The issue is dedicated to the 90th anniversary of the honored scientist of the Russian Federation, member of the editorial board of our journal Prof. Konstantin Kolin.

The articles in this issue cover, among others, the following topics:

Cognitive potential of informatics
Information technology as a resource in hybrid warfare
Socioengineering attacks and their classification
Swarm algorithms for effective organization and management
Modeling an intelligent agent for solving economic problems
Measuring the potential of quantum technologies
Digital transformation of manufacturing industries
Regulatory framework for digital technologies in healthcare and agriculture
Artificial intelligence systems in the field of culture

The full text of the issue can be found at http://infosoc.iis.ru/issue/view/70

President Vladimir Putin and Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin set the following tasks: to focus on fundamental areas in the field of AI and conduct research in other areas, but with the mandatory use of AI technologies. Within the framework of the federal project “Artificial Intelligence”, operated by the Ministry of Economic Development, a grant competition is being held for research centers on AI.

In 2024, a foresight session was held, which identified 10 priority areas for the development of artificial intelligence. The selection of the third wave takes these priorities into account. The Ministry of Economic Development and the Ministry of Education and Science are preparing a unified research program in the field of AI.

Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Chernyshenko presented the results of the selection of the third wave of research centers in the field of artificial intelligence, summarized based on the work of the relevant competition committee to determine the winners. One of the members of this committee was the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Institute of the Information Society Yuri Hohlov.

A total of 19 applications from 10 regions were submitted for selection. The centers’ programs cover key areas of foresight: agent systems, elements of strong AI, fundamental and generative AI models.

The winners were HSE, Innopolis, ISP RAS, ITMO University, MIPT, Skoltech, and Lomonosov Moscow State University. They will receive grants to conduct research and create world-class breakthrough industry solutions.

Each of the 7 selected third wave centers will receive 676 million rubles for 2 years (until 2026) to conduct fundamental research in the field of strong, trusted, multi-agent AI. “The total amount of budget funding will be 4.7 billion rubles for all centers,” said Dmitry Chernyshenko.

According to the Deputy Prime Minister, investments in such centers have already proven their effectiveness.

• The first wave centers dealt with issues of strong, trusted, ethical artificial intelligence.
• The second wave is dedicated to industry research for medicine, transport, industry and smart cities.

These centers create almost half of all Russian scientific groundwork in AI.

Dmitry Chernyshenko asked the selected centers to support the winners of the AI ​​Olympiads, who also took part in the event.

Source: Official channel of the Government of the Russian Federation

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

On May 28, 2025, an exhibition of artist Svetlana Maksimovna Kolesnik opened in the Moscow Regional Branch of the Union of Artists of Russia on Krutitsky Val. She has been constantly collaborating with our institute for over 20 years, but she does not part with her first profession — she constantly creates new works and holds prestigious solo exhibitions.

Svetlana Kolesnik was born on May 19, 1959 in Podolsk, Moscow Region, in the family of artist Maxim Efimkin, one of the founders of the Podolsk Association of Artists, a branch of the Union of Artists of Russia. In 1975, she graduated from the Podolsk Art School. In 1981 she graduated from the art and graphic faculty of the Lenin Moscow State Pedagogical Institute (the former Potemkin Institute, which her father graduated from before the Great Patriotic War).

In 1983, she joined the youth association of the Moscow Regional Union. Since 1985, she worked as a painter in the Podolsk interdistrict art and production workshops of the Union of Artists. Since 1995 she is member of the Union of Artists of Russia.

Svetlana works in the genres of portrait, landscape and still life. In addition, she paints icons. She settled in the village of Dubna (Chekhov urban district) 17 years ago.

The artist’s works are stored in private collections in Russia, Austria, the USA and Canada, the Podolsk Art Gallery, the Historical and Memorial Museum-Reserve “Podolye” (Podolsk), churches of the Chekhov district of the Moscow region and the Kaluga region, the art museum of the city of Mogilev.

Svetlana Maksimovna is the widow of the airborne officer Yuri Gorbonos, who fought in many hot spots, including Afghanistan.

According to the author of the exhibition, an artist must first of all understand that he is a part of Godэs world, endowed with special abilities to comprehend this world, to know its beauty and harmony. She is against shocking formalism or some kind of fictitious salon with excessive naturalism.

This exhibition reflects how the artist now understands for herself what is happening to us and our Motherland. In this regard, the name of the exhibition is “At the Holy Spring”. Here is what she said at the opening of the exhibition:

“We all drink water from the holy spring of the Russian land and the Orthodox faith. We are lucky that we have it, this spring of beauty of our native nature, flowers and herbs, close and distant good people. But our times are difficult, associated with the war, the death of loved ones in it. However, those who are now fighting in the Special Military Operation zone should also understand that they are protecting, first of all, this sacred source of beauty and peaceful life for you and me.”

There have always been so-called “hot spots” in Russia and in different parts of the world. And if we had not defended our interests, we would have lost our lands, our holy spring. That is why the exhibition includes portraits of the artist’s husband, Major Gorbonos, Father Cyprian, Pashka the mortarman (Sergeant Kirill Kalinichev, who died in the SMO), Alexander Marshal, who sings and composes songs about the war, and organizes concerts in the SMO.

The opening of the exhibition was attended by IIS founders and veterans: Yuri Hohlov, Tatiana Ershova and Viktor Stroganov. They congratulated Svetlana Maksimovna on another large exhibition and wished her further creative success.

Dear colleagues, partners, friends!

May 17 has been World Telecommunication Day since 1969. This day was established by the Plenipotentiary Conference held in Malaga Torremolinos in 1973 to commemorate the founding of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and the signing of the first International Telegraph Convention in 1865.

In November 2005, the World Summit on the Information Society called on the UN General Assembly to designate 17 May as World Information Society Day to highlight the importance of ICT for development and to focus on a wide range of issues related to the information society. In March 2006, the General Assembly adopted resolution 60/252, which established that World Information Society Day should be celebrated annually on 17 May.

In November 2006, at the ITU Plenipotentiary Conference in Antalya (Turkey), it was decided to celebrate May 17 as World Telecommunication and Information Society Day. The updated resolution 60/252 invites Member States and sector members to commemorate this day every year through the organization of appropriate national programs.Digital technologies have the power to accelerate progress across every sector of society, yet that potential remains out of reach for many. Of the 2.6 billion people still unconnected, the majority are women and girls. Gaps in access and affordability of the internet and digital devices, as well as limited digital skills, continue to hinder the participation of women and girls in today’s economy and in shaping tomorrow’s digital solutions. Bridging this divide is essential to unlocking new pathways for economic growth, innovation, and sustainable development.

For this reason, World Telecommunication and Information Society Day 2025 highlights the pressing need to advance digital gender equality, so that women and girls everywhere can also benefit from and contribute to digital transformation.

Source of picture:  supr.ru

Dear colleagues, partners, friends!

We congratulate everyone on the 80th anniversary of the great Victory over nazism. Let us honor the memory of all those who died on the fronts of the Great Patriotic War, kneel before living war veterans and those who helped achieve Victory in the rear. Let us do everything to eradicate nazism, which has raised its head on the outskirts of history. Let us wish victory to those who are now courageously fighting on the fronts for a just cause. Happy Victory Day!

Please meet the second issue of the scientific and analytical journal “Information Society” for 2025. The main theme of the issue is Digital technologies: use and right of refusal. The articles in this issue cover, among others, the following topics:

Challenges in the implementation of generative AI
Evolution of data analysis technologies
Use of the digital ruble
Change in understanding of reality
“Natural” and “improved” brain
Political role of artificial intelligence
Efficiency of ICT application in higher education
Changing role of a person in legal relations in the information age
Alternative metrics of publication activity
Innovation processes in an industrial enterprise

In her address to readers “Yes to digital opportunities, no to digital colonialism,” the journal’s editor-in-chief Tatiana Ershova wrote:

I have three female acquaintances, communication with whom is a real quest. Of course, they are not from a professional environment, but from a personal one, and two of them are significantly younger than me, that is, they belong to the generation of “children of perestroika”. It is even stranger that they completely reject modern technologies. They live with push-button phones and of all means of communication, they use only e-mail, and even this causes them difficulties. They watch movies in cinemas or on TV, write letters by hand, make purchases only in stores and markets, pay utilities and taxes at banks, receive payment notifications in mailboxes. No smartphones, tablets, messengers and social networks – that which makes communication fast, convenient and effective. Issues that I resolve with others in a few seconds, with them can take several days, or even weeks, if, for example, they are on vacation somewhere or, God forbid, are sick.

These people have made a conscious choice: to reduce the use of any modern technologies to an absolute minimum. They categorically do not accept the digital world, considering it evil, depriving a person of his nature, destroying normal connections between people, eroding morals and values, damaging education, making a person defenseless against the authorities, scammers, spammers and cyberterrorists. Of course, there is some truth in this position, and it cannot be ignored. The specific dangers and risks of the information society are studied by serious scientists in different countries of the world, discussed at conferences and on television programs, but this is not done to dissuade people from using technology, but mainly so that they can reliably protect themselves. Moreover, there are now plenty of proven tools for such protection, and they are constantly being improved. My like-minded people are supporters and promoters of digital technologies that make people’s lives better and more interesting; at the same time, the task of society and the education system remains the education of people in such a way that they strive for knowledge and work and develop moral qualities. Technologies are not responsible for this – they are just a multiplier that magnifies everything good and bad that is in a person and in society.

But, be that as it may, we cannot ignore the right of people to refuse to use technologies, just as it would be immoral to forcibly impose an alien religion on indigenous tribes. The times of colonialism and missionary work are over, and reviving them in the digital age is hardly a good idea. At the same time, people who choose to refuse “digital” should have all the rights and opportunities guaranteed by the constitution. This means that appropriate non-digital mechanisms must be provided for their implementation.

In this issue, the human right to use digital technologies or to refuse them is discussed in an interesting polemical article by the author from St. Petersburg Viktor Naumov “Law and the “Butlerian Jihad”: reflections on the threats of using artificial intelligence.” The author and the editors of the journal invite everyone to discuss the article and the scientific discussion on this topic.

The full text of the issue can be found on the journal’s website.

On April 3, 2025, a meeting of the State Council Commission on Data Economy was held in the Government House of the Moscow Region in Krasnogorsk. It was attended by the head of the Ministry of Digital Development, Maksut Shadayev, representatives of the presidential administration, the Federation Council, departments, regions and business.

The meeting was opened and closed by the chairman of the commission of the State Council of the Russian Federation on Data Economy, the governor of the Moscow Region Andrey Vorobyov. “In February, the president announced the launch of a new national project “Data Economy” and set the task of implementing solutions that help to optimally build relationships between residents, businesses and the state. Our commission has been entrusted with coordinating the work on the digital transformation of public administration. It is necessary to make it more convenient for people to receive federal and regional government services. It is important that you can pay your apartment bill and connect to gas without leaving home. Another key task is to reduce bureaucracy. What used to take months can now be resolved in a few days. This saves budget funds at all levels,” Vorobyov explained.

Earlier, the Moscow Region presented initiatives at State Council meetings, some of which are now being successfully tested in the region. These are electronic payment orders, boiler house and winterization passports, digital contracts for gas equipment maintenance, and a data showcase instead of reports. These practices can be extended to other regions. The governor also spoke about the VseSeti (AllNetworks) service, created on the basis of the regional government services portal. It simplifies the approval of documents.

“The goal that the president and the government are guiding us towards is to build schools, kindergartens, roads, electric and gas networks as quickly as possible. One of the bottlenecks is the large number of approvals with resource organizations. Our VseSeti project involves simultaneous electronic notification of all related parties. Now it takes 12 months, and with digital interaction we will spend a maximum of 14 days,” the head of the region explained.

The State Council also discussed the issue of eliminating barriers to the provision of public services. According to Vorobyov, 71 services in the Moscow Region have been identified that require optimization. These include, for example, address assignment services, provision of housing and communal services subsidies, and a subsidy to support the agricultural industry.

Deputy Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation – Head of the Government of the Russian Federation Dmitry Grigorenko delivered reports on “A New Approach to Regional Digital Transformation” and “Governor’s Dashboard”. All Russian regions will connect to the digital public administration system “Governor’s Dashboard” this year. This is an electronic service that presents up-to-date indicators on key areas of the region’s work and its interaction with the federal center. This includes the implementation of national projects, instructions and legislative initiatives, budget execution, implementation of plans for the construction of schools, kindergartens and clinics, and work with citizens’ appeals.

“First of all, this is a digital management model. The “Dashboard” displays in real time the tasks facing the subjects of the Federation, as well as appeals or problems that regions form before the federal government. The goal is for everyone to perceive and see not only these tasks, but also the status of their implementation in the same way,” Grigorenko noted. He called the “Governor’s Dashboard” a system not so much for monitoring as for preventing the situation. All activities are digitalized and have a deadline. With the help of modern technologies, including artificial intelligence, it is possible to understand which activities may not be completed on time and respond to this in advance.

The rating of regional leaders of digital transformation and the regional digital transformation program were presented by the Director of the Federal State Budgetary Institution “Center for Expertise and Coordination of Informatization” Alexey Chukarin.

The proposals for the rating of federal leaders of digital transformation (services with federal barriers) were voiced by the Vice-Governor of the Moscow Region, Lyudmila Bolataeva.

The Minister of Public Administration, Information Technology and Communications of the Moscow Region, Nadezhda Kurtyanik, presented the status of the initiative in terms of reducing reporting. The Moscow Region proposes to interact electronically in order to avoid duplication on paper and automatically receive data that is in the “digital” rather than entering it manually. Together with federal colleagues, the Moscow Region is forming the principle of data exchange between data marts. The principle of single entry will be ensured. According to experts, this will save 3.5 million working hours across the country.

The report “Digital Region Portal – Unified Platform of AI Solutions” was presented by the First Deputy Minister of Public Administration, Information Technology and Communications of the Moscow Region, Ilya Girenko, and the Deputy Minister of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Media of the Russian Federation, Grigory Borisenko.

The meeting of the State Council Commission on the Data Economy was attended by the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Institute of the Information Society, Yuri Hohlov.

Sources: Radio 1, IRIO

On March 27, Moscow Witte University held the XXI International Congress with elements of a scientific school for young scientists “Malyshev Readings — 2025”, dedicated to the 80th anniversary of the outstanding Soviet Russian specialist in the field of information systems, Chairman of the State Committee of the RSFSR on Science and Higher Education (1990—1991), Advisor to the President of the Russian Federation on Science and Higher Education Nikolai Malyshev.

The following honorary participants delivered welcoming speeches to the audience:

• Rector of MUIV Alexander Semyonov
• Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences, scientific director of the Federal Research Center “Informatics and Control” of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Dean of the Faculty of Computational Mathematics and Mathematics of Moscow State University Igor Sokolov
• Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Deputy President of the Russian Academy of Education Gennady Onishchenko.

The program of the event included:

• Plenary session
• Scientific sections
• Two large-scale discussion panels:

1. Panel “Artificial Intelligence as a Megatrend of Digital Technologies” — with the participation of experts from Skoltech, MIPT, Federal Research Center “Informatics and Control” of the Russian Academy of Sciences, etc.
2. Panel “Between Human and Algorithm: What Kind of Intelligence Does Society Need” — with the participation of representatives from Bauman Moscow State Technical University, RAS, Kosygin Russian State University, and other structures.

During the day, the participants discussed the impact of AI on education, economics, law, and society. Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Institute of the Information Society Yuri Hohlov spoke at the plenary session in the panel discussion “Facets of Intelligence: Artificial and Natural Thinking in Dialogue”, which became an important contribution to the discussion of current issues related to the development of artificial intelligence, the interaction of technology and society.

The Congress once again confirmed its status as one of the leading events in the scientific and educational environment of the country.

On March 20–21, 2025, the 14th International Scientific and Practical Conference “Information Technologies and Mathematical Methods in Economics and Management” (IT&MM-2025) was held at the Plekhanov Russian University of Economics.

This annual conference is dedicated to the memory of Anatoly Ivanovich Kitov (1920–2005), a Russian scientist who devoted his life to the formation and development of cybernetics, computer science, information retrieval systems (IRS), algorithmic programming languages, automated control systems (ACS) and their implementation to solve problems of strengthening the defense capability of our state, the national economy of the country, as well as national healthcare and medicine.

Renowned scientists have repeatedly noted A. I. Kitov as a pioneer and uncompromising fighter for cybernetics, computer science and ACS, emphasizing his enormous contribution to the development of these sciences. It is necessary to especially note the scientific and civic courage of A. I. Kitov, who, at the risk of his own career, put forward large-scale projects for managing the national economy and the Armed Forces of the Soviet Union based on new computer technologies. A number of ideas and proposals of A. I. Kitov were ahead of their time by decades.

In essence, A. I. Kitov proposed a global computer network system. Subsequently, it was developed throughout the world and is now known as Grid technologies – the unification of many computing resources to solve problems of a global scale.

On March 20, 2025, a plenary session of IT&MM-2025 was held, dedicated to the consideration of current issues of the creation and use of advanced information technologies and mathematical methods in the field of economics, management and education. The main attention of the event participants was focused on the problems of developing the digital economy and digital business. The following reports were presented at the plenary session:

1. Igor Sokolov – Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Scientific Director of the Federal Research Center “Informatics and Control” of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Dean of the Computational Mathematics and Cybernetics Department of Lomonosov Moscow State University
   Computational Infrastructure of Lomonosov Moscow State University
2. Arutyun Avetisyan – Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Director of the Institute of System Programming of the Russian Academy of Sciences
   Artificial Intelligence: Two Sides of Trust
3. Viktor Kitov – Associate Professor of the Computational Mathematics and Cybernetics Department of Lomonosov Moscow State University, PhD in Physics and Mathematics, Senior Researcher of the Laboratory of Artificial Intelligence, Neurotechnology and Business Analytics of the Plekhanov Russian University of Economics
   Online Textbooks on Machine and Deep Learning Deepmachinelearning.ru
4. Yuri Hohlov – Chairman of the Board of Directors, Institute of the Information Society, PhD in Physics and Mathematics, Academician of the Russian Engineering Academy
   Sectoral digital development: international experience and Russian practice
5. Vladimir Koren’kov – Scientific Director of the Laboratory of Information Technologies of the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Doctor of Engineering Sciences, Professor
   Methods and technologies for data processing in heterogeneous computing environments
6. Dmitry Panyukov – Director of the Institute of Demography, Migration and Regional Development (co-authors Doctor of Economics A. O. Gurdus, PhD, Associate Professor V. A. Kitov, General Director of JSC RT A. V. Pastukhov)
   A single digital space of interaction as a factor in harmonious development: towards the implementation of the UN Millennium Declaration
7. Mikhail Mazurov – Doctor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Professor (co-author PhD, Associate Professor A. A. Mikryukov)
   Artificial intelligence technologies based on mind maps and cognitive maps
8. Alexey Arustamov – Director Analytical Technologies LLC (Loginom)
   Artificial Intelligence in Action: Optimization of the Data Processing Pipeline

Thematic sections were held on March 20-21, 2025.

Section 1. Mathematical Methods for Analyzing Economic Information and Managing Socioeconomic Processes

Section 2. Concepts and Technologies of the Digital Economy

Section 3. Digital Education. Information and Communication Technologies in Economics and Education

Section 4. History of the Creation of Information Technologies and Their Use in Management and Economics

Section 5. Enterprise Engineering Based on Modern Information and Communication Technologies

Section 6. Student Research Initiatives

Source: https://it-mm.rea.ru/