The 9th International Conference "Distributed Computing and Grid-technologies in Science and Education" (GRID'2021) Monday, July 5, 2021 - Friday, July 9, 2021 JINR LIT Dubna,Russia The International Conference "Distributed Computing and Grid-technologies in Science and Education" will be held in a MIXED format at the Meshcheryakov Laboratory of Information Technologies (MLIT) of the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (JINR) on 5-9 July 2021. The registration can be done online through the GRID’2021 Indico pages. For online abstract submission you should register in the JINR Indico system (if you have an Indico login and password, registered earlier on another conference, you have to use it, do not create a new Indico account). Please remember your login and password for sending new abstracts or editing your profile or abstract. The system allows modifications up to the moment, when the abstract submission is closed. The forthcoming conference will be the ninth one organized by the JINR MLIT from 2004 and is dedicated to the 55th anniversary of the foundation of the Meshcheryakov Laboratory of Information Technologies at JINR. The main purpose of the Conference is to discuss the current Grid operation and the future role of distributed and cloud computing, HPC, Big Data, etc. in Russia and worldwide. The Conference provides a platform for discussing fresh results and establishing contacts for closer cooperation in the future. Conference Topics: Distributed computing systems – technologies; architectures; models; operation and optimization; middleware and services. Research infrastructure – networking; computing centre infrastructure; facility integration of heterogeneous resources; monitoring; decision support and management tools. Computing for MegaScience Projects (LHC, NICA, FAIR, SKA, PIC, XFEL,ELI, etc.) Distributed computing applications – in science; in education; in industry and business. HPC – supercomputers; CPU architectures; GPU; FPGA; HPC applications. Data Management, Organisation and Access – databases; distributed storage systems; Datalakes. Virtualization – cloud computing; virtual machines; container technologies. Big data Analytics and Machine learning. The programme of the Conference comprises plenary reports in English (30 min), sectional reports (15 min) and poster presentations (in English or Russian). Conference languages – English and Russian. Important deadlines: Abstract submission — 31 May 2021 (at Indico online abstract submission) Visa support — 14 June 2021 Registration to Conference — 7 June 2021 (at Indico online registration) Arrival and hotel accommodation — from 4 July 2021 Departure — 9 - 10 July 2021 URL: The 9th International Conference "Distributed Computing and Grid-technologies in Science and Education" (GRID'2021)
