David Yang
Encyclopedia
Davíd Yang born 1968, is the Founder and Chairman of the Board of ABBYY
, Ph.D. in Physics and Mathematics, Laureate of Russian Government Award in Science and Technology.
, Soviet Union
, to a Chinese
father and Armenian
mother, both physicists. He spent his first 17 years in Armenia before enrolling in the prestigious Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology. He graduated the Faculty of General and Applied Physics in 1992, with a M.S. degree in Applied Mathematics
and Physics
. He shares similar background with a fellow Armenian, ABBYY vice-president, Director of Data Capture Products Department Aram Pakhchanian, who has known David since Yerevan high school and later graduated from the same Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology
. In 1998 the company was renamed to ABBYY
.
ABBYY
employs leading engineers, scientists, and linguists developing Optical Character Recognition (OCR)
, Intelligent Character Recognition (ICR
), Linguistic and Artificial Intelligence technologies.
Today, ABBYY
is an international company with over 900 employees worldwide (as of April 2010). ABBYY Group headquarters are located in Moscow
with sales and marketing offices in Ukraine
, the USA, the UK
, Germany
, Japan
, Taiwan
, Cyprus
and Russia
. ABBYY products are being sold in more than 130 countries around the world through an extensive network of regional and international partners.
Among the most famous company products are ABBYY FineReader
, an optical character recognition system, and ABBYY Lingvo
, an electronic dictionary. The overall number of users of ABBYY products, which range from end user applications for PC and mobile devices to enterprise solutions and development tools, exceeds 30 million people according to internal research.
Alongside with leading ABBYY
David is a co-founder, entrepreneur and/or co-investor of a number of other projects.
Among these are:
, architecture
, socio-communicative technologies. He is married and raises two children.
1993 – David Yang graduates from General and Applied Physics Department of the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology. The theme of his graduation project is “DSL dictionaries description language”.
2000 – Quarter of the million of Cybiko
computers are sold in the USA (4 months after the Cybiko launch).
2001 – David Yang’s profile is included in the “Who Is Who” US directory.
2002 – David is named a “Technology Pioneer” at the World Economic Forum in Davos
2002 – David becomes the laureate of Russian Government Award in Science and Technology
2003 – David Yang defends the dissertation on computer recognition of handwriting and gets Ph.D. in Physics and Mathematics.
2004 – FAQ-Cafe Creative Studio is opened.
2005 – Foundation of iiko company.
2006 – ABBYY
products receive 150 awards for unrivaled quality from leading international magazines and test laboratories.
2007 – David Yang participates in the edition of a two-volume illustrated hardcover “Big Anglo-Russian Dictionary ABBYY Lingvo
”.
2008 – Iiko company signs the contract in accordance with which all the restaurants “Sbarro
” in Russia (over 200 units) are to be automated with iikoRMS и iikoChain technologies.
ABBYY
ABBYY is a Russian software company, headquartered in Moscow, that provides optical character recognition, document capture and language software for both PC and mobile devices.-History:ABBYY was founded in 1989 by David Yang...
, Ph.D. in Physics and Mathematics, Laureate of Russian Government Award in Science and Technology.
Early life
David Yang was born in 1968 in YerevanYerevan
Yerevan is the capital and largest city of Armenia and one of the world's oldest continuously-inhabited cities. Situated along the Hrazdan River, Yerevan is the administrative, cultural, and industrial center of the country...
, Soviet Union
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....
, to a Chinese
Chinese people
The term Chinese people may refer to any of the following:*People with Han Chinese ethnicity ....
father and Armenian
Armenians
Armenian people or Armenians are a nation and ethnic group native to the Armenian Highland.The largest concentration is in Armenia having a nearly-homogeneous population with 97.9% or 3,145,354 being ethnic Armenian....
mother, both physicists. He spent his first 17 years in Armenia before enrolling in the prestigious Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology. He graduated the Faculty of General and Applied Physics in 1992, with a M.S. degree in Applied Mathematics
Applied mathematics
Applied mathematics is a branch of mathematics that concerns itself with mathematical methods that are typically used in science, engineering, business, and industry. Thus, "applied mathematics" is a mathematical science with specialized knowledge...
and Physics
Applied physics
Applied physics is a general term for physics which is intended for a particular technological or practical use.It is usually considered as a bridge or a connection between "pure" physics and engineering....
. He shares similar background with a fellow Armenian, ABBYY vice-president, Director of Data Capture Products Department Aram Pakhchanian, who has known David since Yerevan high school and later graduated from the same Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology
Projects
In 1989, being a four-year student of the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT), David Yang founded his first company Bit Software together with Alexander Moskalev, a member of the Institute of Microelectronics Technology of Russian Academy of ScienceRussian Academy of Sciences
The Russian Academy of Sciences consists of the national academy of Russia and a network of scientific research institutes from across the Russian Federation as well as auxiliary scientific and social units like libraries, publishers and hospitals....
. In 1998 the company was renamed to ABBYY
ABBYY
ABBYY is a Russian software company, headquartered in Moscow, that provides optical character recognition, document capture and language software for both PC and mobile devices.-History:ABBYY was founded in 1989 by David Yang...
.
ABBYY
ABBYY
ABBYY is a Russian software company, headquartered in Moscow, that provides optical character recognition, document capture and language software for both PC and mobile devices.-History:ABBYY was founded in 1989 by David Yang...
employs leading engineers, scientists, and linguists developing Optical Character Recognition (OCR)
Optical character recognition
Optical character recognition, usually abbreviated to OCR, is the mechanical or electronic translation of scanned images of handwritten, typewritten or printed text into machine-encoded text. It is widely used to convert books and documents into electronic files, to computerize a record-keeping...
, Intelligent Character Recognition (ICR
Intelligent Character Recognition
In computer science, intelligent character recognition is an advanced optical character recognition or — rather more specific — handwriting recognition system that allows fonts and different styles of handwriting to be learned by a computer during processing to improve accuracy and recognition...
), Linguistic and Artificial Intelligence technologies.
Today, ABBYY
ABBYY
ABBYY is a Russian software company, headquartered in Moscow, that provides optical character recognition, document capture and language software for both PC and mobile devices.-History:ABBYY was founded in 1989 by David Yang...
is an international company with over 900 employees worldwide (as of April 2010). ABBYY Group headquarters are located in Moscow
Moscow
Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...
with sales and marketing offices in Ukraine
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...
, the USA, the UK
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
, Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
, Taiwan
Taiwan
Taiwan , also known, especially in the past, as Formosa , is the largest island of the same-named island group of East Asia in the western Pacific Ocean and located off the southeastern coast of mainland China. The island forms over 99% of the current territory of the Republic of China following...
, Cyprus
Cyprus
Cyprus , officially the Republic of Cyprus , is a Eurasian island country, member of the European Union, in the Eastern Mediterranean, east of Greece, south of Turkey, west of Syria and north of Egypt. It is the third largest island in the Mediterranean Sea.The earliest known human activity on the...
and Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
. ABBYY products are being sold in more than 130 countries around the world through an extensive network of regional and international partners.
Among the most famous company products are ABBYY FineReader
FineReader
ABBYY FineReader is an optical character recognition application developed by ABBYY.FineReader was designed as a professional-level application for converting scanned images, photographs of documents and PDF files into editable and searchable formats such as Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel,...
, an optical character recognition system, and ABBYY Lingvo
Lingvo
Lingvo, a family of dictionary software for desktop PC, PDA and smartphones, gives translations of words and phrases for 11 European and Asian languages, accompanied with transcription, pronunciation, word usage examples and the list of inflected forms. The languages are: Russian, English, German,...
, an electronic dictionary. The overall number of users of ABBYY products, which range from end user applications for PC and mobile devices to enterprise solutions and development tools, exceeds 30 million people according to internal research.
Alongside with leading ABBYY
ABBYY
ABBYY is a Russian software company, headquartered in Moscow, that provides optical character recognition, document capture and language software for both PC and mobile devices.-History:ABBYY was founded in 1989 by David Yang...
David is a co-founder, entrepreneur and/or co-investor of a number of other projects.
Among these are:
- Development of Cybiko – the first pocket communication computer for youngsters (RussiaRussiaRussia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
, the USA, TaiwanTaiwanTaiwan , also known, especially in the past, as Formosa , is the largest island of the same-named island group of East Asia in the western Pacific Ocean and located off the southeastern coast of mainland China. The island forms over 99% of the current territory of the Republic of China following...
, 1998–2003); - Participation in ATAPY Software company (http://www.atapy.com, 2001);
- Foundation and participation in iiko company, which develops a new-generation system of restaurants and hospitality services management (http://www.iiko.ru, 2005);
- Participation in a number of creative projects, such as FAQ-Café studio (http://www.faqcafe.ru, 2004), restaurant, club, and gallery ArteFAQ (http://www.artefaq.ru, 2007); art-club “Squat” (http://www.SquatCafe.ru, 2009); club “The Sisters Grimm” (http://www.sgrimm.ru, 2009).
- Participation in charity and educational projects, such as educational fund Ayb (http://www.ayb.am, 2005), Supervisory Council of the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, educational centre Tumo (2006), etc.
Publicity
David Yang is the author of a large number of scientific publications and is the holder of many patents. He is ranked among the most famous Russian IT-entrepreneurs. David is interested in modern artModern art
Modern art includes artistic works produced during the period extending roughly from the 1860s to the 1970s, and denotes the style and philosophy of the art produced during that era. The term is usually associated with art in which the traditions of the past have been thrown aside in a spirit of...
, architecture
Architecture
Architecture is both the process and product of planning, designing and construction. Architectural works, in the material form of buildings, are often perceived as cultural and political symbols and as works of art...
, socio-communicative technologies. He is married and raises two children.
Timeline
1989, June – David Yang gets acquainted with Alexander Moskalev and suggests developing electronic dictionary Lingvo for PCs.1993 – David Yang graduates from General and Applied Physics Department of the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology. The theme of his graduation project is “DSL dictionaries description language”.
2000 – Quarter of the million of Cybiko
Cybiko
The Cybiko was a hand-held computer introduced in May 2000 designed for teens, featuring its own two-way radio text messaging system. It has over 430 "official" freeware games and applications. Because of the text messaging system, it features a QWERTY Keyboard that was used with a stylus. An MP3...
computers are sold in the USA (4 months after the Cybiko launch).
2001 – David Yang’s profile is included in the “Who Is Who” US directory.
2002 – David is named a “Technology Pioneer” at the World Economic Forum in Davos
Davos
Davos is a municipality in the district of Prättigau/Davos in the canton of Graubünden, Switzerland. It has a permanent population of 11,248 . Davos is located on the Landwasser River, in the Swiss Alps, between the Plessur and Albula Range...
2002 – David becomes the laureate of Russian Government Award in Science and Technology
2003 – David Yang defends the dissertation on computer recognition of handwriting and gets Ph.D. in Physics and Mathematics.
2004 – FAQ-Cafe Creative Studio is opened.
2005 – Foundation of iiko company.
2006 – ABBYY
ABBYY
ABBYY is a Russian software company, headquartered in Moscow, that provides optical character recognition, document capture and language software for both PC and mobile devices.-History:ABBYY was founded in 1989 by David Yang...
products receive 150 awards for unrivaled quality from leading international magazines and test laboratories.
2007 – David Yang participates in the edition of a two-volume illustrated hardcover “Big Anglo-Russian Dictionary ABBYY Lingvo
Lingvo
Lingvo, a family of dictionary software for desktop PC, PDA and smartphones, gives translations of words and phrases for 11 European and Asian languages, accompanied with transcription, pronunciation, word usage examples and the list of inflected forms. The languages are: Russian, English, German,...
”.
2008 – Iiko company signs the contract in accordance with which all the restaurants “Sbarro
Sbarro
Sbarro is a bankrupt chain of pizza restaurants that specializes in traditional Italian cuisine, including its most popular menu item "pizza by the slice." Its headquarters is located in Melville, Huntington, New York.- History :...
” in Russia (over 200 units) are to be automated with iikoRMS и iikoChain technologies.