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Center News (Inter-University Services Version)
September 2016
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※Click here for the Japanese version.
Contents
1. The start of the new supercomputer system
2. Suspension of the supercomputer service（Reposting）
3. Notification of the Programming Seminar 2016
4. Call for proposals of research project using HPCI computing resources for FY 2017
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1. The start of the new supercomputer system
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New supercomputer system is scheduled to start the service as follows.
○Start of the new service : Mon. October 3, 2016 at 9:00
The user manual is in progress.
You can refer how to use the new supercomputer system
from the following URL when the new service starts.
http://www.iimc.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en/services/comp/
IIMC HOME > Computing Services > Supercomputer System
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2. Suspension of the supercomputer service（Reposting）
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Due to a scheduled power outage, our services will be suspended as below.
Maintenance is also scheduled after the power outage.
○Date and time: 6:30 on Mon. October 10 - 9:30 on Wed. October 12
○Services to be suspended: System A, B, C, D, E, ENVI/IDL licensing, HPCI account services,
Large-Format Printer, and User Portal
Supercomputer service is not available for the above period.
Thank you for your understanding and cooperation in advance.
※If the maintenance is not scheduled, the services will resume earlier than the above.
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3. Notification of the Programming Seminar 2016
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At the Academic Center for Computing and Media Studies, Kyoto University (ACCMS),
we are regularly holding programming seminars for the efficient use
and the improvement of the programming skills for users.
The program and the schedule of FY 2016 are available at the following URL.
We look forward to your participation.
http://www.iimc.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en/services/comp/support/course/
【6th Seminar】Basics of Supercomputer system(New system) ※1
Date：Thu. October 20, 2016
Application Period：From Mon. July 25, 2016 to Tue. October 18, 2016
Content：Lecture on how to use the supercomputer, and the basics and the tuning of programming on the large scale parallel computation
【7th Seminar】Basics and applications of IDL
Date：Thu. October 27, 2016
Application Period：From Tue. September 27, 2016 to Tue. October 25, 2016
Content：Lecture and hands-on training on IDL, a data visualization language
【8th Seminar】Basics and applications of ENVI
Date：Fri. October 28, 2016
Application Period：From Wed. September 28, 2016 to Wed. October 26, 2016
Content：Lecture and hands-on training on ENVI, a remote sensing analysis software
【9th Seminar】Basics of AVS
Date：Thu. November 10
Application Period：From Mon. October 10, 2016 to Tue. November 8, 2016
Content：Lecture and hands-on training on basics of AVS, a visualization system
【10th Seminar】Applications of AVS
Date：Fri. November 11
Application Period：From Tue. October 11, 2016 to Wed. November 9, 2016
Content：Lecture and hands-on training on applications of AVS, a visualization system
【11th Seminar】Introduction to ADAMS
Date：Thu. November 17
Application Period：From Mon. October 17, 2016 to Tue. November 15, 2016
Content：Lecture and hands-on training on ADAMS, a mechanism analysis software
【12th Seminar】Introduction to Nastran/Patran
Date：Fri. November 18
Application Period：From Tue. October 18, 2016 to Wed. November 16, 2016
Content：Lecture and hands-on training on Patran, a visualization analysis software; and NASTRAN, a data analysis system
【13th Seminar】Introduction to SAS ※2
Date：Tue. November 22
Application Period：From Fri. October 21, 2016 to Sun. November 20, 2016
Content：Lecture and hands-on training on SAS, statistical analysis software
【14th Seminar】Introduction to programming numerical analysis(NAG)
Date：Thu. November 24
Application Period：From Mon. October 24, 2016 to Tue. November 22, 2016
Content：Lecture and hands-on training on programming numerical analysis using the NAG Fortran Library
【15th Seminar】Introduction to Marc
Date：Fri. November 25
Application Period：From Tue. October 25, 2016 to Wed. November 23, 2016
Content：Lecture and hands-on training on MARC, a nonlinear generic structural analysis program
【16th Seminar】Introduction to programming numerical analysis(IMSL/TotalView)
Date：Thu. December 1
Application Period：From Tue. November 1, 2016 to Tue. November 29, 2016
Content：Lecture and hands-on training on programming numerical analysis using TotalView Debugger and IMSL, a numerical calculation library
【17th Seminar】Introduction to LS-DYNA
Date：Fri. December 2
Application Period：From Wed. November 2, 2016 to Wed. November 30, 2016
Content：Lecture and hands-on training on use of LS-DYNA, a nonlinear dynamic structural analysis software
【18th Seminar】Introduction to GAUSSIAN
Date：Thu. December 8
Application Period：From Tue. November 8, 2016 to Tue. December 6, 2016
Content：Lecture on Gaussian, a non-empirical Molecular Orbital Method Calculation program, and some hands-on training
【19th Seminar】Introduction to MOPAC
Date：Fri. December 9
Application Period：From Wed. November 9, 2016 to Wed. December 7, 2016
Content：Lecture and hands-on training on MOPAC, a semi-empirical Molecular Orbital Method
【20th Seminar】Introductory course of parallel programming
Date：Thu. February 16, 2017 - Friday, February 17, 2017 (Two consecutive days)
Application Period：From Mon. January 16, 2017 to Tue. February 14, 2017
Content：Lecture on basics and tuning of parallel programming
※1 The contents of No.6(October 20) is the same as that of No.5(September 15).
※2 Seminar hours are from 10:00a.m. to 5:00p.m.
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4. Call for proposals of research project using HPCI computing resources for FY 2017
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Academic Center for Computing and Media Studies, Kyoto University (ACCMS) is participating in the HPCI
which is intended to provide a framework and structure so that users of high performance computing (HPC)
who tend to be isolated locally can efficiently utilize the nation-wide high performance computing resources.
Guideline of call for proposals of research project using HPCI computing resources for FY 2017 is as follows.
Please apply within a period if you wish.
Start of call: Wed. September 7, 2016
Start of the application submission: Thu. October 6, 2016
Deadline of the application submission: Mon. November 7, 2016 at 17:00(JST)
Deadline of mailing of the printed application forms: Must arrive no later than Mon. November 21, 2016
Announcement of awarding results: The beginning of February 2017
Start of the project use: April 1, 2017
Please see the following URL for details.