Napoleon IT

Napoleon IT is a global IT company that has been developing since 2011 in three areas: providing IT education, custom software development and developing its own B2B products. Main competencies: ML, cloud computing, highloud backend and mobile in the retail, industry, fintech industries.

History

2024: Creation of LLM Security Lab with Raft and ITMO

Raft , together with the AI Talent Hub of ITMO University and Napoleon IT, created the LLM Security Lab. This laboratory will become a key center of research in the field of security and ethics of generative AI, as well as the application of large language models (LLM) in business. Napoleon IT announced this on August 21, 2024. Read more here.

2022

Participation in the opening of the master's degree "Machine Learning Engineering"

TATNEFT has become an industry partner of the opening of the Master's Degree in Machine Learning Engineering (AI Talent Hub). This was announced on August 2, 2022 by Napoleon IT.

This is a joint project of TATNEFT with Napoleon IT, ITMO University and Almetva State Oil Institute. Read more here.

Creation of Anti-Crisis Solutions Department

On March 28, 2022, Napoleon IT announced the allocation of anti-crisis technical teams to help Russian companies.

The Russian economy faces a very serious challenge due to the unprecedented number of sanctions. Many Western software vendors, tech giants and consulting firms have decided to leave the country or suspend operations indefinitely. For vendors who remain, there is a risk of subsequent sanctions and service outages. If it is quite difficult to disable On-Premium solutions, then the situation is especially acute with cloud services of foreign companies. In this regard, the demand for domestic solutions, local services and import substitution is increasing.

To support Russian business, the developer Napoleon IT decided to create a separate department of anti-crisis solutions with more than 80 experienced employees combined into operational technical teams to help Russian companies minimize the risks associated with the use of foreign IT services and software. Within the framework of the anti-crisis package, the following services are highlighted:

• Free audit of the information environment and advice on replacing software and services in critical business processes
• Free assessment of migration readiness from overseas cloud services
• Transfer of services and software from foreign clouds to Russian ones, as well as finalization of integration with Russian services
• Operational development of own solutions to minimize risks of shutdown and downtime of Western software
• Online connection of developers to current and new projects/products of the customer - outstaff on the main stacks: JavaScript, Python, Java, PHP, C#, Swift, Kotlin, QA Auto, QA manual, DevOps, Data Science.

We observe a large number of requests primarily for migration from Western cloud systems to Russian ones, as well as requests for the development/integration of similar Russian services that are most critical for business: supply chain, BI systems, loyalty management and others, - said Konstantin Price, Commercial Director of Napoleon IT.

Launch of a project master's degree to train machine learning engineers together with ITMO

ITMO University and Napoleon IT have launched a master's program to prepare Machine Learning Engineer ― machine learning engineers. The training is organized in the format of a distributed project office and will be implemented into the real workflows of IT companies. This master's format with zero adaptation time for graduates was created on the basis of AI Talent Hub as part of the ITMO Development Program ― 2030. The university announced this on February 28, 2022. Read more here.

2021: Launch of specialization in computer vision at the ITMO magistracy

ITMO The university on July 12, 2021 announced that, together with the developer company ON Napoleon IT, it had launched a specialization in master's degree in. computer vision Graduates of this profile will be able to work in projects related to the recognition of faces and objects in photos and videos.

The demand for specialists in the field of computer vision is constantly growing - the industry needs not only those who are able to solve scientific problems, but can also "package" the results of laboratory experiments into commercial products. That is why ITMO University and Napoleon IT opened the specialization "Computer Vision" within the framework of the master's program "Infocommunications and Digital Media."

Since computer vision is based on machine learning, training will be conducted in this direction. Basic disciplines are devoted to deep learning, neural network models, their architecture. Students will learn to solve the problems of image analysis, object recognition in static photos and their tracking in video.

Students and I will not just create algorithms, but think about how to design them correctly so that they can work in commercial systems that are supplied to users, including Napoleon IT customers. This is a completely different experience than just laboratory work, "explains Dmitry Botov, head of specialization.

A separate block of classes is devoted to managing IT projects - students will be told about the principles of managing the development team.

Our curriculum is based on real cases, - said Pavel Podkorytov, CEO of Napoleon IT, - that is, we form the curriculum in such a way that up to half the time of classes for students will take place in the company's office.

Graduates of the program will be able to build a career in the field of Data Science, machine learning, computer vision and apply for the position of data analyst, backend developer in this area.

Computer vision technologies are actively used in facial recognition systems, objects, quality control at enterprises and generating images and videos - it is these programs that allow you to replace the faces of actors in films.

{{quote 'These are different approaches to the interaction of digital solutions with the environment, when we will communicate not through the user interface, but will be able to naturally interact with any digital complex. - Alexander Kapitonov, Dean of the Faculty of Infocommunication Technologies of ITMO University, emphasizes the importance of specialization. - This opens up opportunities for innovative projects in the field of unmanned technologies and autonomous transport. I think such solutions will be in demand and in the near future will be able to save many lives. }}