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• Pakistani Physicist Mustafa Haider on New Paths for AI Data Centers, Working in Russia, and St. Petersburg Metro

  Mustafa Haider, a physicist from Pakistan, has overcome his share of hardships throughout his career. First when he managed to enroll at a prestigious university thanks to new admission rules, and then when the world closed down for COVID-19 and his international postdoc turned into isolation with uncertain prospects. Eventually, he found himself in the industry, where research ideas became commercial products. Since then, he has worked in China, where a chance encounter with a Russian professor brought him to St. Petersburg and, more specifically, ITMO, where he is now working on promising solar cells for AI data centers. Read on to learn how to turn a crisis into a springboard, keep your humanity in an increasingly machine-centered world, and fall in love with the metro, where every station is a masterpiece.

  28.07.2026

• Ethics in the Age of AI: In Conversation With ITMO Expert Daria Chirva

  Is AI conscious? Why do we need to study if AI already knows all the answers? Who is the author when an AI helps write a paper? And who is responsible for accidents with driverless cars? These and other questions fall in the realm of AI ethics, an emerging field that aims to make sense of the changing world and highlight the aspects we can’t overlook when adopting new technology. ITMO offers several courses on the subject, spearheaded by Daria Chirva, a member of the National Committee for AI Ethics. We chatted with the expert to find out more about ethical AI.

  28.07.2026

• ITMO Youth Lab’s New Software Prepares Medical Data for Use With AI

  Students of ITMO University’s youth lab Digital Public Health Technologies have created MAS-EHR, a multiagent platform for processing of medical documents. The software can automatically analyze multiformat data – be it texts, scans, or tables – and transform it into a single structured medical record. MAS-EHR extracts diagnoses and test results, converts them into a shared format, detects and deletes personal data, and connects separate facts to demonstrate how different records about the same patient correspond to each other.

  27.07.2026

• Three Neuroscience Experiments to Try at Home

  On the eve of World Brain Day (July 22), we invite you to use actual scientific methods to turb abstract concepts – like memory or attention – into something measurable. And it can be quite fun, too! Proceed below into our online laboratory to see for yourself.

  21.07.2026

• ITMO Family Day 2026: Diplomas, SUP Surfing, and a Science Bar

  Chat with a dean at the bar, play some drone basketball, meet a future employer, go SUP surfing in the Gulf of Finland, and talk to your future self – all in one day and one place. On July 11, ITMO Family gathered at the 300th Anniversary Park for ITMO Family Day 2026 – the festival of science, technology, and, most importantly, people. Here’s how it went.

  20.07.2026

• ITMO and Bureau 1440 Launch Russia’s First Program for Hybrid Communication Network Engineers

  In 2026, X Holding partnered with leading universities to open 14 educational programs for future engineers and welcome over 400 students in the coming academic year. Among these is Russia’s first Master’s program for engineers who can connect satellite and terrestrial communications into a single system. This new program is launched by ITMO University and the aerospace company Bureau 1440.

  20.07.2026

• ITMO Scientists Create World’s First Wirelessly Chargeable AA Battery

  Scientists and students from ITMO’s Faculty of Physics have developed the world’s first AA battery that can be charged using any wireless Qi station. Resembling a typical 1.5V battery on the surface, it actually contains a curved receiving coil, voltage converters, and a rechargeable battery. With the new device, it’s possible to enable wireless charging in devices that don’t have USB ports, from computer mice and remotes to radios, toys, and flashlights. The device is described in a paper published in IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics.

  17.07.2026

• This Week in St. Petersburg: July 16-22, 2026

  We have another fun week ahead of us with all flavors of activities – from films to concerts and exhibitions. Let’s jump in!

  15.07.2026

• ITMO To Train Experts in Digital Business Transformation

  The Master’s program Business Transformation Technologies and Strategies at ITMO has received a major curriculum update – it now focuses on AI implementation in business. Students will learn to manage the full cycle of a company’s digital transformation. The program also has two new partners, Sberbank and Nexign. Read on to learn the details.

  15.07.2026

• Explore St. Petersburg Like a Local: Marine Facade

  We know St. Petersburg as the city of history and museums, but it keeps growing and developing – and witnessing this growth can be a way to get to know the city, too. Today, we are looking into one of the city’s newest districts, Marine Facade, more commonly known as namyvnye territorii, that quite literally didn’t exist only a decade earlier. How can it be and what’s there to see? Read on to find out.

  14.07.2026