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| Born | 1968 Yerevan, Armenia |
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| Occupation | Chairman, ABBYY |
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David Yang (Armenian: Դավիդ Յան, Russian: Давид Ян), born 1968, is the ABBYY Software House founder and Board Chairman, as well as the Cybiko, Inc. founder. Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Yerevan (Երևան Երեւան or Երեվան ˌjɛrəˈvɑːn sometimes written as Erevan, Iravan, Erewan, Ayrivan, and Erivan Armenia (Հայաստան transliterated: Hayastan,) officially the Republic of Armenia (Հայաստանի Հանրապետություն Hayastani ABBYY (ˈæbi is a software house based in Moscow, Russia. The company was founded in 1989 by David Yang. The Armenian language (hy հայերեն լեզու hajɛɹɛn lɛzu —, conventional short form) is an Indo-European language spoken by the Armenian Russian ( transliteration:,) is the most geographically widespread language of Eurasia, the most widely spoken of the Slavic languages Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. ABBYY (ˈæbi is a software house based in Moscow, Russia. The company was founded in 1989 by David Yang. The Cybiko is a hand held computer designed for teenagers featuring its own two-way radio text messaging system
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Early life
David Yang is born in 1968 in Yerevan, Armenia, to a Chinese father and Armenian mother, both physicists. Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Yerevan (Երևան Երեւան or Երեվան ˌjɛrəˈvɑːn sometimes written as Erevan, Iravan, Erewan, Ayrivan, and Erivan Armenia (Հայաստան transliterated: Hayastan,) officially the Republic of Armenia (Հայաստանի Հանրապետություն Hayastani The term Chinese people may refer to any of the following A person who resides in and holds citizenship of the People's Republic of China (including Hong The Armenians (Հայեր Hayer) are a Nation and Ethnic group originating in the Caucasus and in the Armenian Highlands A large 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. Applied mathematics is a branch of Mathematics that concerns itself with the mathematical techniques typically used in the application of mathematical knowledge to other domains
Projects
- In 1989, while still a student, Yang founded his first company, ABBYY Software House, which today is the leading developer of Optical Character Recognition (OCR). ABBYY (ˈæbi is a software house based in Moscow, Russia. The company was founded in 1989 by David Yang. Optical character recognition, usually abbreviated to OCR, is the Mechanical or electronic translation of Images of handwritten typewritten It has offices in 6 countries and sells its products in more than 80 countries.
- In 1998, again using Russian developers and investors, Yang founded Cybiko, Inc. with an idea to develop peer-to-peer (P2P) RF networking technologies for mobile hand-held devices which would allow them to communicate, share data and have access to external resources. The Cybiko is a hand held computer designed for teenagers featuring its own two-way radio text messaging system For other uses of the term see Peer-to-peer (disambiguation For peer-to-peer networks used for file sharing see File sharing A mobile device (also known as cellphone device, handheld device, handheld computer, "Palmtop" or simply handheld) is a pocket-sized
Publicity
David Yang is among the world’s leading high technology entrepreneurs and an author of many patents and scientific publications. His profile is included in the “Who is Who 2001” U. S. directory. In 2001-2002, the World Economic Forum in Davos named Yang among the 100 “World Technology Pioneers”. The World Economic Forum (WEF is a Geneva -based Non-profit foundation best known for its Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland He has been ranked among the top 20 technology professionals by computer industry magazines within the Russian Federation. Russia (Россия Rossiya) or the Russian Federation ( Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) is a transcontinental Country extending
References
- Bio on ABYYY website
- Bio on Armeniapedia, the online Armenia Encyclopedia
- “The Master of the Game” on Time Europe website
- Marquis Who's Who on the Web
External links
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