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Programming Seminars

Eligibility

In principle, users of the Center's supercomputer systems, faculty members, graduate students, undergraduate students, and others affiliated with academic research institutions.

Note: A Supercomputer is under the scope of the Export Administration Regulations. Therefore, these seminars are also restricted under the Foreign Exchange and related laws. For more information, see "Rules for Use of Supercomputers for Foreign Nationals and Japanese Nationals Residing Overseas". 

Basically, all seminars are held in the Japanese language.

Time and venue of the programming seminar:

Basically the seminar takes place online from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.(There are exceptions, so please check the seminar schedule below). 
We will start distributing accounts to connect to the supercomputer 30 minutes before the start of the seminars. Please join the Zoom Webiner at least 15 minutes before the start time of the seminar.

Seminar Schedule (FY2026)

NoTitleCapacityDate and TimeDescriptionApplicationNote
1Basics of 
supercomputer
system
-On-demand
delivery
Lecture on how to use the supercomputerNo needed- Document
- Archive
(JP Only)
2Introduction to 
Gaussian
1513:30 to 17:00 Fri, Jun. 26Training and hands-on
practice on Gaussian
details-
3Introduction of Marc1010:00〜17:00 Fri, Jul. 3Lecture and hands-on training on MARC, a nonlinear generic structural analysis programdetails 
4Introduction to 
Quantum ESPRESSO
1513:30〜17:00 Fri, Jul. 17Lectures and practical training on the first-principles electronic state calculation package Quantum ESPRESSOdetails 
5Introduction to MATLAB Parallel Server15Tue, Jul. 7 On-demand deliveryTraining on large-scale numerical calculations using MATLAB Parallel ServerComing soon 
6Introduction to MATLAB Parallel Server (hands-on practice)1513:30 to 15:30 Tue, Aug. 4hands-on practice on large-scale numerical calculations using MATLAB Parallel ServerComing soon 
7Introduction to GPU Programming / Consultation Session1010:00 to 17:00 Fri, Aug. 28Training and Hands-On Sessions on Parallel Programming Using GPUs (CUDA/OpenACC/CuPy)Coming soon 

The schedule for other workshops is being worked out. It will be posted on this page as soon as it is determined.

*1 Your user account and password are required to download the seminar materials. Copying, duplicating, recreating, posting, forwarding, distribution, or secondary utilization of the seminar materials are prohibited.

Inquiry about application to seminars

Programming seminar representative, Information Management and Communication Dept., Kyoto Univ.
Email: comp-info * kudpc.kyoto-u.ac.jp (Please replace * with @ in your email.)

Past Seminar Information