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2019 Presidential Scholarship: ITMO Winners on Their Research and Internships
…rve as the basis for the creation of various phosphors, development of laser elements, and laser generation. Right now, my work is closely related to the development of new laser materials. I study spectroscopic properties of the new complex low-symmetry crystals that are being synthesized by my colleagues in other research cente…
06.09.2019
ITMO Scientist Mingzhao Song: Each Time My Phone Runs out of Battery, I Realize That I Have to Work Harder
…ver the course of the last four-five years, my colleagues and I have been conducting research in the field of wireless power transfer (WPT). Our main objective is to develop a new physical concept of WPT. We have advocated for the use of dielectric materials, for example, ceramics, instead of metal cords that can be found inside your phone. We use ceramics as WPT rec…
05.09.2019
Omega-3 Fatty Acids of Plant Origin and Biomedical Tasks: ITMO Scientists’ Research at University of Lorraine
…to conduct most of her experiments. She also adds that ITMO’s “Biotechnologies of the Third Millennium” international research center is, too, very interested in searching for new promising sources of biologically active substances and new extraction methods. The young researchers will surely get lots of experience in this field while w…
05.09.2019
Student Orientation and Meetings with Scientists: ITMO Introduction Days
…erksky Prospekt. Such orientation events is a usual practice at large western universities with a significant number of international students, which need to introduce the newcomers into university life in a most expedient and comprehensive way possible. According to Evgenii Raskin, one of the Introduction Days organizers, head of ITMO University’s Youth Policy O…
04.09.2019
ITMO Accelerator’s Graduates at St. Petersburg Digital Forum
What’s New at ITMO University in 2019 - 2020
…ss! Freedom of Choice We’re pioneering the way electives are done in Russia. In the past, all students could do was pick a major. Now, students can pick classes from the new soft skills module and from the entrepreneurship, design thinking, and logic modules, as well as choose the difficulty of certain classes. In some programs, students can choose specializati…
03.09.2019
Urban Environment as a Learning Laboratory
…o centuries, phones have evolved into portable computers, while school education almost hasn’t changed at all? “It seems that school education is developing, there are many new interesting things going on, but its basic principles remain the same. Why is that?” asked the researcher. According to Anastasia Rossinskaya, the main problem is the distance between th…
03.09.2019
ITMO Accelerator: New Formats and How to Participate
…ontinuing to work with some of them at a higher level in the future. And this is only part of what’s to come. The changes were ushered in with the appointment of the unit’s new head, Alexey Solomatin. One of the accelerator’s founders, he was previously only involved in remote project mentoring. In 2014, Alexey graduated from ITMO University’s PhD program at the D…
03.09.2019
Genome Goes Digital: IT in Genetics and Medicine
…t of DNA data. Scientists call the entirety of one genome’s data the 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 node…
02.09.2019
Interactive Games, Drones, and Thousands of Participants: ITMO.GO Celebration for First-Year Students in Review
…icipants on their successful enrollment and spoke about all the exciting opportunities that await them in their studies. “This is your time to study, dream, come up with new ideas, make mistakes and move forward, unite in teams and walk from one city center campus to another taking in the breathtaking views of St. Petersburg. The entire ITMO University team wil…
02.09.2019