About the Submission

About activity reports

Following the end of the period, we ask users to submit an activity report on their research results and a list of published papers. The reports are published once a year in the in the “ISSP Supercomputer Activity Report” (in English), with operation statistics, etc. The reports will provide us with valuable data for considering the basis for continuing to provide computing resources as a Joint Usage / Research Center , as well as what sort of computational resources and services we should provide in the future.

Activity reports

Please submit an activity report for each project. The report should be written in English on 1 or 2 pages of A4 size paper. The format and items to be filled out are as follows.
You may also submit a summary report for related projects.
For Class A users, it is not necessary to submit a report.

1. Authors should comply with copyright laws when reprinting text, figures, and tables from other documents.
2. The report should be submitted as a PDF file.
3. The report should be prepared on A4 size paper with 3 cm margins.
4. The title should occupy 1 column and should be presented in gothic (or bold) and centered;
5. The name of the AUTHOR (capital letters) and the author’s Affiliation (Italic) should occupy 1 column and be centered;
6. The main text should be presented in two-column format and the columns should be evenly distributed;
7. Additional formatting details are provided in the reference template.

We have prepared LaTeX and Microsoft Word templates, but any software may be used as long as the manuscript adheres to the above-mentioned formatting requirements and is submitted as a PDF file.

Activity report template and guide

Contents of the report

Please briefly describe the results of research proposal using the ISSP supercomputer, with particular emphasis on how used the computational resources. If there are any innovations in computational methods (including algorithms, parallelization, tuning techniques, Etc.), please describe them.

List of Publications

(1) Papers
Please include only papers presenting results that were obtained using the ISSP supercomputers. In chronological order from the earliest to the latest, list all publications related to the project that have been published in print or accepted for publication in journals (including international conference proceedings) during the current fiscal year, or are in the process of submission.

(2) Degrees (M.S., Ph.D.)
Degrees that were earned on the basis of results that were produced on the ISSP supercomputers should be listed in the report.

(3) Software
The name(s) of any software that was used should be reported.

(4) Data
The report should include details of any data repository in which published data or data intended for publication, that were obtained using the ISSP’s supercomputer, have been stored.

List of published papers, data publication, degrees (M.S., Ph.D., or equivalent), and names of software programs used

\name{Principal Investigator’s name (in English)}

\begin{publication}
% For papers with acknowledgments
\title{paper title 1}{a}
\author{author}
\journal{journal name, etc.}
\field{}
\doi{}
% Same for all subsequent papers
\title{paper title 2}{a}
\author{author}
\journal{journal name, etc.}
\field{}
\doi{}
% ….
\end{publication}

\begin{thesis}

% The following 5 items are required
\degreeLevel{Degree type (Ph.D., M.S., etc.)}
\name-en{English: e.g., FAMILY NAME, Given name}
\title-en{English: Dissertation Title}
\grantor{degree-granting institution}
\dateofGranted{Date of degree conferral (e.g., 2018-03-13, 2018-03)}

% If the information is unavailable, please leave the following items blank.
\title-ja{Dissertation Title (Japanese)}
\institution{name of school, department, and major}
\url{publication or planned publication URL}
\uid{ISSP supercomputer system user ID}

\end{thesis}

begin{software}
% Please list the software used.
% If you agree to have your activity report listed on the MateriApps page
% as an example application, please add {m} here.
\name_software{OpenMX}{m}
\name_software{VASP}
\name_software{HPhi}
\end{software}

\begin{data}
% If you are using data repositories, etc., please list them here.
\title{data title}
\url{URL of publication or planned publication}
\doi{}
\end{data}

1. First, write the name of the Principal Investigator.
2. Please submit it as a text file.
3. Please enclose the list of papers with \begin {publication} and \end {publication}.
4. Please list \title and \journal in pairs for each paper.
5. As mentioned above, for papers with acknowledgments, add {a} after {paper title 1} (see below for an example of the acknowledgment format).
6. Bibliographic references (e.g., “Author: Journal name, etc.”) should conform to the format of the Journal of the Physical Society of Japan.
7. LaTeX math commands and typeface change commands (\bf, etc.) can be used in \title and \journal.
8. Full-width characters may be included, but please avoid special characters (e.g., “maru1,” “maru2,” Roman numerals, and half-width katakana characters) as they may not be output correctly.
9. Please enclose your report on degrees earned with \begin{thesis} and \end{thesis}.
10. 使Please enclose your report on software used with \begin{software} and \end{software}.

Note that activity reports may be used as examples of applications on the MateriApps page.

11. Please enclose your report on data publication with \begin{data} and \end{data}.

例：

\name{TAKAYAMA, Hajime}
\begin{publication}
\title{Data assimilation method for experimental and first-principles data: Finite-temperature magnetization of (Nd, Pr, La, Ce)$_2$(Fe, Co, Ni)$_{14}$B}{a}
\author{Y. Harashima, K. Tamai, S. Doi, M. Matsumoto, H. Akai, N. Kawashima, M. Itho, N. Sakuma, K. Kato, T. Shoji, and T. Miyake}
\journal{Phys. Rev. Materials {bf 5}, 013806 (2021).}
\field{0}
\doi{10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.5.013806}
\end{publication}

\begin{thesis}
\end{thesis}

\begin{software}
\end{software}

\begin{data}
\end{data}

Example of an acknowledgment for the shared use of supercomputers:

Example:
The computation in this work was performed using the facilities of the Supercomputer Center, the Institute for Solid State Physics, the University of Tokyo.

Submission method and deadline

Please convert the activity report into a PDF file and mail it with the list of published papers to

The submission deadline is Thursday, April 30, 2024.

About copyright

Copyright matters pertaining to the activity report are handled as follows. Please take note.

The copyright holder of the submitted activity reports is the Institute for Solid State Physics, the University of Tokyo (hereinafter referred to as “the Institute”).
Activity reports are published on the Institute’s website and this may require minor changes to the layout etc.
Authors may use all or part of their own activity reports published in the Activity Report for commercial purposes by contacting the Institute and clearly demonstrating their authorship of the report. Note that publication thereof on the web for non-commercial purposes would not require authors to contact the Institute if copyright ownership is clearly indicated.
Authors intending to reprint, translate, or otherwise use all or part of an activity report that was published in the Institute’s Activity Report must obtain approval from the Institute and specify that the requested report was published in the Institute’s Activity Report.
Thank you for your attention.