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Black Sea Interconnection
BSI (Black Sea Interconnection) project intends to bridge the digital divide existing between South Caucasus and Europe by establishing a regional research and education network in South Caucasus and connecting it to GÉANT2.
The project involves developing strategies for interconnecting the existing infrastructures in the region, realizing the connections and supplying operational support for the established network. The existence of interconnections between South Caucasus countries as well as connection to GÉANT2 with reasonable capacities will enable the introduction of new services to the region and will be an important step towards the integration of the scientific potential in the region with Europe.
The Republic of Armenia is participating in the Black Sea Interconnection (BSI) project as well. BSI is a 24 month project that was started on 01.03.2008. National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Armenia (NAS RA) is the BSI project participant from Armenia.
The main objectives of BSI are as follows:
- Building a proper regional research and education network among South Caucasus and connecting it to GÉANT2,
- Integration of South Caucasus scientific potential to Europe,
- Fostering the collaboration between homogenous scientific communities.
The expected gain from many scientific research and educational projects such as "Development of e-Societies in South Caucasus" and SEE-GRID-SCI would go one step further with the implementation of BSI project. Dissemination activities will promote widespread use of the BSI infrastructure by all members and all disciplines of the regional research and education community; liaise with other pan-European efforts with similar or adjacent objectives.
Seventh International Conference on Computer Science and Information Technologies
28 September - 2 October, 2009, Yerevan, Armenia
The National Academy of Science of Armenia and The Institute for Informatics and Automation Problems organized the Seventh International Conference on Computer Science and Information Technologies (CSIT 2009) in Yerevan, Armenia. The aim of the Conference was to encourage the exchange of scientific and technological information between researchers in the field of Computer Science and Information Technologies.
The major topics of the conference were the following: Algorithms, Automata and Logic, Discrete Mathematics and Combinatorial Analysis, Information Theory and Coding Theory, Artificial Intelligence and Management Support Systems, Pattern Recognition and Image Processing, Parallel and Distributed Computing, Cluster and Grid Computing, Design and Testing, Telecommunication and Networking, Information Technologies and Applications. The conference also included a workshop on UNL (Universal Networking Language), which included 1-day international symposium to discuss theoretical and technical issues on the basis of papers and demos, 3-day introductory seminar to UNL for people interested in knowing the UNL or expecting to start working on it.
CSIT 2009 was initiated by RA Government, RA National Academy of Sciences (NAS), NAS Institute for Informatics and Automation Issues, Yerevan Scientific Research Institute for communication facilities, as well as Synopsys Armenia, Unicomp, Hilink, Virage Logic, Enterprise Incubator Foundation and Armenian Development Agency.
