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Center News (Inter-University Services Version)
December 2018
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Contents
1. Service Hours During Year-End and New Year Periods
2. Application for the Continued Use to the following FY2019
3. Call for Application of FY 2019 Service Course (1st Stage)
5. "K" x Post "K" Symposium - Simulation・AI・Big data -（Reposting）
6. Notice of issue "ACCM Bulletin" (Inter-University Services) Vol. 17 (2018) No. 1
7. ACCMS seminar "Communication/Network and Supercomputer"
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1. Service Hours During Year-End and New Year Periods
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During the upcoming Year-end and New Year periods, our service hours are as follows:
○Supercomputer Systems:
Services are available throughout the Year-end and New Year holidays.
○The Large-Format Printer:
The room is closed at 5:00 p.m. on Fri. December 28, 2018 and
is opened at 9:00 a.m. on Fri. January 4, 2019.
As for the inquiries during the period, we will correspond sequentially after January 4, 2019.
We appreciate for your understanding and cooperation in advance.
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2. Supercomputer Continuation Application to the following FY2019
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We will send "Supercomputer User List" described users of this fiscal year
to the payment managers in late January.
It is possible to make a continuation application easily by indicating
the "continuation" or "discontinuation" in the list and returning it to us
by the deadline if there is no change in the application contents.
If there is a change in the application contents, please note that
it is necessary to submit an" Application Form for Large Scale Computer Systems"
(計算機利用申請書).
The deadline for the continuation application shall be at 5:00 p.m. on Fri. February 22.
Please see the following URL for details on the continuation application.
http://www.iimc.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en/services/comp/apply/other/continue.html
*** Notes ***
○ Although the procedure is possible even if you miss the deadline,
it may not be in time for the start of the service in April.
Please keep the deadline.
○ By making the continuation application, we continue registration of
the user number (login ID) as an entry course.
If you use group course or personal course, it is necessary to submit
an "Service Course Application Form" (サービス申請書).
Please make sure to apply.
○ We have mailed the notice for the continuation application to users as well up until now,
however, we will abolish the mailing the notice to users from this fiscal year.
Please share the notice and information directed to the payment managers with related users.
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3. Call for Application of FY 2019 Service Course (1st Stage)
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We call for application of the FY2019 Service Course starting from April 2019
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 11, 2019 to Fri. February 15, 2019 No later than 5:00 p.m.
Group Course, Personal Course ：From Fri. January 11, 2019 to Wed. February 27, 2019 No later than 5:00 p.m.
Large-Scale Job Course (From April to June) ：From Fri. January 11, 2019 to Wed. February 27, 2019 No later than 5:00 p.m.
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4. Call for collaborate research project for FY 2019 Joint Usage/Research Center
for Interdisciplinary Large-scale Information Infrastructures (JHPCN)（Reposting）
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The Joint Usage/Research Center for Interdisciplinary Large-scale Information
Infrastructures (JHPCN) calls for joint research projects for fiscal year 2019.
JHPCN is a "Network-Type" Joint Usage/Research Center, certified by
the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology,
and comprises eight super-computer equipped centers
affiliated with Hokkaido University, Tohoku University, The University of Tokyo,
Tokyo Institute of Technology, Nagoya University, Kyoto University, Osaka University
and Kyushu University, among which Information Technology Center at
the University of Tokyo is functioning as the core institution of JHPCN.
Each JHPCN member institution will provide its research resources
for joint research projects.
〇Schedule of the call for collaborate research project for FY 2019
2018 Thu. December 13 Online Registration Open
2019 Mon. January 7 Online Registration Deadline
2019 Tue. January 15 Submission of Printed Application Form
2019 Mid- March Notification of Adoption
2019 Mon. April 1 Joint Research Project Start
2020 Tue. March 31 Joint Research Project End
Please see the following URL for details.
https://jhpcn-kyoten.itc.u-tokyo.ac.jp/en/
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5. "K" x Post "K" Symposium - Simulation・AI・Big data -（Reposting）
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Supercomputers are indispensable for achieving the "Society 5.0" which we aim for.
Many achievements ranging from basic research to the application to the industry
have been created by supercomputer "K".
And now, in the post "K" which is under development for the full-scale operation in 2021,
there are great expectations not only for the simulation but also for the application to
the AI research and the data science.
We will introduce the further leap from "K" to the post "K" and its possibilities.
【Date】January 18 (Fri), 2019 1:00 p.m.〜4:45 p.m. (12:30 Registration Start)
【Venue】Nihonbashi Life Science HUB, Tokyo
http://www.nihonbashi-lifescience.jp/
【Host】Riken Center for Computational Science
Research Organization for Information Science and Technology
【Participation fees】Free
【Application】Pre-registration is required from the application form below(Due：12:00 p.m. on Fri. January 11 )
http://www.hpci-office.jp/pages/sympo_201901
【Inquiry】Research Organization for Information Science and Technology
E-mail：k-symporist.or.jp
Please see the following web page for details.
http://www.hpci-office.jp/pages/sympo_201901
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6. Notice of issue "ACCM Bulletin" (Inter-University Services) Vol. 17 (2018) No. 1
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We have issued "ACCM Bulletin" (Inter-University Services) Vol. 17 (2018) No. 1.
PDF version is available from the following URL.
http://www.media.kyoto-u.ac.jp/accms_web/document/info
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7. ACCMS seminar "Communication/Network and Supercomputer"
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Academic Center for Computing and Media Studies (ACCMS) holds a seminar
once in a month.
We are inviting active researchers from variety of areas,
and ask them to give talks about their research activity or issues in performing research,
hoping to provide an opportunity for fruitful discussion among participants.
At ACCMS Seminar on January 23, 2019, we will hold a joint symposium of
α×SC2019K communication/network and supercomputer.
We are inviting Assoc. Prof. Takeshi Nanri(Research Institute for Information Technology, Kyushu University),
Ken T. Murata (National Institute of Information and Communications Technology),
Yoshinori Kitatsuji (KDDI Research, Inc.), Prof. Naoki Shinohara (Research Institute for
Sustainable Humanosphere, Kyoto University), Ken Washikita (Sakura Internet Inc. Research)
and Daisuke Kotani (Academic Center for Computing and Media Studies, Kyoto University).
We hope to have a lot of participants.
External participants are also welcome.
○Date: Wed. January 23, 2019 from 1:20 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
○Place: South Building of ACCMS 2nd floor, Lecture Room 202
○Fee: Free
○Application: Not necessary
○Inquiry: Keiichiro Fukazawa, Academic Center for Computing and Media Studies, Kyoto University,
TEL :075-753-7430
E-mail: fukazawa*media.kyoto-u.ac.jp (Please replace * with @.)
○Host: Academic Center for Computing and Media Studies, Kyoto University.
○Details: Please see the following URL for the details.