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Route to Sanahin: ITMO Students Create Virtual Tour of WWII-Themed Exhibition
…methodology and in theory. At ITMO, research on the subject is carried out by students of the Master’s program Multimedia Technologies, Design, and Usability. Still, the conversion of exhibition spaces into digital form is a noticeably rarer occurrence. “There are some successful examples of several major museums around the world that have converted their perman…
21.06.2024
Start! With ITMO: Admissions Office Opens at ITMO
…h ITMO Available programs How to apply Key dates Staying up to date Start! With ITMO Start! With ITMO 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. O…
20.06.2024
Student Spotlight: Mikael Jima, Ethiopia
…y ITMO? For my PhD project, I wanted to work on auxetics. ITMO’s chemistry laboratories fascinated me as they work intensively with new materials. I also had a little discussion with my then-would-be supervisor who liked my idea and backed me to apply to ITMO. And that’s how I got enrolled here! That's pretty interesting! I would love to know more about the ne…
20.06.2024
This Week in St. Petersburg: June 20-26, 2024
…ew exhibition explores the phenomenon of garage culture in the USSR and post-Soviet Russia. A garage is more than just a storage space for Russians; it’s a place of self-expression and freedom. At the display, visitors are to enjoy a vintage car expo and authentic recreations, as well as a number of interactive exhibits, including home-canned foods, vintage toys, and…
19.06.2024
World Domination, Unemployment, and Megaminds: What To Really Expect From the Rise of AI
…lication paved the way for more complex, in-depth neural networks that can accurately capture and describe the semantics of not just individual words (like the simpler 2013 version) but entire swaths of text. 2020: the emergence of GPT (Generative Pretrained Transformer). This language model further solidified the principle of amplifying the efficiency of neural n…
19.06.2024
First-Ever Bachelor’s Program for AI Developers Launching in Russia
…sis, algorithms, data structures, and machine learning operations (MLOps), as well as learn to produce solutions for generative technologies, large language models, computer vision, autonomic systems, and robotics. “The market is fighting for talents these days, and those who make breakthroughs in IT are shaping our future. Therefore, it is critical to have an …
19.06.2024
ITMO Researchers Propose Power Regulator for Optical Devices
…oups of components carrying optical signals. The research team discovered that heat- and light-sensitive bistable systems can be controlled by adjusting the angle of laser emission. Bistable systems exhibit two different states – on and off – under the same conditions. Furthermore, they can be switched reversibly between the states much like lightbulbs. They oper…
18.06.2024
5 More Video Games by Russian Developers
…end of a roguelike, an RPG, a CCG, and a city-builder that is brimming with the charm of pixel art and chiptune. As an evil lich throws the world into a timeless loop, your mission is to navigate the darkness to save the world. But there are a few catches… You can’t control the character directly, but rather employ magical cards to place terrains, places of interest,…
18.06.2024
ITMO’s Monday Science Roundup #57
…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 produce such materials – and so they did, by using a liquid metal alloy and emulsifying it with organic solvents. The method has already…
17.06.2024
A New Program by ITMOxYandex Practicum Brings AI and Graphic Design Together
…signer’s tools (Figma, Photoshop, Adobe After Effects, Blender, Adobe Illustrator, and Tilda), explore how modern neural networks (e.g., Midjourney, Shedevrum, and Stable Diffusion) work, and learn to use them the right way. Furthermore, the program’s lecturers will teach them how to select fonts, colors, and compositions, develop an identity and signature style, con…
17.06.2024