TL; ITMO University DR-digest: non-classical admission to university, upcoming events and the most interesting materials

Today we will talk about the master's program at ITMO University, share our achievements, interesting materials from members of our community and upcoming events.


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How to become a member of the ITMO University community

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Non-classical admission to the magistracy in 2019

• Our graduate program is divided into four types of programs: scientific, corporate, industrial and entrepreneurial. The first ones are focused on the market need for research (not only in research institutes or universities, but also in IT companies and R & D centers). The second we implement together with leading organizations. They are aimed at highly specialized business needs. Industrial - this is experimental design activity. And entrepreneurial - arranged according to the principles of R & I (research and innovation). Their graduates will take their own or corporate startups.
• In the process of study, we give our applicants the opportunity to become employees of international laboratories and do science, taking into account the tasks of industrial customers. In addition, as part of the initiatives on practice-oriented research and development, we allocate up to 5 million rubles for two years of work on the project under the 5-100 program.
• This year we have prepared 2645 budget places and more than 70 master programs . General information on admission is available here , and a full list of non-classical opportunities (in addition to traditional exams): from portfolio competition to various student competitions - at the end of the material by reference .

More than 80 of our students became graduates of "I am a professional"

• Among them are 5 gold medalists in “Biotechnologies”, “Information and Cybersecurity”, “Programming and Information Technologies” (two tracks for bachelor's and masters) and “Advertising and public relations”.
• This is the second “I am a professional” Olympiad. This year there were: 523 thousand applications for participation, 54 olympiad directions, 10,886 finalists - among them 106 gold, 139 silver and 190 bronze medalists, 952 winners and 2,085 winners.
• In addition to monetary prizes and invitations for internships, students of the Olympiad will receive the same benefits for non-classical admission to graduate and postgraduate studies.
• The general partner of the “I am a Professional” Olympiad in the areas of ITMO University is “Programming and IT”, “Information and Cybersecurity”, “ Big Data ” - Sberbank.

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Upcoming events

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Securities trading. Algorithms and Analysis

• April 18 at 19:00 | Kronverksky pr., 49, aud. 285 | check in
• This is one of the lectures of the Open FINTECH cycle. The focus is on the stock market and algorithmic trading strategies. Speaker - Andrei Saenko from TKB Investment Partners.

Reverse Cup 2019

• April 23-26, 2019 | Peterhof, Universitetsky pr., 28. | check in
• The cup will be of interest to participants of the CTF competition, low-level programmers and those who are engaged in the analysis and testing of software and computer hardware in terms of information security and the presence of undocumented features.

The future of fintech: AI, ML and BigData

• April 25 at 19:00 | Kronverksky pr., 49, aud. 285 | check in
• This is a consolidating lecture of the Open FINTECH cycle. It will be about how to run your own fintech project. The event is planned to discuss active market participants - from Alipay, MasterCard and Visa to M-PESA and Revolut - and opportunities for young projects. Speaker - Maria Vinogradova, co-author of the world's first banking platform for launching e-wallets, expert on omni-channel banking platforms and director of strategy and market analytics at fintech-company OpenWay.

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Achievements of our colleagues

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Quantum communications: the design of unbreakable data transmission systems

• Arthur Gleim, head of the laboratory of quantum informatics, and Sergey Kozlov, director of the International Institute of Photonics and Optoinformatics, deal with this topic in their own small innovative enterprise - “Quantum Communications”.
• Quite recently, “Quantum Communications” received an investment of one hundred million rubles. This money will help the company to bring the product to the international market and develop quantum control systems for distributed data centers.
• In simple terms, quantum networks allow the transfer of cryptographic keys using single photons. When you try to "listen" network - photons are destroyed, which serves as a sign of "invasion" in the communication channel. In more detail about the principles of work of technology - in our material on Habré .

ITMO University and Siemens opened a new research laboratory

• The opening took place on March 22 in St. Petersburg with the participation of the Rector of the ITMO University Vladimir Vasilyev and the President of Siemens in Russia Alexander Liberov.
• The goal of the partnership is joint training and support for engineers. The laboratory will work on AI systems, MO algorithms and artificial cognitive systems.
• Industrial automation, electric power industry, oil and gas industry, health care, housing and public utilities, and urban infrastructure have been selected as applications.
• In addition to participating in the laboratory, Siemens becomes a member of the consortium of the National Center for Cognitive Development of the ITMO University. It includes such companies as MRG, MTS, a number of universities, research centers and other organizations.

The resident of our Technopark won the first stage of the MOBI Grand Challenge

• This is an international competition of projects using the blockchain for transport. At the moment, passed the first stage. The total duration of the competition is three years. In a year there will be two stages. The goal is to build a sustainable decentralized network for vehicles that could increase mobility in an urban environment.
• Startup DCZD.tech is developing a decentralized system for autonomous vehicles. In addition to the main team, Chorus Mobility and the Jetbrains mobile work algorithms laboratory are working on the project.

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What we recommend reading

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How to transfer a serious injury, seven operations and run your project

• ITMO University graduate Kirill Yashchuk wrote a material about how a serious hand injury turned the tide of his life and career. Kirill talks about himself, talks about the incident, the consequences and the ambitious project that he is now engaged in.

Vernacular areas: what it is and why to study them

• “Vernacular districts” differ from “administrative” ones and reflect the actual practice of using urban space. For example, it may be favorite routes, attractions, or a small business area around the houses. About who and why is studying the vernacular areas - in our material.