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The annual report of the Institute of Information Technologies for 2022 was discussed

An event dedicated to the discussion of the 2022 annual report of the Institute of Information Technologies of the Ministry of Science and Education of the Republic of Azerbaijan was held.

The President of ANAS, Academician Isa Habibbeyli, Head of the State Service of Special Communication and Information Security of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Lieutenant General Ilgar Musayev, Head of Department of that Service Iltimas Mammadov, general directors of a number of institutes, academicians and other responsible persons took part in the event.

Before the event, the guests got acquainted with the activity of the institute's "AzScienceNet" Network Management Center, Teaching-Innovation Center, Multimedia Technologies Center, Electronic Library Center and the working conditions of the employees.

Then the vice-president of ANAS, general director of the Institute of Information Technologies, academician Rasim Aliguliyev presented the annual report of the institute for 2022. The academician, who gave information about the scientific activity, said that research and development of the scientific-theoretical bases of modern information technologies, as well as the research and development of the scientific-theoretical bases of digital transformations and the formation of the information society, have been conducted in the current year.

According to the academician, in the reporting year, Big Data analytics and Data Mining problems, information security and cyber resilience, formation of a digital state, intellectual analysis of cyber-physical systems on the Industry 4.0 platform, intellectual analysis of complex cloud systems, software engineering and software systems analysis, and the formation of electronic medicine were studied at the institute, e-science and scientometrics, digital transformations and the formation of the digital economy, ICT of the Azerbaijani language, researches on scientific-theoretical and applied topics such as the problems of the Azerbaijani language of the ICT were conducted. The obtained important results were published in journals with an impact factor included in prestigious international scientific bases such as "Web of Science", "Scopus".

The scientist pointed out that participation in scientific and technological grant projects is one of the main activities of the institute and  actively participation in domestic and international grant projects funded by the Science Development Fund under the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Science Fund of the State Oil Company, as well as scientific research programs funded by the ANAS Presidium in priority areas.

The vice-president of ANAS also spoke about electronic science and the activities of the AzScienceNet network. He said that the work of forming the information provision of e-science was continued this year, and various information systems, e-resources and websites were developed. He drew attention to the fact that the information resources of scientific institutions and organizations of ANAS are stored in the Data Center and supported by hosting services, providing e-services to users, as well as integrating them into the online scientific and educational environment of Europe.

A scientist who draw attention to the measures implemented by the Institute in the direction of the integration of science and education in the country spoke about the cooperation relations established with leading universities such as Baku branch of Moscow State University named after M.V. Lomonosov, Azerbaijan Technical University, Baku State University, Azerbaijan State Economic University, Baku Business University, Azerbaijan State Oil and Industry University.

The general director of the institute said that cooperation relations with the European Union within the framework of the Eastern Partnership continue, Azerbaijan is represented in the GEANT Association. He pointed out that scientists and specialists of the institute participated in several international events organized by GEANT and EaPConnect this year.

Presenting statistics on scientific works and scientific indicators, the academician said that the institute employees' articles were cited 1,995 times in the current year, this number was 11,204 in the last 5 years, and 19,272 in the last 20 years. He emphasized that in 2022, 76 articles were published in journals included in the prestigious "Web of Science" and "Scopus" databases. He added that in the last 5 years, 316 articles of the institute's employees, and 468 articles in the last 20 years, were published in reputable scientific databases. The activity of Azerbaijani scientists in the field of ICT has been highly appreciated in the international world, the names of scientists of the Institute of Information Technologies have been included in the most prestigious ranking list of Stanford University of the USA in the last 3 years.

Academician R. Aliguliyev, as well as scientific-innovation and practical, scientific-technical expertise, scientific-organizational, scientific-pedagogical activity and personnel training, execution of state tasks, dissertations defended in 2022 at the institute and currently on the verge of defense, scientific knowledge He gave detailed information about popularization, social events and the works done in other directions.

At the end of his speech, Academician Rasim Aliguliyev gave proposals on more efficient organization of the institute's activities, strengthening of scientific potential, improvement of the material and technical base of electronic science, as well as realization of the challenges of the IV industrial revolution in our country.

At the meeting, Academician Telman Aliyev, Director General of the Institute of Management Systems, academician Ali Abbasov, general director of the Institute of Mathematics and Mechanics, Corresponding member of ANAS Misir Mardanov, head of the department of the National Aviation Academy, Ismayil Ismayilov, correspondent member of ANAS, Süleyman Aydemirov, a responsible employee of the State Security Service, Fuad Farzalibayov, responsible employee of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Orkhan Guliyev, the head of the Operations Management Department of SOCAR "Caspian Innovation Center" LLC, spoke about the role and importance of the institute in the Azerbaijani society, and highly appreciated the activity of the institution engaged in researches adequate to modern challenges and requirements of world science.

It was noted that the training of highly qualified personnel who are carriers of modern ICT knowledge in the country, increasing the efficiency of scientific activity, increasing intellectual potential, strengthening the country's economy, including, in terms of speeding up the integration of science and education, it is extremely important to establish cooperative relations and conduct joint research between the Institute of Information Technologies and other relevant scientific research and higher education institutions, state institutions.