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• This Week in St. Petersburg: December 5-11, 2024

  … Beatlemaniacs.  Friday, December 6 Flagstock Ice Rink 9:30 am - 11:30 pm, Tue-Sun Zenit metro station 250-500 rubles (100-350 rubles for students; free sessions available) + 350 rubles skate rental 12,700 square meters of pure skating fun will soon more than double in size, turning into one of Europe’s largest ice rinks! Stunning views of La…

  04.12.2024

• Cube Laboratories for Bacteria and Cell Experiments To Appear in Russian Schools

  …ll design and maintain the laboratories, while ITMO University will train school teachers to conduct collaborative research. The project is primarily aimed at continuous professional programs. Mobile laboratories are expected to appear in a majority of Russian regions. High school students will be engaged in citizen science projects and help build databases for chemi…

  04.12.2024

• Sunlight: Friend or Foe?

  …n conditions, from acne to dermatitis and even cancer. Phototherapy, a fancy term for this approach, has also been used to treat and prevent SAD, as well as non-seasonal depression and other mental disorders. So it isn’t for nothing that we tend to gravitate towards cozy lamps and fairy lights in the winter time (even if they aren’t necessarily UV ones). Vitamin D…

  03.12.2024

• 500 Dates of Science: ITMO Presents Digital Networking Assistant

  …ation process, choose an interlocutor, and meet them at ITMO’s booth in the Sirius Park of Science and Art. Congress participants could also choose to join a “speed dating” session, where they’d have five minutes to meet someone new and share each other’s contact details. “Most of the time, scientists attend conferences in their fields, where they get to mingle …

  03.12.2024

• Smart Expiration Date Indicators Developed at ITMO

  … but will react to the substances released by bacteria inside the packaging. To make it possible to assess a product’s condition outside a lab environment and without professional equipment, the team has developed a prototype of a special module for smartphones with a built-in UV LED. When the module is placed above the packaging, the UV light hits the transparent…

  03.12.2024

• ITMO’s Monday Science Roundup #69

  … *** What does the future hold for educators in the age of ChatGPT? Turns out, the prospects may not be so grim – as long as one knows how to adapt to the times. At a discussion during the latest Congress of Young Scientists, experts in tech and education gave their hottest takes on the upsides and downsides of AI-assisted education. Read more: Insights from Co…

  02.12.2024

• Daria Kozlova at Congress of Young Scientists: Education vs Roblox and Twitch

  …dder will be very challenging due to a lack of a “foundation.” This is one of the reasons why leading big tech companies and universities are now joining forces to train professionals with strong fundamental knowledge. Moreover, mutual support is aimed at developing future technologies – one example here is the new program by ITMO, Yandex, Sberbank, and leading Russi…

  02.12.2024

• ITMO Rector Vladimir Vasilyev on Engineering Training: We Can't Just Wait for New Generation of Teachers To Appear

  …ools in the country. We need far more serious, coordinated efforts from both state and private initiatives, with the participation of large companies and, of course, the professional community.” According to Andrei Fursenko, the aide to the Russian President, the country’s top tech universities don’t face a shortage of applicants in engineering fields, but o…

  02.12.2024

• Discovery of the Month: Viral Artists, Secret Courtyards, and More

  …th the math I used to love as a school kid; it’s such a joy! If you’ve been looking for a brain-teaser, I can’t recommend it enough. And, going back to the start, any study session is better with a cup of spicy pomegranate goodness, of course. – Catherine Secret mansion  For a long time I had the notion that just a block away …

  29.11.2024

• Insights from Congress of Young Scientists: Educating AI Natives to Avoid AI Temptations

  …gramming Faculty, Alexander Mayatin, talked about the problem of fundamental expertise in terms of pedagogy. AI is a new tool that has given us the opportunity to delegate decision-making to a technology. As long as these models aren’t perfect, fundamental expertise remains valuable. However, with the advance of AI there is a risk of losing interest in getting to kno…

  28.11.2024