About RIST
The Research Organization for Information Science and Technology (RIST) contributes to the progress of science and technology through the following activities and services.
1) Promotion of effective use of the national flagship supercomputer Fugaku and the High Performance Computing Infrastructure (HPCI) in Japan.
As the Registered Institution and the Representative for HPCI Operation, RIST promotes and helps scientists, engineers, and students in a broad variety of science and technology fields to effectively use the flagship supercomputer Fugaku and the HPCI, a shared computational environment that connects Fugaku and other major supercomputers as well as storages in Japan via high-speed networks (SINET6).
2) Developments of advanced technologies in high-performance computing and information science.
RIST has been carrying out research and development of large-scale simulation technologies using supercomputers, addressing themes ranging from basic research to industrial application including material informatics for developing next generation materials. RIST also develops computer codes for nuclear science and technology, as well as methods for analyzing and evaluating their output.
3) Archiving and distribution of computer codes for nuclear science and engineering.
As the nuclear code center in Japan, RIST collects, archives, and distributes computer codes developed by the Japan Atomic Energy Agency, the National Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology and other domestic research organizations.
RIST operates RSICC User's Community in Japan, under the cooperative agreement with the Radiation Safety Information Computational Center (RSICC) at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, to collect computer codes developed by concerned national laboratories of the United States and distribute them to the Japanese users.