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  • Finding Support and Investments: A Guide for Student Startups

    Creating your own startup is not a quest for the faint of heart: along the way, you will need to develop your idea and secure investments while avoiding all the common pitfalls. At Startup Aquarium, a recent meetup for budding startupers, investors and entrepreneurs shared their experience with the matter. Here are the main takeaways. 

    16.06.2023

  • AI Ethics and Future of Education: Key Takeaways From Rectors’ Panel at SPIEF 2023

    Could machines truly replace us on the labor market? Which professions are becoming obsolete with the advance of generative networks? And how will education adapt to a world where AI is part of everyday life? Experts and the rectors of Russia’s top universities sat down to discuss these and other topics on June 14 as part of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF). ITMO.NEWS provides a rundown of the discussion.

    15.06.2023

  • Metaphotonics Review by ITMO Scientists Among Top 1% Most Cited Papers

    A publication by researchers from ITMO and the Australian National University is among the top 1% of the most cited papers on optics according to the bibliometric system Web of Science (WoS). The paper reviews applications of machine learning and AI in metaphotonics, a new subject field that may pave the way for a whole new class of next-gen devices.

    15.06.2023

  • Student Spotlight: Hossain Jafari, Afghanistan

    We first interviewed Hossain a year ago, when he was a student of ITMO’s Foundation Program. He’s now a Bachelor’s student in system and applied software. How has his life changed in a year? Did ITMO meet his expectations? Learn this and more in this insightful interview.

    15.06.2023

  • IT Expertise and Modern Campus: Why Top Students Choose ITMO

    Last year, over 600 winners of various student contests enrolled at ITMO. Why do top student talents choose the university? What are their aspirations and career plans? We asked three winners of this year’s National Technological Contest in Intelligent Robotic Systems – and this is what they told us.

    14.06.2023

  • Laser Physicists: What They Do and How You Can Become One

    From cancer diagnostics and treatment to observation of gravitational waves and high-speed fiber-optic internet connection – laser technologies have a plethora of applications. They are all developed by laser physicists. Read on to learn more about their work and how you can train to be one of them.

    13.06.2023

  • ITMO’s Monday Science Roundup #32

    Today, we review the latest in science news from ITMO, including but not limited to: an AI-based robotic design system, a wide selection of unique Master’s programs for students from all over the world, and two must-visit science exhibitions in St. Petersburg.

    12.06.2023

  • ITMO Art & Science Center Wins “Top 50 Famous People in St. Petersburg” Award from Sobaka.ru Magazine

    On June 8, the St. Petersburg-based magazine unveiled its annual list of the top 50 most famous people in the city. The team of ITMO’s Art & Science Center received the award in the category Cultural Institution.

    09.06.2023

  • Six ITMO Master’s Programs Bridging Humanities and IT

    At ITMO, you can master IT even if you have a background in humanities – for instance, if you studied history or linguistics. Here are six Master’s programs that you can get into, no programming skills required. 

    08.06.2023

  • ITMO Student Breaks I Am a Professional Contest Record

    Zakhar Yakovlev, a first-year Master’s student at ITMO’s Faculty of Physics, notched up the record-breaking eight medals – a first in the six-season history of the I Am a Professional contest. 

    08.06.2023