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FindFace Security allows you to process video streams from hundreds of thousands of cameras and compare face images with monitoring lists of billions of faces without sacrificing quality and speed. The solution allows you to identify persons and prevent crimes. Locating missing people and offenders, as well as tracking their routes of movement, is performed in a split second.

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The NtechLab algorithm finds&nbsp;faces, even if significant age-related changes have occurred, a beard or mustache appears, glasses are worn, part of the face is covered. Algorithm's leadership in the accuracy and speed has been confirmed by victories in competitions from the US National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Amazon and the US Intelligence Advanced Research Agency (IARPA).

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In mid-February, the Ministry of Economic Development will publish for the first time the White Paper, a summary report on the development of certain high-tech areas. It is expected to be released annually.

 
 In addition to the department, other ministries participated in creating the document, as well as the Higher School of Economics, Sberbank, the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF), Rostec, Rostelecom, Rosatom, Russian Railways (RZD), Rosseti, Roskosmos and Gazprom. First Deputy Prime Minister Andrei Belousov ordered to prepare such a book in the summer of 2021.

 
 The authors of the White Book specify that Russia, among other countries, ranks from 7th-8th to 19th in terms of publication activity of researchers and from fourth-sixth to the border of the second and third ten in patent activity. The development of technology in Russia is hampered by a strong dependence on the import of components and equipment, sanctions, a lack of qualified specialists, as well as an insufficient number of start-ups and the almost complete absence of unicorns.

 
 In particular, the document states that:

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 <li>from 2015 to 2019, the global number of patent applications related to artificial intelligence (AI) increased from 22,500 to 63,700. Russian authors filed about 100–140 patent applications per year. In the total volume of scientific papers on AI, the share of Russian authors is 1.5% (2020 data). Among the main AI developers in Russia are Yandex, VisionLabs, NtechLab, Sberbank, VK, MTS, Gazprom Neft, Kaspersky Lab.</li>
 <li>Russia accounted for 0.2% of the total number of patent applications for inventions related to the Internet of things&nbsp;(IoT) in the world (2019 data) and 1.5% of the total number of scientific publications (2020 data). Among the leading Russian companies in this area are MTS, Beeline, MegaFon, Rostelecom, Rostec, etc. The main advantage of Russian players compared to the foreign ones is more functional software, more efficient data processing algorithms, storage solutions data and monitoring, etc. However, the main hardware solutions are made on a foreign element base.</li>
 <li>Russia accounted for 0.1% of the global number of patent applications for inventions related to fifth-generation (5G) mobile networks in 2019 and 1.8% of the total number of scientific publications (2020 data). Already, the penetration rate of 5G in the USA, China and South Korea is 15-20%, while in Russia the technology is implemented only in pilot zones, their full launch has been postponed until 2024. By this date, “the gap can reach critical values ​​both in terms of the level of development of the infrastructure of 5G networks and the degree of readiness of services based on them,” the authors of the document said.</li>
 <li>In 2019, Russia accounted for 1.5% of total patent applications related to quantum computing and 4.7% of scientific publications (2020 data). Rosatom, the Russian Quantum Center and various universities are developing these technologies in the country. The technological gap between Russia and the world leaders in the field of quantum computing is estimated at seven to ten years. In 2025-2030, when quantum computers will be massively introduced, “non-quantum technological leadership of the state will become impossible,” the document says.</li>
 <li>Russian authors occupied 0.2% in the total volume of patents in the field of distributed registry technologies (data of 2019) and 2.1% in scientific publications (according to the results of 2020). The project using this technology is being implemented by the National Settlement Depository, the Federal Tax Service, Dom.RF, Sberbank, Raiffeisenbank, Norilsk Nickel, Gazprom Neft, and others.</li>
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 <a href="https://ict.moscow/news/v-rossii-sozdali-beluiu-knigu-tekhnologii/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Original (in Russian)</a>

Russia Сreates a White Book on Technologies

The demand for smart urban video surveillance and its development

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Eyes of Metropolis: How the New Scenarios Appear in Video Analytics

In February 2022, Moscow is planning to launch a pilot project to pay for purchases using Face Pay app.

 
 The face recognition system will appear in one of the supermarket chains at self-checkout counters. Customers will be able to automatically receive discounts on bonus cards and purchase certain categories of goods without presenting documents, and retail will be able to analyze customer behavior and compare customer faces with a “black list” of unscrupulous customers.

 
 The project is being implemented jointly with NCR. Currently, one of the developers of the NtechLab system is looking for a partner bank and is also negotiating with credit institutions.

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 <a href="https://ict.moscow/en/card/face-pay/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Face Pay</a>, <a href="https://ict.moscow/en/cards/?tags=NtechLab" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">NtechLab</a>

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 In August, it was <a href="https://ict.moscow/en/news/russian-facial-recognition-system-launched-on-indian-railways/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">reported</a> that NtechLab's facial recognition system FindFace Multi was installed at 30 Indian railway stations, with a total of 470 cameras using intelligent video analytics to search for criminals and missing people.

 
 <a href="https://ict.moscow/news/pilotnyi-proekt-po-oplate-pokupok-s-pomoshchiu-face-pay-planiruiut-zapustit-v-moskve-v-2022-goda/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Original (in Russian)</a>

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Moscow to Launch a Pilot Project for Purchases Using Face Pay 

The Atlanty Business Club and the Smart Ranking research agency have compiled a <a href="https://atlanty1000.ru/2021" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">rating </a>of Russian companies in the small and medium-sized business segment with a turnover of $800,000 (60 million rubles) up to $67 million (5 billion rubles), which included 51 Moscow IT companies.

 
 Three companies with the highest turnover over the past year are:

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 <li>Solar Staff - a service for quick deals with freelancers (RUB 4.1 billion);</li>
 <li>SevenTech - provider and integrator of communication services (3.3 billion rubles);</li>
 <li>Angara Technologies Group is a system integrator in the field of information security (2.6 billion rubles).</li>
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 The list of companies with a turnover of less than 1.5 billion rubles also listed: Usetech, NtechLab, Beorg, Red Soft, Everpoint. The compilers of the rating noted that the IT industry is among the fastest growing.

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 <a href="https://ict.moscow/en/card/solar-staff/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Solar Staff</a>, <a href="https://ict.moscow/en/cards/?tags=NtechLab" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">NtechLab</a>, <a href="https://ict.moscow/en/card/beorg-smart-vision/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Beorg</a>, <a href="https://ict.moscow/en/card/red-os/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Red</a>, <a href="https://ict.moscow/en/card/evergis/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">EverGIS</a>

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 <a href="https://ict.moscow/news/bolee-50-moskovskikh-kompanii-iz-it-sfery-voshli-v-chislo-naibolee-bystrorastushchikh-predpriiatii-msb/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Original (In Russian)</a>

Atlanty 1000

More than 50 Moscow IT Companies Named the Fastest Growing SMEs

Three Moscow projects became best in categories at the international start-up competition G20 Innovation League. They were evaluated by venture investors and corporations for uniqueness, financial solvency, and compliance with current trends of our time.

 
 In the category IoT/wearables (Internet of Things and wearables), the best project for the production, implementation and support of high-tech functional prostheses Super Motorica (Motorica LLC) was recognized.

 
 In the category Smart Cities and Mobility (smart cities with an emphasis on mobility), the IIoT platform RFSens was presented, which allows you to create wireless systems for online monitoring and diagnostics of equipment in industry and energy. Another winner in the AI ​​(Artificial Intelligence) category was NtechLab, a multi-object intelligent video analytics company.

 
 In total, about 90 startups fought for leadership in various areas: eliminating environmental pollution, improving health care, managing the potential of artificial intelligence, improving the quality of life of people, creating smart cities.

 
 <a href="https://ict.moscow/news/super-motorica-rfsens-i-ntechlab-stali-pobediteliami-na-konkurse-startapov-g20-innovation-league/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Original (in Russian)</a>

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Super Motorica, RFSens and NtechLab Win G20 Innovation League Startup Competition

FindFace Multi 

The product is developed on the basis of FindFace.PRO algorithm, the technology allows to recognize face, verify and identify it, determine sex, age and emotions.

The product works with images and video streaming, and uses video detector with the latter. the system is used in video analytics, fraud prevention and access control.

 The system is used in retail, banking, organization of sports and other events, interior and public security and other spheres. FindFace Enterprise Server SDK uses its own neuronet. Identification accuracy is over 95% and verification accuracy exceeds 99%. FindFace Enterprise Server SDK 2.0 system works on a personal server.

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