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• This Weekend in St. Petersburg: October 29-30, 2022

  The year’s spookiest weekend is approaching, which is why this guide is packed with Halloween events and parties. Don’t worry, however: if scary is not your thing, there is plenty to do without the need to get your costume out. Let’s get right to it.

  26.10.2022

• U.S. News Names ITMO Top Russian University in Six Subject Areas

  This Tuesday, October 25, the media company U.S. News & World Report published the latest versions of its general and subject rankings of the world’s universities. In addition to entering the top 10 list of Russian universities in the general ranking, ITMO University is also included in ten subject-specific lists of top universities. In six of these rankings, the St. Petersburg-based university received the highest rating of all Russian institutions.

  25.10.2022

• ITMO’s Team Wins Hackathon at International RoboFinist Festival

  Team BE2RLab from ITMO’s Faculty of Control Systems and Robotics became the winner at the hackathon held by StarLine company. The competition took place at the international robotics festival RoboFinist. ITMO students managed to program a robotic platform and successfully helped a blind robot get out of a maze.

  25.10.2022

• ITMO Student Wins National ArtMasters Competition

  ArtMasters is a specialized competition that aims to discover and support professionals in creative industries. Among the event’s partners are leading Russian cultural institutions, ministries, and media companies. This year, Daniil Zuyev, a Bachelor’s student in computer technologies in design, won in the category Virtual Worlds Design, receiving half a million rubles in grant money and landing an internship at the virtual technologies department of Ostankino Television Technical Center. We asked Daniil about the world he created for the contest and the benefits of competing in such tournaments.

  24.10.2022

• New Head of Art & Science Master’s Program Olga Vad on New Media and Modern Issues

  Curator Olga Vad is well-known for her participation in large-scale art projects and events such as HYDRA: New Media Art in the Context of Eco-Anxiety, the Ural Industrial Biennial, and the Ars Electronica festival. Now, she has joined the ranks of ITMO staff and became the head of Russia’s first Master’s program in the field of Art & Science. She shared how education benefits artists and what perspectives lie ahead for art and technology enthusiasts.

  19.10.2022

• Get to Know ITMO’s International Office Staff

  With all the wonderful services and people found at ITMO’s International Office, it can be difficult to tell where to go and who to talk to. So, we want to introduce you to a few of the staff on our dynamic team to help make them even more approachable. What do they love to eat, listen to, read or visit? Find out in this article!

  18.10.2022

• Researcher Oleg Borisov on Being a PI and Creating Robot Dogs in Russia

  Oleg Borisov attended school in Astrakhan Oblast, hundreds of kilometers away from St. Petersburg, but his passion for computer technologies and control led him to ITMO. Today, Oleg is working on control algorithms for robotic systems, as well as supervising several research teams. In this article, the researcher speaks about his work experience and shares his view on whether Russian developers can compete with Boston Dynamics.

  18.10.2022

• ITMO's Monday Science Roundup #16

  In today’s digest of research news from ITMO University, you’ll read about exciting new research in the field of nanoscience, find out how to attend the latest conference for robotics (or chemistry – or both) buffs, and learn some fascinating insights into this year’s Nobel Prizes and the curious science of biomimetics.

  17.10.2022

• ITMO Scientists Create Ultra-Broadband Carbon Dots With Biomedical Applications

  Carbon nanodots are a new trend in science, now used in smart packaging, warranty tags and with potential applications in diagnostics and tumor visualization. However, in order to be used in biomedicine, carbon nanodots have to be made visible through the human skin. This has recently been achieved by researchers from ITMO University, the Ioffe Physical-Technical Institute, and North Ossetian State University, who synthesized nanodots with unique properties: they can radiate and absorb light in the infrared spectrum. Such newly developed dots can be used for tissue visualization in medicine. Learn more about the new carbon dots synthesis method and its practical applications in this article.

  14.10.2022

• This Weekend in St. Petersburg: October 15-16, 2022

  It’s mid-October and the “golden autumn” season is in full swing, with all the colorful leaves brightening every park in the city. Sometimes, the weather is not particularly suitable for long walks outside – and this is where our trusty guide to the best events in the city comes in handy. This week, we have a market, a festival, an exhibition, and a concert, so let’s get right into it.

  12.10.2022