. Petersburg: December 5-6

  …writers, and art historians. Great things are bound to come from the merge of creativity with a crystal clear mind, and maybe you will be the one to solve the problem of soil, inspired by what you learn at the conference. To sign up for the conference, follow this link.  …

  02.12.2020

• New Citizen Science Project Helps Researchers Find Volunteers

  …nce is highly developed abroad,” says Yana Plekhovich, a graduate of the Science Communication program and an employee of the People of Science project. “Governments, academic institutions, and various foundations support this field and it receives good investments. Research projects that involve volunteers receive good media coverage, generate a lot of interest from…

  01.12.2020

• Finno-Ugric Spots of St. Petersburg

  … many separate peoples. As of now, only three of them are represented by independent states, which are Hungary, Estonia, and Finland. Other, smaller Finno-Ugric peoples – Mordvins, Karelians, Komis, Izhorians, Vepsians, Khanty, Mansi, Udmurts, Maris, Votes, Livonians, and Sami – inhabit various regions of Russia, Estonia, Norway, and other countries.  St. Petersbu…

  01.12.2020

• ITMO University Debuts in Five RAEX Subject Rankings

  …ITMO University placed third in the Information Technologies subject ranking with 83.7 points (after Lomonosov Moscow State University and Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology) and second in the Mechanical Engineering and Robotics subject ranking (after Bauman Moscow State Technical University and followed by Tomsk Polytechnic University). The university was…

  01.12.2020