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  • ITMO Graduate Oksana Ivanova on Master's Program in Bioinformatics

    This year, Oksana Ivanova graduated from ITMO’s Master’s program in Bioinformatics and Systems Biology among the best graduates. She discussed her experience, current research, and further plans for studies with ITMO.NEWS.

    28.08.2020

  • Graduate Artem Cherepakhin: After ITMO, I Know Where to Go Next

    Artem Cherepakhin is a recent Master’s graduate of ITMO University. In his two years at the university, he published a number of articles and met a Nobel Prize laureate before deciding to go back to Vladivostok. Artem spoke with ITMO.NEWS about his experiences, research, future plans, and what St. Petersburg and Vladivostok have in common.

    10.08.2020

  • ITMO Graduate on Doing His Master’s 20 Years into His Career and What Came of It

    In this interview with ITMO.NEWS, graduate Alexander Belozerchik talks about his decision to return to university, how much education has changed in 20 years, and why go study if you’re already leading a successful career. 

    05.08.2020

  • ITMO Graduate Anastasia Tukmakova on Her Path in Science, Thermoelectricity, and New Materials

    What is thermoelectricity? How do scientists create new functional materials and smart systems in this field? Anastasia Tukmakova discussed relevant studies and dream projects in this interview with ITMO.NEWS.

    30.07.2020

  • ITMO Graduate Roman Yanalov on Working on a Self-Driving Car at Yandex

    Roman Yanalov graduated from ITMO University’s Master’s program in Design of Embedded Computing Systems in 2014. Since then, he has worked in game development and at a company developing assistance systems for drivers – all of which led him to join a team working on the creation of self-driving cars at Yandex. ITMO.NEWS spoke to Roman to learn more about his current work, university studies and the opportunities offered by the Master’s program. 

    15.06.2020

  • Starting Your Career at Facebook: ITMO Graduate on Internships and Working in London

    Ivan Arbuzov graduated from ITMO’s Computer Technology Department. Under his belt, he has an internship at Facebook and three years of employment in the company. In this interview, Ivan shared his experiences and told us the secrets to his success. 

    10.06.2020

  • ITMO University Graduate Stepan Rakitin on Making a Career in IT and Working at a Startup

    Stepan Rakitin graduated from ITMO’s Master’s program in Big Data and Machine Learning in 2018, and then spent two years working as a Java developer at the largest European startup in fintech. These days, he lives in Berlin and holds a job at an American platform for data science. ITMO.NEWS got in touch with Stepan to ask him about making a career in IT, the unique features of studying at ITMO and the reasons for choosing a startup instead of a major corporation. 

    25.05.2020

  • ITMO University Graduate Dmitry Vavulin on His Love for Physics, Science, and Working at Yandex

    Ever since his school years, Dmitry Vavulin wanted to become a physicist. He graduated from ITMO University’s School of Photonics, defended his PhD thesis. But after his PhD studies, he decided to transition from physics to IT and focus on applied work. In this interview with ITMO.NEWS, Dmitry talks about his physics research, academic competitions, student years, and working at Yandex. 

    06.05.2020