| 1. Qualification |
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(1) Collaborative researches concerning researches at High Energy Accerelator Research Organization: Researchers belonging to KEK are qualified.
(2) Collaborative researches in elementary particle and nuclear physics and related areas: Researchers in national, public, and private universities and those in national and public research organizations are qualified.
Researchers acknowledged by the Director-General of KEK to be sufficiently competent are also qualified. |
| 2. Research Period |
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Research starts after March 1, 2012 and ends on September 31, 2012.
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| 3. Application |
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The research manager is required to submit to the Director-General of KEK a copy of completed " Application Form for Large Scale Simulation Program of High Energy Accelerator Research Organization for fiscal 2011 " WORD as well as a copy of "Practical plan" (A4, free format)(not necessary for "trial application"). In completing the application forms, please refer to ``Instructions on Completing an Application Form and proposal for a Large Scale Simulation Program'' ← Please click here
Be sure to have prior negotiation with the contact persons mentioned in 14 below on the research subject and contents.
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| 4. Application Deadline |
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Applications must be received not later than 17:00 on January 10, 2012. Applications to "trial application" are received any time. |
| 5. Selection |
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Advisory Committee for Accelerator and Applied Research Laboratories of KEK makes the decision on the selection of the applications after the review performed by the Program Advisory Committee of Large Scale Simulation Program.
During the review, the Committee may ask research managers to explain their applications.
The following field is consdered as the areas of concentration.
The following research areas are subjects with priority.
- Large-scale lattice QCD simulations and applications to elementary particle physics.
- Numerical studies of structure of exotic nuclei and hadrons.
- Numerical simulations for operation and development of large accelerators.
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| 6. Approval |
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The Director-General of KEK notifies the research manager of the approval. |
| 7. Utilization Procedures |
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The research manager of the selected Large Scale Simulation Research is required to submit " Acceptance and User Registration " as soon as possible after receiving the letter of approval accompanied by written consents by all members of the collaboration (hereinafter referred to as the collaborators). |
| 8. About usage |
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For stable operation of the system, the users are requested to follow the instruction of administration staffs. The user's program whose performance is not sufficient may be asked to improve. The resources including CPUs may be restricted according to the system operation environment. For details, please ask the contact persons of the Large-scale Simulation Program. |
| 9. Facility Utilization |
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The research manager and the collaborators are entitled to utilize KEK's facilities, equipment, references, and other materials necessary to conduct their Large Scale Simulation Research to the extent possible. |
| 10. Accommodation |
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KEK's accommodation is available within its capacity. |
| 11. Travel Expenses |
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Travel expenses necessary to perform Large Scale Simulation Research can be supported. |
| 12. Reporting Results |
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The research manager is required to submit his/her "Report on Research Results" to the Director-General KEK by November 30, 2012. |
| 13. Submitting Research Papers and Reports. |
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In publishing research papers and reports including the results of Large Scale Simulation Research, they should carry a clear statement that they are supported by Large Scale Simulation Program at KEK as in the following statement.
(Example)
This work is supported by Supercomputer Project No. ...(FY2011) of the High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK).
When the research paper or the report is published, please send its copy to the Director General of KEK. |
| 14. Contact persons of Large Scale Simulation Program |
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| Shoji Hashimoto |
Professor
INPS |
029-864-5397
shoji.hashimoto [at] kek.jp |
| Kaoru Iwano |
Assistant Professor
IMSS |
029-864-5593
kaoru.iwano [at] kek.jp |
| Kazufumi Ohmi |
Professor
ARL |
029-879-6112
ohmi [at] post.kek.jp |
| Hideo Matsufuru |
Assistant Professor
CRC |
029-864-5475
hideo.matsufuru [at] kek.jp |
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Please always consult with one of the contact persons in the preparation of a new application. |
| 15. Applications should be mailed to: |
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Research Cooperation Division
High Energy Accelerator Research Organization
Email: kyodo1 [at] mail.kek.jp
Tel : 029-864-5126 |
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| System Summary |
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The supercomputer system running from March 2012 consists of two computation servers of System-A and System-B. |
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- System-A is Hitachi SR16000 model-M1 (56 nodes). Each node has 980.5GFlops of peak performance and 256GB of main memory.
- Storage system of System-A is 546TB.
- System-B is IBM Blue Gene/Q (3 racks). Each rach has 209.7TFlops of peak performance and 16TB of main memory.
- Storage system of System-B is 645TB.
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As programming language, Fortran 90, C, and C++ are available. For malti-node job, program must be parallelized with MPI. Job groups (categorized job classes) are summarized as follows. |
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System-A |
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Job group |
Number of node |
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Max time |
1-node job (test) |
1 |
1 |
5min |
1-node jobs |
1 |
23 |
30min, 2, 6, 12, 24 hours |
4-node jobs |
4 |
4 |
4, 12 hours |
8-node jobs |
8 |
2 |
12 hours |
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System-B |
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Job group |
Number of node |
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Max time |
32-node job (test) |
32 |
1 |
10min |
32-node jobs |
32 |
3 |
4 hours |
128-node jobs |
128 |
7 |
8 hours |
256-node jobs |
256 |
2 |
8 hours |
512-node jobs |
512 |
3 |
12 hours |
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Job class may be changed.
If the performace of user's program is insufficient, the user may be requested to increase the performance.
For information of the Large-scale Simulation Program is announced in:
http://ohgata-s.kek.jp/
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Trial application
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| This application is available for preparatory study to a large-scale project. The project can apply to 3000 hours for 1-node job class on System-A and 600 hours for 32- and 128-node job classes on System-B as maximum. |
| Guideline of Selection |
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At the selection of the application to the Large-scale Simulation program, in addition to the academic importance and program performance, the research organization is also considered as noticed in the following. |
| Guideline of research organization |
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The research plan of the application to the Large-scale Simulation Program, the following conditions must be satisfied. |
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The group applied must perform the research with its own responsibility and independently. In particular, the research manager must lead the planning and performing of the research. |
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If the applied research is collaborative project, the research manager must clarify the role of the group and research of this application in the whole project. |
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If the independence is considered not enough, the application may not be approved. If research status is largely different from the plan in the application, usage may be stopped and interview by Promotion Committee may be held. |
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