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• Health Data Scientist Yuri Rykov on Early Diabetes Diagnostics and AI in Medicine

  In 2024, over 5.5 million cases of diabetes were registered in Russia, the majority of which (5.1 million) were type 2 diabetes. This is a tricky disease: for a long time, it can be almost asymptomatic, with many patients failing to notice that anything's amiss. Complications and even disability can be avoided with early diagnostics. Yuri Rykov, a health data scientist who has recently joined the ITMO Fellowship program, is working on a new system that will help detect pre-diabetes symptoms and stop the disease in its tracks. We spoke with Dr. Rykov about his project and the future of AI in medicine.

  12.05.2025

• ITMO to Receive 350 Million Rubles for Educational Programs in AI

  In a competition conducted by the Ministry of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Media and the Analytical Center for the Government of the Russian Federation, ITMO was named among the top Russian universities that will be training highly qualified AI specialists in 2025-2030. Winners will receive funding within the national project Data Economy and Digital Transformation of the Country.

  05.05.2025

• ITMO Students Succeed at Data Fusion Contest

  A team of ITMO students from the Artificial Intelligence Technologies Faculty made it into the top three of Data Fusion Contest, an international competition for data scientists organized by the IT holding company T1 in collaboration with VTB Bank. Over 1,500 participants from Russia, Australia, Germany, the USA, and other countries participated in the event. The winners were awarded at the Lomonosov cluster in Moscow as part of the conference Data Fusion 2025.

  22.04.2025

• ITMO Researchers Design a Dataset to Study the Functions of Immune Cells

  As a central component of the human immune system, mononuclear phagocytes defend the body by absorbing bacteria, viruses, and dead or damaged cells, thus fighting off infections and helping build immunity. Researchers from ITMO University, together with their colleagues from the Immunological Genome Project (ImmGen), have devised a specialized resource to study mononuclear phagocytes and a novel method for gene expression analysis. Featured in Cell Reports, the results of their work may potentially break the ground for new ways to treat metabolic diseases, such as atherosclerosis and cancer.

  10.03.2023

• The Benefits of ITMO’s Master’s Program in Artificial Intelligence

  The Russian IT industry is found lacking about 1 million specialists, with data scientists, machine learning specialists, and data analysts being in most demand. The good news is, these are the kind of specialists trained at ITMO’s Master’s program Artificial Intelligence. This online program offers industry-oriented practical training, in addition to a wide array of studying and career opportunities. 

  28.02.2023

• ITMO’s Monday Science Roundup #20

  In today’s summary of top material from ITMO.NEWS, read about: new life-changing technologies and space research, tips on getting your PhD at ITMO, musings on AI art, and an intro to the world of data journalism.

  12.12.2022

• ITMO’s Advanced Engineering School Welcomes Its First Students

  In September 2022, ITMO University’s Advanced Engineering School received its first class of 55 Master’s students. Over the next two years, they’ll combine their primary studies with classes in data-driven approach and team management, all to become accomplished principal engineers. Today, we look at the school’s educational process, its differences from conventional programs, and the students’ impressions so far.

  12.09.2022

• Switching From Robotics to Data Science: ITMO PhD Student Qi Yang on Courage to Do What You Love

  Qi Yang first came to Russia six years ago to follow his high school dream of getting into ITMO. After acquiring his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees from ITMO’s Faculty of Control Systems and Robotics, Qi Yang realized that his heart was in big data and machine learning. That’s why he enrolled into a PhD program at ITMO’s Information Technologies and Programming Faculty. These days, Qi Yang analyzes social media data and develops unique methods for automated profiling. Read on to learn how working with data is more exciting than robotics and why it’s important to follow your heart when choosing your career. 

  02.02.2022

• Data Science for Gen Z: ITMO Staff Ksenia Balabaeva Joins Gazprom Contest as Mentor

  Ksenia Balabaeva, an ITMO staff member, became a mentor for the participants of the Developing Talent contest organized by Gazprom Neft. Ksenia helped gifted school students solve IT problems inspired by the needs of today’s oil and gas industry. Learn more about the contest and Ksenia’s experience in this ITMO.NEWS article.

  20.04.2021

• ITMO University Graduate Stepan Rakitin on Making a Career in IT and Working at a Startup

  Stepan Rakitin graduated from ITMO’s Master’s program in Big Data and Machine Learning in 2018, and then spent two years working as a Java developer at the largest European startup in fintech. These days, he lives in Berlin and holds a job at an American platform for data science. ITMO.NEWS got in touch with Stepan to ask him about making a career in IT, the unique features of studying at ITMO and the reasons for choosing a startup instead of a major corporation. 

  25.05.2020