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• Student Spotlight: Nguyen Thi My Tu, Vietnam

  …students who are studying in Russia have a group chat on Facebook. When I asked which university offers the best computer science education, they highly recommended ITMO. A story that my parents used to tell me when I was a child, which left a great impression on me, also influenced my decision. It was about the Vietnam War and the good relationship between Vietna…

  04.02.2021

• DH Week in St. Petersburg: The Future of Digital Humanities in Russia and the World

  …One such example is the large-scale and, in some regards, pioneering project Sogdians: Influencers on the Silk Road. It is a full-fledged digital exhibition dedicated to the history of the Silk Road developed at the Smithsonian Museum’s Freer-Sackler gallery of Asian art in collaboration with the State Hermitage Museum. “For the longest time, museums have feared…

  03.02.2021

• ITMO Researchers Develop Algorithm System to Boost Efficiency of COVID-19 Treatment

  …ecision control system, as well. The system also processes patient data with machine learning algorithms. The algorithm analyzes all the data on a patient – their medical history, all the tests, ECG, CT, MRI images, or X-rays. For example, say a patient is prescribed a CT image and a radiologist has to review it. This is time-consuming even for experienced special…

  02.02.2021

• Urban Studies Experts from ITMO and University of Helsinki Win Kone Foundation Grant

  …d a project summary, attached the results of an original study, planned a series of interesting products, and presented a clear-cut plan for how we’d present the results using storytelling, interactive maps, and experiments. We picked the topic of circular economy because it corresponds to the global challenge of urban development, which comes with rising environm…

  01.02.2021

• ITMO Historical Museum Releases Memories of Evacuation

  …they wrote on their own or told to their relatives,” explains Nadezhda Maltseva, the head of the museum. “Their memories, diaries, and various documents help us preserve our history for the future. This book is, in fact, a collection of speeches, documents, photographs, and personal files, which makes it possible to recreate wartime and show the people who survived t…

  29.01.2021

• ITMO's Soft Skills Module: Students Share Their Experiences

  …g soft skills, even online, was quite interesting. There were many practical tasks, and we constantly practiced speaking in different forms: presenting yourself, your project, storytelling, and so on. Personally, I’m most grateful for the high-quality feedback I got in the class. Lecturers talk about students’ work in a very kind manner. We could see that they did…

  28.01.2021

• Break Down by Atoms: Obsession-Free Eco-Lifestyle and Space Explorations

  …pment since 2021 and now it has a value of 35 billion dollars. The vehicle, however, is not a breakthrough but a project of the Ares series. But the rocket is not the whole story, it needs a command module, a descent module – which so far none of the countries participating in the space race has – and spacesuits, costing a budget of about 500 million USD. Even for…

  26.01.2021

• Russian Holidays To Look Forward To

  … days, and yet everyone in Russia knows Tatiana’s Day. Why so? Apparently, simply because it coincides with another holiday – Student’s Day.  You can learn more about the history and traditions of this double-holiday in one of our previous articles. Today we just wanted to remind you to congratulate Tatianas if you happen to know any, celebrate the exams that are …

  25.01.2021

• Editor Clare Wilkinson on Challenges to the Field of Science Communication During and After the Pandemic

  …h topics are you planning to cover in the series?  There are three main themes. First, we will look at science communication as a discipline and consider its definitions, history and ethics; the role of science and technology studies; expertise, replication and trust; interdisciplinary knowledge and ideologies. The second theme has to do with mechanisms and tec…

  25.01.2021

• Public Speaking, Negotiating, and More: Soft Skills at ITMO University

  …handle on their emotions, then they can sign up for Social and Emotional Intelligence. There are also separate courses for those wishing to improve their critical thinking and storytelling skills.  Master’s students Master’s students have the chance to acquire new and more advanced skills. ITMO trains researchers, employees for the university’s corporate pa…

  22.01.2021