Introduce about HPCI

HPCI（High-Performance Computing Infrastructure） is a shared computational environment that connects the flagship “K computer” and other major supercomputers as well as storages in Japan via high-speed networks (SINET5).
 

Mission of HPCI

realize the scientific and technological computing environment where a wide range of HPC users in Japan can access national HPC resources efficiently.
 

Organizations engaging in the HPCI

D3 Center participate the HPCI and provide resources through it. Also, computing resources of the following universities and research institutions including "K computer" are offered.

 

  • Information Initiative Center, Hokkaido University
  • Cyberscience Center, Tohoku University
  • Center for Computational Sciences, University of Tsukuba
  • Information Technology Center, The University of Tokyo
  • Global Scientific Information and Computing Center, Tokyo Institute of Technology
  • Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC)
  • Information Technology Center, Nagoya University
  • Academic Center for Computing and Media Studies (ACCMS), Kyoto University
  • Research Organization for Information Science and Technology (RIST)
  • Research Institute for Information Technology, Kyushu University (Only in Japanese)

 

HPCI accepts assignment applications tailored to various usage forms to answer various users’ needs and resources installed in separate universities can be used within one HPCI project.
 

 

System Overview

For more information about the resources provided, please see below:
HPCI List of Hardware and Software Resources
 

Flow of HPCI use

Submission of a project proposal

Please see HPCI official site and submit a project proposal in accordance with the form. Notifications of awards is sent to Project Representatives and Contact Persons by e-mail.
HPCI official site

 

Project’s start

If a project is selected, an account to use our systems will be issued. HPCI users can receive the HPCI helpdesk support. The Helpdesk is the general contact point for the HPCI users and prospective users to support the necessary procedures for the HPCI application, to answer your questions for carrying out the project awarded and to solve the technical problems, cooperating with other related institutions. Also, D3 Center holds large-scale computer system utilization training and seminars each year.
Training list

 

Project’s finish

Project representatives are required to submit the HPCI User Reports after completion of the HPCI research projects and to make the research achievements public. In the case of paid industrial use, it is possible to keep the results private.