ITMO students are on a roll 🏆

At this year’s international AI Challenge, our teams outperformed competitors from 75 countries, securing a total of 5.8 million rubles in prize certificates — breaking last year’s record. A proud moment for our ITMO Family!

Learn more here ⬅️

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Looking for good video call apps? 🤔

These five options are great for both audio and video chats.

VK

Russia’s top social networks lets you audio- and video-call your family and friends or organize video meetings with your peers for free. There are no limitations on time nor number of participants; among some cool features are built-in meeting trannoscripts and subnoscripts, a meeting planner, and the option to watch movies and videos together in real time.
🔵 Web / iOS / Android

Yandex Messenger

This is your usual messaging app: text, share files, and, most importantly, audio- and video-chat with your friends and colleagues. The only catch is – you’ll need to have a Yandex account to use the app (it’s free). If you’d like to hold a call for over 40 participants, a subnoscription is required. Monthly fees start from ₽299 (includes multiple services).
🔵Web / iOS / Android

Zoom

Here, you can host and join meetings, use an instant text chat, send real-time reactions, and share your screen. Also worth exploring are breakout rooms and online whiteboards. Free users are limited to 40-minute meetings, but once your session ends, you can start a new one – after a little 10-minute break, though.

ITMO students and staff can book limit-free sessions via ISU for work- and studies-related meetings. To do that, simply go to ISU – Личный кабинет (Your personal page) – Бронирование помещений (Room booking).
🔵 Web / iOS / Android

Yandex Telemost

There’s a Yandex app for everything – and group calls are no exception. With Yandex Telemost, you can have free and unlimited access to video meetings. This means all the usual features: from instant chats to virtual backgrounds and real-time recordings. All you need is a Yandex account and stable internet access. Free users may organize calls with up to 100 participants.
🔵Web / iOS / Android

SaluteJazz

Part of Sberbank’s ecosystem, SaluteJazz, though more business-oriented, still has something to offer to individual users. These are 1-on-1 and group (up to 100 participants in the free version) meetings with a virtual background changer, a screensharing feature, and locally-stored meeting recordings.
🔵Web / Android

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Would you like a chance to enroll at ITMO without exams?

Seize the opportunity – sign up for ITMO Mega Contest, an online entrance competition for Bachelor’s students and graduates.

Participants can choose between three subject areas:

💚 The Physics track will include theoretical and practical tasks from various domains of physics
💚 The Robotics track will check your knowledge of control theory and other related fields
💚 The Humanities track will test your potential as a public health scientist

The winners will get the chance to join a Master’s program within their selected track.

Don’t hesitate – sign up and stay tuned for further announcements! 😼

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Acing multiple roles at just 27! 🎆

Our PhD student, Diego Arbildo, was recently named the Best Foreign Professor at Jilin International Studies University in China. In his short but fruitful career as a lecturer, he has already taught in 6 countries around the globe! On his future plans, he says:

In general, I plan to continue serving as a kind of bridge between China and Russia and around the world. I am planning to develop solid, sustainable, and mutually beneficial partner relations between the countries, be that technological collaboration, joint research, or student exchange.

Read the full story on ITMO.NEWS⬆️

We’re opening the brightest and the boldest new coworking space at ITMO! 💘

Say hello to ALFA SPACE and join us for the big launch this Alfa Friday, December 5!

What’s waiting for you?
🟢Fresh lemonade
🟢Card engraving
🟢Cool merch giveaways
🟢Career boosts & networking

…plus a special guest — Dania Kraster, blogger, inventor, and the host of Galileo 🤩

⏰ December 5, 12-6 PM
📍 Kronverksky Pr. 49 (hall near room 2304)

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Want to witness something magical? Join us for ITMO’s Winter Concert, organized by ITMO’s Ensemble, Assemble orchestra ☃️

Here’s what to expect:
🔵Classical winter magic: highlights from Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker and Sviridov’s Snowstorm to set the perfect frosty mood.
🔵Modern holiday vibes: music that smells like tangerines, pine, and pure seasonal wonder.
🔵Choral enchantment: a special performance by the Lumos choir — voices that feel like warm light in December darkness.

Come for the music, stay for the winter spirit!

🗓 December 14, 5 pm
📍 Lomonosova St. 9, room 2202
📩 Register here

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