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• ITMO Students to Apply Generative AI in Territorial Development Modeling

  ITMO University has partnered with Rocket Group, the developer and integrator of the rTIM AI-based territory modeling platform, to create an educational module on genAI applications in spatial development. The new module will be implemented as part of the course Data Analysis and Modeling in Urban Studies.

  30.10.2024

• Higher, Faster, Stronger: How AI Makes Robots Smarter and More Efficient

  According to Statista, the global AI robotics market will reach $17 billion in 2024 and will keep growing by 24% annually. Today, robots deliver packages, conduct geological surveys, and entertain visitors of parks and exhibitions – however, that’s not the limit of their abilities. In this article, we get into the technologies at the intersection of AI and robotics, as well as the research done in this field at ITMO, with Prof. Ivan Borisov, a researcher at ITMO’s International Laboratory of Biomechatronics and Energy-Efficient Robotics (BE2R Lab).

  28.10.2024

• ITMO and Sberbank Make Secure Data Transfers Possible

  ITMO Universities and Sberbank created Stalactite, one of Russia’s first ML-based frameworks for improving recommendation systems at different enterprises. Stalactite enables specialists to train AI models and make predictions using third-party data without the danger of merging or leaking. The software was revealed at the ACM Conference on Recommender Systems.

  18.10.2024

• AI Product Hack 2024: Solutions for Business

  The hackathon AI Product Hack 2024, organized by the AI Talent Hub Master’s program and the software developer Napoleon IT, has concluded at ITMO University. The event became a key venue for presenting AI-based solutions and collaboration between young developers and major businesses.

  14.10.2024

• Digital Breakthrough Hackathon: 300,000 Rubles for 42 Hours of Coding

  900 IT specialists from all around Russia participated in the recent hackathon Digital Breakthrough. Season: Artificial Intelligence. Over the course of three days, they searched for solutions to cases provided by the event’s partner companies. At the end, the 18 best teams shared the hackathon’s prize pool of 3,600,000 rubles. The competition took place at ITMO University.

  14.10.2024

• Recap of the International GenAI School by ITMO University in Dubai

  Researchers from ITMO’s Research Center “Strong AI in Industry” gave a series of lectures on generative AI at the SP Jain School of Global Management. The course ran from September 23 to October 4 at the school’s campus in Dubai, UAE, and resulted in seven projects on language model applications.

  10.10.2024

• Nobel Prize in Physics Awarded for Discoveries in Machine Learning and Neural Networks

  This year, the Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded to John J. Hopfield and Geoffrey E. Hinton “for foundational discoveries and inventions that enable machine learning with artificial neural networks.” In this article, Anton Kuznetsov, the head of ITMO’s Institute of Applied Computer Science, explains the significance of their work – and how it led to ChatGPT.

  08.10.2024

• ITMO and Tatneft Develop Industrial AI Assistant

  Researchers from ITMO and Tatneft have designed the Digital Expert Council – a smart LLM-based platform for the staff of the oil and gas company. The system can answer questions from various fields of Tatneft’s focus, conduct brainstorming sessions, and assist with strategic decisions. In the future, the AI-based platform may assist in accelerating business processes and boosting corporate performance. The product was unveiled by the partners at the forum Kazan Digital Week 2024.

  18.09.2024

• ITMO Names Russia’s Open-Source Software Leaders

  Researchers from ITMO’s Research Center “Strong AI in Industry” surveyed the trends in development and application of open-source software for machine learning and data processing in Russia. It turned out that Yandex, Sberbank, and T-Bank are the three leaders in Russian open-source solutions. The survey also demonstrated the top five projects in various categories based on the opinions of experts from Russian big tech and universities, as well as open data from GitHub and PyPI.

  16.09.2024

• ITMO First Vice Rector Daria Kozlova: AI Paves the Way for Personalized Education

  The main purpose of AI in education is not to provide the answers, but to help students find them. And for that, believes ITMO’s First Vice Rector Daria Kozlova, it’s crucial to learn to critically assess information. She expressed this view during a discussion on AI in higher education that was held by the Russian News Agency TASS.

  13.09.2024