Monday, March 31, 2025
The Plenipotentiary Representative of Mongolia in JINR got acquainted with the MLIT scientific program
27 марта 2025 г. Сурэн Даваа, Полномочный Представитель Правительства Монголии в ОИЯИ, старший сотрудник Секретариата Комиссии по ядерной энергии Правительства Монголии побывал с визитом в Лаборатории информационных технологий им. М. Г. Мещерякова. Его сопровождали Бямбажав Мунхбат, директор Центра ядерно-физических исследований Монгольского государственного университета, и Гуржав Ганболд, руководитель национальной группы Монголии, ведущий научный сотрудник ЛТФ ОИЯИ. Визит был организован на полях участия монгольской делегации в сессии Комитета полномочных представителей ОИЯИ.
В дирекции ЛИТ гостей приветствовали директор ЛИТ Сергей Шматов, научный руководитель ЛИТ Владимир Кореньков, заместитель директора ЛИТ Чулуунбаатар Очбадрах.
На встрече были отмечены плодотворное сотрудничество и тесные научные контакты, которые поддерживают научные... read more...
Friday, March 28, 2025
Awards of MLIT employees
On 26 March, a festive evening dedicated to the 69th anniversary of the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research took place in Dubna. As part of the celebration, JINR staff members who made a special contribution to the Institute’s development were awarded letters of gratitude and certificates of honor.
Head of the JINR MLIT Sector Oksana Streltsova, was awarded an honorary certificate of gratitude from the Head of the Dubna City District for significant achievements in the professional activity and longstanding hard work.
Researcher Daria Priakhina was awarded a letter of gratitude from the Director of the Institute for her services to JINR and fruitful work.
Thursday, March 27, 2025
High state Russian award was conferred
Subsequent to the Decree of the President of the Russian Federation of 25 March 2025 No. 163 “On Presenting State Awards of the Russian Federation”, Deputy Scientific Leader of the JINR Meshcheryakov Laboratory of Information Technologies Tatiana Aleksandrovna Strizh was awarded the Medal of the Order “For Merit to the Fatherland”, 2nd class for her contribution to science development and longstanding hard work.
MLIT Leaders participate in the start of the first session at NICA
On March 25, 2025, MLIT Director Sergey Shmatov and MLIT Scientific Leader Vladimir Korenkov took part in the ceremonial start of the first session at the NICA accelerator complex. The event was held in the presence of plenipotentiary representatives of the Member States, participating in the JINR CP session.
The run is to last for about six months and end with the collision of xenon (Xe) beams at their interaction point in the MPD Hall. The run will involve the KRION-6T Ion Source, linear accelerator, Booster, Nuclotron, BM@N Facility. Then, the cooling of magnets, adjustment of the transport and beam injection channels into the collider, and beam circulation will take place.
"For 19 years we have been working towards this historic moment. We are all waiting for the data from the first physics experiments, when we will see the colliding beams on the screens in the control room. I think that it will happen this... read more...
Registration for Alushta-2025 conference opens
Applications for the 14th annual Alushta conference, organized by the Association of Young Scientists and Specialists of JINR (AYSS JINR), are invited. The event will take place from 8 to 15 June 2025 at the Dubna JINR Resort Hotel in Alushta. This year, the conference is dedicated to the research and infrastructure facilities of the Institute, which have been launched after technical maintenance, and which are planned to be put into operation: IBR-2 Reactor, NICA Collider, LINAC-200, MSC-230, and to the preparation of work at DC-280.
At the event, young JINR scientists and specialists will give oral presentations on their scientific research. In addition, it is planned to hold discussions on the topic of the... read more...
Informing users of MICC JINR
Dear users,
Due to technical work some services (Tier-2 dCache, Tier-2 WN, Main EOS, cvmfs) of the JINR Multifunctional Information and Computing Complex (https://micc.jinr.ru/) may be unavailable from March 27 to March 31, 2025.
We apologize for the inconvenience.
Meetings with colleagues from Mexico, Uzbekistan and Japan
On 26 March, a meeting of the MLIT Directorate with colleagues from the JINR Member States and partner countries was organized at the Meshcheryakov Laboratory of Information Technologies. Participants of the JINR CP session, President of the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Uzbekistan Shavkat Ayupov, Researcher of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) and MPD Institutional Board Chair Alejandro Ayala, Spokesperson of the international collaboration of the COMET experiment (Japan) Satoshi Mihara, visited the Laboratory. DLNP Director Evgeny Yakushev, FLNP Deputy Director Sergey Kulikov, and Head of the national group of Uzbekistan at JINR Anvar Inoyatov also took part in the meeting.
New horizons for cooperation with scientific organizations in South Africa
On 24 March 2025, a delegation from the Republic of South Africa visited the Meshcheryakov Laboratory of Information Technologies. Angus Paterson, Deputy CEO of the National Research Foundation, and Rudolph Nchodu, Deputy Director of iThemba Labs, got acquainted with the Laboratory and met with the MLIT Directorate within their four-day visit to JINR.
The meeting at the MLIT Directorate was attended by MLIT Director Sergei Shmatov and his Deputy Nikolay Voytishin, MLIT Scientific Leader Vladimir Korenkov. The parties discussed possible directions of cooperation in the field of distributed computing and supercomputing in application to megascience projects. Sergei Shmatov told the guests about the Laboratory’s participation in the experiments at the Large Hadron Collider at CERN and about the experience of organizing Tier1 and Tier2 data centers. The areas of cooperation in high-energy physics in organizing a computing infrastructure for the experiments at the JINR... read more...
Meeting with Plenipotentiary Representative of Republic of Kazakhstan
On 24 March 2025, Sayabek Sakhiev, Plenipotentiary Representative of the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan at JINR, Director General of the Institute of Nuclear Physics (Almaty) visited the Meshcheryakov Laboratory of Information Technologies. At MLIT JINR, the guest was welcomed by MLIT Director Sergei Shmatov and his Deputy Nikolay Voytishin, MLIT Scientific Leader Vladimir Korenkov.
At the meeting there were discussed prospects for developing cooperation between the Republic of Kazakhstan and JINR, in particular, with MLIT, in light of the creation of the Nuclear Energy Agency under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
Much attention at the meeting was paid to the training of highly qualified scientific personnel. Sayabek Sakhiev spoke about growing personnel needs due to the creation of an IT laboratory in Kazakhstan on the basis of the resources of Astana IT University and the Institute of Nuclear Physics to solve the tasks of the new Agency. In this regard,... read more...
Tuesday, March 25, 2025
В ЛИТ отметили 95-летие со дня рождения Николая Николаевича Говоруна
18 марта, в день рождения члена-корреспондента АН СССР Н. Н. Говоруна, в Лаборатории информационных технологий состоялся мемориальный семинар, приуроченный к 95-летию со дня рождения выдающегося ученого. В конференц-зале ЛИТ собрались вице-директора ОИЯИ, директора лабораторий, сотрудники ЛИТ, коллеги Н. Н. Говоруна из других научных центров, родственники.
– Сегодня поистине знаменательный день. Мы собрались в этом зале, чтобы отметить значимую дату в жизни нашей лаборатории, Института, всей российской и советской науки – 95-летие со дня рождения Николая Николаевича Говоруна, – открыл семинар директор ЛИТ С. В. Шматов.
– Это был великий ученый и замечательный человек, проживший короткую, но яркую жизнь, – начал вступительное слово вице-директор ОИЯИ В. Д. Кекелидзе. – В ЛВТА, образованной приказом № 149 директора ОИЯИ Н. Н. Боголюбова, Николай Николаевич занимал ведущую роль заместителя директора по науке в тандеме с директором лаборатории М. Г. Мещеряковым. БЭСМ-6, получившая в 1969 году под его руководством транслятор с Фортрана, стала базовой установкой всего советского пространства. Затем началось... read more...
Monday, March 24, 2025
MLIT JINR at the International Scientific and Practical Conference named after A.I. Kitov
On 20 March 2025, Vladimir Korenkov, Scientific Leader of the JINR Meshcheryakov Laboratory of Information Technologies, participated in the XIV International Scientific and Practical Conference named after A.I. Kitov “Information Technologies and Mathematical Methods in Economics and Management” (IT... read more...
Thursday, March 20, 2025
MLIT JINR enhances cooperation with the Republic of Kazakhstan
On 18 March, representatives of the Republic of Kazakhstan Askar Khikmetov, Rector of Astana IT University, and Nurzhan Saduyev, Deputy Director General for Scientific Work at the Institute of Nuclear Physics (INP) of the Ministry of Energy of the Republic of Kazakhstan, visited the JINR Meshcheryakov Laboratory of Information Technologies. The visit was organized to discuss opportunities for establishing cooperation with MLIT in the field of computing and IT personnel training.
As Askar Khikmetov said at a meeting with MLIT Director Sergei Shmatov, in light of the decision taken to create the Nuclear Energy Agency under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the active development of the country’s energy sector will entail close attention to information technologies. For this purpose... read more...
Monday, March 17, 2025
Vladimir Korenkov shared the experience of cooperation between MLIT JINR and Dubna University in the area of personnel training
On 13 March, Dubna State University hosted a round table entitled “Innovative Practices in Education: Experience of the University Community”, where representatives of JINR and a number of leading Russian universities discussed the accumulated experience, approaches and development of educational processes in training highly qualified specialists in various fields. Vladimir Korenkov, Scientific Leader of the JINR Meshcheryakov Laboratory of Information Technologies, took part in the event.
Acting Vice-Rector for Educational and Methodological Work Olga Anisimova welcomed the participants on behalf of Acting Rector of Dubna University Andrey Denikin. She spoke about the University’s current status, its structure, educational programs and development prospects, in particular, about the Dubna University campus project, i.e., the International Science and Technology Park, planned for implementation in the area of the left-bank site of the Dubna Special Economic Zone.
In his report, Vladimir Korenkov presented the experience of organizing high-level IT education and training personnel for... read more...
Wednesday, March 12, 2025
JINR celebrates 95th anniversary of birth of Corresponding Member of USSR Academy of Sciences N.N. Govorun
18 March marks the 95th anniversary of the birth of the outstanding scientist Nikolai Nikolaevich Govorun (1930–1989). In commemoration of this memorable date, on 18 March, the international intergovernmental organization Joint Institute for Nuclear Research is holding a memorial seminar at the Meshcheryakov Laboratory of Information Technologies.
Within the ceremonial event, a presentation of an album book about Nikolai Govorun entitled “Nikolai Nikolaevich Govorun. Portrait in the background of an epoch” will take place. The book, published by the RMP publishing house, is based on the recollections of family members, friends, and colleagues of N.N. Govorun and is dedicated to the famous scientist’s life and stages of the path in science. The publication embraces a multitude of previously unpublished photographs and documents from the JINR and MLIT archives, as well as from personal archives. The project manager is Mikhail Lukichev.
Nikolai Nikolaevich... read more...
Friday, March 7, 2025
Congratulations on the 8th of March!
You are the shining light of our Laboratory. Your professionalism, talent and ability to find non-standard solutions to complex problems are admired. But that's not the only thing that makes you indispensable — your energy, friendliness, and ability to shine even on the darkest days make our work joyful and inspiring.
We wish you good health, success in your profession, new achievements and discoveries. May every day bring you joy and satisfaction. May your life be filled with happiness and love. May spring bring you vivid impressions, good mood and new opportunities!
Directorate of the Meshcheryakov Laboratory of Information Technologies
Thursday, March 6, 2025
Participation of young MLIT specialists in the development of a new JINR information resource
Anna Ilina and Igor Pelevanyuk, researchers at the Meshcheryakov Laboratory of Information Technologies, made a decisive contribution to the development of a new JINR information resource “Map of Detector Technologies”.
In essence, this is a knowledge base designed to inventory and systematize information about detector systems being created at JINR, as well as to provide an opportunity for the contextual search for up-to-date information about detector technologies, competencies and equipment used at the Institute.
Work on the application started more than a year ago. The members of the JINR Association of Young Scientists and Specialists and the employees of the Meshcheryakov Laboratory of Information Technologies were involved in the work, and then the representatives of relevant scientific groups joined in.
“Weekly, we discussed the prototype of use, overview, architecture and principles of updating the system,” MLIT junior researcher Anna Ilina says. “It turned out that there was no database in this area at the Institute. It was necessary to find specialists in the Laboratories who would have the information needed. At present, when the application is almost ready... read more...
Scientific community of Cuba got acquainted with MLIT research areas
On 26 February, Alexander Uzhinskiy, Senior Researcher of the Distributed Systems Sector of the Meshcheryakov Laboratory of Information Technologies, delivered a talk at the University of Havana (Republic of Cuba) within a scientific seminar on the key research areas of the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research. Alexander Uzhinskiy’s report covered the current status and prospects of the MLIT scientific program.
The seminar was one of the main parts of the official visit of JINR representatives to the University of Havana, organized on the penultimate day of the second NUMAR-2025 International School on the application of nuclear methods and applied research in the field of ecology, materials science and life sciences. During the meeting with the management and research staff of the university, the prospects for developing joint research projects, as well as issues of training young specialists, were discussed. The result of the visit was the renewal of the General Cooperation Agreement with the university, which is aimed at expanding Cuba’s participation in JINR projects. More details on the JINR... read more...
Thursday, February 27, 2025
MLIT Director talked about searching for new physics
On 17 – 24 February 2025, the Presidium of the Russian Academy of Sciences in Moscow hosted the "Physics of Fundamental Interactions" session-conference dedicated to the 70th anniversary of the birth of the outstanding Russian theoretical physicist, Academician Valery Rubakov. The event was organized by the Russian Academy of Sciences, the National Research Nuclear University MEPhI, and the RAS Institute for Nuclear Research.
The program of the Physics of Fundamental Interactions conference was designed for five days and embraced eight sections devoted to the main theoretical and experimental issues of fundamental interactions physics, from particle astrophysics and cosmic rays, gravity and cosmology to neutrino physics and fundamental nuclear physics. In total, over 50 reports out of 330 presented at the conference were delivered by JINR representatives.
One of the moderators of the Physics beyond the Standard Model section was Director of the JINR Meshcheryakov Laboratory of Information Technologies Sergei Shmatov.
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Tuesday, February 25, 2025
GRID’2025 Conference: registration opened
Registration for the 11th International Conference “Distributed Computing and Grid Technologies in Science and Education” (GRID’2025) is open from 24 February 2025. The Joint Institute for Nuclear Research will hold GRID’2025 on 7 – 11 July 2025 in Dubna, at the Meshcheryakov Laboratory of Information Technologies.
The GRID’2025 conference aims to bring together international experts at JINR for discussing the current status and future role of grid technologies, distributed and high performance computing, Big Data, etc. The event will embrace round tables and workshops. GRID’2025 will provide specialists with a platform for talking over recent results, establishing new contacts and closer cooperation. It is a unique thematic scientific event in Russia.
Conference topics
Friday, February 21, 2025
RUDN scientific youth on an internship at MLIT
On 21 February 2025, students from Patrice Lumumba Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University) completed an internship at the Meshcheryakov Laboratory of Information Technologies. Throughout two weeks, 3-5-year students in the Fundamental Informatics and Applied Informatics majors took training courses on parallel programming on the HybriLIT platform and completed projects under the supervision of MLIT leading specialists, namely, Gennady Ososkov, Konstantin Lukyanov, Evgeny Perepelkin, and Yauheni Talochka.
In addition to studying and completing projects during the internship, the students got acquainted with MLIT’s scientific directions, about which MLIT Scientific Secretary Olga Derenovskaia told them, and visited the MLIT Multifunctional Information and Computing Complex and the NICA accelerator complex at the JINR Veksler and Baldin Laboratory of High Energy Physics. The internship completed at the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research will be counted as pre-... read more...
MLIT JINR and Higher School of Economics: directions for expanding cooperation
On 20 February 2025, a meeting with leading specialists from the National Research University "Higher School of Economics" (HSE University) was held at the Meshcheryakov Laboratory of Information Technologies. The visit was organized to discuss opportunities for developing cooperation. In addition to the meeting at MLIT, the guests, accompanied by VBLHEP Scientific Secretary Alexander Cheplakov, visited the NICA accelerator complex, where they got acquainted with the progress of the megascience project implementation.
Lev Shchur, Head of the HSE Laboratory of Computational Physics, Denis Dergach, Head of the HSE Research and Educational Laboratory of Big Data Analysis Methods, and Fedor Ratnikov, Leading Researcher of the same Laboratory, visited MLIT. MLIT was represented by Scientific Leader Vladimir Korenkov and his Deputy Tatyana Strizh, Petr Zrelov, Head of the Scientific and Technical Department of Software and Information Support, Oksana Streltsova, Head of the Sector of Heterogeneous... read more...
Wednesday, February 19, 2025
MLIT JINR develops cooperation with CMC MSU
On 18 February 2025, a seminar “Research Activities of JINR” organized for the Faculty of Computational Mathematics and Cybernetics (CMC) of Lomonosov Moscow State University (MSU) took place at the Meshcheryakov Laboratory of Information Technologies. Third-year students and first-year postgraduates of the Department of Automated Systems for Computing Complexes (ASCC) of CMC MSU, who were accompanied by Head of the Department Ruslan Smelyansky, came to Dubna to participate in the event.
MLIT Scientific Leader MLIT Scientific Leader Vladimir Korenkov welcomed the seminar participants and presented an overview of the Laboratory’s scientific activities. MLIT Researcher Maxim Zuev told the students about tasks solved on the “Govorun” supercomputer. A questions-and-answers session concluded the lecture part of the seminar, which RUDN students who were currently undergoing an internship at MLIT also joined. Later, the MSU CMC students went on an excursion to the JINR Multifunctional Information and Computing... read more...
Monday, February 17, 2025
MLIT staff members are laureates of four JINR prizes
The decision on awarding annual JINR prizes for the best papers in the fields of theoretical research, experimental research, methodological and technical research, and applied research in 2024 was announced at the 137th session of the JINR Scientific Council. The staff members of the Meshcheryakov Laboratory of Information Technologies were awarded four prizes in two sections.
The first prize for applied research and technology papers was awarded to a series of works titled “Deep learning methods for various problems in agriculture”. Authors: A. Uzhinskiy, G. Ososkov, A. Nechaevskiy.
The second prize for methodology, research and technology papers was awarded to a team of authors, which included MLIT employees: E. Alexandrov, I. Alexandrov, N. Balashov, A. Chebotov, I. Filozova, K. Gertsenberger, P. Klimai, A. Moshkin, I. Pelevanyuk, G. Shestakova, for a series of works titled “Development of a software complex for the implementation of a unified architecture for distributed... read more...
AYSS seminar at JINR Scientists’ Club
On 19 February 2025, at 4:00 PM, the Association of Young Scientists and Specialists (AYSS) at JINR invites everyone interested to the next seminar that will take place in the Big Hall of the JINR Scientists’ Club (6 Joliot-Curie St, left side).
A first category MLIT software engineer Tatiana Zaikina will deliver a presentation titled “How to navigate in the vast world of scientific publications”.
How and where to look for information? Why use identifiers and indicators? The speaker will discuss the basic ideas of scientometrics and open access concepts. The main functions and features of the JINR Repository of Scientific Publications will be presented.
To join the event on 19 February, please fill in the form via the link.
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Friday, February 14, 2025
Directorate of Vinča Institute of Nuclear Sciences visited MLIT
On 12 February, Director of the Vinča Institute of Nuclear Sciences (Serbia) Slavko Dimović and Head of the Planning and Optimization Department Milan Ljušić visited the Meshcheryakov Laboratory of Information Technologies. The delegation arrived in Dubna to get acquainted with the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research from 10 to 14 February.
At MLIT, the representatives of the Vinča Institute of Nuclear Sciences visited the Multifunctional Information and Computing Complex, where they became familiar with its architecture and the policy of providing data and resources. Slavko Dimović and Milan Ljušić also met with the Laboratory’s Directorate to discuss opportunities for establishing cooperation.
MLIT Director Sergei Shmatov and his Deputy Dmitry Podgainy, Scientific Leader Vladimir Korenkov and his... read more...
JINR’s new initiative to support R&D projects discussed at MLIT
On 11 February, a meeting for discussing the JINR Directorate’s initiative to select applications for the implementation of applied research and developments in the direction of applied and innovative activities (R... read more...
Thursday, February 13, 2025
MLIT Telegram channel & Notification about using the HybriLIT platform
1. We are pleased to inform you about the launch of the Telegram channel of the M. G. Meshcheryakov Laboratory of Information Technologies! On the channel you will find news about the scientific and educational activities of MLIT, as well as announcements of seminars and events of the Laboratory, learn about interesting projects within JINR and beyond.
Subscribe to MLIT Telegram channel and stay up to date!
2. Mathematical Modeling of Radiation-Induced Effects in Central Nervous System Structures Following Exposure to Heavy Accelerated Charged Particles
Colleagues from the Laboratory of Radiation Biology (LRB) of JINR conducted a research that used the capacities of the heterogeneous computing platform HybriLIT (MICC JINR). Mathematical modeling of radiation-induced effects in the structures of the central nervous system under the action of heavy accelerated charged particles was carried out. The calculations were carried out on the... read more...
Borisovskiy Valeriy Fedorovich 29.09.1942 – 12.02.2025
On February 12, 2025, Valeriy Borisovskiy, head of the Automated control Systems group at the Meshcheryakov Laboratory of Information Technology, died after a serious long illness.
Borisovsky V.F. was born on September 29, 1942 in the city of Kushka, Turkmen SSR. He graduated from the Moscow Institute of Engineering and Physics in 1967 with a degree in Electronics and Automation of Physical Installations and was assigned to JINR's LCTA (LIT).
In 1971, he was sent on a business trip to the GDR, where he worked as a senior engineer, head of department, deputy head of the information and computing center. After returning from a business trip in 1978, V.F. Borisovsky was appointed head of the Automated control System implementation and operation group, and since 1982 - head of the Scientific and Technical Department of the Automated Control System.
Under the leadership of V.F. Borisovsky, the following were developed: an industry-standard EC computer-based design solution for accounting for material assets, a number of large automated control systems in the field of personnel, accounting and production accounting, international scientific and technical cooperation and information support of the Institute. He has... read more...
Friday, February 7, 2025
MLIT expands its participation in development of JUNO experiment distributed computing infrastructure
In January, the 25th meeting of the international collaboration of the JUNO (Jiangmen Underground Neutrino Observatory) experiment took place in Kaiping (Guangdong Province, China). JINR has been actively involved in this project since its foundation. Nikita Balashov, a first-category software engineer of the Meshcheryakov Laboratory of Information Technologies, participated in the meeting.
The main goal of the JUNO experiment is to determine the neutrino mass hierarchy. Thanks to the huge volume of the scintillation detector and the high accuracy of energy measurements, the project opens up wide opportunities for fundamental research: from the precision determination of mixing parameters in the lepton sector of the Standard Model and the detection of geoneutrinos and solar neutrinos to the observation of neutrinos from supernovae and the search for new physics, including proton decay.
JINR specialists are involved in various tasks in the JUNO project, from detector... read more...
Information Technologies in Mining
On 5 February, MLIT Scientific Leader, Doctor of Technical Sciences Vladimir Korenkov delivered a talk and moderated the session “Information Technologies in Mining” within the International Scientific Symposium “Miner’s Week-2025”. The event is held on 3-7 February at the National University of Science and Technology (NUST) MISIS in Moscow.
Jointly with Vladimir Korenkov, the session “Information Technologies in Mining” was moderated by Doctor of Technical Sciences Igor Temkin, Head of the Department of Automated Control Systems at NUST MISIS.
The session was devoted to artificial intelligence methods in the mining industry, using computer vision and neural networks as examples. There were considered the issues of modeling processes and enhancing the operation efficiency of electrical equipment on the basis of digital technologies, as well as the experience of developing, integrating and using specialized software and mining-geological information systems.
In his talk, Vladimir Korenkov presented the JINR MLIT scientific... read more...
Wednesday, February 5, 2025
At the international conference at RUDN University
On February 6, 2025, the international scientific and practical conference "The mission of a modern university in the challenges of transformation in a multipolar world" started at the Patrice Lumumba Peoples' Friendship University of Russia (RUDN) in Moscow. The conference is dedicated to the 65th anniversary of the founding of the Patrice Lumumba Peoples' Friendship University of Russia and will be held over two days - February 6-7.
On the first day of the conference, February 6, the Director of the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences Grigory Trubnikov will deliver a report on the topic "The NICA Collider: a project of the JINR an international scientific center". The JINR Director’s talk will be part of the second thematic block of the plenary session “Modern models of education: revolution or evolution?”.
On 7 February, 16 scientific round tables will be held in the educational departments of the RUDN University, in which representatives of the Joint Institute will take part and make... read more...
Tuesday, February 4, 2025
DLNP and MLIT JINR employees participated in JUNO Collaboration Meeting
From 13 to 17 January 2025, the 25th meeting of the international collaboration of the JUNO (Jiangmen Underground Neutrino Observatory) Experiment took place in Kaiping (Guangdong Province, China).
Ten JINR employees took part in the meeting: Dmitry Naumov, Yuri Gornushkin, Tatiana Antoshkina, Nikolay Anfimov, Nikita Bessonov, Maxim Gonchar, Dmitrii Dolzhikov, Denis Korablev, Artem Chukanov from DLNP and a MLIT employee Nikita Balashov.
The key topic of discussion was the preparation for the experiment’s start. A preliminary plan for processing the data collected during this period was presented as well.
JINR specialists are involved in various tasks in the JUNO Project, from detector assembly to data analysis. Their responsibilities include installing JUNO’s central detector, assembling the Top Tracker muon veto system, developing software for collecting data from it, and participating in the creation and subsequent commissioning of the TAO Satellite Detector. In addition, JINR employees develop muon track reconstruction algorithms and calibration methods for online event classification, participate... read more...
Monday, February 3, 2025
Congratulations to the poster presentation winner!
On January 27, 2025, the 60th meeting of the JINR Programme Advisory Committee for Condensed Matter Physics (PAC CMP) was held at the JINR International Conference Hall, where poster presentations by young scientists took place.
One of the poster presentation winners was Dina Badreeva, a junior research at the МLIT. Her report "The influence of phospholipid composition on the interaction of the membrane with beta-amyloid peptide in the framework of molecular dynamics modeling" took second place in the presentation competition.
Congratulations to Dina Badreeva and wish her new successes!
Friday, January 31, 2025
ISP Director visited MLIT
On 30 January, Director of the Ivannikov Institute for System Programming (ISP) of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS), Academician Arutyun Avetisyan visited the Meshcheryakov Laboratory of Information Technologies during his visit to the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research.
Arutyun Avetisyan met with the MLIT Directorate represented by Director Sergei Shmatov, Scientific Leader Vladimir Korenkov and his Deputy Tatyana Strizh. JINR Director’s Special Representative for Educational Policy Samvel Harutyunyan took part in the meeting. The participants discussed the existing scientific cooperation in the field of information technologies and the possibilities for its development. In particular, the issues of creating a joint cloud infrastructure, as well as an open repository of trusted software and datasets, were considered.
On the same day, the JINR Bogoliubov Laboratory of Theoretical Physics hosted a joint institute seminar by Arutyun Avetisyan. The topic was challenges that face modern society in the field of cybersecurity as a result of the widespread introduction of information technologies, including... read more...
Wednesday, January 29, 2025
Call for applications for START Summer session 2025
The START (STudent Advanced Research Training) Programme invites students and postgraduates to join research conducted at JINR supervised by leading scientists and engineers. Applications for the 2025 Summer Session are accepted at start.jinr.ru until March 2025.
One of the features of the Programme is competitive selection of participants carried out by project supervisors based on the application forms submitted. The Programme is aimed at students having finished the 3rd year of the Bachelor’s course, Master’s students, and PhD students of the 1st year of study. Selected participants will be able to come to JINR for 6-8 weeks from July until November 2025.
JINR researchers are invited to participate in START as student supervisors. To do this, please register at start.jinr.ru and post a description of your project in the corresponding section of your profile.
If you have any questions, please contact the START Team by +7 (496) 216-49-42 or write to email.
System programming and technologies for creating trusted systems (including artificial intelligence)
We kindly invite you to attend the first JINR general seminar in 2025. The Seminar will be held on 30 January (Thursday) at 4 pm in the Conference Hall of the JINR Bogoliubov Laboratory of Theoretical Physics (BLTP)
Speaker: Arutyun Avetisyan (Director of ISP RAS, Academician of RAS)
Title:System programming and technologies for creating trusted systems (including artificial intelligence)
Abstract:
The widespread adoption of information technologies (including artificial intelligence) is accompanied by a growing number of challenges in the field of cybersecurity. To respond to them, it is necessary to develop appropriate methods and technologies of system programming. The report examines emerging threats and emphasizes the need to create end-to-end technologies that ensure the entire life cycle of development and operation of systems with a given level of trust. Attention is also paid to organizational models for the development of... read more...
Tuesday, January 28, 2025
At the 32nd conference “Mathematics. Computer. Education”
MLIT Scientific Leader Vladimir Korenkov delivered a speech at the opening of the XXXII International Conference “Mathematics. Computer. Education” (MCE-2025). The conference is being held in a hybrid format on 27-31 January at the Pushchino Scientific Center for Biological Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS). The Joint Institute for Nuclear Research is one of the organizers of the event.
The key feature of the conference “Mathematics. Computer. Education” is its interdisciplinary nature. This event, which has already become traditional, focuses on consolidating the efforts of scientists and higher education workers, preserving the traditions of Russian science and education, enhancing the qualifications of the scientific and teaching staff in mathematical modeling and information technology, and attracting young people to the field of science and education.
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Speaking at the MCE-2025 opening, Vladimir Korenkov, a representative of the conference organizing committee, who once stood at the origins of the conference, congratulated the audience on the... read more...
Friday, January 24, 2025
Dubna branch of Moscow State University launches IT Master’s course
On 20 January, the JINR-based Dubna branch of Lomonosov Moscow State University (MSU) announced the opening of enrolment for a new master’s course entitled “Data Processing Methods and Technologies in Heterogeneous Computing Environments”. Document submission will open in June 2025. Pre-registration for the enrolment is available on the branch’s website. There are 10 state-funded and 10 fee-based quotas.
The head of the program is MLIT Scientific Leader Vladimir Korenkov. The teachers will be not only leading scientists and specialists from the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, but also teachers from MSU and other specialized universities and scientific and educational organizations.
The course “Data Processing Methods and Technologies in Heterogeneous Computing Environments” focuses on training specialists who have mastered the methodology of organizing computing for large-scale scientific projects. The new program will pay special attention to megascience projects in high-energy... read more...
Monday, January 20, 2025
Brilliant PhD defense as one of the MLIT results of the year
On 20 December, Sergey Belov successfully defended his thesis for the degree of Candidate of Technical Sciences at the Meshcheryakov Laboratory of Information Technologies. The topic of the thesis was Big Data methods and technologies for solving high-energy physics tasks in a distributed computing environment. MLIT Scientific Leader, Doctor of Technical Sciences Vladimir Korenkov was the scientific supervisor of the work. Doctor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences Lev Dudko, Head of the Laboratory of Electroweak and New Interactions of the Department of Experimental High Energy Physics of SINP MSU, became the scientific consultant of the thesis. Alexander Afanasyev, Head of the Distributed Computing Center of IITP RAS, Doctor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, and Andrey Tsaregorodtsev, a highly qualified research engineer of the Marseille Center for Particle Physics of the Institute of Nuclear Physics and Particle Physics of the National Center for Scientific Research (Marseille... read more...
Friday, January 17, 2025
Daria Priakhina’s successful defense took place in Saint Petersburg
On 5 December 2024, Daria Priakhina, a researcher at the Meshcheryakov Laboratory of Information Technologies, successfully defended her thesis for the degree of Candidate of Technical Sciences at Saint Petersburg State University (SPbSU). The topic of the thesis was digital twins for solving management and development tasks of distributed data acquisition, storage and processing centers. The work was completed in specialty 2.3.1. System Analysis, Information Management and Processing, Statistics. MLIT Scientific Leader Vladimir Korenkov was the scientific supervisor of the thesis. SPbSU Professor, Doctor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences Alexander Bogdanov headed the Dissertation Council. National Research Nuclear University MEPhI was appointed the leading organization.
At present, as a result of experiments not only in the field of physics, but also in many other fields of science, a huge amount of data is generated. To effectively work with this data, distributed data... read more...
Tuesday, January 14, 2025
Wave 12 of INTEREST programme
The JINR University Centre informs that the Wave 12 of the INTEREST online student programme will take place from March 3 to April 20, 2025.
Projects are being collected until January 31, 2025 on the programme website
You will find detailed information on how to register as a scientific supervisor and post your project within the 11th wave in the addition.
If you have any questions, write or call the INTEREST team members: Anna Zubova (+79260544509) Elena Karpova (+79260544509) Phone number: (496) 216-49-42 interest@jinr.ru
INTEREST – International Remote Student Training – is an online programme organized by the UC JINR for students studying science, engineering, IT (starting from the 2nd grade), as well as for postgraduates from all over the world.
Friday, January 10, 2025
MLIT results of the year at the solemn seminar
On 27 December, a solemn meeting of MLIT staff members was held at the Meshcheryakov Laboratory of Information Technologies with the participation of the JINR Directorate. At the meeting, MLIT Director Sergei Shmatov and MLIT Scientific Leader Vladimir Korenkov presented the main results of the Laboratory’s activities for 2024 and plans for the coming year. The winners of youth grants and prizes were announced.
JINR Director Grigory Trubnikov welcomed the audience: “I believe that the currency of this decade is data and information. In this sense, it is symbolic that today we have met in our Laboratory of Information Technologies. You are our major information platform. You promote and support science thanks to the telecommunication channels created, as well as absolutely fantastic opportunities for data analysis, storage and transfer. Through data, through Digital JINR, you bring us closer together. I congratulate you all on the upcoming New Year. I am grateful to you for the past year, for the results, for your work, for your talents. I wish the Laboratory to grow steadily, gain specialists from the Member States and be at the forefront of the Institute’s development... read more...
