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Center News (Inter-University Services Version)

March 2021

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Contents

1.    Call for Application of FY2021 Service Course (2nd Stage)

2.    Call for Collaborative Research Project for Young /Women scientists for FY2021

3.    Call for Collaborative Research Project for Large-Scale Computation for FY2021 (2nd Period)

4.    Call for Collaborative Research Project for Enhancing Performance of Programming for FY2021 (2nd Period)

5.    Notification of the Programming Seminar in FY2021

6.    Service suspension for the maintenance at the end of the fiscal year (Reposting)

7.    Request for file backups for users who end the use of the supercomputer service at the end of FY2020 (Reposting)

8.    Request for submitting user reports of the supercomputer systems (Reposting)

9.    Acceptance of Online Applications for the Supercomputer SystemsReposting

10.  ImportantNotification of the change in the method of sending Approval Notice and Registration Confirmation Notice (Reposting)

11.  Request for satisfaction survey (Reposting)

12.  Special ACCMS Seminar(Online) "Stop! Crying at night ‘How to nurture your baby's sleep’"(Reposting)

13.  ACCMS Seminar(Online) "Tips and pitfalls in user evaluation - use and combination of subjective and objective indicators "

 

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1.     Call for Application of FY2021 Service Course (2nd Stage)

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We are calling for the application of the service course for FY2021 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.

 

Application PeriodFrom Tue. April 6, 2021 to Fri. April 23, 2021 at 5:00 p.m.

CoursesGroup coursePersonal courseLarge-scale job course (from July to September)

* Please note that resources for "Group Course/Type B" will be adjusted

since large amount of resources were applied in the 1st stage of the call.

Also, we will not accept applications for the System C since large number of applications

were applied in the 1st stage of the call.

 

Please see the following URL for details.

http://www.iimc.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en/services/comp/apply/service/service_2021_2.html

 

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2.     Call for Collaborative Research Project for Young /Women scientists for FY2021

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ACCMS calls for proposals of the Collaborative Research Project for scientists listed below

as part of “The Joint Usage/Research Center for Interdisciplinary Large-scale

Information Infrastructures (JHPCN)” activities.

 

Young researchers under the age of 40 as of April 1, 2021 (including students)

Women researchers (regardless of ages)

 

Submitted proposals are reviewed by "Supercomputer System Collaborative Research

Planning Committee" of ACCMS and a committee of JHPCN,

then superior proposals are adopted.

ACCMS bears entire or part of the usage fees of the adopted proposals.

Awarded researchers are required to submit research reports by the end of the fiscal year,

acknowledge their use of this system when publishing the achievements in papers,

and contribute an article on their research results to our Center News

(Inter-University Services Bulletin).

In addition, we require their active cooperation for JHPCN activities

such as a presentation at the JHPCN symposium.

 

Application deadlineFri. April 16, 2021 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_2021_1.html

 

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3.     Call for Collaborative Research Project for Large-Scale Computation for FY2021 (2nd Period)

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ACCMS calls for proposals of the Collaborative Research Project

for large-scale computing programs for research groups

that uses supercomputer systems through personal course, group course

or private cluster course (including under application) in FY2021.

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 deadlineFri. April 16, 2021 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_2021_2.html

 

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4.     Call for Collaborative Research Project for Enhancing Performance of Programming for FY2021 (2nd Period)

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ACCMS calls for proposals of the Collaborative Research Project

for Enhancing Performance of Programming for research groups that uses

supercomputer systems through group course or private cluster course

(including under application) in FY2021.

 

Submitted proposals are reviewed by "Supercomputer System Collaborative Research

Planning Committee" of ACCMS.

The programs adopted by the committee are carried out to enhance

the program performance in collaboration with ACCMS.

ACCMS bears the cost of the program development.

 

Application deadlineFri. April 16, 2021 at 5:00 p.m.

 

Please see the following URL for details.

http://www.iimc.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en/services/comp/support/kyodo/koudoka_2021_2.html

 

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5.     Notification of the Programming Seminar in FY2021

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ACCMS is regularly holding programming seminars for the efficient use

and the improvement of the programming skills for users.

The program and the schedule of FY2021 are available at the following URL.

We look forward to your participation.

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

 

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6.     Service suspension for the maintenance at the end of the fiscal year (Reposting)

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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.

 

Date and TimeFrom 9:00 a.m. Tue. March 30, 2021 to 9:30 a.m. Tue. April 6, 2021

Services to be SuspendedSystem A,B and C, ENVI/IDL License Service, HPCI Account Service,

                            User Portal, and Large-Format Printer

 

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7.     Request for file backups for users who end the use of the supercomputer service at the end of FY2020 (Reposting)

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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 (sftp) will be available until the end of May.

 

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8.     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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9.     Acceptance of Online Applications for the Supercomputer SystemsReposting

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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: 

    SupercomputerApplication for continued use of the service for FY2021

    SupercomputerCall for Application for FY2021 Service Course (1st Stage)

 

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10.  ImportantNotification 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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11.  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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12.  Special ACCMS Seminar(Online) "Stop! Crying at night How to nurture your baby's sleep"(Reposting)

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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

           TEL075-753-7444         

           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/2259.html

 

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13.  ACCMS Seminar(Online) "Tips and pitfalls in user evaluation - use and combination of subjective and objective indicators "

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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 ACCMS Seminar on April 26, 2021,

we will invite Prof. Masashi Komori (Osaka Electro-Communication University) and

Prof. Hideyuki Ando (Osaka University of Arts).

We are looking forward to your participation.

We welcome participants from both inside and outside of the university.

 

Date: Mon. April 26, 2021 from 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.

Place: Online by Zoom

Fee: Free

Application: NecessaryPlease see the following URL for the details.

Inquiry: Kazuaki Kondo, Academic Center for Computing and Media Studies, Kyoto University

           TEL075-753-7459         

           E-mail: kondo*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/2272.html