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• Laser Tech Summer School: Graduates Share Their Experience

  The school program pays little attention to lasers even though laser technologies are now very important in the fields of medicine, IT, robotics, space technology and many other applied sciences. ITMO University’s Laser Technology Summer School remedies this disparity: there, high schoolers can learn about the potential that laser technology has in today’s world, how it works and what future awaits those who start a career in laser optics. 36 Summer School graduates have just finished the course last week. ITMO.NEWS spoke to them about their experience and future plans.

  28.06.2017

• ITMO Scientists Develop New Polymer Holograms

  Scientists from ITMO University have developed a new method of creating holograms that makes use of a polymer nanocomposite material: the interference pattern is created by nanoparticles that move inside the material due to polymerization. The chemical process proceeds under the effect of light; as result, areas that have different optical properties emerge. According to the researchers, such holograms are a more effective method of protecting valuable documents and objects, and also a great technology for producing promotional merchandise. 

  27.06.2017

• Art&Science: Optical Devices In Fine Arts And Design's Role In Evolution

  ​Last Saturday, the final "Art&Science: Art, Science, Museum" open lecture took place at the General Staff Building of the State Hermitage Museum. The project, supervised by ITMO University and staff from the State Hermitage Museum, has been around for nine months; during each of its events, leading international experts presented research in the field of art and science. This time, the speakers were Charles M. Falco from the University of Arizona and Paola Antonelli, Director of R&D at The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York City. They've talked about nontrivial collaborations of art and science that came to be a long time ago and continue to develop ever since

  21.06.2017

• Youth in Science: Summer Internship in Photonics and Optical IT

  The Summer Internship has begun at ITMO University’s Department of Photonics and Optical Information Technologies. For two weeks, tenth-graders will acquaint themselves with the latest research in the fields of quantum information, biomedicine, femtosecond optics and other innovative sciences. The high-schoolers will work with scientists on actual research, start their own project and will soon be able to take part in prestigious conferences for experts in photonics and optical IT. Read on to find out how Summer Internship works at ITMO University and how students can start getting involved in “adult science” in tenth grade.

  19.06.2017

• Women in Photonics: Arti Agrawal on Female Scientists and Cultural Differences

  Dr. Arti Agrawal, lecturer of City University of London and Vice-President of IEEE Photonic Society’s Women in Photonics initiative, came to ITMO to take part in the International Optical Seminar including the session Women in Photonics. ITMO.NEWS asked the scientist about career development and gender discrimination. 

  03.05.2017

• Professor Xi-Cheng Zhang Is Awarded by Selby Scientific Foundation

  Xi-Cheng Zhang, head of ITMO’s International Institute "Photonics and Optical Information Technology", received a prestigious award by Selby Scientific Foundation established by Australian Academy of Science. Every year this award is given for only one international scientist.

  25.01.2017

• Processing Dostoevsky — Scientists Use Optics for Studying Manuscripts

  Dostoevsky is a world-renown author — his works have been thoroughly analyzed, and his life has been studied in detail. Only a few mysteries remain — those are hidden in small notes that he left in his sketchbooks. Thanks to these notes, literature experts can elaborate a precise chronology of Dostoevsky's works. Yet, the great writer never dated the notes. Unique optical technologies developed by ITMO's scientists in collaboration with researchers from the Pushkin House helped solve this problem.

  11.11.2016

• Modeling Reality: the Fifth "Young Scientists" Conference in Krakov

  Thanks to high-performance computing, scientists can now analyze large amounts of data, predict or model different situations and improve various systems. Algorithms and applications that are developed at ITMO are used in medicine, industry, programming and many other areas. Some of them were presented at the fifth 'Young Scientists' international conference in Poland.

  11.11.2016