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• Student Spotlight: Carlos Benavides Sánchez, Costa Rica

  … My country is located in Central America, bordered by Nicaragua to the north and Panama to the south. It is flanked by two water bodies, namely the Caribbean Sea and the Pacific Ocean. It is a small but beautiful country filled with rainforests. Costa Rica is best known for its beaches, volcanoes, and jungles that have various exotic species of animals, including…

  10.02.2022

• Asymmetry VS Sepsis: Russian-Italian Research Team Developing Optical Sensor for Early Diagnosis

  …ensors based on such systems are capable of identifying various compounds in highly-diluted solutions. In using chiral nanostructures, the scientists plan to achieve specific and ultra-sensitive detection of various biomarkers. Promising results came from a collaborative study done by the two teams together with other partners, who developed a chiral sensor ca…

  07.02.2022

• ITMO and Four Russian Universities Launch Soft Skills Consortium

  …What are soft skills? Soft skills are competencies not connected to one specific profession. These are the skills that help students solve various tasks and communicate with others, work in teams, negotiate, speak in front of an audience, think creatively, quickly adapt to changes, and more (you can learn more about soft skills in our previous article).  These …

  03.02.2022

• Enhance Your Career With University-Wide Optional Courses at ITMO

  …. She was inspired to develop this course based on something she had heard from ITMO’s Rector Vladimir Vasilyev: “Lecturers are expected to be not merely experts teaching a specific subject, but also influencers who are willing to exchange knowledge, life experience, and skills with the younger generation.” “Today, when we all are exposed to an avalanche of ofte…

  01.02.2022

• Highly Personalized Education: ITMO Adopts New Educational Standards

  …tional program. Among these courses are the university-wide optional courses, an adaptation course for students with disabilities, or courses aimed at helping students with specific subjects, such as math, physics, foreign language, etc.  What opportunities do the new educational standards offer to students and teaching staff? Students will enjoy more opportuni…

  31.01.2022

• ITMO.EduStars Winner Svetlana Kurashova: “To Me, Teaching is a Source of Joy”

  …Why did you get specifically into physics? They say you typically become interested in physics as a small child. I’ve always been fascinated by nature. I tried to explore everything around me – flowers, trees, bugs, butterflies, stones – before I could even walk. When I was around four or five years old, I was very impressed when my dad showed me how friction crea…

  28.01.2022

• Results in 15 Minutes: ITMO Researchers Develop Device to Detect Antibiotics, Bacteria, and Viruses

  …hey produce.  |s=1,center| Machine learning vs manual computations All calculations are done by the multilayer perceptron-based machine learning algorithm that was specifically trained for this purpose. Its input data are current fluctuations in various resistance ranges.  The algorithm’s accuracy is 94%, and it currently works with only two types of bact…

  28.01.2022

• Future Tech and Mushrooms: Media Art at Optomycelium Exhibition

  …e with research teams. According to Evgenii Khlopotov, the curator of the exhibition and a student of the Art & Science program, scientists not only took part in developing specific projects, but also took part in the selection process: “The concept for Optomycelium emerged six months ago when I was in my first year. We were invited to take part in a contest and…

  27.01.2022

• EduStars Winner Andrey Vasilyev on Teaching History to Programmers

  …f you do this all the time, students lose their motivation. Different formats, however, allow you to engage them. I often give tasks related to browsing the web at large or specific sources because I realize that for them, it’s the main tool in the modern world. They know how to look for information but don’t know how to check it and compare various sources. Often th…

  27.01.2022

• ITMO Students Discuss Future of Education with Vladimir Putin

  …h study of subjects that aren’t really related to their future profession seems pointless. That’s why we would need the next two years of studying to have a strong focus on specific subjects. I think it will be much more interesting for students to study what they really like and what they would like to apply in their work. Modules will also allow them to study relat…

  25.01.2022