Wisteria/BDEC-01 Supercomputer System
"Large-Scale HPC Challenge"Wisteria/BDEC-01

• Available Resources
• User’s Guide
• Recruitment Schedule
• Application Details
• Selected Projects
• English translation of acknowledgements when reporting the research results in academic papers, etc.
• FAQ for Large-Scale HPC Challenge

The Information Technology Center, the University of Tokyo, has been implementing the Large-Scale HPC Challenge for its Wisteria/BDEC-01 Supercomputer System since October 2021. The Large-Scale HPC Challenge is a public recruitment project that allows a research group to monopolize the use of computational resources for a maximum of 24 hours, for 6,144 nodes (294,912 cores) which is the maximum number of Simulation nodes group (Odyssey) or/and 36 nodes (288 GPU units) which is the maximum number of Data/Learning nodes group (Aquarius) that the Wisteria/BDEC-01 Supercomputer System has.

[Updated: Apr. 26, 2023]:The Large-Scale HPC Challenge will be implemented for 24 hours from June 2023. However, the schedule and the implementation conditions may be changed or the implementation will be cancelled without prior notice depending on the future situation of COVID-19.

Available Resources

• Users can monopolize the use of maximum 6,144 nodes (294,912 cores) of Odyssey or/and 36 nodes (288 GPU units) of Aquarius for a maximum of 24 hours.
  

User’s Guide

• This initiative allows users to monopolize the use of maximum 6,144 nodes (294,912 cores) of Odyssey or/and 36 nodes (288 GPU units) of Aquarius for a maximum of 24 hours once a month, in principle from 9 a.m. on the day before the month-end processing to 9 a.m. on the month-end processing day.
  
• The projects are recruited from the public, and a wide range of projects are accepted in addition to submissions from existing users. While application are accepted by both individuals and groups, one group is selected each month in principle.
• The results produced through the use of this initiative will be released to the public. In the disclosure of the results of the project, selected projects are required to state clearly that the project was implemented using the Wisteria/BDEC-01 Simulation nodes group, Wisteria-O(Odyssey) or/and Wisteria/BDEC-01 Data/Learning nodes group, Wisteria-A(Aquarius) under the Large-Scale HPC Challenge initiative. Selected projects will also be requested to submit articles reporting on the results of the project to the PR magazine, etc., submit articles (brief reports) to peer-reviewed international conferences, etc.
• There may be cases where the selected projects are invited to present at seminars and workshops organized by the Information Technology Center.
• Use of the supercomputers under this initiative is free of charge.

Recruitment Schedule

　The following is the provisional scheduled for the recruitment of projects for the Large-Scale HPC Challenge.

• The recruitment schedule is subject to change depending on the maintenance schedule and other factors.
• It is possible to apply more than once during the year. However, please note that there are cases where your requests cannot be fulfilled due to the application situation. It is possible to use the supercomputer system only once with each application.

FY2023 Schedule (Provisional)

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Application Details

Please click here for the application details for the Large-Scale HPC Challenge.

Selected Projects

FY2023: Selected Projects (1st term・2nd term )

FY2022: Selected Projects (2nd term・3rd term )

English translation of acknowledgements when reporting the research results in academic papers, etc.

Please use the English translations provided below when publishing English papers, etc. after the use of this program.

"Large-scale HPC Challenge" Project, Information Technology Center, The University of Tokyo.

Computational resource of Fujitsu PRIMEHPC FX1000 and FUJITSU PRIMERGY GX2570 (Wisteria/BDEC-01) was awarded by "Large-scale HPC Challenge" Project, Information Technology Center, The University of Tokyo.

FAQ for Large-Scale HPC Challenge

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