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• ITMO’s Monday Science Roundup #110

  Urban planning, tiny lasers, medical data, and AI ethics – all this and more in today’s overview of the latest scientific advances and insights from ITMO University.

  10.08.2026

• ITMO Unveils First Russian Service for Fast Complex Planning of Social Urban Infrastructure

  Researchers from ITMO’s Institute of Design and Urban Studies have created a service that analyzes the shortage or surplus of urban social infrastructure and provides construction proposals based on precise calculations. The service’s main advantage is its efficiency: depending on a city’s size, it takes 5-30 seconds to complete the analysis. 

  29.07.2026

• ITMO AI Expert to Evaluate Economic Consequences of Urban Decisions

  Urbanomy is the new ITMO-developed software suite that uses AI to predict economic and social effects of urban decisions. The new tool models interests of citizens, investors, and the city, identifies hidden conflicts, and offers balanced area development scenarios. Thus, the tool will be beneficial for authorities, investors, and analysts by allowing them to make economically optimal urban planning decisions. The service has already been tested by the administration of Gatchina in a pilot urban analysis project.

  11.06.2026

• ITMO's Monday Science Roundup #86

  Our latest science digest was quite a struggle to compile… because there’s just too much to report! From fantastically-sounding biotech research to the essentials of Russian sci-fi, from high-speed space communications to rapidly-growing megapolises – here are the top stories from the past two weeks at ITMO.NEWS.

  25.08.2025

• Russian Scientists’ Solution Promises to Improve Logistics in Big Cities

  Researchers from Sberbank’s Artificial Intelligence Lab and ITMO University have found a way to improve logistics in major cities. Their discovery may help improve the efficiency of cargo traffic, delivery and taxi services, and public transport. The resulting paper, Assessing the complexity of a path search optimization method based on clustering for a transport graph, was published in the Q1 journal EPJ Data Science.

  15.05.2025

• Young Urban Scientists Changing Leningrad Oblast: Case of Bolshie Luchki

  Recently, the second season of Summer School in Urban Studies wrapped up in St. Petersburg. Guided by experienced mentors, 40 students from all over the country developed projects for all-encompassing development of the Bolshie Luchki neighborhood of Slantsy, a town in Leningrad Oblast. Among the ideas they suggested were a preventative clinic for employees of the nearby cement plant, eco-paths, a new research center supported by a chemical cluster and more.

  12.08.2024

• This Weekend in St. Petersburg: July 3-4, 2021

  Not only unprepared tourists, but even the city's hardened residents are often caught off-guard by the weather in St. Petersburg. But with our ultimate weekly guide, you’re bound to have a memorable experience at all times and in all weathers. What to do? And where to go? Here is what’s on this weekend – both offline and online.

  30.06.2021

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

  As part of the grant, researchers from ITMO and their colleagues from University of Helsinki will implement a comparative study of recycling practices in St. Petersburg and Helsinki.

  01.02.2021

• What Fashion and Urban Design Have in Common

  Why is the fashion of the future related to cities? How to make the production of clothes more eco-friendly? Olga Johnston Antonova, a leading expert in sustainable fashion in Russia and creator of the Redshift in Fashion project, talked about the eco-footprint of the fashion industry and common goals of urban design and fashion at an online lecture for ITMO students.

  19.01.2021

• Greening for Sustainable Development: Highlights from Lectures on Urban Studies

  Recently, a series of lectures on urban studies was held at ITMO’s Institute of Design & Urban Studies within the framework of the elective course UN Sustainable Development Goals and Smart and Sustainable Urban Development.

  30.12.2020