JHPCN–NHR Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)

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The Joint Usage/Research Center for Interdisciplinary Large-scale Information Infrastructures (JHPCN) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Verein für Nationales Hochleistungsrechnen (NHR e.V.), Germany’s national organization for shared access to high-performance computing resources, with the aim of promoting future research exchange and collaborative research.

At the JHPCN Symposium held on July 11–12, 2024, representatives of JHPCN and NHR signed the MoU in the presence of Claudia Schmitz, Minister-Counsellor and Head of Economic and Scientific Affairs at the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany, and Daisuke Doi, Director of the Office for Science Information Infrastructure, Research Promotion Bureau, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT). Following the signing ceremony, Professor Sebastian Pokutta, who signed the MoU on behalf of NHR, delivered a keynote lecture.

Under this MoU, JHPCN and NHR will strengthen cooperation across a wide range of fields and promote international and interdisciplinary research.

MoU signing ceremony at the JHPCN Symposium. From left: Claudia Schmitz, Minister-Counsellor and Head of Economic and Scientific Affairs, Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany; Professor Sebastian Pokutta (NHR); Professor Shigeru Chiba, Director of the JHPCN Core Center and Director of the Information Technology Center, The University of Tokyo; and Daisuke Doi, Director, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT).