DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

The main tasks of the Department of IT include the planning, coordination and control of strategically important IT developments supporting research, as well as the operation of the IT systems of the HUN-REN HQ.

At the level of the research network, it maintains continuous contact with the IT specialists at the research sites, supports their work with professional advice, and makes proposals for the development of the basic and research IT infrastructure of the research network. It aims to consolidate basic IT services and make infrastructures sustainable and secure.

As part of its strategically important developments for HUN-REN and in cooperation with the Department of Network Development and HRDA (Hungarian Research Data Alliance), it plays an important role in promoting open and data-driven science, creating a research data management culture and its infrastructural conditions. It provides support to the development of the research network’s cloud architecture, the HUN-REN Cloud and the HUN-REN Data Repository, and the organization of informative lectures. The aim of all developments is to encourage international cooperation between research sites and to create the conditions for participation in European Union projects.

Another task of the Department of IT is the operation and development of the IT infrastructure of the HUN-REN HQ in accordance with the IT Security Regulations and the Data Protection and Data Security Regulations, and the high-level support of users.