SCIENTIFIC BREAKTHROUGH
STRATEGIC PROJECT #2
AIMS
➔ To implement R&D&I projects;
➔ A direct, measurable impact of the university’s performance on Russia’s social and economic development.
OBJECTIVES OF THE PROJECT
- Technological excellence in the sensorics, telecommunications, robotics, and energy-saving technologies markets.
- Systemic integration of strong-AI technologies with the goal of transforming key processes in research, production, business, and the social sector.
- Integration of digital and high-precision technologies for the development of methods for personalized health monitoring and control.
DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS
- Breakthrough Science
- Launch of frontier-focused labs aimed at producing breakthrough results for publication in the top 1% of journals by citation rate and presentation at A* level IT conferences (top level in the CORE Conference Ranking).
- Creation of a unique equipment pool at ITMO University. Easy access to these instruments will make it possible to produce breakthrough results quickly and help attract highly talented researchers from Russia and abroad.
- Organization of ITMO staff’s involvement in the operation of megascience-class projects.
- Launch of ITMO partner labs at select Russian universities. The labs’ research teams will share the university's set of values, have access to advanced equipment, and collaborate with top industrial partners.
- Unique R&D&I
- Creation of a quantum «highway» network spanning the entire territory of Russia;
- Adoption by partners of strong-AI-based digital platforms: Digital Avatar (an environment for the design and development of an ecosystem of digital entities with social reflection and community adaptation), Foresight Configurator (an environment for generative modeling and design of digital objects in real world-systems through reproduction of the creative functions of constructors and design software), and Digital Verifier (an environment for the creation and investigation of proofs using the data of public cyberspace).
- Silk Road: an autonomous railway monitoring system that utilizes drones, smart sensors, and predictive analytics.
- KST-3: a solar coronagraph telescope 3 meters in diameter, developed as part of a project supervised by the Institute of Solar-Terrestrial Physics.
- PI Training
- Launch of a PI school and mentorship program.
- Implementation of the personalized intensive program «Student to Professor».
- Introduction of an industrial PhD program.
RESULTS
- Reputation: ITMO is no longer just about IT – it’s biotechnologies, chemistry, robotics, physics, bioinformatics, art & science.
- Over 50% of ITMO’s PhD graduates have publications in Q1 journals.
- ITMO-affiliated publications in journals at the level of Science and Nature make up no less than 5% of Russia’s total number of such papers based on ITMO staff members’ share index.
- Launch of 3 tech test sites with TRL of 1-7 in collaboration with top global companies in top-priority fields of the Scientific and Technological Development Strategy of the Russian Federation.
- 10 commercialized IPs by ITMO scientists each year.
- Launch of at least 5 ITMO partner labs and 10 frontier labs.
- ITMO scientists as «millionaires» – ensuring the commercialization of IPs and technology transfer to the revenue of 1 million rubles to 1 million USD.
- The digital platforms Digital Avatar, Foresight Configurator, and Digital Verifier are completed and employed by the university’s partners; a national quantum network has been established in collaboration with Russian Railways.
- ITMO researchers’ papers on the covers of Science and Nature;
- A 100% increase in revenue from contract-based R&D&I;
- Two researchers from ITMO.FAMILY are included on the Highly Cited Researchers list;
- An ITMO scientist has been named a recipient of a prestigious scientific award: Wolf Prize, Dirac Medal, Breakthrough Prize, etc;
- A paper by ITMO researchers accrues over 1,000 citations within 5 years;
- 60% graduation rate among PhD students;
- ITMO is in the top-three of the Russian Nature Index;
- The autonomous railway monitoring system Silk Road has been launched.
- The number of successful defenses by PhD students at ITMO in natural and exact sciences amounts to at least 5% of the overall national number;
- Nobel Prize-level achievements, an actual Nobel Prize, or another scientific honor of the highest level;
- A 150% increase in revenue from contract-based R&D&I;
- Over 80% of scientists are under the age of 39;
- At least 3% of ITMO-affiliated publications are in top-1% journals;
- ITMO is the top Russian university on the Nature Index;
- The KST-3 solar coronagraph telescope has successfully begun operation.
COORDINATOR OF THE PROJECT
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