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Center News (Inter-University Services Version)
February 2021
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Contents
1. Service suspension for the maintenance at the end of the fiscal year
3. Notice of issue "ACCM Bulletin" (Inter-University Services) Vol.19 (2020) No.2
4. Supercomputer Continuation Application to the following FY2021 (Reposting)
5. Call for Application for FY 2021 Service Course (1st Stage) (Reposting)
6. Request for submitting user reports of the supercomputer systems (Reposting)
7. Acceptance of Online Applications for the Supercomputer Systems(Reposting)
9. Request for satisfaction survey (Reposting)
11. 【Special ACCMS Seminar】(Online) "Stop! Crying at night ‘How to nurture your baby's sleep’ "
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1. Service suspension for the maintenance at the end of the fiscal year
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The supercomputer service of FY2020 will be terminated as below.
After the completion of the maintenance work to switch to the new fiscal year,
services of FY2021 will start from 9:30 a.m. on Tue. April 6, 2021.
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.
〇Date and Time:From 9:00 a.m. Tue. March 30, 2021 to 9:30 a.m. Tue. April 6, 2021
〇Services to be Suspended:System A,B and C, ENVI/IDL License Service, HPCI Account Service,
User Portal, and Large-Format Printer
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Users who end the use of the supercomputer service at the end of FY2020
are required to back up their files themselves.
They will not be able to 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. Notice of issue "ACCM Bulletin" (Inter-University Services) Vol.19 (2020) No.2
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We have issued "ACCM Bulletin" (Inter-University Services) Vol.19 (2020) No.2.
PDF version is available from the following URL.
http://www.media.kyoto-u.ac.jp/accms_web/document/info
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4. Supercomputer Continuation Application to the following FY2021 (Reposting)
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We will send "Supercomputer User List" listed users name of this fiscal year
to the payment managers in late January.
If there are no changes in your application,
you can easily apply for continuing the service by checking
"continuation" in the "Supercomputer User List" and returning it to us.
If there are any changes in the application, please note that
an " Application Form for Large Scale Computer Systems" (計算機利用申請書) must be submitted.
The deadline for returning the continuation application form is
at 5:00 p.m. on Fri. February 19, 2021.
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 ***
○ You may not be able to start the service in April if you cannot submit
the continuation application form in time. Please apply before the deadline.
○ By making the continuation application, the user number (login ID) will be
continuously registered as an entry course.
If you wish to use group course or personal course, you need to submit
a "Service Course Application Form" (サービス申請書).
Please make sure to apply.
○Previously, we had mailed the notice for the continuation application to users as well,
however, we had abolished the notice by mail to users since last year.
Please share the notice and information directed to the payment managers with related users.
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5. Call for Application for FY 2021 Service Course (1st Stage) (Reposting)
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We call for application for FY 2021 Service Course starting from April 2021
in the following schedule.
This call for applications will be handled differently in terms of usage fees,
payment items and periods etc. because it is between fiscal years.
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 Tue. January 12, 2021 to Fri. February 12, 2021 No later than 5:00 p.m.
Group Course, Personal Course :From Tue. January 12, 2021 to Wed. February 24, 2021 No later than 5:00 p.m.
Large-Scale Job Course (From April to June) :From Tue. January 12, 2021 to Wed. February 24, 2021 No later than 5:00 p.m.
Please see the following URL for details.
http://www.iimc.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en/services/comp/apply/service/service_2021_1.html
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6. Request for submitting user reports of the supercomputer systems (Reposting)
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Papers (including abstracts of papers) published during the current fiscal year
which research results were obtained using our large-scale computer systems
should be reported in one of the following ways.
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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7. Acceptance of Online Applications for the Supercomputer Systems(Reposting)
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We are pleased to announce that we have started accepting online applications
for the supercomputer systems, instead of the paper applications
which had been submitted by mail.
To submit your application online,
please scan and convert the completed and stamped application form into a PDF file,
and submit it from the form at the following URL.
There is no need to submit the original documents by mail.
Please note that some of the fields for stamps on the application form
have been omitted to correspond with the start of the online submission,
so please obtain the latest application form to submit online.
Online Application URL: https://u.kyoto-u.jp/hpc-onlineapp (shortened URL for Kyoto University)
For more information about the application, please refer to Application Procedures.
If you are already using the service,
you can apply for the service course online from the User Portal.
Related URL:
【Supercomputer】Application for continued use of the service for FY2021
【Supercomputer】Call for Application for FY2021 Service Course (1st Stage)
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8. 【Important】Notification of the change in the method of sending Approval Notice and Registration Confirmation Notice (Reposting)
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In response to the recent difficulties in receiving mails due to increased opportunities
to work from home, we abolish the mailing of the Approval Notice (for users)
and Registration Confirmation Notice (for payment managers)
and change the method to download it yourself for applications after December 1, 2020.
Specifically, when you use the service for the first time,
please follow the procedure below.
When you use the service for the first time (for users):
1) Receive the Registration Completion Notice by email and confirm the user number.
2) Request for the procedure to start the service from the user portal
3) Open the one-time URL which is sent to your registered email address
and download the Approval Notice and set the password.
4) After that, you can log in to the user portal by the password authentication.
(Continuously, please set the public key authentication, etc.)
If you are already using our service, you can continue to use it without affected by the change,
but we will not mail the Approval Notice when you apply for the additional applications
for this fiscal year or continuation applications for the next fiscal year.
You can download the latest Approval Notice after addition/change
from the confirmation page of the registration information in the user portal.
We apologize for any inconvenience and appreciate for your understanding and cooperation.
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9. Request for satisfaction survey (Reposting)
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We are conducting an annual satisfaction survey of our Supercomputer Systems
to improve our service quality further.
The online survey site will remain open until March 29, 2021,
so if you are willing to give us your feedback,
please fill out the form once until the deadline.
Please take a few minutes to fill out the following web form using your
user ID and password. We would appreciate for your feedback of our services.
URL:https://u.kyoto-u.jp/scqen
Period: October 1, 2020 - March 29, 2021
Thank you for your cooperation in advance.
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10. 【Special ACCMS Seminar】(Online) "Utilization of information using document text analysis and visualization system (with hands-on)"
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ACCMS holds monthly seminars inviting researchers who are active in variety of fields
to give talks about their research activity or current issues
and provide an opportunity to discuss them with participants.
At Special ACCMS Seminar on March 4th, 2021,
we will invite Assoc. Prof. Hideki Mima
(Institute for Innovation in International Engineering Education, the University of Tokyo)
to give a lecture.
We are looking forward to your participation.
We welcome participants from both inside and outside of the university.
○Date: Thu. March 4th, 2021 from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
○Place: Online by Zoom
○Fee: Free
○Application: Necessary [Application Deadline/ Mon. March 1st, 2021](Please see the following URL for the details.)
○Inquiry: Koji Koyamada, Academic Center for Computing and Media Studies, Kyoto University
TEL:075-753-7444
E-mail: koyamada*viz.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.
https://www.media.kyoto-u.ac.jp/accms_web/event/2255.html
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11. 【Special ACCMS Seminar】(Online) "Stop! Crying at night ‘How to nurture your baby's sleep’ "
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ACCMS holds monthly seminars inviting researchers who are active in variety of fields
to give talks about their research activity or current issues
and provide an opportunity to discuss them with participants.
At Special ACCMS Seminar on March 27, 2021,
we will invite Kiyoshi Kikuchi, M.D., Ph.D. (Director of the Children's Rehabilitation,
Sleep and Development Medical Center, Hyogo Prefectural Central Rehabilitation Hospital).
We are looking forward to your participation.
We welcome participants from both inside and outside of the university.
○Date: Sat. March 27, 2021 from 10:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
○Place: Online by Zoom
○Fee: Free
○Application: Necessary [Application Deadline/ Fri. March 26, 2021](Please see the following URL for the details.)
○Inquiry: Koji Koyamada, Academic Center for Computing and Media Studies, Kyoto University
TEL:075-753-7444
E-mail: koyamada*viz.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.