Information on HBW2 Trial Operation

The supercomputer HOKUSAI BigWaterfall2 (HBW2) has been in trial operation since December 4, 2023.
The trial runs until the end of March 2024, and the deadline for submitting new trial projects is 3:00 p.m. on March 21, 2024.

HBW2 is easy for RIKEN researchers to use and is available free of charge for small-scale use.
During the trial period, there are no usage fees and no obligation to submit usage reports.
Although the remaining trial operation period is short, we hope you will take advantage of this opportunity to use HBW2.

For more information about HBW2, please see Supercomputer System HBW2 TOP

Accepting period

Notice

• Since the application system will be closed automatically at the deadline, please complete submitting process including uploading the files in advance with a margin by the deadline.
  • please complete submitting process including uploading the files in advance with a margin by the deadline.
• Users and projects who do not submit the Usage Report by the submission deadline will not be allowed to use RIKEN Supercomputer.

Link

[10/27 Post the announcement]

[11/21 Publication of handout]

[12/1 Publication of QA]

The operation of the supercomputer HOKUSAI BigWaterfall (HBW) will be terminated at 9:00 a.m. on November 27, 2023.
The trial operation of the new supercomputer HOKUSAI BigWaterfall2 (HBW2) will start at 1:00 p.m. on December 4, 2023.
A briefing session on the trial operation of HBW2 will be held on the following date.

[Date] Wednesday, November 22, from 10:00 a.m. (about 90 minutes including Q&A)
[Venue] Web conference (Zoom)
Contact us for information on how to connect to the web conferencing
(Connection information is also announced on the BW user mailing list and on slack.)
No registration is required.
[Language] Japanese (Materials will be prepared in Japanese and English)

[Contents]
– Overview of HBW2 and its operation policy
– Application Process for HBW2 Trial Operation
[Materials]
– Please download from the following handout.
HBW2_trial_operation_en.pdf

– Questions and answers at the meeting can be downloaded here.
HBW2_trial_qa_en.pdf

– Video of the briefing will be available on this page at a later date.

Please also see the materials and Q&A at the user briefing about supercomputer HBW2 on August 16, 2023
for more information including BW2’s operational policies and usage fees.

Contact

R&D Infrastructure and Technical Coordination Section, Information Systems Division, RIKEN Information R&D and Strategy Headquarters