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  • HACKATHON 2025: Innovations for Cities of the Future

    In May of 2017, Russia nominated Yekaterinburg as the site for Expo 2025. In preparation for the event, the city will construct the futuristic Smart City, which will continue to function after the expo ends. Its mission is to improve the quality of life for people all over the world using innovative solutions. To implement the most daring and cutting-edge ideas, as well as to attract talented developers and creatives to Yekaterinburg’s city of the future, the application committee organized the HACKATHON 2025. ITMO University was one of the three venues that hosted the event. ITMO.NEWS presents the hackathon’s winners.

    06.02.2018

  • ITMO and Partners Hold Open Data Hackathon

    Last weekend in St. Petersburg, ITMO University, the Open Government Initiative, and the European University’s Institute for the Rule of Law organized a hackathon on open data. The event was organized as part of the “Open Data in the Russian Federation” contest. Over two days, the teams worked with open data from state sources so as to figure out the most effective way to use that information to solve complex analytic issues and to compete for the main prize of 100,000 rubles. 

    23.01.2018

  • ITMO Programmers’ Death Star Project Wins Hackathon Prize

    The Galactic Empire is crippled by the loss of the Death Star and needs to restore its military strength as soon as possible! Could that be done in 32 hours? Easily; just gather enough programmers and mathematicians for a Star Wars-inspired hackathon at the “Boiling Point” co-working space. Students from various universities of St. Petersburg had 32 hours to solve algorithmic problems to ensure the operation of an Imperial factory despite a deficit of resources and funds. ITMO University’s team Traffox, made up of Master’s students from the Computer Technologies Department, proposed one of the best solutions to the problem and was included in the Empire’s list of top developers.

    26.12.2017

  • Best IoT Projects from Autodesk Hackathon at ITMO

    On November 24 to 26, ITMO University’s Convergent Innovations Center hosted the three-day 3D hackathon organized by ITMO and Autodesk for the second time. Participants were tasked with creating projects using the cloud-based software Autodesk Forge, which lets users integrate interactive 3D models into web apps to solve practical problems.

    30.11.2017

  • "Assemble a University": Nationwide Hackathon Contributes to NTI Project

    The new educational project University 20.35 has been launched as part of Russia’s National Technology Initiative. Its goal is to train the specialists of the future who will implement projects for high-tech markets. University 20.35 will be a digital network university that will make use of the country's best programs and courses. Every student’s educational path will be personalized and based on modules. University 20.35 is currently in its development stage; from November 7 to 9, a nationwide hackathon “Assemble a University” has been conducted so as to contribute to its creation. Students,  developers and startupers presented their ideas and prototypes of instruments that can be used for the project; ITMO.NEWS learned about the future university from the very people who aspire to study there.

    13.11.2017

  • VK Hackathon Winners: Using New Tech to Run Online Communities

    The third Hackathon of the largest Russian social network VK was held in St. Petersburg on October 20 to 22. Compared with the events of previous years, this hackathon has become larger: the number of participants exceeded 300, winners could choose from five different areas of software development and the prize fund became one million rubles. The winners were given only 40 hours to develop their application. The winners of the category "Media" - Master’s degree students at ITMO’s Computer Technology Department Victor Khovansky and Evgeniy Varlamov (Team Traffox) - spoke to ITMO.NEWS about their software Neon and how it helps community managers monitor incoming content.

    08.11.2017

  • ITMO Students Develop Smart Footwear for People with DIsabilities

    The team from ITMO University got first place at the recent BEZGRANIZ COUTURE SAP FashionTech Hackathon that focused on developing clothing for people with disabilities. The students created a prototype version of smart heated shoes with a special design that makes them easier to put on.

    31.10.2017

  • TADHack 2017: ITMO Students Finish Third with Tourism App

    Students from ITMO University’s Computer Technologies Department have won third place at the St. Petersburg event of the Telecom Application Development Hackathon (TADHack), which was held in more than 30 cities around the world from September 22 to 24. The competition requires participants to develop telecommunications software. More about the event and ITMO team’s project below.

    04.10.2017

  • Developers Present Projects at Girls4Tech Hackathon

    This summer the Girls4Tech project school for female programmers, engineers and entrepreneurs was launched in St. Petersburg and Moscow. It is organized by ITMO University, the Moscow Polytechnic University and the Moscow office of international accelerator NUMA. In late August, a hackathon was held as part of the program. Participants from both cities met at ITMO University in the offices of the IdealMachine accelerator to try and solve case tasks from ITMO University and the Petrovich and Bayer companies. 

    07.09.2017

  • ICO-Hypethon: Will Bitcoin Take Over The World?

    ICO-Hypethon, a unique conference and hackathon in the field of cryptocurrency has recently taken place in the Street Art Museum creative space. Experts and users of bitcoin, blockchain technologies and platforms for attracting crypto-investments gathered in St. Petersburg to discuss the prospects of cryptocurrencies, their legal status and role in modern economy. The event also featured a hackathon of ICO projects.

    21.08.2017