State Institute of Information Technologies and Telecommunications SIIT

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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 (SIITT) Informika
Alexey Skuratov Deputy Director
Speaker
Moscow, Russia
February 11, 2008
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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
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About SIITT Informika
Organizational Structure
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
Department of Web-Technology
Department of Professional Development and
Training
Postgraduate Study
Planned-Economic Department
Personnel Department
Accounting Department
Archives
Maintenance Department
Branch in Saint Petersburg
Director
Branch in Krasnoyarsk
Director
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About SIITT Informika
SIITT 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
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Telecommunications
SIITT Informika provides telecommunication
connectivity in information systems of federal
science and education management. Data center of
SIITT Informika supports scientific and
educational portals, hosts domains edu.ru,
run.net, runnet,ru, mon.gov.ru,
ed.gov.ru. SIITT Informika supports
international network segment of network
MoscowSaint PetersburgStockholmAmsterdam of
2,5 GB/sec, participates in project GLORIAD aimed
to build a transcontinental ring
USARussiaChina. Within 10 years RUNNet has
become a national supporting network with its
own digital communication channels and backbone
Internet access.
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Telecommunications
The federal scientific and educational network
RUNNet (Russian University Network), created and
supported by SIITT 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 IPv6,
MPLS over SDH, multicast.
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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 eXchange
• 2004 New backbone international connectivity
  Moscow Saint Petersburg (2,5Gb/s) -
  Stockholm (622Mb/s) Amsterdam
• 2004 Launch of GLORIAD project Moscow
  (155Mb/s) Samara (155Mb/s) Ekaterinburg
  (155Mb/s) Novosibirsk (155??/?)- Khabariovsk
  (155??/?) Fuiuang
• 2005 Direct GEANT connectivity (622Mb/s)
• 2007 10Gb/s International connectivity

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GLORIAD / RU wide area infrastructure
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RUNNet/RBNet backbone from the birds flight
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USERS

• Subject oriented research networks
• RSSI, RUHEP,
• Regional RE Networks
• Relarn-IP, Freenet,
• Universities gt 250
• Research gt 200
• Schools - Yes on the experimental basis
• Libraries, Museums, Hospitals gt 50

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INTERNATIONAL BANDWIDTH

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

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Backbone
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BANDWIDTH IN RUSSIA

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

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Topology
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Technologies

• Backbone DWDM, SDH NG
• IPv6
• NORDUnet, RUNNet, RBNet, FreeNet
• Multicast
• Educational Streaming to the Universities
• Satellite content delivery
• 7000 non-simmetric connectivity
• Content filtering
• 54000 schools Internet connection

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Informational resources
SIITT 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.
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Network resources. Official

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

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Network resources. Educational

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

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Example. Content delivery
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MoscowLight

• Equipment
• SDH / SONET switch (OME 6500)
• Ethernet switches (CISCO 650x)
• Location
• M9 Telehouse
• K-House (Kurchatov Institute)
• Additional access
• RIPN F.O. network ( 250km in Moscow)
• Metro CWDM/DWDM system
• Connection
• to RBNet IP MPLS and Informika SDH networks
  (RUNnet/RBNet backbone)

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The Bigger Picture ..
EGEE/LCG-2 grid 160 sites, 36 countries
gt15,000 processors, 5 PB storage Other
national regional grids 60 sites, 6,000
processors
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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.
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Computer quality management
SIITT 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.
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Tempus Joint European Project - ICT4UM
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Thank you for your attention!

• Alexey Skuratov E-mail skuratov_at_informika.ru