About Us: Cybermedia Center, Osaka University
Cybermedia Center, Osaka University, Japan

Information Infrastructure Center

HPC System

The aim of CMC is to achieve remarkable evolution in information andcomputing infrastructure by complementarily and systematically integrating
functions of computing technology-related organizations, as well as toprovide an advanced infrastructure for the accumulation and thedissemination of digital contents and for the efficiency of the high levelutilization.
CMC provides a powerful high performance computing environment foruniversity researchers across Japan. It plays the role of the nation's hub inteaching and diffusing advanced information technology. In addition, thecenter assumes the responsibility of facilitating campus IT infrastructure andpromoting its effective use. CMC also provides facilities for advanced
education to Osaka University students. It operates an Information Education
system and Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL) system,
connected by the Osaka Daigaku Information Network System (ODINS). The
center offers a consistent information education curriculum, covering areasfrom basic usage of e-mail communication and the Internet to advanced
computing technologies, such as programming, as well as provides foreign
language and culture education support on various levels through acomprehensive application of multimedia techniques.
As a long-term goal, CMC supports educational and research activities bymaking comprehensive use of computer-related technology. Specifically,
CMC develops various electronic and multimedia functions to improve theefficiency of educational activities. For research activities, CMC provides
facilities to improve their scalability.
In next-generation computer applications, it is necessary to effectively"digitalize" ideas of researchers, meaning that CMC will need to deal withevery stage of the research process, including information input, retrieval
and collection, reports and discussion, analysis and modeling and finallyvisualization.

Toyonaka Campus

Minoh Campus

Suita Campus

Research Divisions
Informedia Education Division develops the advanced environment for
information processing education, offers educational programs on
information processing and information ethics, and also conducts
educational research, including faculty development programs for teaching
staffs in information processing.
Multimedia Language Education Division division develops anenvironment for language education using multimedia, provides assistancein the development of multimedia-based language education materials, suchas internationalized education using networks and foreign language
programs as common subjects in Osaka University.
Large-Scale Computational Science Division supports theoperation of CMC's supercomputer system, disseminates technology forvisual presentation of computational results, and facilitates the advanced
utilization technology of large-scale computing systems. This also offers
educational programs and studies on computing science and relatedsubjects.
Computer Assisted Science Division supports the operation ofgeneral-purpose computer systems, makes faculty developments to improve
efficient computer applications for setting up and solving scientific problems,and it also offers educational programs and does research on subjects
related to learning process for setting up and solving scientific problems.
Cybercommunity Division supports the planning and operation ofSCS-based distance learning, plans and operates distance training in thefield of advanced technology, and studies on the operation and promotion of
cybercommunity plans.
Advanced Network Environment Division supports the operationand utilization of ODINS (Osaka Daigaku Information Network System), tointroduce new network technologies such as high-speed networks andmobile computing environments, to facilitate the utilization technologies oflarge-scale wide-area computer networks, and to carry out research onnetwork-related education.
Applied Information Systems Division develops and provides
education on utilization technology for large-scale information systems, todigitalize libraries, to support the management of various databases, toimplement education on information systems and multimedia systems, andto undertake education on information explorer.

Communication Network Analysis, NTT DOCOMO
Collaborative Research Division has been founded this year.

Supercomputing Contest for High School Students(co-hosted by Tokyo Institute of Technology)

About Us: Cybermedia Center, Osaka University

In April 1969, the Computation Center (CC) of Osaka University wasestablished as a laboratory that provides researchers of universities andother institutes computation and information processing services
indispensable to their academic researches and education. CC of Osaka
University was a part of a grand-scale endeavor by the Japanese
government to found seven such supercomputer centers across the nation
after accepting the Japan Science Council's suggestion to facilitate thecollaborative use of information technology amongst researchers. The othersupercomputer centers are located in Hokkaido University, Tohoku
University, Tokyo University, Nagoya University, Kyoto University andKyushu University.
Subsequently, CC of Osaka University and the supercomputer centers ofTokyo University and Kyushu University were reorganized into theInformation Infrastructure Center for the collaborative use of information
technology for researchers in Japan and to serve additional functions,including conducting practical researches and reinforcing information
infrastructure, all of which are aimed at disseminating information andcomputing technology.
In April of 2000, Osaka University expanded and reorganized CC to form its
branch of the Information Infrastructure Center, which was named theCybermedia Center (CMC). In the expansion, the Education Center for
Information Processing and a part of the university library were merged intoCMC. While CC continues to provide computers for advanced scientifictechniques and media services, the Education Center for Information
Processing contributes by promoting education in information processing
and the university library by providing digital contents.