MLIT scientists reported on results of work on implementation of experiments of NICA flagship project In May 2026, collaboration meetings of two large-scale experiments within the NICA megascience project, namely, the 16th BM@N (Baryonic Matter at Nuclotron) collaboration meeting and the XI SPD (Spin Physics Detector) collaboration meeting took place. Scientists from the Meshcheryakov Laboratory of Information Technologies, who participate in the experiments, presented the results of their work since the previous meetings. On 14 May, a number of talks on the BM@N experiment were delivered by MLIT researchers at the Veksler and Baldin Laboratory of High Energy Physics. The focus of the collaboration, which brought together over 140 specialists, was on the BM@N physics run finished in April, which resulted in a record of 2.75 billion events collected. Igor Pelevanyuk, a researcher in the Distributed Systems Sector, informed the meeting participants about the successful processing of data from BM@N Run 9, highlighting that the data amount had exceeded 1 PB. The talk also addressed the issues of data storage and analysis. MLIT researcher Dmitry Baranov spoke about geometry update for BM@N tracking detectors. MLIT researcher Evgeny Alexandrov presented the current state of the geometry and configuration systems being developed in collaboration with VBLHEP and outlined future plans for their enhancement. Head of the Distributed Real-Time Systems Sector Igor Alexandrov discussed the status of work being performed jointly with VBLHEP on the development of the Data Quality Monitoring (DQM) system for the BM@N experiment. Head of the Distributed Systems Sector Artem Petrosyan delivered a talk on the current status and development trends of the JINR Multifunctional Information and Computing Complex. He also underlined that MLIT was open to suggestions and solutions for modifying or expanding the set of supported services required for the BM@N experiment. Read more about the BM@N collaboration meeting... The SPD collaboration meeting was held on 18 – 22 May at Tomsk State University (TSU), bringing together more than 170 scientists and engineers from Russia, Armenia, China, Belarus, South Africa, and Cuba. On the first day of the meeting, MLIT Senior Researcher, SPD Computing and Software Coordinator Danila Oleynik reported on the current status of the SPD computing infrastructure. Head of the Distributed Systems Sector, SPD Deputy Computing and Software Coordinator Artem Petrosyan presented an overview on the development of the offline data processing system for the SPD experiment. On 20 May, MLIT trainee researcher Nikita Greben spoke about the current development status and enhancement plans for the SPD Online Filter middleware, a hardware and software complex for the high-throughput processing of primary data. MLIT software engineer Polina Korshunova enlarged upon the status of the data management system for SPD Online Filter and further steps for its development. MLIT trainee researcher Alexey Konak reported on a software package for monitoring and testing the experiment’s computing system. His second presentation at the meeting focused on introducing users to how to work with SPD data under the management of the Rucio system. MLIT software engineer Nikita Monakov delivered a talk on the status and prospects for the development of a data processing management system designed to send requests to the workload management system. Read more about the SPD collaboration meeting...
