Systems and Means of Informatics

2026, Volume 36, Issue 1, pp 140-163

AN ARCHITECTURE OF RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE DOMAIN OF COMPUTER SCIENCE

  • N. A. Kalinin
  • N. A. Skvortsov
  • S. A. Stupnikov

Abstract

As interdisciplinary research infrastructures evolve, the necessity to adapt them to the specific needs of particular domains increases. Universal solutions aimed at providing researchers with generalized types of research data cannot be equally effective for different research domains. In particular, common infrastructures do not sufficiently account for the features of artifacts such as software code, machine learning models, and computational experiments, which complicates the use of research infrastructures for solving problems in computer science. An approach to adapting a basic infrastructure to the specifics of a particular research domain is proposed. This approach includes analyzing needs of the domain, identifying the features of the research artifacts used, formulating requirements for the infrastructure, and designing a research infrastructure architecture that takes into account the domain-specific requirements. The practical applicability of the approach is demonstrated through a computer science case study. An architecture for a research infrastructure is proposed, including basic universal subsystems and extensible with specialized subsystems.
To meet the needs of researchers in computer science, the necessity of supporting multiversion software artifacts and integrating software development and code execution tools is substantiated. The results obtained can be used in the design of research infrastructures in other domains.

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