The Institute for System Programming of the Russian Academy of Sciences (ISP RAS) and the Moscow State Institute for International Relations (MGIMO) have signed an agreement to jointly develop a platform for Big Data analysis in the field of international relations. This platform will be used by students and researchers to solve applied problems of Russia’s ministry …
Last week Yandex, the Russian NASDAQ-listed digital tech giant, launched an online course on data labeling, presenting the initiative as a world’s first. This five-week course aims to teach “efficient and scalable data labeling for ML and various business processes” based on a crowdsourcing approach. Students are explained how to “split complex challenges into small tasks and distribute them among a …
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As part of the European strategy for data, the European Commission proposes a set of measures to “foster the availability of data.” A part of them, published on November 25, focus on “increasing trust in data intermediaries and strengthening data-sharing mechanisms across the EU.” These measures are aligned with the consumer protection requirements under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) …
Over the last years, X5 Retail Group, a leading Russian food retailer listed on the London and Moscow stock exchanges, has undertaken a process of deep digital transformation from procurement automation, to facial recognition, to video analytics. As Head of X5 Technologies, Anton Mironenkov, leads a team of some 2,500 professionals. In this interview with …
In its efforts to manage and monitor the flow of human beings through the city, Moscow officials have experimented with mobile apps, QR codes, and telephone hotlines. Many of these systems have confused the elderly, overwhelmed operators, and frustrated virtually everyone. According to a new public contract reported in the Russian news media, the capital …
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Russian agritech startup IntTerra has agreed with local businessman Nikita Shashkin an investment plan of “up to $10 million” in several capital injections. The deal, agreed in early 2020, has just been revealed by the business daily Vedomosti, which cites exchanges with company founders Vitaly Buzu and Alexander Mikhailov. Very few Russian agritech startups have …
Russian startup to receive up to $10 million to bring data science to farmers Read More
A conference will be held in Moscow on Sept. 19-20 to discuss how Big Data and artificial intelligence can be used for digital innovation and business process optimization at various levels. The conference will also present relevant cases and best practices on how practical data skills are used in businesses, having become the most sought-after …
Big Data & AI Conference 2019 (Moscow, September 19-20) Read More
It has been difficult so far to assess the efficiency of online advertising to drive offline purchases. In the absence of precise tools, advertisers and agencies can rely only on conventional online metrics such as click-through-rate, which do not tell much about what happens after the users left their screens. Segmento, a programmatic platform based …
Sistema VC, the venture arm of the Russian conglomerate Sistema, has taken part in a $26.4 million Series B round for SQream, a New York-headquartered startup offering a GPU database “for fast, scalable SQL analytics.” Announced on May 30, the round was led by Alibaba Group with participation from existing and new investors including Hanaco …
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Yandex Data Factory, a B2B business unit which Yandex launched in 2014 to develop custom-made Big Data solutions, has developed significantly both in Russia and abroad, its CEO Jane Zavalishina said in an exchange with tech blog 150.com at an industry conference. From its offices in Moscow and Amsterdam, Yandex Data Factory aims to make Yandex’s technologies – …
Yandex deploys Big Data and AI technologies across Europe, eyes South American market Read More
Russia’s largest IT and telecom companies are considering the creation of a new self-regulatory organization to oversee the Big Data sector, the Russian business daily Kommersant reported Monday. Among these players are the national telecom operator Rostelecom, mobile operators MegaFon, MTS and Vimpelcom, and domestic Internet leaders Mail.Ru Group and Yandex. Mail.ru Group believes that that the …
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Russia’s national savings bank Sberbank has announced the launch of a risk theory and data analysis laboratory in partnership with Moscow State University (MSU) earlier this week. Dubbed “CMC-Sberbank,” the new lab will function as an R&D center focusing on statistical methods for big data analysis and machine learning. The laboratory is intended to become a leading …
