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• Quick Fix: Games for Productive Procrastination

  Is your attention span causing you trouble? Do you find yourself sneaking off for a round of Candy Crush when you’re supposed to be meeting deadlines? Procrastination can be a handful – and any effort to improve your concentration skills is certainly admirable. But avoiding it altogether is near-impossible; so, why not turn it to your advantage? With these games, you can slack off without feeling guilty: boost your cognitive skills, learn a language, discover new trivia, and become a touch-typing pro!

  11.04.2023

• Top Highlights From ITMO Open Science Rocks 2023

  Fun and accessible science, no boring lectures, and a scientific rock concert – that’s what ITMO Open Science Rocks is all about. If you wonder why scientists should sometimes wear leather jackets and what happens when hard rock meets hard science, here’s our recap of ITMO’s major scientific conference that took place last Thursday, April 6, at Sevkabel Port.

  10.04.2023

• Teach Me, Teach – New ITMO Podcast Tackles Education Today

  Should you study at a university or take an online course instead? Can you learn a new job in just one month? What should you be taught at a school or university? And why can't programmers do without soft skills? Every two weeks, experts from higher education institutions, EdTech, and IT will talk about these and other relevant topics on ITMO’s podcast – Teach Me, Teach – hosted by Anton Komolov, a pioneering TV host with MTV Russia, and Daria Kozlova, ITMO’s First Vice Rector and Education Director at Yandex.

  07.04.2023

• ITMO’s Monday Science Roundup #27

  Once every two weeks, we present you with the most insightful, topical, and fascinating tidbits from the world of research and academia at ITMO. This week, discover the latest in photonics research, protect yourself from burnout, and wrack your brain at the prospects of AI.

  03.04.2023

• ITMO Researchers Develop Simple Technology for Fabrication of Microfluidic Elements on Glass

  Scientists from ITMO’s Institute of Laser Technologies have developed a new technology that creates structured microfluidic elements, including channels, reservoirs, and spirals, on a silica surface. Importantly, the novel fabrication method requires only a laser and a single operator, while the resulting structures can be used in microfluidic chips for biomedical research and diagnostics of cancer, diabetes, and cardiac impairments. The results of the study are described in a recent article in Optical and Quantum Electronics.

  31.03.2023

• ChatGPT For School: How Students Use Neural Networks To Their Advantage

  The viral ChatGPT is becoming more and more powerful every day: it can now gather information, code, and even generate scripts. Though educational leaders are wary of its possible pitfalls, especially ever since a student confessed to using ChatGPT for his graduation paper, it can and already does create true value for teachers and students alike. In order to demonstrate its vast applications, ITMO hosted a meetup on the best ML and AI practices for the classroom.

  31.03.2023

• Songs for Our Dream Karaoke Night

  Sometimes all you need is just a few well-crafted lines sung (or screamed) at the top of your lungs to make any day better. Here are our top picks for the job! And what are yours?

  31.03.2023

• Hackathon To Develop New Skills for Yandex’s Virtual Assistant Concludes at ITMO

  Yandex’s virtual assistant, Alice, has developed several new skills thanks to the hackathon organized by ITMO’s Higher School of Digital Culture in cooperation with the company. The competition took place on March 4-26. The new functions include assisting students during exams and even helping users connect with potential friends.

  30.03.2023

• Yandex Director for AI: In a Year, ChatGPT Will Seem Mundane

  This March, OpenAI released its new AI model, GPT-4, and announced its integration into various apps and services – the most popular, of course, being the ground-breaking chatbot. IT companies all over the world are incorporating the bot into their products, but what’s happening in Russia? How will these developments impact education and the labor market? Alexander Krainov, the director for development of artificial intelligence technologies at Yandex, and invited experts discussed these issues at a recent meetup hosted by ITMO. Here’s our recap.

  29.03.2023

• This Weekend in St. Petersburg: April 1-2, 2023

  As we are snowed under once again (who said it was mid-spring?), this weekend we suggest you stay inside and enjoy art, play old-school games, and feast your ears on some classical music. Learn more in our guide. 

  29.03.2023