Artificial Intelligence Awards 2021

Best Computer Vision Software Company - Russia Recognised as Russia’s Best Computer Software Company, Smart Engines Service Limited Liability Company creates AI that helps people focus on what they care about most. Data entry in general is typically looked at as standardised clerical work that makes a profoundly unsatisfying atmosphere for workers. Therefore, Smart Engines has developed a way to liberate workers from this burden by transferring the data entry function to a machine. Clerical work doesn’t need to be an eight- miserable-hours a day job, and with Smart Engines, it won’t. Establishment Specializing in artificial intelligence research, Smart Engines Service Limited Liability Company (Smart Engines) was established in Moscow, Russia in 2010 with leading AI-based recognition systems that aim to support public and private organizations worldwide. Tinkoff Bank (named most innovative digital bank in Central and Eastern Europe at World’s Best Digital Bank Awards) has been Smart Engines’ client for the past 5 years. In 2020, Tinkoff unveiled its AI Banking strategy that aims to transform its customer offering through personalisation with the help of artificial intelligence across all products and services. Smart Engines solutions are a part of this strategy. Same goes to Raiffeisen bank, Home Credit Bank and Rosbank (Societe Generale Group). Through superior document scanning and analysis, the company is able to significantly improve business processes by combining a customer- centric mentality, determination, extensive research and development, and the highest standard of expectations proven to be exceeded with its cutting-edge innovation. As a result, Smart Engines produces the highest-grade performance, powered by science and fuelled by passionate individuals. At Smart Engines, the company currently employs more than 60 researchers, 13 of them holding Ph.D.’s with the highest honours available. Together, the team has unrivalled expertise in image processing, technical vision, machine learning, graph theory, game theory, document processing, and optimization. In addition, most of the individuals employed at the company are significantly distinguished scientists and researchers within mathematics, computer science, and AI; therefore, the core of the Smart Engines is prominently shaped by the natural ethics of a scientific approach. The local scientific community principles are to maintain ecological balance, green planet, scientific openness, honesty, and ethics. “As we create AI to make life much more exciting and manageable for everyone, we reinforce our values and see how they help grow our business,” states CEO Vladimir L. Arlazarov. Leadership and Pacesetting in the Industry Under the leadership and guidance of Vladimir, the company’s staff members are unmatched in intelligence, experience, passion and are globally recognized for their immense talent and AI development. Smart Engines, with unparalleled proficiency in artificial intelligence and computer vision software, has created an optical character recognition system (OCR) that benefits the public and private organization sectors by delivering the highest performance available in terms of OCR products. “The core of our strategic vision is for Smart Engines to be a mobility facilitator that relies on a vanguard scientific knowledge to meet the challenges of the digital revolution,” explains Vladimir. Vladimir is prominent within the industry, having been in the IT field since 1997. In addition, Vladimir has unparalleled expertise within the AI sector with a Ph.D. in technical sciences and development, recognition systems, and data mining. He teaches at MIPT, peer reviews scientific papers in international journals and leads a section on ICMV. His combined knowledge and experience have led Vladimir to become the author of over 110+ patents and scientific publications on AI, CV, and DAS (Document Analysis Systems) while leading and managing over 70 projects. These projects are heavily linked to embedding document recognition systems for pension funds, ministries, banks, public transportation, and oil and gas companies. A broadened exposure and world-class achievement in order to manage such a vast sector of industries. Under his leadership, his team has been able to develop various generations of industrial OCR and document capture systems, gaining recognition as an indisputably talented individual. “At Smart Engines, our goal is to apply state of the art scientific thinking to the creation and perfection of software that effortlessly handles the most demanding real-world challenges,” states Vladimir.