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• Spelling a Story Bit by Bit: How To Get Into Data Journalism

  In a world overflowing with data, we rely on big data analysts to process, categorize, analyze, and visualize it all. But if we want to make sense of this data and turn it into a digestible socially-relevant story, we will need the skills of data journalists. As the volume of data we produce increases, so does the demand for these all-around experts in analysis, storytelling, and visualization. Read on to find out more about data journalism and where you can learn to do it.

  09.12.2022

• ITMO Named Russia’s Best Technical University in RUR Subject Rankings

  The Round University Ranking (RUR Ranking) Agency has revealed its 2022 subject ranking of the world's top universities in technical sciences, with ITMO once again taking the number one spot among all technical institutions in Russia.

  09.12.2022

• Researchers Explain: All About Carbon Dots And Their Medical Applications

  Carbon nanoparticles (or carbon dots) are a recent and lucky discovery that has managed to become one of the most popular scientific trends of the last 15 years. Their biocompatibility and solubility, among other properties, make them highly useful in diagnostics and therapy of some of the most severe conditions, as well as in biosensing, bioimaging, environmental monitoring, optoelectronics, and other fields. We caught up with Elena Ushakova, the head of the Laboratory of Light-Emitting Carbon Quantum Nanostructures and PI of the Functionalized Carbon Nanoparticles group, to ask her all about carbon dots, their synthesis, and the promise they hold. 

  08.12.2022

• ITMO Team Wins Gold at ICPC Northern Eurasia Finals

  Today, December 7, marked the finals of the Northern Eurasia leg of ICPC – the international collegiate programming contest. Team pengzoo from ITMO University took fourth place in the competition, scoring a gold medal alongside other winners. Now, they will represent their region in the 2022/2023 finals.

  07.12.2022

• This Weekend in St. Petersburg: December 10-11, 2022

  As our city is gradually turning into a snow globe, it’s time for us, too, to gear up for the upcoming holidays. Here’s what this weekend has in store: a charity book sale, an early Christmas market, a gift-centered exhibition, and some interesting movie screenings. Enjoy!

  07.12.2022

• ITMO’s Advanced Engineering School Awards 1.5 Million Ruble Grants to Interdisciplinary Teams’ Tech Projects

  Advanced engineering schools have been launched across the country in 2022 as part of a federal project. Its main goal is to train principal engineers who can assemble interdisciplinary teams and use data-driven approaches to integrate new products into partner companies’ processes. ITMO’s Advanced Engineering School is part of the effort. Recently, it has awarded grants of up to 1.5 million rubles to ten interdisciplinary teams made up of ITMO Master’s and PhD students. We spoke to some of the winners about their projects and future plans.

  07.12.2022

• Esports at ITMO: Join the Community and Play With Your Team

  Did you know that at ITMO’s KronBars Club, you can get your points for physical education by competing for the university as an esports athlete? We got together with Daniil Kirpichenko, the head of esports at KronBars, to ask all about this opportunity: from entry requirements for athletes to ITMO’s star players and in-house tournaments. 

  06.12.2022

• Student Functional Athletics League To Appear in Russia

  At the ninth forum on topical issues in student sports, held on December 1-2, Sergey Seyranov, the President of the Russian Student Sports Union, and Alexey Barymov, the president of the Functional Athletics Federation, signed an agreement establishing a Student Functional Athletics League and thus introducing this sport into the curriculum of Russian universities.

  05.12.2022

• A Guide to Winter in St. Petersburg

  It’s the most wonderful time of the year, as the song goes. You can’t help but love it, even despite the bitter cold, the early sunsets, or the occasional flu. But if it’s your first time in the city when the white veil descends upon us, you might have questions. How do I dress for the weather? How do Russians celebrate the holidays? And which activities can you enjoy? Let’s find out the answers in this digest of winter-themed stories by ITMO.NEWS.

  02.12.2022

• ITMO Students Among Finalists of Big Challenges Contest

  Finalists of the national contest of student research and technological projects received their awards at the second Congress of Young Scientists in Sochi on December 2. Among them were five projects by ITMO students, including one submitted by Anastasia Scherbakova, who won in the category Artificial Intelligence and Information Technologies.

  02.12.2022