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Russian face recognition algorithm named best in the world

September 9, 2016

The face recognition algorithm of Russia’s Vocord is the world’s most effective in its category, beating competitors including Google, according to a ranking produced by international online test platform MegaFace. The MegaFace platform uses a database of more than 1 million photos depicting over 690,000 people photographed without posing and in natural lighting conditions. Vocord’s algorithm is designed to …

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C3D Labs launches new visualizer for engineering software developers

September 5, 2016

C3D Labs, a subsidiary of Russian computer-aided design (CAD) solutions developer ASCON Group, says its product differs from other visualizers on the market in that the latter are generally designed for the animation and video gaming industries, while C3D Vision was created with the requirements of the computer-aided design industry in mind. “As the ASCON Group worked …

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Russia’s budding virtual reality market thinks big

September 5, 2016

Russia should focus on developing its VR/AR market, Yevgeny Kuznetsov, the acting head of RVC, the Russian fund of funds for innovation, said last month. “Right now, the new VR/AR market is being discussed within the National Technology Initiative,” a state project that aims to create the conditions necessary for Russia to become a global …

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Andrej Bievetski of SAP Labs: “SAP certification may help Russian startups enter completely new markets and access our enormous client base”

August 5, 2016

When multinational corporations work with small startups, it’s always a two-way process, believes Andrej Bievetski, managing director of SAP Labs in the CIS, the local R&D arm of the German software giant. Bievetski, who has been working for SAP for 17 years, took over the running of SAP Labs in March, and a major part …

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From lab to market: Dutch, Russian innovators talk commercialisation

July 16, 2016

Bridging the gap between academia and industry to turn the ideas of the country’s brightest minds into successful commercial projects is one of the challenges struggled with by innovations institutions all over the world. To find out more about the Dutch approach to this mission, the Skolkovo Foundation recently hosted a roundtable for representatives of …

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Tatarstan tops ranking of innovation-friendly Russian regions

July 16, 2016

The Russian Regional Innovative Development Ranking is compiled by the Higher School of Economics – based on social and economic conditions for innovative activity, science and tech potential, innovation activity and innovations policy in the regions. Tatarstan knocked Moscow off the top spot in the rating for the first time since 2008. The Russian capital …

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Chinese tech businessmen visit Russia’s Skolkovo and leading Internet companies

July 16, 2016

In late June, a delegation of high-flying Chinese Internet entrepreneurs visited Skolkovo, the international tech hub under completion on the outskirts of Moscow, as part of a fact-finding mission to the Russian capital. Their visit followed the signature of a raft of energy deals by Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping in Beijing. …

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Russian startup VisionLabs teams up with Facebook and Google to teach machines to see

April 14, 2017

VisionLabs, a facial recognition, data analysis and robotics company, has created an open-source computer vision platform using funding from Facebook and Google. Founded in 2012, VisionLabs is a resident of Skolkovo, the international tech hub under completion on the outskirts of Moscow. The Russian company created the new resource by integrating two popular libraries for developers …

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Skolkovo residents seek to print satellites directly in space

May 19, 2016

A 3D printer for use in space is the end goal of a joint project between two Russian companies – Sputnix and Anisoprint – and Moscow Polytechnic University. The device will be able to print construction elements of microsatellites using composite materials while in orbit, its creators say. The project combines the experience of Anisoprint in the …

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Skolkovo agrees cooperation with Algerian technoparks

May 20, 2016

In late April Skolkovo, the international tech hub under completion on the outskirts of Moscow, signed a cooperation agreement with Algeria’s National Agency for the Promotion and Development of Technoparks (ANPT). This partnership came as one of the results of a visit to Moscow by the Algerian prime minister and the ANPT’s director Abdelhakim Bensaoula. As reported …

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How e-health could revolutionize Russian healthcare: the Netherlands shares its experience

May 12, 2016

Policymakers, doctors and scientists from both the Netherlands and Russia gathered in Moscow last month under the auspices of the Russia-Netherlands bilateral health working group to exchange ideas and share expertise about e-health solutions. “In the Netherlands, the healthcare sector is aware of the necessity to join forces for smart solutions for sustainable healthcare. This can …

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Russian robotics startup walks away with first prize at Chinese contest

April 21, 2016

Last week in China, Russian startup Wicron was awarded first prize in the robotics category of the Global Happiness Technology Challenge, the Skolkovo Foundation reported yesterday. The startup presented a remote presence bot, christened ‘Webot,’ which allows users to observe the bot’s surroundings from their location via the Internet, an interact with people in those surroundings accordingly. A …

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