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• Fort Boyard: ITMO University Hosts Information Security Quest

  ITMO University and The Institute of Cryptography, Telecommunications and Computer Science of the Academy of the Federal Security Service of Russia have hosted an information security quest for St. Petersburg school students. Gathered at ITMO’s Lomonosova St. 9 campus, the participants were taught about data protection and encryption in the game format. ITMO.NEWS braved the quest alongside the students to find out about the simplest ways of encrypting a letter and tricks to detect hidden cameras.

  15.10.2019

• ITMO University Students Will Represent Russia at CyBRICS Winter School

  The final round of the CyBRICS international competition in the field of computer security initiated by ITMO University has recently come to an end. The event united the best teams from Russia, China, India, Brazil, and South Africa, who competed for the right to participate in the CyBRICS winter school, which will take place in St. Petersburg this winter. An ITMO.NEWS correspondent met with the event’s organizers to find out more about the competition and sports hacking.

  11.10.2019

• ITMO University Students Win The Largest Hackathon in History

  On September 27-29, the Russian city of Kazan hosted the final round of the Digital Breakthrough competition for IT specialists, designers, and managers in the field of the digital economy. This event was included in the Guinness Book of Records thanks to the record number of participants. Among the winners were ITMO University students: Kirill Pugin, a student at Information Technologies and Programming Faculty, and Valeria Timofeeva, a Master’s student at the Faculty of Technological Management and Innovations. In this interview with ITMO.NEWS, the students share about the competition and their plans for the future.

  08.10.2019

• New ICPC Tournaments Season Kicks Off, With 31 ITMO Teams in Regional Top-100

  The new season of ICPC, the oldest and the most prestigious international programming competition, has recently kicked off. This year, for the first time ever, the competition in the Northwestern Federal District of Russia, which ITMO University competes in, started with a qualification round. An ITMO.NEWS correspondent visited the competition site to find out more about the qualification process and who made it to the next round.

  07.10.2019

• ITMO University Specialists Take First Place at International Competition VolgaCTF 2019

  The Russian city of Samara has recently hosted the international competition for information security specialists VolgaCTF. ITMO University was represented by two teams, LC↯BC and Kappa. We quizzed their captains on their training, new SPbCTF workshops season and benefits of sports hacking. 

  04.10.2019

• Registration Opens for "I Am a Professional" Competition

  The official opening ceremony of the “I am a Professional” international student competition took place in Moscow on October 2. The third season of one of the key projects of the “Russia – the country of opportunities” platform was launched by last year’s winners in collaboration with First Deputy Chief of Staff of the Presidential Administration of Russia Sergey Kiriyenko. The contest is supported by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation. 

  03.10.2019

• Participate in Multimedia Challenge Competition and Learn to Create the Best Digital Content

  Only one week is left before the start of the Multimedia Challenge 4 educational marathon and competition! In the course of a month, the participants of the competition will study the basic media formats. Read on to learn more about the competition and why you need multimedia skills.

  24.09.2019

• ITMO University Students at Rukami Festival in Moscow

  A group of ITMO University students was named among the winners of the Rukami international festival of technologies and ideas, which was recently held in Moscow. ITMO.NEWS asked the students about their preparation process, team management and why good city lamps really matter. 

  23.09.2019

• ITMO Staff Develop AR-Solution for WorldSkills Kazan 2019 Opening Ceremony

  On August 22-27, the city of Kazan hosted the 45th competition for young professionals, which brought together 1,300 participants from 63 countries. In addition to musical performances and lighting effects, the grandiose opening ceremony involved unique AR effects developed by specialists from ITMO University. Read on to learn who – and how – created these augmented-reality features for the show.

  30.08.2019

• Gennady Korotkevich Wins Google Code Jam For The Sixth Time

  Once again, ITMO PhD Student Gennady Korotkevich won the Google Code Jam international competition. This time, the event took place in San Francisco on August 9. This was the sixth victory in the programmer’s winning streak. Apart from Gennady, the Japanese contestant Makoto Soejima and the contest’s first-timer Andrew He from MIT got into the top-3. Every year, over 50,000 programmers from all over the world participate in Google Code Jam, with only 25 making it to the finals. Among the latter were also ITMO’s students Boris Minaev and Evgeny Kaplun.

  10.08.2019