‘Two Interdisciplinary Research Centres Can Create New Synergy between Themselves’
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In mid-June 2024, HSE University and the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research in Dubna held a joint working meeting. This meeting was the first under an agreement signed by the research centres in 2024, when HSE University and JINR agreed to jointly participate in experiments of the NICA megascience project, as well as interact in the field of theoretical and mathematical physics, information technology, and personnel training. These issues were the focus of the first working meeting. Details are in the JINR report.
The plenary session was opened by Acting Director of JINR’s Laboratory of High Energy Physics Andrey Butenko. He spoke on the status of the NICA megascience project.
‘We’ve set the bar at the highest level for the country and the world, and we are easily competing with the world’s leading centres in our field. We must continue to work in the same direction and attract new scientists, such as mathematicians and physicists. We are pleased to expand our cooperation with you. Today, we are launching the collider; in a year, the first data will be available, and everything will grow like an avalanche. Your participation in the project is necessary not only for you, but for us as well,’ Andrey Butenko addressed his colleagues from HSE University.
Chief Scientific Secretary of JINR Sergey Nedelko introduced the Joint Institute, emphasising that, in terms of the scale, range, and effectiveness of research, as well as the number of employees, it is one of the leaders among international intergovernmental scientific organisations. Sergey Nedelko also noted that, due to the multidisciplinary nature and peculiarities of their work organisation, JINR and HSE University have a high potential for expanding their cooperation.
HSE University’s Senior Director for Research and Development Alexey Sudarikov presented the structure and activities of HSE University, which is a large scientific and educational complex. ‘Two interdisciplinary scientific centres can create new synergy among themselves. They can interact and find partners who are mutually interested in working together,’ said Alexey Sudarikov.
The meeting featured several parallel sections dedicated to cooperation between HSE University and JINR. The scientific programme of the MPD, SPD, and BM@N NICA experimental collaborations was discussed in detail.
'JINR and HSE University have been working together for a long time on the MPD, BM@N and SPD experiments of the NICA project. The HSE University research group, one of Russia’s strongest in this field, is engaged in machine learning and its application in particle physics. During the section, the results of existing cooperation were summed up and directions for further development were outlined,’ noted Deputy Chief Scientific Secretary of JINR Alexey Zhemchugov.
The researchers also focused on mathematical methods in life sciences, aspects of modern mathematics and mathematical physics, as well as the development of information technologies for storing and processing data from physical experiments. They addressed the challenges of training highly qualified scientific personnel, including the possibility of conducting student internships at JINR.
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