Energy Efficient HPC State of the Practice Kobe Meeting

1. Date

August 4, 2019

2. Overview

Energy Efficient HPC State of the Practice Workshop 2019 will be held August 5th in Kyoto. Prior to the workshop, we plan the meeting to discuss the goal of building relationships, sharing experiences, and promoting collaboration among Japan, the US, and EU in RIKEN R-CCS, Kobe August 4th. The site tour of R-CCS facility which includes electric and cooling equipment also scheduled in the meeting.

3. Schedule

August 3rd (Sat)
Dinner at Kobe (JPY5,000/person)

• 18:15 Meeting place: Lobby of Sotetsu Fresa Inn Kobe-Sannomiya (Hotel you stay)
• 18:30 – “Ganko”, Japanese cuisine restaurant.

August 4th (Sun)
EE HPC SOP Kobe meeting at RIKEN R-CCS

• 9:00 - 9:20 Registration
• 9:20 - 9:30 Opening
• 9:30 - 9:50 Activity report from JCAHPC and ITC, Univ. of Tokyo
  Toshihiro Hanawa (Univ. Tokyo)
• 9:50 - 10:10 Activity report from TokyoTech: Energy Efficiency of TSUBAME3.0
  Toshio Endo (Tokyo Tech)
• 10:10 - 10:30 Activity report from AIST ~1st anniversary of ABCI~
  Ryousei Takano (AIST)


• 10:30 - 10:50 Break


• 10:50 - 11:10 Assessing the Facilities and Systems Supporting HPC at ORNL
  Jim Rogers (ORNL)
• 11:10 - 11:30 Activity report from Cineca/UNIBO
  Andrea Bartolini (Univ. of Bologna)
• 11:30 - 11:50 Activity report from LRZ
  Herbert Huber (LRZ)


• 11:50 - 13:00 Lunch


• 13:00 - 13:20 Energy Efficient HPC Working Group: Driving Energy Efficiency for HPC Data Centers & Systems
  Natalie Bates (EE HPC WG)
• 13:20 - 14:20 Discussion
• 14:20 - 14:30 Closing
• 14:30 - 15:50 R-CCS tour (Computer room, facilities, Seismic isolation system, Power generator, etc.)
• 16:00 - 18:00 Transfer by chartered bus to Kyoto (JPY3,000/person)

Dinner at Kyoto (JPY5,000/person)

• 18:30 - “Ichiba-koji”, Japanese and Western cuisine restaurant.

August 5th (Mon)
EE HPC SOP Workshop 2019 at Kyoto Research Park

4. Hotel information

We can keep the rooms until July 19, so please make reservations for your rooms.

August 3 in Kobe
Hotel: Sotetsu Fresa Inn Kobe-Sannomiya

• Room A: Superior Single (JPY11,900/night (incl. tax and breakfast))
• Room B: Twin or Double (JPY17,600/night (incl. tax and breakfast))
• Reservation deadline: July 19

(*) 3min. from Sannomiya train station which is central of Kobe city.
(*) It takes 15min. from Sannomiya station to K computer-mae station where is the nearest station of R-CCS.

August 4 - 8 in Kyoto
Hotel: VIA INN KYOTO STATION HACHIJOGUCHI

• Room A:Single(JPY9,520(8/4-8/6),JPY10,520(8/7-8/8)/night (incl. tax and breakfast))
• Room B:Twin or Double (JPY15,740(8/4-8/6), JPY16,740(8/7-8/8)/night (incl. tax and breakfast))
• Reservation deadline: July 19

(*) 4min. from Kyoto train station.
(*) It takes 5min. from Kyoto train station to Tanbaguchi station where is the nearest station of Kyoto research park, venue of ICPP2019.

When you book the hotel reservation, please inform the hotel that you are introduced the hotel by RIKEN R-CCS and after you booked the room, please let us know that your reservation is complete.

5. Access

• To Hotel at Kobe : https://fresa-inn.jp/en/sannomiya/access_train.html
• To Hotel at Kyoto : https://www.viainn.com/en/kyoto-h/
• To RIKEN R-CCS : https://www.r-ccs.riken.jp/en/map
• To Venue of ICPP2019(KRP) : https://www.hpcs.cs.tsukuba.ac.jp/icpp2019/venue-and-travel/index.html

*** Transportation from Kansai airport (KIX) to Kobe Sannomiya station where is nearby your hotel in Kobe. ***

You can choose one from the below according to your schedule.

• Limousine bus: JPY1,950, 1hour30min
  http://www.kate.co.jp/en/timetable/detail/KB
• Bay Shuttle (High speed boat which connect between KIX and Kobe airport) JPY500 + JPY330(For train from Kobe airport to Sannnomiya station), 30min + 20min
  https://www.kobe-access.jp/eng/
  (*) JPY500 is special discount price. if you buy the ticket with the discount price, you have to buy the ticket at the bay shuttle counter in KIX. DO NOT reserve the ticket in advance.

Bay shuttle is cheaper but not frequent compared with the limousine bus.

6. Contact

Email : shoji@riken.jp
Tel : +81-78-940-5583 (Office), +81-80-4051-1433(Mobile)
FAX : +81-78-304-4955

Last update 7/18/2019 15:00(JST)