About MICC in new issue of Natural Science Review The 7th issue of the Natural Science Review journal features a paper on the JINR Multifunctional Information and Computing Complex (MICC) of the Meshcheryakov Laboratory of Information Technologies. The MICC is a key element of the network and information and computing infrastructures of the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research. The MICC is regarded as JINR’s unique basic facility and plays a decisive role in scientific research, which entails advanced computing power and storage systems. The MICC uniqueness is ensured by the consolidation of all state-of-the-art information technologies, from the network infrastructure with a bandwidth of 2 × 100 Gbps up to 4 × 100 Gbps, the distributed data processing and storage system based on grid technologies and cloud computing to the hyperconverged computing infrastructure with liquid cooling for supercomputer applications. Multifunctionality, high reliability, and availability in 24 × 7 × 365 mode, scalability and high performance, information security and an advanced software environment are the main requirements that the MICC meets. The reliability and availability are ensured by the enhanced high-speed telecommunications system and the modern local network infrastructure, as well as by the reliable engineering infrastructure that provides guaranteed power supply and cooling for server hardware. This infrastructure is a staple for computing tasks of the experiments at the NICA accelerator complex. The BM@N, MPD, and SPD experiments intensively use all computational components and storage systems. Being part of the Worldwide LHC Computing Grid, the Tier1 grid site processes and stores data from the CMS experiment at the LHC, while Tier2 provides support for all LHC experiments and other world’s large-scale experiments in high-energy physics. The integrated cloud environment of the JINR Member States focuses on supporting users and experiments in Russia, China, the USA, etc. (e.g., NICA, NOvA, Baikal-GVD, JUNO). The HybriLIT platform comprising the Govorun supercomputer provides capabilities for elaborating mathematical models and algorithms and performing resource-intensive computations, including on graphics accelerators that enable the development of the ecosystem for machine and deep learning tasks, Big Data analysis, and quantum computing on simulators.
