Event Information

Announcement of the ISLiM International Symposium

■	4th Biosupercomputing Symposium

●	Date：	December 3(Mon) -5 (Wed), 2012
●	Location：	Tokyo International Forum (Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo)
●	Conference fee：	Free (get-together fee is charged.) For more details, please see the website　http://www.csrp.riken.jp/4thbscs/top_e.html

■	Academic-Industrial Collaboration in the Supercomputer “K Computer” and Drug Discovery/Medical Care ─ HPCI Program for Computational Life Sciences ─

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Conference fee：

Free For more details, please see the website　http://hpci.me.es.osaka-u.ac.jp/

	Third Seminar	● Date：	December 19 (Wed), 2012, 13:00 - 17:00
		● Location：	Umeda Center Building (Kita-ku, Osaka)

	Fourth Seminar	● Date：	January 25 (Fri), 2013, 13:00 - 17:00
		● Location：	Fukuracia Tokyo-Station (Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo)

News

The logo design for Field 1 was completed

Logo design concept

The monogram combining the two letters of “S” in the motif of the double-helical structure of DNA symbolizes the life sciences, and a circle behind the monogram symbolizes the “cell = life” and “circle = harmony and coordination (cooperation)”. Navy blue which is the color suggestive of intelligence represents supercomputers, and orange which is the color suggestive of upward mobility and liveliness represents life phenomena and life sciences. “SCLS” is an acronym for the theme of Field 1 “Supercomputational Life Science” and is pronounced as “esukurusu”.
Please also see the website of Field 1 (http://www.kobe.riken.jp/stpr1-life/outreach/pr/logo_stpr1.html)

■The Development and Use of the Next- Generation Supercomputer Project of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Scienceand Technology (MEXT).

Next-Generation Integrated Simulation of Living Matter

The “Next-Generation Integrated Simulation of Living Matter” is a project sponsored by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology(MEXT), in which research and development of simulation software to understand various phenomena occurring in the biological systems, including molecules and the human body, have been undertaken to realize a petascale simulation by making full use of the performance of supercomputer “K computer”.

■Strategic Programs for Innovative Research Field 1

Supercomputational Life Science

SPIRE (Strategic Programs for Innovative Research) is a MEXT program aiming to produce ground-breaking results in computer science technology by maximizing the benefits of the HPCI (High Performance Computing Infrastructure) centered on the supercomputer “K computer”, and encouraging developments in five research fields that need to be strategically addressed.
"Supercomputational Life Science" has conducted research with the mission of understanding and predicting life phenomena based on large-scale simulation and advanced data analysis, and to apply these results to design and implement medicine and medical care with its research.