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• Over 100 Participants Join Drone Racing Championship at ITMO

  Marked by the rumble of propellers, 200 kmph speeds, and steep turns, ITMO’s open championship in drone racing brought together more than 100 participants from all over the country. The racers used different types of drones to compete in individual and team categories.

  04.12.2025

• ITMO Students Become Two-Time Winners of International AIDAO Contest by Yandex Education and HSE University

  Yandex Education and HSE University’s Faculty of Computer Science have announced the results of the international Artificial Intelligence and Data Analysis Olympiad (AIDAO). The contest brought together 248 teams from 14 countries, including Russia, Kazakhstan, South Korea, Germany, and Iran. For the second year in a row, the ITMO team AI Capybara took the first place at the competition – their AI vision system for autonomous vehicles proved to be the most accurate.

  01.12.2025

• ITMO Team Wins RoboCup Asia Pacific 2025

  The team of ITMO’s Youth Robotics Lab became the winner of the international RoboCup Asia Pacific 2025. Their robotic saxophonist Fantastic Robby Brown was named best in the creative category RCJ OnStage Secondary. This year’s contest took place in Abu Dhabi and drew over 700 participants from 20 countries.

  17.11.2025

• Million-Ruble Prize Fund and Tasks From Yandex: All About the Artificial Intelligence and Data Analysis Olympiad

  This year marks the second season of the international Artificial Intelligence and Data Analysis Olympiad (AIDAO), organized by Yandex and HSE University. Winners will split a 2.65 million-ruble prize fund. Last year, a team of ITMO students, Daria Ledneva and Timur Ionov, was named best. They won 600,000 rubles, boosted their IT skills, and expanded their professional portfolios. Today, we asked them why others should join this season’s AIDAO and what helped them prepare for the contest.

  10.10.2025

• ITMO Team Takes Gold at RobotChallenge 2025

  The team of ITMO’s Youth Robotics Lab became the winner of the international RobotChallenge 2025 – their robotic saxophonist Fantastic Robby Brown became the best in the creative category FreeStyle Senior. This year’s RobotChallenge in Beijing brought together over 5,000 participants from 42 countries.

  19.08.2025

• ITMO-Trained Team Brings Home Four Medals from IOI 2025

  A team of Russian school students secured four medals at the 37th International Olympiad in Informatics (IOI) in Bolivia. The competition welcomed contestants from 87 countries. The Russian team was coached by Andrey Stankevich, the dean of ITMO’s Information Technologies and Programming Faculty.

  05.08.2025

• Russian Team Claims 24 Medals at the International Advanced Tournament in Informatics in Bulgaria

  The Russian national team took home fifteen gold and nine silver medals at the XVI International Advanced Tournament in Informatics (IATI), which took place in Bulgaria on April 9-13. The students joined the event remotely. The senior team’s coach was Andrey Stankevich, an associate professor and the dean of ITMO’s Information Technologies and Programming Faculty.

  21.04.2025

• Competitive Programming, Scholarships, and New Programs: Why Competition Winners Apply to ITMO

  The Russian national competition (Vseros) for school students is one of the most challenging and prestigious academic contests in Russia. Its winners and runners-up can enter any of the country’s top universities, regardless of their Unified State Exam scores. Every year, the best performers of the national competition in programming choose ITMO. What opportunities attract them here? How do they train for the competition and how can this knowledge help in real life? Read on for answers from Vseros winners now studying at ITMO.

  02.04.2025

• Next Stop – Houston: School Students from St. Petersburg Win FIRST Tech Challenge Championship

  Sputnik Original, a team of school students from St. Petersburg, reigned supreme at last month's international robotics competition FIRST Tech Challenge Championship in Italy. They outperformed more than 40 teams from 13 countries, becoming the event’s absolute winners. The team trains at Lyceum No. 244, where they are mentored by university students, including Master’s students from ITMO who once graduated from the school and have now returned to teach supplementary courses. What awaits the team next? The world finals in Houston (USA) in late April. ITMO NEWS got to talk to the team and now shares their story. 

  21.03.2025

• ITMO Student Wins China Intelligent Robot Fighting and Gaming Competition

  Natalia Leshchenko, a student of ITMO’s Faculty of Control Systems and Robotics, took first place at the China Intelligent Robot Fighting and Gaming Competition in Beijing, competing as part of the team of the Beijing Institute of Technology in the category Visual Confrontation. Overall, the competition welcomed 1,692 teams from 184 Chinese universities.

  30.01.2025