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• ITMO Graduate Maksim Latkin on His Experience of Working as a Systems Engineer

  When Maksim Latkin was still a student at ITMO University, he started to work at Selectel, a leading IT infrastructure provider in Russia. During the next four years, he went from being an intern to working as a systems engineer. ITMO.NEWS met with him to discuss his favorite university courses, working at a large IT company while being a student, and the advantages of being an engineer.

  21.05.2021

• New Technology and How It Can Affect My Art: An Artist’s Opinion

  Michel Doumit, a Lebanese artist and student of the Art & Science Master’s program at ITMO University, discusses how modern technology and classic art influence his work.

  17.10.2019

• THz Success: ITMO Master’s Student Presents His Research in Paris

  ITMO University student Egor Litvinov believes that 2019 may well be his lucky year: he’s won a presidential scholarship to pursue studies abroad, became a laureate of the IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques Society scholarship and attended international conferences in Paris and Yokohama, where he also got the opportunity to present his research. ITMO.NEWS met with Egor to find all about his work and successes. 

  26.09.2019

• HAKORA: Building a Business in the Field of AR

  HAKORA is an AR platform with a ready mobile solution that allows to visualize any products in real-time mode. Roman Shiplyakov, ITMO Master’s student from the Faculty of Technological Management and Innovations, and Oleg Borovskiy, Master's student from St. Petersburg State University of Economics founded the startup two years ago, and now work in different segments of the market (medicine, retail, development, education, and industry) by helping companies solve their main task: tell their clients about their services in a most demonstrative and entertaining manner. Among HAKORA's clients are renowned brands, construction companies, and the St. Petersburg city administration. Read our interview to learn about the cases that HAKORA is currently working on and how it plans to compete with European and American players in the AR market.

  26.12.2018

• Twenty-Five Hours in a Day

  What to do if you dream of pursuing a degree abroad, but doubt you’ll be able to make it? How does the Russian educational system differ from its international counterparts? And how to get selected for an internship at a world-class university? Victoria Gorelkina, a graduate of ITMO University’s Faculty of Physics and Engineering, knows the answers! 

  25.10.2018

• Founder of MEL Science Vasily Filippov: Only Those Who Work Hard Are Successful

  “What do you think was the first chemical reaction in the world?”, it is with this curveball that Vasily Filippov, founder of MEL Science, a company which designs chemistry kits that help children make their first steps in science, opened his lecture at ITMO University’s SCAMT Laboratory. But this experiments-based venture is an experiment for Vasily himself: he embarked on this adventure after an impressive fifteen-year record of developing mobile apps. Daria Lampadova from Megabyte Media, a student media outlet powered by ITMO University, quizzed the entrepreneur on what prompted him to quit his successful career of a programmer and how he plans to revolutionize the approach to modern education. 

  18.10.2018

• Interning in New York, Working in Berlin: ITMO Graduate Victoria Gorelkina On Her International Experience

  Victoria Gorelkina graduated from ITMO University in 2015. After going on an exchange semester in Switzerland as part of her Master’s studies, Victoria decided that she would like to continue her education abroad, consequently enrolling in a Master’s program in Germany. Today, Victoria is a lighting designer at a German company. ITMO.NEWS met her to talk about education mobility, dream jobs, and the importance of learning languages.

  30.07.2018