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• ITMO Named in Top-10 of Forbes Ranking

  …of the overall amount), graduates' quality (up to 30 points), and Forbes factor (20 points maximum). The ranking was based on data gathered by the Ministry of Education and Science. What's more, its authors studied over 1,600 biographies of those included in the Forbes list and their children, with regard to universities they graduated from. The Forbes factor acco…

  28.06.2018

• “Students Contribute to the City” Contest: Winning Projects

  …The annual contest is organized by St. Petersburg Committee for Science and Higher Education. Its goal is to increase the quality of specialists' training, to facilitate the competitive ability of graduates of St. Petersburg universities, and to contribute to solving relevant tasks of the city's social and economic development. Both Bachelor's and Master's student…

  28.06.2018

• Scientists Describe Oxidants' Effect on Metal-Organic Frameworks for Drug Delivery

  …organic ligands. Computer modeling can be used to predict properties of frameworks with different composition in order to choose the one most fitting for a particular drug. Scientists from ITMO University modeled a manganese-based metal center of the framework and found out that it degrades under the effect of oxygen and hydrogen peroxide. This can be used in the …

  27.06.2018

• Rector of Gomel State University: Science Doesn't Have a Nationality

  … working on metamaterial research and developing antennas based on spiral elements. The center of nanophotonics and metamaterials, in my opinion, has one of the most competent scientific groups in this field. Researchers from our Physics Faculty have also achieved international recognition in the field of metamaterial research and creation. They have been published i…

  26.06.2018

• Springer Nature: ITMO University Takes Second Place Among Russian Universities

  … institutional relationships. In 2016, ITMO University was named a “​rising star” by the Nature Index of Rising Stars, while this time, it was placed among the top ten Russian scientific institutions and took the second place among Russian universities (Lomonosov Moscow State University took the first place). Among the top ten Russian institutions are Russian Academy…

  26.06.2018

• EMI Professional Development Course Launched at ITMO

  …er training course for its professors and lecturers. The first pilot group of lecturers who participated in the course were from the High-Performance Computing department and eScience Research Institute, most of whom are involved in teaching English-language Master’s programs. Soon after, another course was launched which included lecturers from all around the univer…

  25.06.2018

• Holographic Quantum Dot Laser in Progress

  …ns will reach the edges of the hologram and come out of it in,” continues Vladimir Borisov.   Making holographic medium emit light  The second problem with lasers that scientists are working on is how to make the holographic medium emit light. Quantum dots are a solution. These are very small objects that can absorb and emit photons. Placed in the active lase…

  25.06.2018

• ITMO.STARS: Exclusive Way to Join ITMO University.

  …ponsored positions. Last year, ITMO accepted Ilya Glebov, a talented student from Monchegorsk, on such conditions. While training for the Unified State Exam in Computer Science, he stumbled upon an article about a vulnerability that makes it possible to hack Facebook accounts. He found similar vulnerabilities in Vkontakte and then ICQ, and got 3,000 dollars fo…

  22.06.2018

• How Creativity is a Survival Strategy in Today’s World

  …na: the more ambiguous the connection is, the stronger is the inspiration that we feel,” comments Ms. Lekus. Ilya Smilga, head of NEBO.812 project laboratory of the Art & Science Institute, and another of the department’s lecturers, expanded on why society is paying more attention to creative technologies. According to the expert, the increasing demand on creati…

  22.06.2018

• How Creativity is Survival Strategy in Today’s World

  …na: the more ambiguous the connection is, the stronger is the inspiration that we feel,” comments Ms. Lekus. Ilya Smilga, head of NEBO.812 project laboratory of the Art & Science Institute, and another of the department’s lecturers, expanded on why society is paying more attention to creative technologies. According to the expert, the increasing demand on creati…

  22.06.2018