Why learn Russian? Let us count the ways 📖

Beyond helping excel in life and studies in St. Petersburg, knowing Russian opens some doors you might not expect.

⬇️ Read the article to find out

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Katerina Kukushkina studied chemistry in Russia, Italy, and France and worked at BIOCAD and research centers in Spain. However, it was at ITMO that she landed her own project 💘

Having joined the ITMO Fellowship program, she found all the necessary equipment and specialists to work on hybrid nanoparticles for cancer treatment.

Read our interview to learn more about Katerina’s project, her work at ITMO, and a career in research.

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Why risk lives when a robot can do the job? 🤖

That’s what Urwa asked when he saw others do dangerous jobs. Now a Master’s student in robotics and AI at ITMO, he is developing autonomous systems for environmental monitoring. When asked whether robots will ever replaces us, he has this to say:

The systems I build every day are extraordinarily capable of specific tasks, but the real future is humans and robots thriving together.

Read Urwa’s full interview here ✏️

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A promise to ourselves we can never keep 😁

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What’s been happening at ITMO this week? Here’s your regular digest:

🗣 ITMO and MWS AI have launched a virtual laboratory that’ll help create new models for speech synthesis and recognition in Arabic and Kazakh.

🧪 ITMO’s School of Life Sciences is launching a new faculty that will specialize in the engineering of chemical and biological systems to tackle real-world industrial challenges.

🤖 Vladislav Gromov and his team, including ITMO PhD students, are training robots to “walk,” “sense” people, and function without access to the internet. In this interview, he shares insights into his project.

And now, some top post recaps:

💻 The new Research Office has just opened at ITMO. The new department offers expert consultations on everything from technology and finance to scientific activities.

📕 Why learn Russian? If you’re looking for reasons, here are some new opportunities the language can open.

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With the admission campaign in full swing, we decided to talk to those who’ve experienced life at ITMO first-hand – our graduates! 👍

Today, we hear from Shahzad Ahmed from Pakistan, who got his Master’s in information security at ITMO.