Institute of problems of information science of the Russian Academy of Sciences, IPI RAS

The institute of problems of information science of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IPI RAS) executes basic researches in the field of information science and applied developments of software and technical means and systems. The institute was formed in 1983, is a part of Department of nanotechnologies and information technologies of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

In 2015 it is reorganized into the Federal research center "Information Science and Management" of the Russian Academy of Sciences (FITs IU RAS); are included also Computer center of A.A. Dorodnizyna RAHN in structure of FITs IU RAS and Institute of systems analysis of RAS.

Now the Federal state institution the Federal research center "Information Science and Management" of the Russian Academy of Sciences (FITs IU RAS) is under authority of the Federal Agency for Scientific Organizations (FASO Russia).

Scientific and methodical management of activity of FITs IU RAS is performed by the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS) and Department of nanotechnologies and information technologies of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

The director of FITs IU RAS is an academician Igor Anatolyevich Sokolov.

Main scientific directions of institute:

• the integrated information telecommunication systems and networks, informatization of society;
• theoretical fundamentals of information science and information technologies, including mathematical models and methods, stochastic technologies and systems;
• information technologies of accumulation, storage, search, processing, conversion, display, protection and information transfer, cognitive technologies;
• architecture, system solutions and software of computer systems and networks of new generations.