Bio-industry and Bio-resources – BioTech2030

2. Bio-industry and Bio-resources – BioTech2030

In 2010 Russian Government recognized a need for a new relationship between research and business, including strengthening the innovation system. Further impetus for development of biotechnology has been given on the federal level by decision of the Governmental Committee of High-Tech and Innovations to establish a broad set of national Technology Platforms (TP). Initiated by the M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, a leading Russian research university, and JSC “RTBiotechprom”, a brunch of one of the largest national companies – Russian Technologies State Corporation, with an active assistance of the most prominent national institutions and businesses, the Russian Technology Platform “Bio-industry and Bio-resources – BioTech2030” has been founded in November 2010.

Drafting, discussion and further adoption of the documents (Foresight, Strategic Research Agenda, Road Map and Implementation Plan) defining the principal scientific and technical development of the Platform priorities areas;

Development of the concept towards bio-industry and bio-resource sustainable growth and their interaction with other sectors of the national economy;

Integration of biotech knowledge and applications into various sectors of the economy;

Creation of new markets and developing areas traditional for the Russian economy;

Transition to a new level of environmental standards in Russia;

Creation of new raw materials source (renewable biomass) for the chemical and allied industries, alternative to fossil hydrocarbons;

Creation of cheap and accessible material base for production of pharmaceutical substances;

Complex processing of low-value food and non-renewable raw materials into useful products with high added value;

Integrating viewpoints and opinions of all the stakeholders: government, industry, academia, regulatory authorities, users and consumers;

Creation of interaction network between experts in different fields of bio-industry and bio-resources, information sharing, dissemination and coordinated decision-making;

Monitoring of trends, analysis of market potential of technologies;

Cooperation with similar foreign entities in the EU and worldwide.
TP “BioTech2030” is emerging as a powerful instrument for coordination of efforts in the field of industrial biotechnology, forestry and food biotechnology, commercialization of innovations and effective communication of all stakeholders in the Russian Federation. It will create a solid basis for sustainable development of biotechnology sector of the national economy; however, a special attention is given to international contacts.
Among a number of on-going projects in the field of industrial biotechnology currently implemented in Russia could be mentioned just a few:

Pilot lingo-cellulosic bio-refinery;

A number of facilities for grain processing into bio-fuels and high-value added products;

Introduction of modern environmentally friendly bio-catalytic technologies into pulp and paper industry;

Use of microalgae for bio-fuel production, etc.
The central goal of the TP “BioTech2030” is to create modern Bio-industry in the Russian Federation, for contribution to GDP, comparable with world leading economies (up to 3%).
The main result of the establishment and operation of TP should be to achieve competitiveness of Russian biotechnological sector on the world market, develop and create new technologies, products and services (see Appendix).
In the framework of TP “BioTech2030” with a view to the rational and sustainable industrial production and energy while reducing environmental impact production based on renewable raw materials will be developed and organized:

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  Bio-reagents (enzymes, products of fine organic synthesis, and basic raw materials for manufacture of drug substances, feed additives, protein, amino acids, plant protection and animal welfare, etc.).
  
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  Biomaterials (bio-plastics, monomers to polymers, chemistry, etc.).
  
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  Bio-fuels (bio-ethanol, biodiesel and bio-butanol).
  
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  Products for healthy food and food ingredients.
  
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  Deep forest industry products.
  
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  New energy efficient and “green” biotechnological processes.
  

It is also anticipated that technology platform will have following socio-economic performances:

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  Increase employment in rural areas.
  
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  Development of the regions of Siberia, Far East, the European North and grant regions.
  
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  Environmental issues including megacities, agro-industrial complex.
  
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  Diversification of exports.
  
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  Contribution to the food and drug safety.
  

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   Bioenergy
   

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  Design of development concept and Roadmap (forecast) for realization of domestic bioenergetics concept, its integration with other sectors of domestic and foreign economics, coordlegal regulation in the area of bioenergeticsination and long-term planning of principles and methods of interaction;
  

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  Development of strategy and research program in the area of bioenergetics structured by the train – scientific-research works – experimental development – commercialization – pilot projects;
  
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  Creation of the mechanisms of state, private and international support of scientific programs (state programs, FCP, R&D programs of companies, the 7^th framework program of EC, programs of international scientific and technical cooperation);
  
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  Consolidation of efforts of the representatives of business, science, state and civil society in determining the strategic demands of business and society on the creation of prospective commercial technologies and equipment, new products and services in the area of bioenergetics and other analogous areas;
  
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  Stimulation of innovations, widening of scientific-technological cooperation and formation of new partnerships, support of scientific and technical activity and processes for the technological updating of the enterprises of bioenergetics and analogous areas, considerable growth on this basis of the competitiveness of energy, chemical and agricultural sectors of economics;
  
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  Monitoring of bioenergetics state, analysis of market potential of bioenergetics technologies, creation of a system of information exchange using the total set of modern information technologies;
  
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  Development of personnel potential of bioenergetics sector, interaction and support of scientific and educational centers, institutes of higher education, academic and branch science, business;
  
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  Improvement of reference and legal regulation in the area of bioenergetics; introduction of the projects of technological regulations, environmental standards etc.
  

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  Technologies of permanent monitoring and forecasting of main directions of bioenergetics development on the basis of Forthite methods and software of International Energy Agency (IEA).
  
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  Technologies of monitoring of the reserves of nonfood biomass in the world and Russia for providing the development of economically efficient production of necessary equipment.
  
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  Technologies of steady-state industrial production of nonfood biomass and its utilization for obtaining the electricity, heat, biofuels and other products with high added value cost.
  
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  Technologies of selection and bioengineering methods for the creation of efficient types of nonfood biomass with prescribed parameters of the content of substances, which are necessary for the further production from them of energy carriers and other valuable products for the different sectors of industry.
  
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  Technologies of processing (mechanical, thermal, chemical, catalytic and other ones) of nonfood biomass in energy carriers and other valuable products.
  
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  Technologies for conditioning the energy carriers for using in the existing power and transport systems without changing their main design factors and technological parameters.
  
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  Technologies for utilization of organic nonfood waste of agricultural, food and timber industries, sediments of treatment facilities, solid domestic waste for production of electricity, heat and biofuels.
  
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  Technologies for absorption (utilization) of GHG emission of power and industrial plants, industrial and municipal wastes for intensification of nonfood biomass production.
  
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  Technologies for processing the nonfood biologic mass in raw material for chemical industry and heavy organic synthesis.
  
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  Technologies for obtaining the valuable chemical substances by means of catalytic processing of biologic spirits, biologic acids and other biologic substances obtained in the process of using the nonfood biomass.
  
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  Technologies for obtaining the biomass by means of processing of nonfood biomass with using the ferments.
  
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  Technologies for obtaining synthetic gas by means of gasification and pyrolysis of carbonated biomass.
  
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  Technologies for obtaining the wide spectrum of motor fuels (petrols, kerosene, diesel fuels etc.) from biomass with prescribed chemical methodological properties.
  

Coordinating company and its contact details

Joint Stock Company «CONCERN «SIRIUS»,

address: ulitca Kadashevskaya nabereshnaya, dom 6/1/2, stroenie 1, 119019 Moscow, Russian Federation

e-mail: info@con-sirius.ru

phone: +7 (495) 926-78-96, fax: +7 (495) 988-79-75

List of members of the technological platform
The NSP Technological Platform joins commercial software firms, institutes of Russian Academy of Science, universities, production firms, system integrators and three main russian software associations. We should specially mention such research institutes as Inst. for System Programming, Inst. for Program Systems, Institute of Informatics Problems. Here are leading russian software firms including ABBYY, AVP (Kaspersky Lab), 1C, Ascon and other. Among free software developpers: ALT Linux, Etersoft, Centre Group, Rusbittech.

Software assotiations are: RUSSOFT — Russian software association joining main offshore programming firms; ARPP «National software» joining main developpers of ready software products; UFOSSA, russian free software association.

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  Improvement of expense structure (including public sector expenses) of IT-related procurement and re-orientation of financial streams towards the internal market.
  
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  Ensuring national security by means of technological independence and information security.
  
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  Elimination of inferiority in volume and quality of IT deployed in business, government and society.
  
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  Improvement of education system, encouragement of applied and fundamental research in the field of IT.
  
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  Development of world-class national centers of IT development that would benefit from broadening of integration between fundamental and applied science, education system and industry, including the establishment of international partnerships.
  
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  Boosting the competitiveness of domestic IT products on the local and international markets.
  

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  Incremental development and deployment of the Russian National Software Platform (hereafter referred to as NSP) based on Free Software and domestic proprietary software, that would include the following primary components:
  

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  Unified technical infrastructure for distributed development, building, packaging and distribution of software solutions and technologies included in NSP.
  
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  A set of standard profiles that ensure compatibility between the different components of NSP, a set of profile management and verification tools.
  
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  A set of technologies (including core software components, tools and systems) for effective development of software and IT solutions that are implemented as software components included in the unified technical infrastructure.
  
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  A set of standardized application solutions based on domestic Free Software and proprietary software included in the unified technical infrastructure.
  

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  Increasing the level of technology literacy, encouragement of deployment of solutions from NSP in public sector and business.
  
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  Integration of domestic Free Software developers into key international projects.
  
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  Advancement of the existing and establishment of new domestic teams and academic schools that combine research, educational and industrial activities in the field of IT. Establishment of multi-level system of future-oriented training of IT professionals.
  

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  Complete technical infrastructure of NSP that ensures full cycle of distributed development, building, testing, support and distribution of software solutions and technologies included in NSP:
  

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  ensuring of distributed storage of all software components and their versions with support for versioning;
  
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  tools for control and maintenance of integrity and interoperability;
  
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  collaborative development and testing tools;
  
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  creation of distributable software solutions for different purposes;
  
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  testing and consequential inclusion into the unified software repository of Free Software and domestic proprietary software, including software developed under government contracts;
  

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  A set of mechanisms to ensure the quality and interoperability of software components and solutions built within the framework of NSP.
  

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  A set of open standard profiles, including specifications of application interfaces, data protocols and formats that are mandatory for all software components in NSP.
  
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  Management and decision making support tools used during the creation and improvement of NSP standards.
  
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  Tools for automated compliance verification of NSP components with the requirements of the mentioned standards.
  

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  A set of modern open technologies (including core software components and tools) that are supported by Russian competence centers and are integrated — in the form of software components — into the unified technical infrastructure:
  

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  Technologies of system programming, including operating systems, virtualization technologies, compiling tools and databases.
  
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  Technologies and instruments of software and system engineering (life-cycle support tools, modeling and verification tools, project management tools, requirements management tools etc.)
  
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  Technologies for distributed and high-performance computing.
  
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  Middleware technologies (web servers, application servers).
  
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  Telecommunication technologies (including video-conferencing).
  
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  Multimedia technologies.
  
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  Technologies for rapid development of management and accounting applications.
  
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  Technologies for information analysis and search, cognitive systems, semantic technologies.
  
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  High-precision positioning technologies (with a priority for Russian satellite navigation system GLONASS)
  
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  Biometric technologies.
  
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  Voice technologies (coding-decoding, signal processing, recognition and synthesis)
  
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  Technologies for analysis of texts in natural language (primarily for the Russian language)
  

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  A set of standardized software application solutions based on Free Software and domestic proprietary software (including multi-components application stacks) assembled from NSP components and technologies, including:
  

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  office applications, digital content processing tools;
  
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  e-mail, communications, groupware, video-conferencing over Internet;
  
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  content management;
  
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  systems for management of human resources, public procurement, inventory tracking etc.;
  
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  system for collection, consolidation and analysis of accounting and reporting documents;
  
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  system for tracking of legislative acts;
  
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  systems for automated analysis of documents in Russian language (including machine translation, automated summarizing and classification of documents, Q&A systems, optical recognition of documents and forms, including handwriting recognition);
  
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  a set of standardized software application solutions for management of state agencies and enterprises;
  

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  positioning solutions based on satellite navigation and integration of location-tracking technologies;
  
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  instruments for processing of geoinformation and spacial data;
  
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  cloud platform for processing of big data;
  
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  systems for computer-aided design and management of industrial engineering data (CAD/CAM/CAPP/CAE/PDM systems) and product life-cycle management (PLM);
  
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  systems for pre-production and production management;
  
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  solutions for critical applications. For example:
  

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  avionics and management of power generating systems.
  

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  Training programs and training materials for the technologies and components included in NSP.
  
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  Established teams of Russian specialists (including specialists in the newly-established competence centers) who possess the necessary knowledge and are involved in the development of all of the existing software solutions in NSP, while being tightly integrated into the global development community.
  

Brief description of markets and economy sectors, which are expected to be influenced by the technologies developed within the TP

Technologies developed within the TP will influence both the immediate software development industry and the neighboring branches of economy:

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  software development for different purposes;
  
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  provision of software as a service (SaaS);
  
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  all the economy sectors, where massive standardized workspaces are common, are to be influenced;
  
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  production of computer appliances for different purposes;
  
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  branches of economy, where embedded appliances are used: automotive industry, aviation industry, missile industry, energy, healthcare, public utilities, transport;
  
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  branches of defense and civilian industry, where high-precision goods are manufactured (devices, transportation tools), including automotive industry, aviation industry, missile industry; energy, healthcare, public services, transport;
  
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  microelectronics.
  

Support for different hardware platforms will allow Russian developers to release different integrated appliances for telecommunications, geopositioning (GLONASS), embedded applications (automotive, aviation, missile, energy, healthcare, public services). Support for multiple hardware platforms is also crucial for the development of domestic microelectronics industry.

Development of domestic CAD and PLM systems will allow to achieve radically higher levels of technical precision of devices manufactured within both defense and civilian industries, improve their quality and reliability, while decreasing the production time and development costs. Advancement of distributed data processing technologies will allow to offer software applications to a broad range of users not as a product, but rather as a service. At the same time, ability to access source code and possessing the professional competence necessary to modify the code is a significant factor for high-quality provision of services.

Information concerning anticipated cooperation with foreign companies and organizations NSP is envisioned as an open consortium open to domestic and international members that express support for its goals. Participation is voluntary, and members are expected to concentrate on specific activities that match their business interests and needs.

Many projects within NSP could benefit from international cooperation with foreign public and private organizations provided these organizations are interested in some of the NSP technologies.

International cooperation could be particularly beneficial in such areas as:

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  Innovative location-based development tools and prototype applications for the GLONASS platform.
  
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  Standardized components for government community cloud, including trusted and secure IaaS components, SaaS marketplace and delivery etc.
  
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  Distributed and high-performance computing.
  
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  Legal issues concerning the openness of the Russian IT products and services market, overcoming of legal barriers that hinder dissemination of Russian IT products and services.
  

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  Tariff management and analytic systems for the Customs. Cooperation between Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan within the Customs Union calls for unified IT systems for Customs management that would still allow for enough freedom and flexibility for the specific national needs.
  
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  Standardized software and hardware components for supercomputer systems. Russia and Belarus already have a long history of cooperation in supercomputer development. NSP can improve the efficiency of this cooperation and attract more international members.
  
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  Standardized components for healthcare management systems. More intensive use of IT could help to increase the quality of healthcare in ex-USSR. As the Western solutions do not always match the specifics of national healthcare systems, there exists huge opportunity for co-developed systems based on NSP.
  
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  Common framework for legislative databases and legal applications. Many Russia's neighbors have similar legal systems, and more demand for international legal research and analysis is expected in the future. NSP could dramatically increase the availability and flexibility of such research and analysis tools.
  

4. 
   National HPC Technology Platform»
   

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   The technology platform title:
   

e-mail: hq@hpc-platform.ru, elilitko@hpc-platform.ru

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   Technology platform coordinators:
   

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   Some of the major participants:
   

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  The State Atomic Energy Corporation ROSATOM
  
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  The State Corporation ROSTECHNOLOGII,
  
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  The State Corporation ROSCOSMOS
  
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  NRC «Kurchatovs Institute»,
  
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  Institute of the System Researches of RAS,
  
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  Institute of the Chemical Physics Problems of RAS
  
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  Semenovs Institute of Chemical Physics of RAS
  
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  Trapeznikovs Institute of the Control Problems of RAS
  
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  Institute of the Informatics Problems of RAS
  
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  Institute of the Mathematics and Mechanics of UrD of RAS
  
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  Geophysics Center of RAS
  
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  System Analysis Institute of RAS
  
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  Institute of the mathematic problems of the biology of RAS
  
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  Joined Institute of the problems of informatics of the Belorussian National Academy of Sciences
  
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  Russian Space Systems
  
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  Makeevs State Rocket Center
  
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  Alt-Linucs
  
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  Sigma Technology
  
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  Kraftway Corp.
  
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  Tesis
  
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  Armada
  
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  Kaledin & partners
  
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  RSC SKIF
  
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  STORUS
  
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  E-Tegro Technologies
  
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  ArByte Computers
  
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  Microsoft Russia
  
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  AMD
  
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  Intel
  
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  … and many more …
  

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   Short description of the problems and expected results of the Technology Platform
   

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  Creation of the long term view of the HPC, perspective technologies definition;
  
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  Creation of the roadmap for the researches in HPC, networks, grid-technologies and cloud-computing;
  
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  Making up the schemes of the cooperation between research institutes, industries and government in HPC field;
  
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  Creation of the coordinated technology politics with respect to both delelopers and users of the HPC technologies;
  
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  Coordination of the national innovative programs in HPC field;
  
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  Developemnt of the national standards for the HPC and grid-systems compatible with European standards;
  
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  Coordination of the efforts for domestic chips development;
  
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  Coordination of the efforts for domestic HPC software development;
  
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  Involving the additional government and private resources to the HPC area;
  
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  Working on the laws and norms improvement;
  
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  Consolidation and promoting the interests of the platform members on all the levels of the decision making;
  

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  Forecast of the HPC trends and the main challenges for the nearest 20 years;
  
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  The HPC development program in Russia for the nearest 5 years and the roadmap for the nearest 15 years;
  
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  Schemes and principles of the interbranch cooperation;
  
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  Proposals for norms and laws improvements to make better conditions for HPC field development;
  
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  Proposals for some standards and other technical regulations;
  
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  Proposals for Federal Program of the HPC development;
  
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  Proposals for Federal Program of the domestic software development;
  

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  Well established schemes and principles of the interbranch cooperation;
  
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  Investments into HPC must grow significantly;
  
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  National-wide GRID systems connected to European GRIDs;
  
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  Domestic hardware must take the lion’s share on the local market;
  
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  Export the system software to other countries;
  
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  The domestic market of the middleware must appear;
  
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  The protection of Russian copyright owners get effective;
  
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  Most software for high-performance computations must be available through the SaaS-like techniques;
  
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  Universities must have the special HPC units and courses.
  

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  The Russia must have all the domestic technologies (starting from chips and wires and up to the national-wide systems);
  
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  The domestic HPC market must get stable due to the demand from the domestic industries;
  
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  Russian companies must get the significant share on the world-wide market of the HPC solutions.
  

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   Short description of the markets the Platform is going to impact on
   

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  Defensive industries
  
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  Finance
  
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  Climate and weather research
  
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  Energy
  
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  Geophysics
  
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  Telecommunications
  
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  IT
  
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  Space research
  
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  Automotive
  
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  Biology and Biotechnologies
  
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  Medicine
  
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  Mechanical engineering
  
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  Electronics
  
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  Semiconductors field
  
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  Transport and logistics
  
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  Infrastructure
  
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  Entertainment
  
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  Technical regulations
  
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  Science
  

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   The international cooperation possibilities
   

Some of well known foreign companies already joined the Platform (Intel, AMD, Microsoft)

The cooperation is highly welcomed in any field such as development, research, marketing, etc.