Samsung Launches AI Center in Russia

Samsung Electronics announces the opening of the SAIC-Moscow (Samsung AI Center in Moscow), which will be located in the «White Square» business center near the Belorusskaya metro station in Moscow. The center will help the company strengthen its leadership in the field of artificial intelligence and explore the broad capabilities of user-oriented AI.

The main areas of research in the new Center will be computer vision, basic algorithms for artificial intelligence platform. and expand the field of AI for key areas such as, robotics, intelligent driving assistant, as well as for other future projects by Samsung.

The leader of Machine learning LAB of the SAIC-Moscow will be prof. Dmitry Vetrov. He has a Ph.D. in Physical and Mathematical sciences. As the leader of machine learning part of the AI ​​Center, he will coordinate research in the search, analysis and development of solutions based on in-depth training and a scalable Bayesian approach. Prof. Viktor Lempitsky will join the team of the Center as the leader of the computer vision, learning and telepresence research group.

«Samsung Electronics has always been an innovator, the first to introduce new products and solutions that change the way people interact with the world and with each other. Russia is rightly considered one of the world centers in the field of technical sciences, therefore it is only natural that we chose this country as one of the sites for a new Artificial Intelligence Center. A team of the best scientists and IT specialists in SAIC-Moscow will help Samsung bring its , robotics, intelligent driving assistant and other AI technologies to a new level», President of Samsung Electronics Headquarters in CIS countries Kim UItack said.

The Center will include joint AI laboratories with leading Russian universities. Currently there are joint artificial intelligence labs at Moscow State University, the Higher School of Economics and the PDMI RAS. In addition, the company conducts projects with leading universities in many Russian cities, including Kazan, Samara, Rostov-on-Don, Tomsk, Novosibirsk. In the future it considers cooperating with Russian start-ups to solve practical problems. Going forward, these can be as full-fledged services related to AI and machine learning, as well as promising developments in the field of applications and components for the company’s products.

«Samsung Electronics plans to introduce AI technologies to all its products and services by 2020. Artificial intelligence will enhance our customer value by offering information and services that they need regardless of products or services they use. This will be a huge step for the world of technology and it will significantly simplify the implementation of everyday tasks», commented Head of Samsung R&D Institute Russia Jin Wook Lee on the opening of the new Center.

As the popularity of Internet of things (IoT) devices grows, the area of application of AI-based solutions expands rapidly. According to the forecasts of Samsung Electronics experts, in the coming years IoT devices with built-in AI will generate enormous amounts of data. By processing this information the devices will be able to provide maximum personalization and full compliance with the users’ needs.

«Currently artificial intelligence is one of the most promising branches of technology. The opening of the Samsung AI Center in Russia will allow us to contribute to the development of this industry and to apply the achievements of the Russian mathematical school, which has a high level of practical training of research specialists», Dmitry Vetrov, leader of Machine learning LAB of SAIC-Moscow commented.

Earlier in May, Samsung Electronics has opened two new AI Centers in Cambridge (UK) and Toronto (Canada). More information about the SAIC-Moscow and global AI Centers is available on the Samsung Research website.