Russians Form Center of Computing for Physics and Technology
The Russian Center of Computing for Physics and Technology (RCCPT), a new enterprise, has recently been formed in Protvino, Moscow Region, Russia. This is a nonprofit independent institute with the major goal of supporting computer scientists in Russia, including teaching them to work in new market environments following Western standards
The Russian Center of Computing for Physics and Technology (RCCPT), a new enterprise, has recently been formed in Protvino, Moscow Region, Russia. This is a nonprofit independent institute with the major goal of supporting computer scientists in Russia, including teaching them to work in new market environments following Western standards. The activities of the RCCPT include fundamental investigations in the use of computers in physics, research and development in industry, and education in computational science. RCCPT is directed by Stanislav V. Klimenko of the Institute for High-Energy Physics. The founders of the RCCPT include The Ministry of Science, The Ministry of Atomic Energy, The State Committee of Higher Education, Moscow State University, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, and RDTeX.
The RCCPT will involve computer scientists and engineers from institutions and laboratories all over Russia primarily Protvino, Moscow, Novosibirsk, and St. Petersburg). A priority for these scientists and engineers will be cooperation with Western institutions.
The RCCPT is located at Protvino in the Moscow region, about 120 km south of Moscow and will open affiliates at Novosibirsk and St. Petersburg We have a small budget from Ministry of Science for support of our starting activities The initial RCCPT staff consists of about 25 specialists in the following areas:
- - System programming (including compilers, operating systems, utilities, and tools)
- - Data-management technology and applications
- - Data processing and data analysis (both on- and off-line)
- - Mathematical, geometrical, and physical modeling
- - Visualization and rendering
- - Text processing, presentation graphics, and desk-top publishing
- - CAD/CAM applications
- - Software system integration
RCCPT specialists have strong experience in using different hardware (including VAX mainframes, DEC stations, Sun SPARC station, Silicon Graphics IRIS, DG AViiON stations, and IBM PCs) and software (including VMS, Unix, Ultrix, DG/UX, MS-DOS, Windows, and OSF/Motif). They also have good working experience with a number of the European and American Research Centers. RCCPT has at its disposal postgraduate students from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT).
RCCPT specialists are also working in theoretical physics on topics such as the visualization of string theory and the quantum three-body problem. In experimental high-energy physics, topics include the Physics Analysis Workstation and support of data-analysis software. The Center is distributing and supporting TeXware (having Russified TeX and translated «The TeXbook» by Don Knuth and other related documents) and is working to improve the Russian Internet infrastructure.
RCCPT will work mostly in Russia but would like to have representation at institutions in the West for better communication with scientific and industrial groups. The RCCPT staff is experienced in carrying out research and development on dedicated software products. Western scientists who wish to work with RCCPT should contact the author directly at the address given below.
Stanislav V. Klimenko
Director, Russian Center of Computing for Physics and Technology
Institute for High Energy Physics
Protvino, Moscow Region
142284, Russia
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