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  • ITMO Graduate Releases AR App For Speech Therapists

    Recent years have seen an increase in the number of speech disorder diagnoses, including minor ones that can be alleviated with timely speech therapy. Anastasia Pivovarova, an ITMO alumna, has developed an interactive AR app to assist speech therapists in their classes with pre-school children. The app is currently undergoing testing at an educational center in St. Petersburg.

    17.08.2023

  • ITMO Professor Anatoly Shalyto on Mentorship for IT Students

    2023 is declared the Year of Teachers and Mentors in Russia. Five years ago, Prof. Anatoly Shalyto was among the first lecturers in Russia to have received the prestigious award “For Mentoring.” This year, Dr. Shalyto, a leading researcher at the Information Technologies and Programming Faculty, celebrates his 75th birthday. We talked to the esteemed professor about his work at ITMO and the new challenges in mentoring IT students.

    27.07.2023

  • Unique VR Experiences Created by ITMO Students

    If you’ve ever wanted to cook in the kitchen from Ratatouille, travel to the past, or peek inside the human body, you can now do that with projects developed by graduates of ITMO’s Computer Technologies in Design Bachelor’s program. Read on for backstage development stories of Matrix-inspired virtual realities and cartoon-like sets.

    11.08.2022

  • How Computer Algorithms Help Study Metabolic Processes on the Deepest Level

    Scientists from ITMO’s International Laboratory “Computer Technologies” have launched GATOM, a new version of their online service GAM (Genes and Metabolites). The platform analyzes the gene expression and cell processes, as well as looks for the connections between them. This helps researchers figure out how, for instance, the cells of an immune system function. The scientists are confident that their tool will not only help better understand biological processes at the cellular level but also benefit the development of treatment for autoimmune diseases and cancer. 

    14.06.2022