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• Zenit FC Fan-Club Re-Opens at ITMO University

  …’ cheerleading club. While the area will be a permanent feature of the stadium, its format will change. The Fan Promenade will have a different theme for each game; for instance, one of the upcoming promenades will be centered around the topic of health, while another will focus on youth. Depending on each theme, the areas will change – ITMO’s included. Thi…

  21.03.2018

• Nowruz: The Start of Spring

  …marks the first day of astronomical spring. “Novruz is a holiday of friendship and peace. It is meant to connect people and means the beginning of a new day, which explains why we celebrate the holiday in spring,” says Feyzullah Hadisov, a Master’s student from Azerbaijan at the Department of Computer System Design and Security. A New Year for Many Nations …

  20.03.2018

• ITMO PhD Student on Doing Medical Modeling at University of Sheffield

  …used to treat narrowed coronary vessels. However, in recent decades, less traumatic methods have emerged and begun to be widely used, allowing access to the narrowed vessel by inserting a catheter into an artery. One of them is coronary stenting of blood vessels. Coronary artery stenting is one of the safest and most effective procedures for restoring the norm…

  20.03.2018

• Startups to Compete for 16 Million Rubles in GenerationS Superfinal

  …econd round of the GenerationS TechNet Track started at ITMO University on March 1. Its participants visited such industrial enterprises in the region as the Prometey Research Institute, Sredne-Nevsky Shipyard, Lenpoligrafmash, MOBAHAUS technopark and the Kirov Plant. They had an opportunity to get acquainted with the specifics of the companies, as well as meet with …

  20.03.2018

• Stephen Hawking: Life in Books

  … Cambridge, a title once held by Isaac Newton, until 2009. In 1973, the scientist went to Moscow to consult with two Russian physicists, Yakov Zeldovich and Alexander Starobinsky, who were also working on the problem of black holes. In 1981, he went to Moscow again to take part in the international conference on the quantum gravitation theory. A Brief History o…

  19.03.2018

• Physicists Create Crystal Lattice from Polaritons

  …lattice and confirmed that quantum effects in a photonic structure are indeed stronger. "Strictly speaking, we were dealing with polaritons rather than photons”, explains Dmitry Kryzhanovsky, Senior Researcher at ITMO University and professor at the University of Sheffield. “This hybrid condition occurs when excited electrons mix with photons. Such hybrid pa…

  19.03.2018

• ITMO University Professor Awarded for Mentoring

  …n the fields of industry and agriculture, transport, engineering and techniques as well as state and municipal employees, teachers, professors and other workers of educational institutions, doctors, cultural workers and artists can receive an award of "For Mentoring". To be eligible for the award one has to be successfully working as a mentor for no less than five ye…

  16.03.2018

• ITMO Student Team Wins QCTF Starter Competition in Computer Security

  …here is to eliminate vulnerabilities in your team’s systems and attack those of your opponents. The current competition used a different format - the so-called Task-Based CTF. Instead of hacking each other, the teams were to complete particular tasks. For each solution, the team received a flag, which could be exchanged for points; such competitions usually feature s…

  16.03.2018

• Scientists Invent Method of Catching Bacteria with ‘Photonic Hook’

  …es. This is possible due to radiation pressure and gradient optical force. When some particle hits the region of the highest intensity of the beam, the gradient force keeps it inside the beam while radiation pressure pushes it along the curved path of energy flow propagation." Such a method of control over particles movement is promising for optofluidics. This t…

  16.03.2018

• Eco-Friendly Board Game Teaches Students to Combine Business and Sustainable Development

  … formats and expand the pool of guest experts. I invited the creators of Ecologic here on the suggestion of Angelina Davydova, a science journalist who has added some valuable insights to our syllabuses. It was nice to find out that staff from our university, too, contributed to the game’s creation. We’ve long wanted to add ecological and climate change subjects to o…

  15.03.2018