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• Triumph Again: Russian Students Win Four Gold Medals at International Olympiad in Informatics

• ITMO Joins Interuniversity Consortium for Siberian Ring Photon Source

  …ovosibirsk Oblast.  The Siberian Ring Photon Source (SKIF) is a synchrotron radiation facility under construction in the science city Koltsovo near Novosibirsk, Russia. The new synchrotron, or ring particle accelerator, is intended to surpass its analogs worldwide in terms of emittance, which determines radiation brightness and hence research quality. At the facil…

  06.09.2024

• ITMO’s First Vice Rector Daria Kozlova: Big Tech Should Support Universities in Training IT Experts

  …rested in teaching the super elite, those who will work on the technologies of the future – that’s why we need top experts teaching at universities. However, as big tech faced new challenges, the majority of such experts left universities for corporations. Now, it’s crucial to bring them back to the educational system so that they can share the relevant knowledge and…

  05.09.2024

• ITMO Physicists Develop Multifunctional Material for Thermal Melanoma Therapy

  …According to the WHO’s International Agency for Research on Cancer, 2022 saw 330,000 new registered cases of melanoma (a type of malignant skin cancer) and 60,000 deaths. Clinicians combine varied therapy methods to diagnose and treat the disease, including hyperthermia – localized heating of the tumor. This involves first introducing special materials – such as gold…

  05.09.2024

• Student Spotlight: Jorge Mayor, Colombia

  …am doing just fine. How about you? I am doing well too. Please, tell us something about yourself. I'm a curious and open-minded person who is always eager to learn about new technologies and have as many diverse experiences as possible. I love adventures and trying new things. Where are you from? I'm from Colombia, and I spe…

  05.09.2024

• AI for the Classroom: Tips and Tools

  …that your prompt doesn’t contradict itself. Also, you shouldn’t strictly stick to recommended approaches with using algorithms: try experimenting, looking for and testing new ways of “collaborating” with them. For instance, try out different prompts and then save the more efficient ones.  In time, you will have your own pool of AI tools and your own approache…

  04.09.2024

• This Week in St. Petersburg: September 5-11, 2024

  …except for Tue Marble Palace (Russian Museum) 500-1,000 rubles (300-700 rubles for students) – tickets here Among this week’s exhibition picks is the Russian Museum’s newly-opened exhibition about the Cossackdom. The exhibition will introduce visitors to the people of Russia that played a vital role in fateful events of the past and left a significant trace …

  04.09.2024

• A Guide to Public Transport in St. Petersburg

  … at random stops to check tickets. Compared to the metro, where the next train arrives every 3-5 minutes, waiting for a bus may take longer depending on the route. The good news is that you can track them! Locals use Yandex.Maps (App Store, Google Play), which is not only a handy map but also an app that allows you to keep track of all buses, trams, and trolleybus…

  03.09.2024

• Good Chaos: How Chaos Theory Helps Scientists and Everyone Else

  …tend, assumptions become no more efficient than Tarot card reading. That’s how chaos is seen by scientists. Chaos theory: the beginning Chaos theory began with Isaac Newton and his laws of motion and universal gravitation. Using Newton’s motion equations, we can predict the behavior of two gravitationally interacting objects (…

  03.09.2024

• ITMO CONF 2024: Ethics, Business, and Education in the Age of AI

  …ntelligent assistants in shaping their learning paths, and personal assistant-tutors for studying courses. On becoming a cradle of AI startups  AI startups make new rules. First of all, experience is no longer the core of expertise; in the AI world, where everything is rapidly changing, the ability to learn and adapt is becoming far more crucial. Secon…

  03.09.2024