SPC RAS — 45 Years of Scientific Activity

45 years ago, had started the history of the St. Petersburg Institute for Informatics and Automation of the Russian Academy of Sciences (SPIIRAS), when by the Order of the Council of Ministers of the USSR dated December 19, 1977 and by the Decree of the Presidium of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR dated January 19, 1978, the Leningrad Research Computer Center of the USSR Academy of Sciences (LRCC) had been established, that later in 1985 was transformed by the decision of the Presidium of the USSR Academy of Sciences into the Leningrad Institute for Informatics and Automation of the USSR Academy of Sciences (LIIAS), then in 1991, as stipulated by the return to the city of its historical name, the Institute acquired its current name of SPIIRAS. By its 45th anniversary, the Institute for Informatics (LRCC, LIIAS, SPIIRAS), having united with five leading academic entities of the North-West of Russia, in 2020 turned into the St. Petersburg Federal Research Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences (SPC RAS). With no exaggeration, a distinctive mark of the SPC RAS scientific team is systemic interdisciplinary research. The fundamental results received by the SPC RAS scientists in computer science, cybernetics, artificial intelligence, robotics, security, ecology, agriculture and innovation and investment development of territories fit well in forming the applied solutions that regard the digital transformation of agroecological production, strengthening food, environmental and information security of citizens of our country.