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Center News (Inter-University Services Version)
July 2018
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Contents
2. Additional call for application of FY 2018 service course (start on September)
3. Notification of the Programming Seminar 2018（Reposting）
5. Bill of the usage fee to be issued in FY 2018 October
6. Call for Collaborative Research Project for Large-Scale Computation for FY 2018 (3rd Period)
8. Announcement of summer holiday
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Due to scheduled maintenance, we will suspend the supercomputer services
of some systems on the next schedule.
In this maintenance, the login node and the WEB server are targeted
and the job execution of the computing node will be continued as it is.
Thank you for your understanding and cooperation in advance.
○Date and time: 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. on Tue. August 7
○Services to be suspended: Login node of System A, B, and C,
ENVI/IDL licensing, HPCI account services, and User Portal
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2. Additional call for application of FY 2018 service course (start on September)
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We are additionally calling for the application of FY 2018 service course
starting from September 2018 in the following schedule.
Please note that we may ask you to adjust the amount of resources that you request
depending on the situation since each course has its limitation in available computing resources.
We appreciate for your understanding and cooperation.
〇Courses:
- Group course (Type A1, A2, A3)
- Personal course (Type A)
- Large-scale job course (From September to November)
〇Application period：From Wed. August 1 to Mon. August 20 at 5:00 p.m.
〇Estimated starting date of the service：Mon. September 3, 2018
Please see the following URL for details on the application
http://www.iimc.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en/services/comp/apply/service/service_2018_5.html
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3. Notification of the Programming Seminar 2018（Reposting）
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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 2018 are available at the following URL.
We look forward to your participation.
http://www.iimc.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en/services/comp/support/course/
【No.18】Lecture of Machine Learning Framework on Supercomputer
Date：Mon. August 27 (1:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.)
Application period：From Fri. July 27 to Fri. August 24
Training content：Lecture and hands-on training on Machine Learning Framework on Supercomputer
【No.19】Introductory course of parallel programming
Date：Thu. September 6 - Fri. September 7 (Two consecutive days)
Application period：From Mon. August 6 to Tue. September 4
Training content：Lecture on basics and tuning of parallel programming
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4. Notification of the end of service for old versions of ENVI/IDL provided by the licensing service（Reposting）
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ENVI 5.3 / IDL 8.5 and earlier provided by the licensing service will be terminated
on August 6 (before scheduled maintenance) due to the end of support by the software vendor.
You will not be able to run those versions after the end of support.
If you are using those versions, please upgrade to ENVI 5.5 / IDL 8.7.
You can get ENVI 5.5 / IDL 8.7 from the below site.
http://www.iimc.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en/services/comp/license/use/envi.html
Please see the e-mail "User manual for using ENVI, IDL with licensing service"
to activate your license for ENVI 5.5 / IDL 8.7.
That e-mail has been sent to users who applied for the licensing service this year.
We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause you.
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5. Bill of the usage fee to be issued in FY 2018 October
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A bill of the usage fee of FY 2018 is scheduled to be issued in October, January and March.
The bill to be issued in October is determined in the following schedule.
Please complete the necessary procedure within the due date
if you need to change the payment item and the billing month.
○Deadline for the changes：Wed. September 12, 2018 at 5:00 p.m.
・Contracts after the due date will be billed in January.
・Please note that you cannot change the payment item after the bill is determined.
○How to change the payment item：
You can change the payment item by User Portal or Service Course Application Form.
・Please refer the following URL and perform the necessary procedures.
http://www.iimc.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en/services/comp/apply/other/siharai.html
○How to change the billing month：
If you need to change the billing month for any reason,
please contact us via e-mail with the following information.
・Requirements
- E-mail Address: portal*kudpc.kyoto-u.ac.jp (please replace*with @)
- Subject: Changing the billing month
- Text:
- Applicant name (Payment manager)
- Applicant affiliation
- Applicant phone number
- Payment items for which you want to change the billing month (Example:u99999x)
- Billing month which you want to change to (Example: January)
- Reason why you want to change the billing month
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6. Call for Collaborative Research Project for Large-Scale Computation for FY 2018 (3rd Period)
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Academic Center for Computing and Media Studies, Kyoto University (ACCMS)
calls for proposals of the Collaborative Research Project
on large-scale computing programs for research groups
that uses the supercomputer system through group course or private cluster course
(including under application) in FY 2018.
Submitted proposals are reviewed by
"Supercomputer System Collaborative Research Planning Committee" of ACCMS.
As for the adopted proposals, ACCMS bears the usage fee of the large-scale job course
within a certain amount.
○Application period: From Mon. July 9, 2018 to Fri. August 24, 2018 at 5:00 p.m.
Please see the following URL for details.
http://www.iimc.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en/services/comp/support/kyodo/daikibo_2018_3.html
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7. Application Guideline of Collaborative Research Project for Young・Women Scientists for FY 2018 (Additional Offer)
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Academic Center for Computing and Media Studies, Kyoto University (ACCMS)
additionally calls for Collaborative Research Project for young researchers
(including students, regardless of sex) under the age of 40 as of April 1, 2018
and women researchers (regardless of ages).
Submitted proposals are reviewed by "Supercomputer System Collaborative
Research Planning Committee" of the ACCMS and superior proposals are selected.
ACCMS bears all or the partial amount of the system usage fees of the selected proposals.
○Application period: From Mon. July 9, 2018 to Fri. August 24, 2018 at 5:00 p.m.
Please see the following URL for details.
http://www.iimc.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en/services/comp/support/kyodo/wakate_2018_2.html
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8. Announcement of summer holiday
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Due to scheduled summer holiday of Kyoto University,
our supercomputer services (large-format printer) will be suspended as below.
Thank you for your understanding and cooperation in advance.
○Suspension Period：From Mon. August 13, 2018 to Wed. August 15, 2018
Please note that although supercomputer is available for this period,
responses to inquiries might be delay.