Supercomputing Division, Information Technology Center, The University Tokyo

Corporate use


The Information Technology Center, the University of Tokyo provides a part of the Miyabi and Wisteria/BDEC-01 Supercomputer System (less than 10% of all resources) to corporations at a charge while also considering the training of users, as a part of its social contribution program.
Corporate use does not simply take on the burden of the computing demands of corporations under this system, but supports themes that meet the following criteria:

(1) Contribute to the future development of science and technology.
(2) Contribute to the development of the field of large-scale, high-performance parallel computing.
(3) Contribute to innovation through large-scale, high-performance parallel computing.

For details, please refer to the Guidelines to Screening for the Corporate Use of Supercomputers at the Information Technology Center, the University of Tokyo.

Illustration of the corporate use system

The Information Technology Center, the University of Tokyo offers plans for corporate use (trial), corporate use (general), and use for joint research with the Center's faculty, as shown below.

Deployment image of the corporate use system

There are plans for several joint research projects with the Center's faculty members every year. Use of the supercomputer systems is permitted through the conclusion of a joint research agreement.
In cases of joint research not only with the Center's faculty, but with universities/public institutions, etc., the supercomputer systems may be used by corporate users within the scope of joint research, without going through a screening process by the screening committee for eligibility to use the supercomputer systems. Please submit a copy of the joint research agreement as proof of the joint research project. It is also necessary to clearly include the corporate user(s) in the group user section of the application form.
The cost of use of supercomputer systems for joint research comes under the classification of universities/public institutes. Just like regular applications, applications are accepted at any time as long as there are sufficient calculation resources available.

The path to using the University of Tokyo's supercomputers

The Information Technology Center, the University of Tokyo has prepared several systems to allow corporations to make use of the supercomputer systems. In addition, some of the calculation resources are also contributed to the Joint Usage/Research Center for Interdisciplinary Large-scale Information Infrastructures (JHPCN) and High Performance Computing Infrastructure (HPCI) programs. The Center’s supercomputers may also be used under the corporate application slots of these programs.

The path to using the University of Tokyo’s supercomputers

*For details: The path to using the University of Tokyo's supercomputers (for corporations)

Reference

 Start of joint research/commissioned research (Division of University Corporate Relations, the University of Tokyo)

Corporate use for supercomputer systems, FY2025

Public application for FY2025 (First round) for General and Trial

Open call 1/31/2025 (Fri)
Submission deadline 2/13/2025 (Thu)
Interview with corporations 3/4/2025(Tue)
Start date of use 4/1/2025 (Tue)
Interim report meeting Around October 2025

Public application for FY2025 (Second round)for Trial only

Open call 2/14/2025 (Fri)-
Submission deadline 5/15/2025 (Thu)
Interview with corporations early June 2025
Start date of use 7/1/2025 (Tue)
Interim report meeting Around October 2025

Public application for FY2025 (Third round)for General and Trial

Open call 5/16/2025 (Fri)-
Submission deadline 8/14/2025 (Thu)
Interview with corporations early September 2025
Start date of use 10/1/2025 (Wed)
Interim report meeting Around January 2026

Public application for FY2025 (Fourth round)for Trial only

Open call 8/15/2025 (Fri)-
Submission deadline 11/13/2025 (Thu)
Interview with corporations early December 2025
Start date of use 1/1/2026 (Thu)
Interim report meeting Around January 2026

*Interviews will be conducted on the projects applied for, in the presence of the screening committee.
The interviews will be held twice a year for Gereral, and four times a year for Trial. The detailed will be provided after applications have closed.

Briefing Session

Those who would like to apply for corporate use (trial) and corporate use (general) are required to participate in the briefing session.
The next briefing session will be held on Thursday, January 30th, 2025. Please click here to the following URL to apply for the briefing session. (Japanese only)

Application details

Please click here to for application details for corporate use.

Report on results

The Corporate use (General) and the Corporate use (Trial) have two types of systems: those that disclose results and those that do not. For both types, submission of a report on the results of use is required within one month after the end of the usage period. It is possible to postpone the release of the report for up to two years at the request of the corporation using the program for the type of results that are to be disclosed to the public. In the type that does not disclose results, only the number of applications will be disclosed, and no report, theme, or corporate name will be disclosed.

Please click here for past reports on the results of use.

Project reports
(Japanese version only)
Word

Submission/Inquiries

Research Support Team, Information Strategy Group, Information Systems Department,
The University of Tokyo
E-mail:Email address for corporate inquiries

Corporate use FAQ