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SCAMT Workshop Week Takes Place at ITMO University
…but also learned how to develop a marketing strategy for the new product’s promotion, all while acquiring the skills needed to launch a startup. Another track – nanobioarchitectonics – dealt with such tasks as creating hybrid materials based on spider webs. The participants not only gained access to the insectarium but also acquired practical skills of synthesis of n…
16.02.2021
Castles and Fortifications: Russia’s Hidden Medieval Gems
…tors majestic views and all kinds of cultural events, including archaeological, artistic, and other exhibitions. Waldau Castle (Kaliningrad) Few of the castles of the Teutonic Order have survived till the present time, one of them being the Waldau Castle in the Kaliningrad Oblast. Never intended to hold out against long and often disastrous sieges or repel furi…
15.02.2021
ITMO Scientists Propose Improved Method For Laser-Plasma Processing of Glass
… was successfully demonstrated by Vadim Veiko and his colleagues back in 1969, at the dawn of lasers,” comments Maksim Sergeev, senior researcher at ITMO’s Faculty of Laser Photonics and Optoelectronics. “Back then, the processing of diamond dies used for the production of wire that once took weeks could be done in several minutes of laser-plasma processing. The emer…
11.02.2021
The Art of Gift-Giving in Russia
…Valentine’s Day (February 14) In some countries, this day is not only about romantic relationships: for example, in Estonia it’s celebrated as “Friend’s day.” Here in Russia, however, we call it a “day for all those in love” and only congratulate our “better halves.” Typically, you won’t find people leaving Valentine Day’s cards on each other’s desks or giving out…
09.02.2021
ITMO Staff and Students Launch New Popular Science Project on War History
…it will spark in the user. It takes a lot of time to work out these issues in detail.” The project is funded by Seed Grants, an initiative offered by the DH Center. Antonina Puchkovskaia, head of the Digital Humanities Research Center, explains that the DH Seed Grants is an open competition of interdisciplinary projects created at the intersection of humanit…
08.02.2021
ITMO University to Host the International Food BioTech Conference 2021
…ssing of prebiotic juices, Servet Gulum Sumnu from the Middle East Technical University (Turkey) with a presentation on the application of electrospinning in food packaging, Antonio Bevilacqua from the University of Foggia (Italy) with a presentation on “Suppressing and Boosting Growth Using Ultrasound: New Frontiers for Probiotic Microorganisms and Cultures”, as wel…
05.02.2021
ITMO Scientists Come up With a Way To Protect Satellites From Space Radiation
…ces from space. However, once we’re above the atmosphere, everything affects us directly. For example, ion flows,” explains Dmitry Bauman, professor at the Faculty of Laser Photonics and Optoelectronics. “If an electronic device is bombarded by ions with high energy, its material will get ionized; parasite charges will appear inside of it and begin to disrupt the dev…
04.02.2021
DH Week in St. Petersburg: The Future of Digital Humanities in Russia and the World
… of the event brought together more than 200 guests and 15 speakers who hosted 12 lectures and workshops. This year’s event opened with a plenary discussion that involved Antonina Puchkovskaia, the head of DH Center, and her long-time colleagues: Kimon Keramidas, a professor at New York University, and David Wrisley, a professor at NYU Abu Dhabi. They spoke about …
03.02.2021
Two ITMO Scientists Receive Award from Academia Europaea's Russian Club
…ons, as well as an article on the optical realization of quadrupolar topological insulators created in collaboration with American colleagues, which was published in Nature Photonics. Valentin Milichko notes that such an award is an important sign of recognition from the European scientific community. “Firstly, it’s a pleasure to receive such a recognition of…
02.02.2021
2021 Master’s Admission Campaign Begins at ITMO
…ity offers a record number of tuition-free positions in the country – 2,793. In 2021, applicants can enroll in one of 63 programs in translational information technologies, photonics, biotechnology and cryogenic systems, computer technologies and control, technological management and innovation, and various interdisciplinary fields. There are five types of program…
01.02.2021