Novosibirsk Branch of the Institute of Precision Mechanics and Computer Engineering of the USSR Academy of Sciences: History of Creation and Main Projects

The idea of creating in the Siberian Branch of the so-called "implementation belt", i.e. a network of design bureaus and applied research institutions with double subordination - both to the Academy of Sciences and the corresponding government ministry - belonged to the President of the Siberian Branch of the USSR Academy of Sciences, Academician M.A. Lavrentyev. A. P. Ershov, who was the head of the Programming Department of the SB USSR AS Computing Center at the time, fully realized the importance of the development of computer technology in the country and the need for software tools, and actively fought for the adoption of appropriate organizational solutions.