Japan's Next-Generation Supercomputer R&D Project and Grand Challenges in Life Science

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Event Abstract Back to Event Japan's Next-Generation Supercomputer R&D Project and Grand Challenges in Life Science Ryutaro Himeno1* 1 RIKEN, Integrated Simulation of Living Matter Group , Japan MEXT and RIKEN started the Next-Generation Supercomputer R&D Project in 2006, of which goal is to develop a supercomputer with 10 Peta FLOPS in 2011FY. The supercomputer will be installed in a new supercomputer center in Kobe, where the buildings and facilities will be completed by the end of May, 2010. In this R&D project, not only hardware development but also software development in Nano Science and Life Science as Grand Challenge problems are planed and included. The Institute of Molecular Science leads the Nono Science Grand Challenge and RIKEN leads the Life Science one. As the Life Science Grand Challenge, we have two approaches to achieve comprehensive understanding of life phenomena and to contribute to our society by creating medicine and developing medical/surgical treatment. Those approaches are 1) theoretical simulation approach and 2) data-driven approach. In addition to these approaches, we have a HPC team which is responsible to deliver maximum performance of the 10 Peta FLOPS supercomputer to tune the application software and to develop and provide tools for visualization and parallelization to other teams. These software tools are also available to anyone who will use the supercomputer. In 2007, we have added Brain and Neural Sytems Team lead by Prof. Ishii, Kyoto Universities. Current status of supercomputer development and the application software development in Life Scinece will be shown in the talk. Conference: Neuroinformatics 2010 , Kobe, Japan, 30 Aug - 1 Sep, 2010. Presentation Type: Oral Presentation Topic: INCF Japan-Node Special Symposium "How Neuroinformatics can revolutionize Neuroscience" Citation: Himeno R (2010). Japan's Next-Generation Supercomputer R&D Project and Grand Challenges in Life Science. Front. Neurosci. Conference Abstract: Neuroinformatics 2010 . doi: 10.3389/conf.fnins.2010.13.00149 Copyright: The abstracts in this collection have not been subject to any Frontiers peer review or checks, and are not endorsed by Frontiers. They are made available through the Frontiers publishing platform as a service to conference organizers and presenters. The copyright in the individual abstracts is owned by the author of each abstract or his/her employer unless otherwise stated. Each abstract, as well as the collection of abstracts, are published under a Creative Commons CC-BY 4.0 (attribution) licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) and may thus be reproduced, translated, adapted and be the subject of derivative works provided the authors and Frontiers are attributed. For Frontiers’ terms and conditions please see https://www.frontiersin.org/legal/terms-and-conditions. Received: 21 Jun 2010; Published Online: 21 Jun 2010. * Correspondence: Ryutaro Himeno, RIKEN, Integrated Simulation of Living Matter Group, Saitama, Japan, himeno@riken.jp Login Required This action requires you to be registered with Frontiers and logged in. To register or login click here. Abstract Info Abstract The Authors in Frontiers Ryutaro Himeno Google Ryutaro Himeno Google Scholar Ryutaro Himeno PubMed Ryutaro Himeno Related Article in Frontiers Google Scholar PubMed Abstract Close Back to top Javascript is disabled. Please enable Javascript in your browser settings in order to see all the content on this page.