From 21 to 25 October, the conference entitled “Mathematical Modelling and Computational Physics, 2024” (MMCP 2024) is taking place in Armenia. The event is organized by the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Alikhanyan National Science Laboratory, Yerevan State University (YSU), and the Institute for Informatics and Automation Problems of the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Armenia (IIAP NAS RA).

The conference gathered more than 150 scientists and specialists from 18 countries (Armenia, Belarus, Bulgaria, Canada, Czech Republic, Egypt, France, Georgia, Iran, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, New Zealand, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan) and a large number of Russian research centres and universities, including MLIT, BLTP, VBLHEP, and LRB at JINR.

The conference started at Yerevan State University with welcome speeches by representatives of event’s co-organizers: YSU Rector Hovhannes Hovhannisyan, Alikhanyan National Science Laboratory Director Gevorg Karyan, IIAP NAS RA Director Hrachya Astsatryan, and Director of the Laboratory of Information Technologies at JINR Sergei Shmatov. They stressed the importance of international cooperation in promoting research in mathematical modelling and computational physics. It was also noted that the conference holds particular significance as it commemorates Academician Alexei N. Sissakian (10/14/1944 – 05/01/2010). His scientific ideas and actions as the Director of the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research from 2006 to 2010 were highly productive, and his legacy continues to inspire the scientific community.

The first plenary reports were delivered by Vice-Rector of Yerevan State University for Natural and Exact Sciences Rafayel Barkhudaryan, who presented the YSU scientific programme, and MLIT JINR Scientific Leader Vladimir Korenkov, who spoke about methods and technologies of data processing in heterogeneous computing environments. Director of the Institute for System Programming of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Academician Arutyun Avetisyan discussed trustworthy artificial intelligence. The report by IIAP NAS RA Chief Engineer Artashes Mirzoyan was devoted to the capabilities of the Armenian National Supercomputing Centre.

The event covers a wide range of scientific issues. The sessions of the conference are devoted to machine learning and big data analysis, mathematical methods and modelling tools for complex physical systems, methods and numerical algorithms in high-energy physics, and numerical and analytical calculations in modern mathematical physics. In addition, there are sessions about methods of quantum computing and quantum information processing, modern methods of data processing and analysis in megascience projects, high-performance computing and computer science, and mathematical methods in life sciences.

The working language of the conference is English. The proceedings will be published in a special issue of Physics of Elementary Particles and Atomic Nuclei.