This document discusses Yandex's support for future technologies in Ukraine. It summarizes Yandex's programs that support startups through initiatives like Y.Start, Y.Factory, and Tolstoy Camp. It also discusses Yandex's academic programs in Ukraine, like the School of Data Analyses and School of UI Development, to support education. Finally, it provides an overview of Yandex's development presence in Ukraine, with over 60 employees working across various product teams in Kiev and other offices.

2. Yandex for future
of technologies in Ukraine
Yana Frolova

3. Yandex for future of technologies in Ukraine
Startups support
Academic programs in Ukraine
Development boom
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4. Yandex for Startups
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5. Y.Start
Y.Factory
Tolstoy Camp
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6. External experts
Participants
Tolstoy
Summer
Camp
Investment
Teams
Yandex experts
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7. Yandex Innovation Hunting
Ecommerce and ads
Mobile ad networks,
E-commerce
recommendation
systems and apps
recommendation
engines
Web/cloud services
Mobile messaging
and social
communications,
smart clouds with
photo/video/text
editing capabilities,
loyalty card
aggregators,
personal assistants
Search technologies
Fact extraction
and natural language
processing. Interface
and usability
evaluation and
measuring. Geo
ranking (mobile)
GIS/mapping services
Pedestrian and bike
navigation systems,
public transit and
indoor navigation.
Crowdsourcing
map/traffic/parking
data, social networks
built around GIS
systems
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8. Development boom
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9. Biases about Yandex in Ukraine
Only sales team
Only localization team
Only testing
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10. What do we really have?
Developers are a part of different product teams
3 development offices
Х2 in Kiev
Vacancies with scientific background (Big Data)
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11. Where are we now?
45
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60
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12. What are we now?
JS, Node.js
Java
Python + Django
Perl
Android, iOS
Windows, WinAPI - C++
BigData
Test automation
Media services:
Afisha, TV, Movies
Banner Rotation System
Y.Direct (PPC)
Y.Metrica+ Mobile Y.Metrica
Infrastructure services
Y.Disk
System Administration
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13. Are you really good?
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14. Yandex for Students
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15. Academic programs
The School of Data Analyses in Kiev
– Started in 2011. Since 2013 based on NTUU “KPI”
The School of UI Development in Simferopol
– Since October 2013 operates as a course of front-end
development at Taurida National V.I. Vernadsky University
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16. Find it all on
tech.yandex.com
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17. Yana Frolova
Business Development
Manager
yafrolova@yandex-team.ru
Thank you!