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• This Week in St. Petersburg: October 10-16, 2024

  We are pacing through autumn, wrapped in scarfs and umbrellas at the ready! Here’s our selection of the week’s must-visit events that are bound to color your days.

  09.10.2024

• ITMO Student’s Adaptation Guide

  For international students, exams and term papers aren’t the only cause of stress. Having to combine studies with finding your footing in an all-new environment can be tricky! The challenges are many, but none of them are impossible – or even difficult – as long as you’re prepared. From dealing with culture shock to learning the local customs and history, here are the things you should know as a new arrival to St. Petersburg. Trust us: you’ve got this.

  08.10.2024

• Nobel Prize in Physics Awarded for Discoveries in Machine Learning and Neural Networks

  This year, the Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded to John J. Hopfield and Geoffrey E. Hinton “for foundational discoveries and inventions that enable machine learning with artificial neural networks.” In this article, Anton Kuznetsov, the head of ITMO’s Institute of Applied Computer Science, explains the significance of their work – and how it led to ChatGPT.

  08.10.2024

• Nobel Prize in Medicine Awarded for MicroRNA: ITMO Expert Explains Significance

  In 2024, the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded to Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun “for the discovery of microRNA and its role in post-transcriptional gene regulation.” We asked Oleg Kuchur, a PhD in biology and assistant at ITMO’s ChemBio Cluster, all about microRNA and its applications. Read on to find out his answers.

  07.10.2024

• Ace Your Tests and Win a Million: New Innovation-Focused Hackathon Starts at ITMO

  ITMO’s Faculty of Biotechnologies has launched a hackathon onon the development of innovative products for businesses. 111 ITMO Master’s students joined the event, taking on cases from 10 Russian and international companies. Over six months, they will be developing innovative products under the guidance of business mentors. Hackathon winners will receive 1 million rubles.

  04.10.2024

• Scientific St. Petersburg: See a Different Side to the City

  St. Petersburg isn’t just about the Palace Square, St. Isaac’s Cathedral, sphynxes, buns, and shawarma (the things it’s commonly associated with in Russia). It’s here that the Russian Academy of Sciences was founded and where the great Russian researchers, from Lomonosov and Mendeleev to Pavlov and Vavilov made their contributions to science. These days, the city is still a magnet for students and young scientists. In October, visitors and locals will get to explore St. Petersburg as a research city thanks to a new project by ITMO’s Center for Science Communication, developed with support from the Ministry of Science and Higher Education. 

  01.10.2024

• Vegetarian's Guide to Thriving in St. Petersburg

  Happy World Vegetarian Day! To honor the occasion, we’ve compiled a guide for anyone and everyone wishing to stay plant-based in one of Russia’s most vegetarian-friendly cities!

  01.10.2024

• Digital (Un)Accessibility: How to Make Websites and Social Media Convenient for All

  According to the WHO, there are 430 million hearing impaired and over 2.2 billion visually impaired individuals on the planet. They rely on various tools to navigate the world, including online space. How can digital resources be made more convenient for people with disabilities, who develops such tools, and where can you learn to become such an expert? Learn from Alyona Dzhumagulova, an engineer and lecturer at ITMO’s Center for Usability and Mixed Reality, in this ITMO.NEWS article.

  27.09.2024

• Discovery of the Month: New Games, Comfy Footwear, and More

  Another month, another list of favorites from our editorial team! We spent it diving into new gaming experiences, trying out new fashions, and going old-school. Read on!

  27.09.2024

• ITMO Physicists Twist Electrons for Particle Accelerator Experiments

  Researchers from ITMO University are the first to have found a way to twist electrons with a laser beam, opening up a path towards experiments with twisted electrons in particle colliders – a feat previously considered impossible. The discovery will make it possible to learn more about the structure and behavior of protons and neutrons that make up atom nuclei, as well as look into the nature of quarks, some of the smallest known matter particles. The results of the study are described in a paper published in Physical Review A.

  27.09.2024