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• Keeping the Balance Between Creativity and Technology: Ekaterina Doronina on Her Path to Self-Discovery

  …ake part in various theater and dance festivals, travel to Israel, Spain, and Portugal, as well as do an internship at the New Media Laboratory of the New Stage of the Alexandrinsky Theatre. ITMO.NEWS met with Ekaterina to learn more about her career, self-discovery, and her thoughts on uncertainty being an integral part of life. On choosing a career and first …

  06.11.2020

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

  …I wanted to apply for ITMO University in order to have a wider range of programs to choose from. I’ve been participating in competitions organized by ITMO University and other institutions since the seventh grade. I was preparing for the computer science competition by solving tasks from other competitions and from the Informatics website. I also attended online cour…

  05.11.2020

• ITMO University Researchers Predict New Quantum Phase of Matter in Chains of Oscillating Atoms

  …ure, or acidity, we can significantly influence the properties of this material.  “This can be done both chemically, by mixing different substances, and physically,” explains Ivan Iorsh, a professor at ITMO’s Faculty of Physics and Engineering. “For instance, metals enter superconductive states when cooled down rapidly.” Simil…

  05.11.2020

• This Weekend in St. Petersburg: November 7-8, 2020

  …r lives. And the Festival of Light is what will bring you to a mysterious world full of light, adventures, and magic. You’ll have the chance to stroll along the narrow streets inside the Peter and Paul Fortress, get acquainted with the history of our country's navy, experience Night of Museums, and take a virtual tour of the city’s exhibition halls. You will meet the…

  04.11.2020

• Food for Good: How To Join This Year’s Hult Prize and Help the World

  …food waste project foodsavestheworld. According to Vyacheslav, Hult Prize is an international movement that helps students rediscover their own abilities and capacities and inspires them to change society for the better – so that they don’t just make money, but bring positive change in the process, as well. “You should take part in our project not just for mo…

  03.11.2020

• ITMO Researchers Discover Material With Refractive Index Higher Than in Silicon

  …, in which light enters the sea surface with one angle and goes through it with a completely different one. Another popular way to demonstrate refraction is by placing a spoon inside a transparent glass filled with water – and see the spoon “break” at the interface of two media.  Any substance, be that water, air, glass, or a mineral, has a refractive coefficient.…

  03.11.2020

• TEDxStPetersburg Speakers on the Future of Education, Quantum Revolution, and Burnout Prevention

  …ven though the TEDxStPetersburg conference took place online, its format remained the same. A series of short lectures allowed each speaker to briefly share their thoughts and insights with the audience in accordance with TED’s slogan – “Ideas worth spreading.” TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design) events cover various topics: from personal efficiency to high te…

  03.11.2020

• ITMO’s Gennady Korotkevich Wins VK Cup

  …mic resulted in two postponements; in the end, the VK team decided to hold the event online. A live stream took place from a portable studio on the New Stage of the Alexandrinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg, where VK developers and heads of VK Cup’s tracks discussed the tasks of the final and preceding stages. Meanwhile, the participants defended their projects and …

  02.11.2020

• Collecting Sounds: ITMO Holds Workshop on Soundscapes and Environmental Acoustics

  …, any space has its own unique set of sounds and noises that all significantly influence a person’s psychological and emotional state – most often, however, this influence remains unnoticed.  This combination of sound and noises he called a soundscape, a term that can be applied to cities, countries, or natural sites, as well as to smaller spaces like apartments, …

  02.11.2020

• Ancient Art & Science, or What Killed the Medusa

  …was dedicated to these differences. “First of all, they [the ancient Greeks] only had geometrical optics; they had no wave optics and, naturally, no quantum optics,” explains Sergei Stafeev. “But even the geometrical optics of the ancient Greeks was, so to say, inverted. It wasn’t about light that gets into the eyes but about visual rays that come out of the eye…

  02.11.2020