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• Student Orientation and Meetings with Scientists: ITMO Introduction Days

  …ed me to learn about the education process and what could help me in my studies. What I also enjoyed were lectures by the staff of different university units, for example, the Institute of Design & Urban Studies and Digital Humanities Lab. It was interesting to listen to these specialists because I plan to dedicate my future career to science communication and workin…

  04.09.2019

• ITMO Accelerator’s Graduates at St. Petersburg Digital Forum

  …network that captures and recognizes people’s actions, which allows employers to find out exactly how working time is spent. “It often happens that we do not initiate the installation of video surveillance, it’s already there. In such a situation, there is a person who is watching people, which, in our opinion, is not ethically acceptable. We propose to deperson…

  04.09.2019

• What’s New at ITMO University in 2019 - 2020

  …ore of a facilitator of the process and not just a presenter. You become an active participant be it in a small group, a fluid group or a deep dive by yourself. And maybe your insight will inspire the entire class! Freedom of Choice We’re pioneering the way electives are done in Russia. In the past, all students could do was pick …

  03.09.2019

• Urban Environment as a Learning Laboratory

  …Quests for children  In the course of eight years, Anastasia Rossinskaya has been developing educational quests for kids of all ages. She is the CEO of the Questigra company and author of numerous educational tours of Moscow and other Russian cities. What makes her quests truly special is that they are designed not only for entertainment but also allow students to…

  03.09.2019

• Genome Goes Digital: IT in Genetics and Medicine

  …e DNA library. But analyzing that library manually is a problematic task. Bioinformatics specialists develop new algorithms to determine the initial position of each gene. For instance, they’ve developed mapping software, which identifies the proper gene sequence and the relative distance between nodes in a linkage group. Another key task faced by bioinformati…

  02.09.2019

• Interactive Games, Drones, and Thousands of Participants: ITMO.GO Celebration for First-Year Students in Review

  …sked the participants of the celebration about why they chose ITMO University, what programs they enrolled in, and what their plans for the future are. Gleb Novikov (Chelyabinsk), entered the Faculty of Infocommunication Technologies Why did I choose ITMO University? In fact, it’s ITMO that chose me, as I entered the university via the ITMO.STARS program. T…

  02.09.2019

• Ready for Take-Off: Happy New School Year!

  …. You can’t avoid it - Russia’s all around you now - so what if you learn to “do it like a Russian”? Or took a deeper dive into Russian language and Russian literature?  Get inspired by other international students. Your peers from around the world regularly share their experiences, successes and failures. You might just find “your people!” Stay in the know. Chec…

  02.09.2019

• Song of the Month: August 2019

  … heart eyes emoji status.  Maria The end of summer kind of made for sadness: it doesn’t matter if you are happy with the passing heat, or terrified from the coming rains, it's simply impossible to avoid a slight melancholy from how quick and elusive time is. So it's a perfect time to listen to Red Red Wine by Neil Diamond. A beautiful classic pop song, w…

  30.08.2019

• ITMO Staff Develop AR-Solution for WorldSkills Kazan 2019 Opening Ceremony

  …sualization Laboratory at ITMO University’s National Center for Cognitive Technologies. “The basic premise was quite similar to what we’ve done for the European Games in Minsk. Our task was to create augmented reality effects during the opening ceremony that would be visible on television broadcasts and on audience members’ smartphone screens. Both of the softwa…

  30.08.2019

• This Is (Not) Art: Insights into the Origins of Art, Its Connection to Science and the Makings of a Masterpiece

  … needs it? Animals don’t need it, but for some reason, cave people did. If we consider art in the contemporary sense of the word, it’s completely unclear how humans, whose intrinsic, existential goal is just to survive, could have created non-utilitarian art. Science speak of this case as that of reflection, positing that art is first and foremost a tool for cognizin…

  30.08.2019