Youth Workshop from November 28 to November 30, 2016 in Kobe, Japan

RIKEN AICS will organize a Youth Workshop for young researchers and students in computational science and technology. Through English presentations and discussions, this workshop aims to create a network of collaborations among young researchers, and to foster their research communication skills in an international setting, as well as improving their own research through the discussion.

1. Date and location

November 28 (Mon), 2016 to November 30 (Wed), 2016
RIKEN Advanced Institute for Computational Science (AICS) in Kobe, Japan
Access: How to get there.

2. Purpose

• This workshop aims at creating a network of collaborations among young researchers, and at improving their research communication skills.
• This workshop is open to young researchers at corporations, universities and research institutes (including technical colleges and graduate schools) who is expected to become the next-generation leaders in the fields of computational science and high-performance computing.
• Young researchers from overseas who will be participating in the JLESC (Joint Laboratory on Extreme Scale Computing) at AICS in the same week will also participate in this workshop. To encourage participants to take the initiative in interacting with each other, presentations and group discussions will be held in English in small groups.
• AICS staffs will serve as mentors for each group and participate in the discussions.

Note: Official language is English.
*Affiliated partners: INRIA, the University of Illinois, NSCA, Argonne National Laboratory, Barcelona Supercomputing Center, Juelich Supercomputing Center, and RIKEN AICS

 

 

3. Program overview (tentative)

Monday, November 28

Time	Program	Venue	Owner	Comments
10:00-10:20	Registration	1F Entrance	AICS Computational Science Planning Office
10:20-10:50	Orientation	Lecture Hall	Dr. Imamura	Workshop Guidance Self-introductions
10:50-11:40	Lecture 1 (Senior Talk)	Lecture Hall	Dr. Sugita (AICS Team Leader of Computational Biophysics Research Team)	Title: Development and parallelization of molecular dynamics simulations
11:40-11:50	Break	Lounge
11:50-12:40	Lecture 2 (Senior Talk)	Lecture Hall	Dr. Imamura	Title: Impact of HPC mathematical software
12:40-13:40	Lunch	FOCUS
13:40-14:20	Presentation/ Discussion 1	Group A: Lecture Hall(N) Group B: Lecture Hall(S) Group C: R511	Mentors: Young AICS researchers	Participants will be divided into 3 groups of about 6 people each. Two persons in each group will be designated as mentors.
14:20-14:40	Break	Lounge
14:40-15:20	Presentation/ Discussion 2	Group A: Lecture Hall(N) Group B: Lecture Hall(S) Group C: R511	Mentors: Young AICS researchers	Two persons in each group will be designated as mentors.
15:20-15:40	Break	Lounge
15:40-16:20	Presentation/ Discussion 3	Group A: Lecture Hall(N) Group B: Lecture Hall(S) Group C: R511	Mentors: Young AICS researchers	Two persons in each group will be designated as mentors.

Tuesday, November 29

Time	Program	Venue	Owner	Comments
10:00-10:40	-	Lecture Hall		Room is available for participants
10:40-11:30	Lecture 3 (Senior Talk)	Lecture Hall	Prof. Sato	Title: FLAGSHIP 2020 project and challenges for exascale computing
11:30-11:40	Break	Lounge
11:40-12:30	Lecture 4 (Senior Talk)	Lecture Hall	Prof. Ito (AICS Team Leader of Discrete Event Simulation Research Team)	Title: Social simulations on HPC
12:30-13:30	Lunch	FOCUS
13:30-14:10	Presentation/ Discussion 4	Group A: Lecture Hall(N) Group B: Lecture Hall(S) Group C: R511	Mentors: Young AICS researchers	Two persons in each group will be designated as mentors.
14:10-14:30	Break	Lounge
14:30-15:10	Presentation/ Discussion 5	Group A: Lecture Hall(N) Group B: Lecture Hall(S) Group C: R511	Mentors: Young AICS researchers	Two persons in each group will be designated as mentors.
15:10-15:30	Break	Lounge
15:30-16:10	Presentation/ Discussion 6	Group A: Lecture Hall(N) Group B: Lecture Hall(S) Group C: R511	Mentors: Young AICS researchers	Two persons in each group will be designated as mentors.

Wednesday, November 30

Time	Program	Venue	Owner	Comments
10:00-11:30	Wrap-up Meeting	Lecture Hall	Dr. Imamura
11:30-11:40	Break	Lounge
11:40-12:00	Closing/ Certification	Lecture Hall	Dr. Imamura/ Prof. Sato	Group Photo

* Venue (1F)、Lecture Hall (6F)、Lounge (6F)、R511 (5F)、FOCUS (next to AICS building 1F)

4. Application requirements

• Approximately 20 seats are available on a first-come, first-served basis. Adjustments may be made to balance applicants from different college and other institutes.
• Apply here.
• Participants should have a clear motive for participating in this workshop, such as being involved in computational science or computer science research.
• It is assumed that the participants bring your notebook computer for making presentations during the workshop.
• Application deadline:
  - For participants in Japan:
  November 14 (Mon) 5 pm (Japan time) *extended
  - For participants from abroad:
  October 31 (Mon) 5 pm (Japan time)
• Full participation for the duration of the program is required, in principle.
• Information about the expenses that RIKEN will cover
  - For participants in Japan:
  RIKEN will pay for students's travel and accommodation expenses.
  Travel expenses include transportation fee to/from Kobe, and the fee between hotel and AICS during the workshop.
  Expenses will be reimbursed after the workshop via bank transfer in accordance with RIKEN regulations.
  
  - For participants from abroad:
  RIKEN will pay for students' travel and accommodation expenses.
  Travel expenses do NOT include international travel cost and the one to/from Kobe. It includes only transportation fee between hotel and AICS.
  More detail about the cost will be informed during the workshop. Please contact us if you have any question.

Note: Handling of personal information
Personal information will only be used for notices from RIKIEN regarding changes in the schedule, reference materials, and the collecting data for the workshop. No personal information will be handled or used in any way that would identify the individual concerned.

5. Host

• RIKEN AICS

6. Sponsors

• Nine Priority Issues on Post-K Development Project
• Foundation for Computational Science(FOCUS) *Only in Japanese
• High Performance Computer Infrastructure (HPCI) Consortium
• Research organization for Information Science & Technology(RIST)

7. Inquiries

Computational Science Planning Office, RIKEN AICS
7-1-26, Minatojima-minamimachi, Chuo-ku, Kobe, 650-0047, JAPAN
E-mail：aics-renkei[at]riken.jp*
*Please change [at] to @ when sending email