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.

#newsdigest

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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.

What does a true St. Petersburg local carry in their tote bag? 🤔

You know the type: the one who’s never caught off guard when the sun suddenly turns to rain (and back again 10 minutes later). They just reach into their trusty sack and pull out exactly what they need.

Summer in St. Petersburg is beautiful, chaotic, and wildly unpredictable. The key to surviving it isn’t just good attitude – it’s a well‑packed bag. We’ve rounded up the ultimate list of summer essentials that will make you feel like a local, no matter what the weather throws at you.

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Awesome art alert 🔍

ITMO’s Art & Science Center presents Happiness Corporation – the annual exhibition of graduation projects from the Art & Science Master’s program. This year, 24 young artists explore the clash between individual expression and social structure.

📅 June 27 – July 28
📍 Sergey Kuryokhin Contemporary Art Center, Sredny Prospekt V.O. 93

🎫 Free entry for ITMO students and staff!

Learn more about the exhibiton here 💎

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In industry, you solve problems. In academia, you discover what needs solving 💡

Meet Umer, a Master’s student studying robotics and AI. Coming from a professional background, he was looking for more than just theory – and at ITMO, he found the right environment.

[ITMO is] intellectually demanding but highly supportive. Curiosity is treated as a professional obligation, not a personality trait. You’re expected to ask questions, and discussions regularly move beyond the syllabus into open research problems. Coming from industry, this was exactly the environment I needed to grow as both an engineer and a researcher.

👉 Read Umer’s full interview here

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