Reproduced directly from the originals presented by the Laboratory. Cover Picture: JINR Gigabit Backbone scheme.

Under the cover of this volume we join together the main scientific results of the Laboratory of Information Technologies (LIT) during the 2003 year. The scientific programme inside LIT was done along the lines devoted in the Topical Plan for JINR Research and International Cooperation in 2003. The Laboratory staff participated in research work done within13 topics at the project level and within 17 topics at the cooperation level. The basic activity of the Laboratory was developed in frames of the tw

Computing and networking at JINR

This paper describes the computing and networking facilities at the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research. The Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (JINR) is an international intergovernmental organization located in Dubna, a small town on the bank of the Volga river 120 km north from Moscow. At present JINR has 18 Member States. The Institute consists of 7 scientific Laboratories and some subdivisions. JINR has scientific cooperation with such scientific centres as CERN, FNAL, DESY etc. and is equipped with the powerful and fast computation means integrated into the worldwide computer networks. The Laboratory of Information Technologies (LIT) is responsible for Computing and Networking at JINR. (5 refs)

Grid technologies for large-scale projects

Nowadays grid technologies are the key to success for large-scale projects. LHC accelerator with its physical installations is one of the directions where the distributed infrastructure for data processing comes in hand. In this paper an overview of the grid infrastructure at JINR is given. Some statistics is brought up along with case studies of successful usage of grid technologies by institute's science groups