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• AI for the Classroom: Tips and Tools

  AI is not just a toy for generating images. According to Gartner, by 2025 around 80% of IT products will be developed with AI. Businesses use bots for client communication, launch neural network-based apps, and deploy algorithms to test cybersecurity systems. Educators, too, can benefit from the new technologies. How? Read on to find out with tips from ITMO lecturers Elena Ponomareva, Artem Sigaev, and Oksana Nakonechnaya.

  04.09.2024

• ITMO CONF 2024: Ethics, Business, and Education in the Age of AI

  ITMO CONF 2024, held under the motto “AI is everywhere,” gathered together eminent university experts at the Nikolskiye Ryady space to discuss AI applications in research, education, and business, as well as ITMO’s strategy in the ever-changing world.

  03.09.2024

• Ringing Bells and Songs: Start Your Academic Year Like a Russian

  Every academic year in Russia starts with a special celebration held on September 1 and called Knowledge Day. While at university celebrations may vary, at most schools all over the country the traditions are the same. Today, you are invited to experience them through the fond memories of our editorial team!

  02.09.2024

• Chemistry, Robots, and Cybersecurity: Highlights of AI Summer School by AIRI and ITMO’s AES

  80 young scientists from all over the country joined the Summer with AIRI school in AI organized by AIRI and ITMO’s Advanced Engineering School (AES). At the end, the participants presented 25 group projects – winners of this stage will get to continue their research under the supervision of experienced researchers.

  02.09.2024

• Quantum Computers, Dark Matter, and New Materials: Latest from Theoretical Physics

  Imagine a physicist. Is it someone in a lab, wearing a white coat and protective goggles? This might be what some physicists look like, but sometimes they only need a pen and a sheet of paper to come up with life-changing discoveries. This is the domain of theoretical physicists: the results of their research often lay the groundwork for break-through technologies. Why is theoretical physics no less exciting than experimental one? What are its current hot topics – and what are the challenges? Read on for answers from participants of the ISCTP 2024 conference on theoretical physics.

  30.08.2024

• Discovery of the Month: Cakes, Crime Series, and More

  Our August was pretty eventful: we partook in some time travel, savored some decadent desserts, and even traveled the world. Discover our August favorites and pick up some new fun activities for your downtime!

  30.08.2024

• ITMO Opens Lab to Train AI Infosecurity Experts

  Over last year alone, the demand for information security experts in AI grew by 30%. In parallel to this growing demand, there is also a lack of professionals with the necessary qualifications for this field on the market. One of the reasons for it is that no one trains such specialists. In response to that, ITMO and the company Raft launched a research laboratory called LLM Security Lab that is meant to teach students to work in the field of infosec for LLM and AI business solutions.

  28.08.2024

• This Week in St. Petersburg: August 29 – September 4, 2024

  Yes, we have just a handful of summer days left, so let’s get the most of them – and then welcome the new academic year in a little rowdy celebration! Read on for open-air events and cool exhibitions to fill up your calendar.

  28.08.2024

• ITMO Rector Vladimir Vasilyev: “Technological Leadership Is Impossible Without Mathematics”

  Vladimir Vasilyev, the Rector of ITMO University, believes that training highly qualified IT and AI specialists is impossible without an in-depth study of mathematics and computer science at universities that needs to combine the expertise of the country’s top educational establishments and tech giants. The statement was voiced at a Yandex.Education press conference, which was held today, on August 27, in Moscow. The event was also attended by Maksut Shadayev, the Russian Minister of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Media, the rectors of the Higher School of Economics, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, and the Siberian State Medical University, as well as the leaders of educational departments at T-Bank, Sberbank, and VK.

  27.08.2024

• You're In, What's Next? ITMO and Sberbank Present Guides for Students and Parents

  As the admissions campaign at ITMO draws to a close, future students and their parents are facing a new set of challenges. How does one adapt to studies and life in a new city? How can students combine work and studies? We’ve put together topical advice from the new project for applicants and parents by Sberbank and ITMO – it offers answers to all the most popular questions one might have about applying to Russian universities.

  23.08.2024