Technology

Granulometry – the measurement of size and distribution of particles – can be a notoriously difficult task for AI systems, as it requires them to discern the fine borders of closely located (or even overlapping) objects. However, a new solution by students from ITMO’s Computer Technologies Laboratory promises to solve the issue. A combination of three AI models, it can process up to 600 images in an hour with a high level of accuracy. Potential fields of application include the mining, food, and fossil fuel industries.

Read more: AI Tool to Facilitate Mineral Processing Developed at ITMO

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It’s an issue familiar to any big-city dweller: even the most advanced navigation software can struggle with finding the optimal path from point A to point B. Now, a joint study by researchers from ITMO and Sberbank has offered up a brilliantly simple solution – an algorithm that breaks down the road system into topological “blocks” and then seeks the most efficient routes within each. 

Read more: Russian Scientists’ Solution Promises to Improve Logistics in Big Cities

University

Despite its high occurrence rate, type 2 diabetes can be a tough disease to detect in time due to lack of early symptoms. ITMO.NEWS spoke to Yuri Rykov, a health data researcher and ITMO Fellow, about his current project, which aims to solve the issue of early diagnostics with the help of new tech.

Read more: Health Data Scientist Yuri Rykov on Early Diabetes Diagnostics and AI in Medicine

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One of the by-products of oil and gas extraction is associated water: a kind of “brine” infused with various chemical substances and elements. This water is recycled and treated in a variety of methods, but new ones continue to emerge – such as the one recently devised by researchers from ITMO University. Per the concept, a special ion-selective membrane is used to extract high-purity particles of the valuable metal lithium from the contaminated water. The project has now earned a League of Universities award from Gazprom Neft.

Read more: ITMO Team Receives League of Universities Award for New Lithium Extraction Technology