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Priority Issues

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Social and scientific priority areas to be tackled by using the supercomputer Fugaku were determined in December 2014 (Priority Issues) and June 2016 (Exploratory Challenges), and research institutions were selected to pursue the goals in these areas. This initiative was completed in March 2020.

1. Priority Issues

Priority Issues
Category Priority issues Organizations
Achievement of a society that provides health and longevity
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Innovative drug discovery infrastructure through functional control of biomolecular systems		 RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research and 6 other institutions
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Integrated computational life science to support personalized and preventive medicine		 The Institute of Medical Science, the University of Tokyo and 4 other institutions
Disaster prevention and global climate problems
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Development of integrated simulation systems for hazards and disasters induced by earthquakes and tsunamis		 Earthquake Research Institute, the University of Tokyo and 4 other institutions
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Advancement of meteorological and global environmental predictions utilizing observational "Big Data"		 Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC) and other 5 institutions
Energy problems
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Development of new fundamental technologies for high-efficiency energy creation, conversion/storage and use		 Institute for Molecular Science, National Institute of Natural Sciences and 8 other institutions
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Accelerated development of innovative clean energy systems		 School of Engineering, the University of Tokyo
and 11 other institutions
Enhancement of industrial competitiveness
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Creation of new functional devices and high-performance materials to support next-generation industries (CDMSI)		 The Institute for Solid State Physics, the University of Tokyo and 9 other institutions
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Development of innovative design and production processes that lead the way for the manufacturing industry in the near future		 Institute of Industrial Science, the University of Tokyo and 7 other institutions
Development of basic science
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Elucidation of the fundamental laws and evolution of the universe		 Center for Computational Sciences, University of Tsukuba and 10 other institutions

2. Exploratory Challenges

Exploratory Challenges
Exploratory Challenge Organizations
Exploratory Challenge 1
Frontiers of Basic Science: Challenging the Limits		 Tohoku University and 9 other institutions
Tokyo Woman's Christian University and 3 other institutions
The University of Tokyo
Exploratory Challenge 2
Construction of Models for Interaction Among Multiple Socioeconomic Phenomena		 RIKEN Center for Computational Science and other 12 institutions
Tokyo University of Science and other 3 institutions
Exploratory Challenge 3
Elucidation of the Birth of Exoplanets [Second Earth] and the Environmental Variations of Planets in the Solar System		 Kobe University and other 8 institutions
Exploratory Challenge 4
Elucidation of How Neural Networks Realize Thinking and Its Application to Artificial Intelligence		 Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University and other 4 institutions
RCAST, The University of Tokyo