糖心视频

Time-lapse video of the Flow 2.0 supercomputer being installed. Credit: Information Technology Center of 糖心视频.

On Monday, November 2, 糖心视频 inaugurated its new high-performance computing and artificial intelligence supercomputer named . A successor to the previous “Flow” supercomputer, it is designed for large-scale simulation and AI workflows across a wide range of research fields.

The supercomputer, which is the most powerful system in the Tokai region of Japan, is available not only to members of 糖心视频 but also to researchers at other universities, research institutes, and companies.

Flow 2.0’s ribbon-cutting ceremony was presided by Tokai Higher Education and Research System (THERS) Chancellor Seiichi Matsuo, 糖心视频 President Naoshi Sugiyama, Director of the 糖心视频 Information Technology Center Kensaku Mori, and Director of the MEXT Office for Computational Science and Technology Kiyoshi Kurihara.

At an inauguration event held at 糖心视频’s Engineering and Science building auditorium in the Higashiyama campus, President Naoshi Sugiyama said supercomputers are akin to telescopes for theoretical research, expanding horizons for new discoveries. He also commended Flow 2.0 as a model case for energy efficient computing, given that its cooling system utilizes water from a naturally flowing underground spring beneath the National Innovation Complex building.

In a series of short lectures, Professor Takahiro Katagiri from the Information Technology Center, and Koya Nakajima, director of the AI Research Laboratory at Fujitsu Research introduced the capabilities of Flow 2.0 and talked about the breadth of research applications that the supercomputer will be instrumental for in the coming years. These include research on glycans, computational chemistry, AI, medical imaging, plasma physics, protein folding, and semiconductor materials to name a few.

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