Vocord , a resident company of the Skolkovo Foundation’s IT cluster, has been ranked the world’s best face recognition engine for the third time in the MegaFace Facescrub 2016-2017 challenge . The company’s Vocord-deepVo3 algorithm topped...
The fifth annual Skolkovo Robotics event opened at the Skolkovo Technopark on Friday with a greeting from space. Cosmonaut Oleg Novitsky addresses the Skolkovo Robotics conference from onboard the ISS. Photo: Sk.ru. Cosmonaut Oleg Novitsky, who...
Questions surrounding artificial intelligence and whether or not it constitutes a threat to mankind have dominated the headlines this year. Now the Skolkovo innovation centre is gathering together Russian and international experts in this field to discuss the...
Skolkovo’s Robocenter is teaming up with IT cluster resident VisionLabs to present Russia’s first computer vision Olympics. The event, set for March 27 at the Baumann Moscow State Technical University, aims to promote understanding of the field...
This weekend sees the second Robonight in Moscow, a celebration of machines through films, exhibitions and even a robodisco – where, perhaps, robots will do the robot. Robonight is an initiative by the Skolkovo Foundation and the Skolkovo Open University...