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• ITMO Alumna Elena Petrova Awarded City’s Best Graduate Award

  …nd gradually their chess club grew into an open tournament, which was organized by the graduate.  “We attract people from all over the city. Everyone who is interested in science and chess – not only ITMO students or staff – can take part in our tournament. We foster a friendly environment where everyone can talk about both,” explains Elena Petrova. …

  24.06.2024

• Route to Sanahin: ITMO Students Create Virtual Tour of WWII-Themed Exhibition

  …stems and Ilya Morgaev from the Faculty of Technological Management and Innovations. The project curator was Galina Zhirkova, the director of the university’s Center of Social Sciences and Humanities. “The stories of the children of besieged Leningrad are a very important and personal subject to me. I know people who’ve spent their childhood there during that ti…

  21.06.2024

• Start! With ITMO: Admissions Office Opens at ITMO

  …O is the slogan of the 2024 admissions campaign, which is inspired by the successes of ITMO graduates who have worked their way up from applicants to CEOs and from students to scientists featured in high-impact journals.  One example is Ilya Chekh – the founder of Motorika, a manufacturer of multi-functional bionic prostheses, which increased its revenue by 2.5 ti…

  20.06.2024

• Student Spotlight: Mikael Jima, Ethiopia

  … Lebedev, the inventor of the world’s first commercially viable synthetic rubber. I was fascinated by him and decided to learn more about him. I discovered that he is a Soviet scientist and since then, I have been a big fan of Russian science and technology.  That’s fascinating! And why ITMO? For my PhD project, I wanted to work o…

  20.06.2024

• This Week in St. Petersburg: June 20-26, 2024

  …, flora and fauna on Earth, or scenarios of the future, thus building together a thrilling immersion in the vast world of life. Among the artists are graduates of ITMO's Art & Science program, and the exhibition is curated by Khristina Ots, the head of ITMO's AIR gallery. Wednesday, June 26  Antiform No. 16 Until June 30, 12-8 pm daily New Holland I…

  19.06.2024

• World Domination, Unemployment, and Megaminds: What To Really Expect From the Rise of AI

  …e capable of imitating brain functions and possessing all of humanity’s knowledge. These predictions have come true only in part. The capacity threshold has been overcome, but scientists still haven’t managed to model the human brain – or even come close to the concept. 2013: the start of the modern AI era. One of the stepping stones for the development of today’s…

  19.06.2024

• First-Ever Bachelor’s Program for AI Developers Launching in Russia

  …mation Technologies and Programming Faculty, a coach to several generations of ICPC champions, and a chair of the jury of the national olympiad for school students in computer science.  Students will receive an enhanced monthly stipend of 40,000 rubles throughout their studies, as well as personal grants to use Yandex’s computer resources to conduct large-scale st…

  19.06.2024

• ITMO Researchers Propose Power Regulator for Optical Devices

  …on devices that use a similar method,” says Alexander Chernov, the head of the Magnetic Heterostructures and Spintronics Lab at MIPT. The research is conducted within the scientific collaboration initiative Klever supported by the Priority 2030 national program.…

  18.06.2024

• ITMO’s Monday Science Roundup #57

  … Liquid metal isn’t just the prerogative of killer robots from the future; in the right hands, it’s also a highly potent material for energy storage. Take the recent study by scientists at ITMO and Skoltech: in the production of various batteries, porous materials play a key role by counteracting anodic expansion. The team decided to find a simpler, cheaper way to p…

  17.06.2024

• PI School: Rising Stars – First-Hand Experience

  …t each member’s development, manage their group’s workload, and secure finding. But most importantly, they are visionaries, ready to take on bigger projects, grow in different scientific fields, and expand their team’s expertise. When I asked one of our speakers at the school, "how can one know when they're ready to become a PI?" I was told it is about aspiring for m…

  14.06.2024