On May 28, 2025, a strategic session on international standardization in the field of artificial intelligence was held at the All-Russian Institute of Scientific and Technical Information of the Russian Academy of Sciences (VINITI RAS).
Deputy Director General of the Russian Institute of Standardization Alexei Ivanov spoke about the main areas of international standardization, the possibilities and prospects for the Russian Federation’s participation in it. In his report, he noted the positive impact of standardization on the economy (for example, the standardization of container transportation made it possible to reduce loading/unloading costs by 36 times and reduce carriers’ downtime by 2 times).
Sergei Garbuk, Chairman of TC 164, made a report on the standardization of artificial intelligence in ISO/IEC SC 42. He spoke about the structure of the 42nd subcommittee, areas of work and the contribution of Russian experts to the development of international documents. He paid attention to the features of AI systems based on machine learning models, the risks of suboptimal regulation of AI and the relationship between national and international standardization.
Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Institute of the Information Society, Chairman of TC164/PC02 “Data” Yuri Hohlov presented a report on the topic: “The landscape of standardization. Working with data for artificial intelligence.” He spoke about the life cycle of data in AI systems, about international and national standardization of AI and big data, as well as about the timing of the implementation of standards in the field of data and AI in Russia and abroad.
An expert of TC164/PC02 Andrey Khramtsovsky spoke about how to join the work of ISO/IEC as an expert from Russia. From his report, the participants of the strategic session learned about the competencies and skills that an ISO expert must have, how to register as an expert, the forms of participation in ISO (preparation of comments, voting, etc.), the rules of conduct for experts, as well as other aspects. Concluding his report, A. Khramtsovsky invited those present to join the work of ISO/IEC experts from Russia.
Maya Mlyakova, chief specialist of VINITI RAS, shared her experience in maintaining the standards of the ISO/IEC AWI TS 22440 Artificial intelligence – Functional safety and AI systems series. She spoke about the most popular standards of the 42nd subcommittee, about how the meetings on their development are held and noted that the activity in ISO/IEC is involvement in the community of motivated Russian and foreign experts, in the creation of in-demand international documents in the most rapidly developing area. Participants of the strategic session were also given the opportunity to choose international standards that relate to the area of their scientific interests, and subsequently join the working groups on their development. More than 70 representatives of interested organizations took part in the strategic session on international standardization in the field of AI in person and in the videoconference format.
Source: TC 164 web site