EUROPEAN COMMISSION Tempus JEP 27081 — 2006

EUROPEAN COMMISSION Tempus JEP – 27081 - 2006 Supporting and facilitating active uptake to Information and Communication Technologies for University Management in Russian Universities State Institute of Information Technologies and Telecommunications (SIIT&T) “Informika” Speaker: Alexey Skuratov Deputy Director February 11, 2008 Moscow, Russia

Dear colleagues! Already for more than 10 years our institute activities have been directed to all-round development, promotion and implementation of new information technology and telecommunications in sphere of science and education in Russia. Director, Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor, Corresponding member RAE, RF Honored Worker of Higher School , USSR State Prize Laureate, RF Government Award Laureate Alexander Tikhonov

About SIIT&T Informika Organizational Structure Directorate Director Deputy Directors of activities Department of Telecommunications Department of Educational Internet-based Resources Department of Scientific and Technical Programs Department of School-University System Informatization Department of Network Integration Department of CALS Technology Department of Information Systems Engineering Department of Web-Technology Department of Professional Development and Training Planned-Economic Department Postgraduate Study Accounting Department Personnel Department Maintenance Department Archives Branch in Saint Petersburg Branch in Krasnoyarsk Director

About SIIT&T Informika provides a support in development and implementation of new information technology and telecommunications in science and education, furthers forming and development of informational society in Russia and its integration to the global cyberspace, participates in design of sectoral, intersectoral and federal programs

Telecommunications SIIT&T Informika provides telecommunication connectivity in information systems of federal science and education management. Data center of SIIT&T Informika supports scientific and educational portals, hosts domains: edu. ru, run. net, runnet, ru, mon. gov. ru, ed. gov. ru. SIIT&T Informika supports international network segment of network Moscow–Saint Petersburg–Stockholm– Amsterdam of 2, 5 GB/sec, participates in project GLORIAD aimed to build a transcontinental ring USA– Russia–China. Within 10 years RUNNet has become a national supporting network with it’s own digital communication channels and backbone Internet access.

Telecommunications The federal scientific and educational network RUNNet (Russian University Network), created and supported by SIIT&T Informika, has 55 regional network nodes. RUNNet resources are used by scientific and educational networks of Russia such as RBNet, RASNet, RSSI, RUHEP, Freenet. The network numbers more than 1 500 000 individual users. The network applies IPv 6, MPLS over SDH, multicast.

Some history about bridging the gaps… • • • 1697 – Bridging first gap – Peter the Great, Copenhagen 1993 – First IP Internet access in Russia, Moscow 1994 – First satellite connectivity for the universities in Moscow, Saint Petersburg, Ekaterinburg, Novosibirsk, Saratov, Ulianovsk 1994 –First international connectivity to European NREN (NORDUnet) 1994 Moscow Internet e. Xchange 2004 – New backbone international connectivity Moscow – Saint Petersburg – (2, 5 Gb/s) - Stockholm – (622 Mb/s) – Amsterdam 2004 – Launch of GLORIAD project Moscow – (155 Mb/s) –Samara– (155 Mb/s) Ekaterinburg – (155 Mb/s) – Novosibirsk – (155 Мб/с)- Khabariovsk – (155 Мб/с) – Fuiuang 2005 Direct GEANT connectivity (622 Mb/s) 2007 10 Gb/s International connectivity

GLORIAD / RU wide area infrastructure

RUNNet/RBNet backbone from the birds flight

USERS Ø Subject oriented research networks: RSSI, RUHEP, … Ø Regional R&E Networks Relarn-IP, Freenet, … Ø Ø Universities > 250 Research > 200 Schools - Yes – on the experimental basis Libraries, Museums, Hospitals > 50

INTERNATIONAL BANDWIDTH Ø Channels STM-64 (10 Gb/s) Moscow – Amsterdam STM-16 (2, 5 Gb/s) Moscow – Saint Petersburg -Stockholm STM-4 (622 Mb/s) Stockholm – Amsterdam STM-16 (2, 5 Gb/s) Moscow – Frankfurt STM-1 (155 Mb/s) Khabarovsk – Fujuan Ø Connectivity NORDUnet – 10 Gb/s GEANT – 2, 5 Gb/s GLORIAD – 2, 5 Gb/s Public-IP – 2 Gb/s

Backbone

BANDWIDTH IN RUSSIA Ø Backbone 2, 5 Gb/s Moscow – Saint Petersburg 155 Mb/s (Gloriad) Moscow – Samara – Novosibirsk – Khabarovsk 73 Mb/s Moscow - Ekaterinburg 90 Mb/s Moscow – Rostov on Don 45 Mb/s Moscow – Nizhni Novgorod … Ø Last miles: 100 Mb/s - 1 Gb/s (Moscow, Saint Petersburg) 2 Mb/s – 10 Mb/s (Other regions)

Topology NREN Backbone nodes Connetivity Russia R 2 Net (RUNet/RBNet) 12 1, 17 Size (km*Gb/s) 4700 Belgium BELNET 16 1, 81 3800 Poland PIONEER 22 1, 32 42000 Portugal FCCN 20 1, 25 1443 Finland FUNET 16 1, 44 5700 Czech Republic Greece CESNET 26 1, 69 11016 GRNET 12 1, 17 4909 Ireland HEAnet 10 2. 6 1200 Sweden SUNET 30 2 55000 Spain Red. IRIS 20 1, 7 15041

Technologies Ø Backbone – DWDM, SDH NG Ø IPv 6 NORDUnet, RUNNet, RBNet, Free. Net Ø Multicast Educational Streaming to the Universities Ø Satellite content delivery 7000 non-simmetric connectivity Ø Content filtering 54000 schools Internet connection

Informational resources SIIT&T Informika has created an effective information facility for national educational community: The Federal portal “Russian Education” www. edu. ru, the core one among educational Internet-portals aimed for search and providing the most exhaustive information on education in our country.

Network resources. Official Ø Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation www. mon. gov. ru Ø Federal Agency of Education www. ed. gov. ru Ø Federal Agency of Sciense www. fasi. gov. ru Ø Federal Control Service in Education www. obrnadzor. gov. ru Ш Russian Education for Foreigners www. russia. edu. ru Ш Support of Management Systems of Quality www. quality. edu. ru

Network resources. Educational Ø Federal Education Portal edu. ru Ø Portal of Primary and Secondary Education school. edu. ru Ø Portal of additional Education of Children vidod. edu. ru Ø Portal of Natural Sciences en. edu. ru Ø Portal of Humanities humanities. edu. ru Ø Portal of Economy and Management www. ecsocman. edu. ru Ø Portal of Law Sciences http: //www. law. edu. ru/ Ø Portal of Information Technologies Ict. edu. ru Etc.

Example. Content delivery

Moscow. Light Ø Equipment : SDH / SONET switch (OME 6500) Ethernet switches (CISCO 650 x) Ø Location : M 9 Telehouse K-House (Kurchatov Institute) Ø Additional access : RIPN F. O. network (~ 250 km in Moscow) Metro CWDM/DWDM system Ø Connection : to RBNet IP MPLS and Informika SDH networks (RUNnet/RBNet backbone)

The Bigger Picture ……. . EGEE/LCG-2 grid: 160 sites, 36 countries >15, 000 processors, ~5 PB storage Other national & regional grids: ~60 sites, ~6, 000 processors

Computer quality management Adoption of computer quality management methods enables to essentially upgrade products and services. Application of computer quality management technology in all levels of education enables to realize a strategic planning of educational establishment activity, training and management processes monitoring, actual teaching programs and specialities forming, resource management optimization in educational establishments.

Computer quality management SIIT&T Informika develops, makes examinations and researches of computer quality management applications in the following areas: * principle development and realization of interaction between the sector management system and university management subsystems; * development of the sector effectiveness estimation system for telecommunication and information infrastructures in education; * software tools and information standards creating for centralized monitoring system of training and methodological internet resources with Internet access for all levels of education; * recommendations development on quality of teaching materials for distance studies ; * problem analysis of information technology application in education.

Tempus Joint European Project - ICT 4 UM ACTIVITY TABLE – IMPLEMENTATION Perio d № Activity table Executor 3 -5 1. 1. Study visits of Russian specialists to European Universities (…) 3) University of Hamburg (organized and facilitated by EURICE and imc). Objective: to study best European practice in building complex University ICT infrastructure. The reason for picking this case is that it is a unique example of top-down design of the whole infrastructure, example which can be very interesting to Russian Universities/ imc has close links to the ICT department there Svechnikov Sergey Skuratov Alexey Tikhonov Alexander Martynov Vitaliy 5 -12 1. 2. Selection and study of best cases in Russia and recommendations development INFORMIKA coordinates this activity and provides additional information collected in Russia. Resulted case studies and recommendations are being developed by the Russian group of experts. Case studies are presented to the Russian University ICT specialists at the 1 st year Dissemination workshop in Moscow Demidova Ekaterina Zakharova Olga Zakharevich Elena Ilieva Svetlana Skuratov Alexey

Tempus Joint European Project - ICT 4 UM ACTIVITY TABLE – IMPLEMENTATION Period № Activity table Executor 8 -24 2. 1. Analysis and optimization of selected managerial processes in the Russian partner Universities In order to analyse and quantitative and qualitative improvements, feedback gathering surveys will be implemented Demidova Ekaterina Zakharova Olga Zakharevich Elena Skuratov Alexey Martynov Vitaliy 9 -12 3. 1 Setting up the Russian Consulting and Information Center ICT 4 UM Setting up a central office in Moscow (INFORMIKA): • Selection and initial training of the staff (2 persons) • Premises, equipment, etc. As well as workflow description • Center’s website development (hosting by INFORMIKA) • Promotion via different channels (resp. INFORMIKA, in coordination with dissemination activities) Svechnikov Sergey Demidova Ekaterina Khaplanov Nikolay Zakharova Olga Zakharevich Elena Ilieva Svetlana Silaev Anton

Tempus Joint European Project - ICT 4 UM ACTIVITY TABLE – IMPLEMENTATION Period № Activity table 12 -24 3. 2 Center’s pilot operation The second year of the project will be used to support the initial period of operation which will include: • Provision of consulting services to the Russian ICT departments (via telephone and e-mail by the experts from the Russian participating organisations) • Maintaining the web repository of cases (projects, solutions, success stories) • Statistics gathering (on the basis of the enquiries analysis), website and FAQ maintenance • 2 electronic newsletter issues and distribution via INFORMIKA’s subscription Executor Demidova Ekaterina Khaplanov Nikolay Zakharova Olga Zakharevich Elena Ilieva Svetlana Silaev Anton Svechnikov Sergey

Tempus Joint European Project - ICT 4 UM ACTIVITY TABLE – IMPLEMENTATION Period № Activity table Executor 15 -23 4. 1 Design and implementation of 3 training workshops in Russia The partner Universities’ experts participating in the activities 1. 1, 1. 2, 3. 2 will design and deliver 3 training workshops for the staff of the University ICT departments from Universities of Central and North-West Russia. Every work shop will attract at least 30 representatives of University ICT departments from the region. Selection of participants will be coordinated by INFORMIKA (ICT 4 UM office) Demidova Ekaterina Skuratov Alexey Martynov Vitaliy Pashovkina Natalia 1 -24 5 Svechnikov Sergey Silaev Anton Demidova Ekaterina Zakharevich Elena Khaplanov Nikolay 5. Dissemination and liaison building activities • Development of the first version (basic) of ICT 4 UM website with information on the project • Publishing of the project dissemination materials (brochure) • Web dissemination, targeted publications in the specialized media (e. g. . magazine University Management)

Tempus Joint European Project - ICT 4 UM ACTIVITY TABLE – IMPLEMENTATION Period № Activity table Executor 12 -24 7. Quality control and monitoring • Number of enquiries processed by the ICT 4 UM centre • Number of visitors of the ICT 4 UM website • Number of downloads of the project materials Khaplanov Nikolay Zakharevich Elena Silaev Anton Skuratov Alexey 1 -24 8. 2 Daily project coordination, management and administration • Everyday internal and external communication • Project documentation and filing • Keeping track of the project finances • Reporting • Informing the PMB and facilitating its operation In order to perform these duties, the Project Officer will be appointed. The officer will be supported by the side of the local facilitator in Russia - INFORMIKA Zakharova Olga Zakharevich Elena Skuratov Alexey Tikhonov Alexander 1 -24 Pashovkina Natalia Skuratov Alexey Arrangement of meetings within the project, processing all necessary documentation

Thank you for your attention! Alexey Skuratov E-mail: skuratov@informika. ru