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Center News (Inter-University Services Version)

March 2020

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Contents

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

2.    Request for file backups for users who end the use of the supercomputer service at the end of FY2019Reposting

3.    Call for Application of FY2020 Service Course (2nd Stage)

4.    Call for Collaborative Research Project for Young /Women scientists for FY2020

5.    Call for Collaborative Research Project for Large-Scale Computation for FY2020 (2nd Period)

6.    Call for Collaborative Research Project for Enhancing Performance of Programming for FY2020 (2nd Period)

7.    Notification of the Programming Seminar in FY2020

8.    Request for a satisfaction survey

9.    Request for submitting user reports of the supercomputer systemsReposting

10.  ACCMS Seminar “Field Work with Supercomputer”

 

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

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The supercomputer service of FY2019 will be terminated as below.

After the completion of the maintenance work to switch to the new fiscal year,

services of FY2020 will start from 9:30 a.m. on Fri. April 3, 2020.

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. Mon. March 30, 2020 to 9:30 a.m. Fri. April 3, 2020

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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2.     Request for file backups for users who end the use of the supercomputer service at the end of FY2019Reposting

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Users who end the use of the supercomputer service at the end of FY2019

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 FY2020 Service Course (2nd Stage)

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We are calling for the application of the service course for FY2020 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 Wed. April 8, 2020 to Wed. April 22, 2020 at 5:00 p.m.

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

* Please note that resources for "Group Course/Type B" and "Storage Capacity"

will be adjusted since large amount of resources 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_2020_2.html

 

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4.     Call for Collaborative Research Project for Young /Women scientists for FY2020

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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, 2019 (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 17, 2020 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_2020_1.html

 

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5.     Call for Collaborative Research Project for Large-Scale Computation for FY2020 (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 FY2020.

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 17, 2020 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_2020_2.html

 

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6.     Call for Collaborative Research Project for Enhancing Performance of Programming for FY2020 (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 FY2020.

 

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 17, 2020 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_2020_2.html

 

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7.     Notification of the Programming Seminar in FY2020

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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 FY2020 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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8.     Request for a satisfaction survey

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We are carrying out a satisfaction survey of our supercomputer service

to meet users' needs more.

It will be used to improve our service quality, so please give us your cooperation.

 

Please access the following page and authenticate with your user number.

https://u.kyoto-u.jp/scqen

 

DeadlineSun. March 29, 2020

 

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9.     Request for submitting user reports of the supercomputer systemsReposting

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

papers (including abstracts of papers) 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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10.  ACCMS Seminar “Field Work with Supercomputer”

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[Notice of postponement] (March 30, 2020)

The event will be postponed due to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19).

Details of the date will be announced on the following URL.

 

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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 April 28, 2020, we invite Prof. Ninomiya and Dr. Akiyama

at Kyushu University, Prof. Hirata at Wildlife Research Center of Kyoto University,

Prof. Nakamura at ACCMS Kyoto University and Dr. Suzuki at Faculty of regional policy,

Aichi University.

 

We hope to have a lot of participants.

External participants are also welcome.

 

Date: Tue. April 28, 2020 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.

           http://www.media.kyoto-u.ac.jp/accms_web/en/event_en/2059.html