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• This Weekend in St. Petersburg: November 19-20, 2022

  Have you spotted some of this year’s first snow this week? And the winter has not even started yet! But even though it might yet be too early for the Christmas spirit to keep us warm, we’ve got plenty of other exciting activities this weekend to do the job. Enjoy!

  16.11.2022

• Get to Know ITMO’s Food Biotech Specialists

  Baking bread, brewing beer, and making marmalade might sound like a fun way to spend your workday, but their work at the Faculty of Biotechnologies allows our experts to explore the fundamentals of food biotechnologies, functional foods and food storage methods. When they’re not saving the planet from hunger with their innovative research and educating the next generation, they also have their hobbies and interests. So, we decided to get to know some of them in this feature. 

  15.11.2022

• Digital Renaissance: Yandex Academy Conference on Metaverses, Digital Doubles, and Technological Art

  We’re witnessing a massive technological shift, which allows different fields, such as art and science, medicine and cybernetics, programming and anthropology, to intersect. What trends are especially relevant nowadays? Digital artists and experts in education gathered at the annual Yandex conference YAC/e to discuss this and many other related questions.

  15.11.2022

• ITMO Updates Its Supervisory Council

  Among the new members of the council are Alexander Krainov, director for development of artificial intelligence technologies at Yandex; Maksim Spiridonov, founder of Netology; Anton Elistratov, CEO of Samolet Group; Olga Filatova, an independent member of the board of directors at HeadHunter; and Oleg Churilov, a representative of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education.

  15.11.2022

• ITMO’s Monday Science Roundup #18

  Today, we’ve got a whole lot of research to share with you, dear reader: from an anti-art forgery invention to a promising cancer treatment. And after that, we’ve got insights into the art of lighting design, a celebration of holography, and even a pop-sci collaboration with the city’s top bakery chain.

  14.11.2022

• Startups by ITMO Students Win 1 Million Rubles in Funding

  Projects by eleven ITMO students were named best in a student startup contest held by the Foundation for Assistance to Small Innovative Enterprises, with each of the projects being supported by a 1 million ruble grant to see it to fruition. Read on to learn more about these star ideas.

  14.11.2022

• ITMO First Vice Rector Joins Yandex as Education Director

  Daria Kozlova, ITMO’s First Vice Rector, will combine her current duties with heading education at Yandex, setting an example for integration between universities and business. 

  14.11.2022

• Information & Cyber Security Track at I Am a Professional: Why You Need It and How to Prepare

  In a few days, online registration for the contest I Am a Professional will close for this year’s participants. All winners of the contest will have the chance to enter some of the country’s best universities without exams and gain access to the contest’s career center, while those who make it to the top and become the contest’s medalists will also enjoy prize money and internships at major Russian companies. This season, ITMO is responsible for three tracks within the contest, including Information & Cyber Security. In this article, we will introduce you to this field and offer a few tips on how to best prepare for the contest. 

  11.11.2022

• Turn to Light: Using Lighting Solutions to Attract Visitors to Cultural Events

  We use lighting in everyday life, for instance, to organize our workspaces, but lighting engineers, artists, and designers apply it in more creative ways. What color temperature works best for a particular painting? Can lighting attract more visitors to historical museums and classical music concerts? And how can we make street installations and light shows appealing to millions of people every year? Here is a recap of the most interesting cases presented at the recent international conference Lighting Design.

  11.11.2022

• ITMO Students Develop Smart Armband for Monitoring Hospital Patients

  Medsled, a team from ITMO University, has developed a concept of a smart armband for monitoring the condition of hospital patients. Unlike its competitors, the new solution doesn’t have a screen and can transport data directly into a medical information system. The concept won the Smart Medical Technologies hackathon held by the university at the recent St. Petersburg International Health Forum. Read on to learn more about this and other solutions developed by ITMO students, including a fundus camera, a portable electromyograph, and another smart armband.

  10.11.2022