Reverse image search – or searching not by words but by visual content – has just become available to users of Yandex.com. This feature works on computer vision technology created by developers at Yandex. We’ve named it “Sibir” (Russian for “Siberia”), from the acronym CBIR, which stands for “content-based image retrieval”. The technology transforms pictures, submitted by users …
Intel plans to set up its research division at Skolkovo ”either in 2015 or 2016,” depending on the office buildings and infrastructure, vice president of the corporation for EMEA Christian Morales told ITAR-TASS on the sidelines of the 14th St. Petersburg International Economic Forum last week. According to the 2011 agreement signed by Intel and …
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On May 13-15, scientists, businessmen and public servants met to discuss new opportunities for companies and universities at the VIII International “From science to business” Forum in St. Petersburg, Russia. More than 200 participants from 50 cities and 10 countries gathered at the event. The event was co-organized by ITMO, a St Petersburg based national technical …
Scientists at the Tomsk State University of Control Systems and Radio Electronics (TUSUR) in Siberia are working on a new technology that would enable 3D prototyping of ceramics, the Association of the Innovation Regions of Russia reported last week. The technology is an alternative to conventional laser-based 3D prototyping, the source underscored.
The Russian government is to get its own search engine. Rostelecom, the national telecom operator, is planning to launch the new service, called Sputnik, within a matter of weeks, the Russian business daily reported last week. Sputnik first came to the public’s attention in October of last year, when it became clear that Rostelecom was actively trying …
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Microsoft and Lomonosov Moscow State University (MSU; Russian MGU), Russia’s most renowned institution of higher learning, shook hands earlier this month on a joint $1 million research project, the US company announced. The three-year agreement calls for close collaboration between the investor, Microsoft Research, and two of MSU’s leading labs – one that develops computer …
Microsoft has stepped up its support of the Moscow IT-industry. This week the American IT-giant has opened a new $15 million technology center, and also announced that it is to invest $1 million in research at Moscow State University over the next three years. This is the third tech center established by Microsoft in Russia. …
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Sarov, one of Russia’s largest centers for nuclear research, is heading for diversification. The federal government is considering drawing upon the solid scientific ecosystem of the city, 460km east of Moscow, to create a major hub for IT and cyber security research. A leading nuclear weapons design area in the USSR that did not appear …
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A cloud app is being developed at Tomsk State University in Siberia to help the visually impaired visit web pages and get the information they need, the TSU press service announced last month. The application, called “RIW – Internet without restrictions,” is the brainchild of Evgeny Sidnev, Artyom Pomiluiko and Stanislav Rychagov, second-year students in TSU’s …
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Systematica, a Russian IT company, has developed a new RFID-based solution for contactless asset inventories and archive processing automation, Cnews.ru reported last week. The new software and hardware complex, called Regula RFID Identification, reportedly speeds stock-taking and registers objects within a reader’s reach virtually instantly. The Regula uses passive RFID tags that require no power …
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The Phystech IT Cluster was established in Russia last week in a multiple-partner effort led by the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT), a leading Russian research university popularly nicknamed “Phystech.” The new nonprofit partnership is expected to develop and implement advanced educational programs in computer science and software engineering and promote large-scale IT …
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MISiS, a leading Russian technology university based in Moscow, has received a $2.7 million “megagrant” from the Russian Government to start developing Russia’s first supercomputer-based capabilities to create new materials for various industrial sectors. A new, state-of-the-art lab is expected to provide a fast track for supplying the Russian economy with materials designed to have specific properties, said Prof. Igor …
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