Japan’s University of Hyogo Selects HPE

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP (HPE)  has built a new HPC for the University of Hyogo, Japan’s public university.

The HPC uses HPE Apollo systems to target modeling, simulation and AI capabilities to advance investigations into society’s most complex and pressing issues. This is the university’s third gen HPC with improved performance to run big data sets involving complex scientific data across meteorology, manufacturing, physics and medicine. The capabilities will also help increase accuracy in outcomes through the use of AI and ML.

The new HPC, which is housed at the Center for Cooperative Work on Computational Science at the University of Hyogo, will provide resources to support growing research demands from academic institutions and private/public collaboration initiatives.

“Our purpose is to contribute to society through education and research, and this powerful new HPC plays a vital role in advancing this mission and in addressing our diverse requirements,” said Professor Dr. Hitoshi Washizu, University of Hyogo. “The HPC and AI solution from HPE, backed by its broad portfolio, extensive experience, and track record, has proven instrumental in realizing our mission.“

Specific areas of research that will be addressed at the university include the fields of meteorological phenomena, plasma physics, complex fluids, earthquake-resistant architecture, energy-saving materials, econophysics and environmental DNA research. For example, research teams have already delivered insights into the features of sudden torrential downpours of rain, developed coating materials that prevent formation of blood clots in artificial heart and lungs, and have been working to predict building damage and economic loss resulting from the Nankai Trough earthquake.

“We are honored to continue our long-standing collaboration with the University of Hyogo and advance their R&D resources to tackle complex scientific research in weather, manufacturing, medicine and other phenomena,” said Fumiki Negishi, GM, HPC, AI, and mission critical systems, HPE Japan. “With this new 3rd gen HPC we are delivering comprehensive HPC and AI solutions for demanding research that aims to make impactful contributions to society’s most pressing issues.“

University of Hyogo’s new HPC is one of the most powerful among public universities in Japan. It is built using HPE Apollo 6500 Gen10 and HPE Apollo 2000 Gen10 systems featuring NVIDIA V100 Tensor Core GPUs. It also uses a combination of HPE ProLiant DL360, DL380, and DL560 Gen10 servers. To address constantly growing data, the Cray ClusterStor E1000 Storage System from HPE was deployed to meet the demanding capacity needs required by data-intensive HPC and AI projects.

The system’s overall technology advancements offer researchers and students an agile HPC environment with enhanced big data processing capability to help them solve major issues facing society and can further hone and develop their skills and knowledge.