The Institute for Information Transmission Problems of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IITP) was founded on the initiative of Professor A. A. Kharkevich (1909-1965), full member of the USSR Academy of Sciences. It was designed to solve problems bearing upon the progress of information theory and its applications, upon the development of principles of integrated systems of information transmission and distribution (the structures of communication networks and switching centers, the problems of control, the teletraffic theory), and upon automatic pattern recognition (reading machines, recognition of images, speech recognition). The formal birthday of the Institute is December 29, 1961, the date when the decision of the Presidium of the USSR Academy of Sciences entitled "On the reorganization of the Laboratory of Information Transmission Systems into the Institute for Information Transmission Problems" was issued. By the same decision, academician A. A. Kharkevitch was nominated director of the Institute. The first principal fields of research, initiated in the newly founded Institute, were studies in the fundamentals of information and coding theory; formulation and devel-opment of the concept of an integrated automated communication network; new ap-proaches in pattern recognition theory; and new approaches in picture processing. 1963 saw the commencement of studies on information processes in living nature after the laboratory of vision biophysics headed by Professor N. D. Nyberg (1899-1967) was transferred to this Institute from the Institute of Biophysics of the USSR Academy of Sciences. After the decease of academician A. A. Kharkevitch, Professor V. I. Siforov, corre-sponding member of the USSR Academy of Sciences, became the director of the In-stitute and held this position since 1966 till 1989. Over these years a number of new laboratories were organized - those of complicated information systems, digital methods of information processing, digital optics, learning systems of behavior or-ganization, computer linguistics, and communication networks. At present the IITP's basic directions of research are the information theory and applied mathematics, computer and communication sciences in technology, man-agement, language, and living systems. Among the most important topics studied by the Institute are problems of the theory of nonlinear analysis of complex systems, multicomponent homogeneous random systems, information transmission, queuing theory, coding and cryptography, pattern recognition and artificial intelligence, infor-mation distribution and computer networks, the theory of linguistic communication and linguistic processes (including machine translation), statistical methods of infor-mation processing and control, the theory and methods of image processing (includ-ing data compression), intellectual partner computing and information systems, in-formation transmission and processing in living objects, sensory systems, motion control in living systems and robotics. The Institute is proud to have a stable staff of highly trained specialists and young researchers, including mathematicians, physicists, biologists, linguists, programmers, and engineers. In 2002, the Institute employed 322 staff members. Three of them are full members of the Russian Academy of Sciences and 253 are research officers, in-cluding 74 doctors of science (PhD habil.) and 134 candidates of science (PhD). Some of our employees are honorary members of foreign academies, laureates of Russian State Awards and international awards. In 2002, the Institute included 15 laboratories, 7 sectors, a scientific-organization department, a Committee for Scientific Terminology in the Area of Fundamental Sci-ences of RAS, and a number of auxiliary departments as well as the administration department. The financing sources in 2002 were: State budget (through The Russian Academy of Sciences), grants from Russian State Programs (through The Russian Ministry of Industry, Science, and Technology) and other funds (Russian Foundation for Basic Research, International Association for the Promotion of Cooperation with Scientists from the Independent States of the Former Soviet Union, INTAS, etc.), some applied agreements. The Institute offers post-graduate and post-doctoral courses for Russian and foreign young researchers. A Research and Educational Association "Svyaz' - Informatika (Communication and Informatics)" and V. V. Kalashnikov Educational and Research Center for Controlling Information Processes are affiliated with the Institute. In 2002 nine researchers won PhD and PhD habil. degrees. The Institute's scientific potential was instrumental in giving rise to its collaboration with the well-known universities and scientific centers of such countries as Australia, Austria, Bulgaria, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, Italy, Israel, Korea, The Netherlands, Slovak Republic, Swe-den, Switzerland, USA, etc., in all more than 30 Agreements and contracts in 2002. The Institute has founded and publishes two academic periodicals: "Problems of Information Transmission" and "Automation and Remote Control", which circulate in Russia and abroad. Since October 2000 the Institute was founded the electronic sci-entific journal "Information Processes". The Institute hosts nationwide and international conferences and workshops. In 2002 we organized the 8th International Workshop on Algebraic and Combinatorial Coding Theory "ACCT-2002" (8-14 September 2002, Tsarskoe Selo, Russia); the In-ternational Seminar on Applied Stochastic Models and Information Processes" (a memorial seminar dedicated to the 60th anniversary of Vladimir V. Kalashnikov, 8-13 September 2002, Petrozavodsk, Russia); and the meeting devoted to the memory of the corresponded member of the Russian Academy of Sciences A. L. Byzov (12 Feb-ruary 2002, Moscow, IITP RAS). On the basis of the Institute therewere formed The Information Theory Chapter of IEEE in Russia and two scientific departments of The World Laboratory. It is hoped that this annual report introducing the scientific activities and results of the Institute in 2002 will assist other organizations to better understand the Institute and also promote exchanges between our Institute and research institutions over-seas.

1. IITP RAS was awarded a Diploma of the 2nd Moscow International Salon of In-novations and Investments for constructing a set of ophtnalmological tools, "Ameliya" (Moscow, All Russian Exhibition Center, 6-9 February 2002).

2. IITP RAS was awarded a Gold Medal of the 2nd Moscow International Salon of In-novation and Investments for the development of the method of dipole electrocardio-topography "DECARTO" (Moscow, All Russian Exhibition Center, 6-9 February 2002).

3. IITP RAS was awarded a Participant's Diploma at the International Universal Exhibition "Resources, Ideas and Technology - a Look at EXPO-2010'' (Moscow, All Russian Exhibition Center, 22-25 October 2002).

4. IITP RAS was awarded a Diploma for the participation in the 1st annual Exhibi-tion "Medicine, Diagnostics, Prophylaxis, Treatment" (Moscow, 1-5 November 2002).

5. IITP RAS was awarded a Diploma of the All Russian Exhibition Center for the development and implementation of the devices "KChSM-D" è "Raduga-3" designed for diagnostics and prophylaxis of eye diseases on the basis of the Flicker Fusion principles method (Moscow, All-Russian Exhibition Center, 1 November 2002).

6. IITP RAS and K.V. Golubtsov was awarded a Diploma and a Gold Medal of the 5th International Salon of Industrial Property, ''Archimedes-2002'' (Moscow, 27-31 March 2002) for constructing a device for optic nerve diagnostics, "Ameliya".

7. K. V. Golubtsov was awarded a Diploma and a Prize at the competition "Tech-nology, the chariot of progress" organized by the editorial board of the "Inventor and rationalizer'' journal (Moscow, 28 January 2002).

8. E. A-I. Aidu., K. V. Golubtsov, O. Yu. Orlov, and V. G. Trunov were awarded a Diploma of respect and acknowledgment for their activity in the organization and run-ning of the 5th International Salon of Industrial Property ''Archimedes-2002'' (Moscow, 27-31 March 2002).

9. K. V. Golubtsov with co-authors was awarded a Diploma for active participation in fo-rums and a Medal for the device ''Raduga-3" in the 1st Russian - Cypriot forum ''Inventions and scientific discoveries in the XXI century" (Cyprus, Nicosia, 24 May - 2 June 2002).

10. K. V. Golubtsov won a prize of the International universal exhibition "Resources, ideas and technology - a look at EXPO-2010'' (Moscow, All Russian Exhibition Center, 22-25 October 2002).

11. K. V. Golubtsov with co-authors were awarded two Gold medals in the 51st World Exhibition of Inventions, Research and New Technology "Brussels-Eureka 2002" (Bel-gium, Brussels, 3-11 November 2002) for the construction of a device of blood pressure correction "Raduga-3" and an apparatus for diagnosing peritonitis.

12. K. V. Golubtsov was awarded a Gold medal and a Diploma of the International Festival of Innovation, Knowledge, and Creation ''Tesla fest 2002'' (Yugoslavia, Novy Sad, October 2002) for the construction of the "Raduga-3" device.

13. K. V. Golubtsov won a Silver Medal for constructing the "Raduga-3" in the Seoul In-ternational Invention Fair 2002 - "SIIF 2002" (Korea, Seoul, 4-8 December 2002).