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Center News (Inter-University Services Version)

February 2017

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Click here for the Japanese version.

 

Contents

1.    Service suspension for the maintenance at the end of the fiscal year

2.    Request for file backups for users who end the use of supercomputing service at the end of FY2016

3.    Call for Application of FY 2017 Service Course (1st Stage)Reposting

4.    Request for submitting user reports of supercomputer systemsReposting

5.    Application Guideline of Advanced Large-scale Computing System Service (for private organizations) in FY2017 (1st half)Reposting

6.    Distribution of seminar materials of the programming seminarReposting

7.    Academic Center for Computing and Media Studies (ACCMS) Seminar "New development of a spoken dialogue system"

 

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1.    Service suspension for the maintenance at the end of the fiscal year

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The supercomputer service in the FY2016 will be terminated as below

for the maintenance work to switch to the new fiscal year.

 

System A/B/C will be terminated at 9:00 a.m. on Mon. March 27, 2017

and System E will be terminated at 9:00 a.m. on Thu. March 30, 2017.

The supercomputer service in the FY2017 will start at 9:00 a.m. on Wed. April 5, 2017.

 

Please note that we will cancel the remaining jobs of the supercomputer at the time of the service termination.

 

We appreciate for your understanding and cooperation in advance.

 

Date and Time: From 9:00 a.m. Mon. March 27, 2017 to 9:00 a.m. Wed. April 5, 2017

Services to be Suspended: System A, B, and C, and ENVI/IDL License Service

 

Date and Time: From 9:00 a.m. Thu. March 30, 2017 to 9:00 a.m. Wed. April 5, 2017

Services to be Suspended: System E, HPCI Account Service, Large-Format Printer and User Portal

 

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2.    Request for file backups for users who end the use of supercomputing service at the end of FY2016

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Users who end the use of supercomputing service at the end of FY2016 are required to back up their files themselves.

They cannot login to the system after the service termination;

however, file migration (scp, sftp) will be available until the end of May.

 

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3.    Call for Application of FY 2017 Service Course (1st Stage)Reposting

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We call for application of the FY 2017 Service Course in the following schedule.

This call is between fiscal years and details of the usage fees and the application periods

are different from the usual.

Please note that we may ask you to adjust the amount of resources

since each course has its limitation in available computing resources.

We appreciate for your understandings and cooperation in advance.

 

 Courses to be opened Application Period

Private Cluster Course, Organization Fixed Rate : From Fri. January 13, 2017 to Fri. February 17, 2017 No later than 5:00 p.m.

Group Course, Personal Course : From Fri. January 13, 2017 to Tue. February 28, 2017 No later than 5:00 p.m.

Large-Scale Job Course (From April to June) : From Fri. January 13, 2017 to Tue. February 28, 2017 No later than 5:00 p.m.

 

 Please see the following URL for the application available budget items, and how to apply for details.

http://www.iimc.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en/services/comp/apply/service/service_2017_1.html

 

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4.    Request for submitting user reports of supercomputer systemsReposting

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In the research results obtained with the use of the large scale computer systems,

papers (including abstracts) which were presented during this fiscal year

are required to be reported by one of the following methods.

Please report the unpublished ones as soon as they are published.

 

By User portal

http://www.iimc.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en/services/comp/other/portal.html

 

By Email

Please see the following URL for details.

http://www.iimc.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en/services/comp/apply/report.html

 

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5.    Application Guideline of Advanced Large-scale Computing System Service (for private organizations) in FY2017 (1st half)Reposting

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Academic Center for Computing and Media Studies, Kyoto University (ACCMS)

calls for proposals of the Advanced Large-scale Computing System Service in FY2017.

This project is for private organizations and aimed at promoting strategic and efficient

research development by researchers of industry, government and academia utilizing supercomputer.

We look forward to your application.

 

Schedule of the call in FY 2017 1st half

Mon. January 16, 2017 : Disclosure of the application details

Thu. February 23, 2017 : Deadline of the application submission

Beginning of March : Hearing    

End of March : Announcement of the results     

Beginning of April : Start of the project use

 

Please see the following URL for details.

http://web.kudpc.kyoto-u.ac.jp/sentan/index

 

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6.    Distribution of seminar materials of the programming seminarReposting

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We will distribute seminar materials used at the programming seminar held in FY 2016 on a first-come, first-served basis.

You can download electronic version from the web page for some of the seminars.

 

Please see the following web page for details.

http://www.iimc.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en/services/comp/support/course/

 

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7.    Academic Center for Computing and Media Studies (ACCMS) Seminar "New development of a spoken dialogue system"

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Academic Center for Computing and Media Studies (ACCMS), Kyoto University

is holding a monthly seminar inviting an active lecturer in various fields

who introduce each research activities and current issues

as a place to discuss widely with the participants.

 

At ACCMS Seminar on March 21, 2017, we invite Assistant Professor. Koichiro Yoshino

of Graduate School of Information Science, Nara Institute of Science and Technology

and Kotaro Funakoshi, Senior Researcher at Honda Research Institute Japan Co. Ltd. 

 

We look forward to your participation.

External participants are also welcome.

 

Date : Tue. March 21, 2017 From 4:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.

Venue : Academic Center for Computing and Media Studies, Kyoto University, North bldg. 4th floor "Conference Room"

Participation fee : Free

Application for participation : Unnecessary

Contact : Academic Center for Computing and Media Studies, Kyoto University, Shinsuke Mori

                TEL : 0757537486                    

                E-mail : forest*media.kyoto-u.ac.jp (Please replace * with @.)

Sponsored by  : Academic Center for Computing and Media Studies, Kyoto University.

Details : Please see the following URL for the details.

http://www.media.kyoto-u.ac.jp/accms_web/2017/01/25/%e5%ad%a6%e8%a1%93%e6%83%85%e5%a0%b1%e3%83%a1%e3%83%87%e3%82%a3%e3%82%a2%e3%82%bb%e3%83%b3%e3%82%bf%e3%83%bc%e3%82%bb%e3%83%9f%e3%83%8a%e3%83%bc-%e3%80%8c%e5%af%be%e8%a9%b1%e3%82%b7%e3%82%b9-2/