On 22 June 2026, the Mathematical Modeling and Computational Physics (MMCP’2026) international conference started at the Mescheryakov Laboratory of Information Technologies. This year, the event marks the 70th anniversary of the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research and the 60th MLIT anniversary.
At the opening, Director of the Laboratory of Information Technologies Sergei Shmatov, MLIT Scientific Leader Vladimir Korenkov, and JINR Vice-Director Latchesar Kostov delivered welcome speeches emphasising the special significance of the conference coinciding the Institute’s and the laboratory’s anniversaries. MMCP’2026 Organizing Committee Chair Vladimir Korenkov announced that this year, the event gathered over 300 specialists. According to them, this increase in activity is driven by the global development of artificial intelligence technologies now widely used in mathematical modelling and computational physics.
“The number of participants is the best testament to the growing authority and influence of the conference”, Institute’s Deputy Director Latchesar Kostov noted. He expressed confidence that MMCP’2026 will serve as a catalyst for new international research projects and scientific collaborations.
At the beginning of the plenary session, JINR Vice-Director Elena Kolganova presented an overview of the JINR scientific programme and research infrastructure. MLIT Deputy Director for Research Nikolay Voytishin commented on the development of methods, algorithms, and software for data processing in JINR experiments. Participants expressed special interest in talks related to the NICA Megascience Project. An MLIT chief researcher Gennady Ososkov discussed the development of deep learning algorithms for data processing in the SPD (Spin Physics Detector) and MPD (Multi-Purpose Detector) Projects, and Deputy Head of the VBLHEP JINR Department of Methodological Research and Innovation Oleg Belov spoke about applied studies at the NICA Complex and the use of advanced computing methods. The first day’s plenary session concluded with a presentation by Professor of the Inner Mongolia Normal University (China) Saheya Barintag on the use of AI technologies in internal oceanic wave research.
In the afternoon, the conference continued in parallel sections. Participants discussed mathematical methods for modelling complex physical systems, approaches to data processing in high energy physics, as well as numerical and analytical computations.
The MMCP’2026 scientific programme includes over 200 presentations covering the following fields:
- mathematical methods and tools for modelling complex physical systems;
- mathematical methods in life sciences;
- modern methods of data processing and analysis in megascience projects;
- machine learning and big data analytics;
- methods of quantum computing and quantum information processing;
- methods and numerical algorithms in high-energy physics;
- methods and numerical algorithms in high-energy physics.
The MMCP’2026 international conference will conclude on 26 June. The scientific programme is available on the event’s official Indico page. Plenary talks will be streamed online via the link. The working languages are English and Russian.
Conference proceedings will be published in a special issue of the journal Physics of Elementary Particles and Atomic Nuclei (PEPAN). In addition, the authors of the selected talks will have the opportunity to publish the results of their research in Natural Science Review – an international refereed journal.
