[Foreword]-page 2-

Info!-The Public Information Magazine of the IIMC of Kyoto UniversityAbout the 1st issue
by the Director of IIMC Minoh Michihiko
I would like to thank you for using the IIMC services on daily basis. This time I would
like to inform you that we decided to restructure KUINS News, a magazine that wasproviding information about the network, to the public information magazine Info!,
which is a magazine that provides information about all the services of the IIMC,
including the network ones. Thank you for enjoying reading KUINS News. Please enjoy
reading the public information magazine of the IIMC called Info!
The IIMC was founded in 2005 as a virtual organization that supervises the Academic
Information Media Center as an educational research organization and the information
department of the headquarters secretariat, having the objective to improve theuniversity’s information environment from the point of view of design, management andmaintenance. Considering that the department autonomy was strong, the role of the
IIMC was small. At the beginning of the establishment its tasks were related just to thefollowing: the network inside the campus, the supercomputer and the information
processing for educational purposes. Especially for the supercomputer it was a time
when the number of users decreased and the budget of the Media Center was facing
difficulties in covering the electricity and water costs for it.
After the foundation of the IIMC, we started our activities strongly by clarifying thescope and the responsibilities of KUINS and the introduction of the beneficiary burden,
the creation of a convenient supercomputing system (connect the PCs inside thelaboratory to the supercomputer) etc. and strengthening the financial basis for thesteady supply of basic information and the introduction of the authentication system as
an information system for the whole university. This was the 1st step of the IIMC as anorganization. From there on not only the student cards, the staff cards and the IC cards
were made, but also the basis for an informatics environment university were created.
At the same time with the creation of the IC cards, IDs and passwords were issued sothat many information services could be used together. Also, we introduced the common
university e-mail service and therefore we reduced the management problems of thedepartment mailing servers and we closed some of them afterwards.
The second step was to optimize the information environment of the university andenhance the service. As the university became an independent corporation and theoperation grants were being cut down, the improvement of the efficiency of theinformation environment infrastructure was requested. The IIMC has set up an
information environment plan in 2010 and decided to build a system that collectively
manages the servers throughout the university. According to the plan, from 2014 we’vedeveloped a data center and started the activities for consolidating the servers inside
the campus. In order to rule out the concern that the server is not near, we arepromoting a stable operation of the network, shortening the recovery time in case oftroubles and building a system that can be trusted. The fact that there is no computer
right next to you decreases the management needs, the space needed and increases thepeople’s freedom to engage in activities such as education and research. Please consider
using the data center service.
The next one is strengthening the service, therefore the authentication, university
e-mail, network etc., which are the services provided by the IIMC, shall be used by all
people concerned. So far we were aiming our services such as the supercomputer at
people who were experts and who could use it if they were given the system, the manualand some answers to a few questions. The technical staff of the IIMC is used toproviding such services, but when it comes to providing services to general users it wasnecessary to create some awareness for it. We created an information environment
support center as part of the IIMC in order to provide the necessary structure to help
everybody. We are aiming at answering every question possible starting from theinformation environment to your PC. You can come to our office located in the Southbuilding of the Academic Informational Media Center, call or ask questions by using theweb. Please feel free to do so.
For the third step we plan to expand the wireless LAN all over the university andstrengthen the educational support. Since we received part of the University President’s
expense related budget we will start the 3-year plan for the wireless LAN expansion.
This plan aims at allowing the use of the wireless LAN in all buildings across thecampus. At the same time, we plan to introduce WiFi carriers such as “Docomo”, “au”
and “SoftBank” so that they will be used inside the university campus. Along with it wewill renew the security policy of the university, redefine the role of KUINS and create aconvenient and pleasant information environment. At the end of this plan, we will beconsidering working on a BYOD (Bring your own device) policy aiming at providing
several services bases on the fact that students will bring their own mobile devices.
On the same period with issuing the public information magazine Info! we renewed the
web page of the IIMC and we’ll add information about the IIMC’s services in an easier tounderstand manner. I am sincerely looking forward for your guidance andencouragement.

[Please act accordingly]-page 4-

Guidelines for the University’s information system user password-partial revision
In order to increase the level of information security inside the university, we revised
the Kyoto University Information system user’s password guidelines and they were
enforced since the 4th of February, 2014. This guideline also refers to the University’s
information system’s connection accounts from the specific department information
system and the passwords that are to be used. The revised measures will be set until
the 31st of March 2015. We asked to take action quickly regarding the KUINS-III
connections and the systems dealing with confidential information levels 2 and 3.
This revision includes the following 2 items.
● The minimum character string for the password changed from 6 to 8 characters.
● Among the characters that can be included in the password, underscore was added.
An excerpt from the main guideline named “2.2 Character string used for password” isgiven below.
The user’s set password string characters should comply with all the items mentioned
below:● It should be at least 8 characters long.
● From a) to d) we state the following: it should have at least 1 alphabet/numericcharacter from a) to c) and it can have added another character from d).
a）capital lettersb）small lettersc）numbersd）symbols
The following character strings should not be used as passwords because they are easy
to guess:● Character strings easy to guess from the author or the account information (name,user ID etc.)● The ones mentioned above rearranged or along with added numbers or symbols● dictionary headwords● The names of celebrities or other proper nouns as such

For further details, please check the following items.
◦ Password Guideline for Users of Campus wide Information System (Japanese version)
http://www.iimc.kyoto-u.ac.jp/ja/services/ismo/documents/pdf_p/zengaku_joho_system_p
assword_guideline-2nd.pdf◦ Password Guideline for Users of Campus wide Information System (English version)
http://www.iimc.kyoto-u.ac.jp/ja/services/ismo/documents/pdf_p/Password-Guideline-for-Users-of-Campus-wide-Information-System.pdf◦ Corresponding table between the new and the old guidelines.
http://www.iimc.kyoto-u.ac.jp/ja/services/ismo/documents/pdf_p/zengaku_joho_system_p
assword_guideline-taisyohyou.pdf

[Notification]-page 5-The OSL located in the North Building of the Academic Information Media Center
reopened
After the earthquake-proof work finished, the OSL of the Academic Information Media
Center (North Building) that has been closed for a while restarted its service after
renewal. OSL is located on the south side of the second floor and it has 2 rooms. We
invite the people from the main and the North campus to use it for study.
■ Facility・Operating hours:
Place: Academic Information Media Center, North Building, 2F rooms 201 and 203.
Operating hours: Weekdays(Monday-Friday): 10am – 5pm.
Facility: Net booth PCs (60 computers), high speed printer (1 device)■ Notes about using it:● It automatically opens at 10am, when operating hours start● At 5pm the PCs automatically shut down. Please finish your computer work bythis time. Especially, please save or finish the files you are working on by 5pm
because otherwise they will be destroyed.
● Please take care of the printer’s toner and paper exchange by yourself. Some
explanations about the way to use it are given.
● If you have any questions or issues to talk about please use the internal phoneline 9009 (TA of the OSL in the Media Center, South Building) for any contacts.

Academic Information Media Center –North Building-(Yoshikazu Ishii: IIMC Education Support Department/ Information Department,
Information Infrastructure Division)[Notification]-page 5-

We distributed documents in English about the services offered by the IIMC
This time we made an English brochure called “Outline of Information services” whichisanoverview of the services

offeredby the IIMC. The

ResearchandInternationalization Division helped us make it. We are sending it to each department’s
document supervising team and we expect that it will be given to and used by the newforeign staff joining our university.
(Nishigaki Masayo: Information Environment Support Center/ Information Department
Information Promotion Division Information Service Chief)[New Service]-page 6-

We started the Web Housing Service
The IIMC made a “Data Center” as part of the North Building of the Academic
Information Media Center and started from 2014 a server called “Web Housing Service”,
as part of a department (laboratory). From this time, all the expenses related to theventilation facilities, electricity savings, decreasing of CO2, physical security,
information security cost reduction, increase in trust, efficiency and productive
management is being taken care of by it.
The web hosting service (VM hosting service and HP service etc.) and the e-mailservice used on regular computer systems and their management, the overall server
consolidation and place for the computer systems used in calculations for research etc.
will be taken into consideration.
■ What is the web housing service?
The web housing service provides to servers held by the departments theinstallation space, the power supply equipment, the air-conditioning equipment andthe information outlet. The merits for using this service are listed below:● There is no need to invest in the power supply, ventilation, network informationconsent facilities when installing a server.
● When changing a server due to laboratory move etc., the space can be use wisely.
● The fee necessary for maintenance of the ventilation and other auxiliary items canbe reduced.
Apart from this, as an option of the Web Housing Service, technical support for theserver (information security support, data backup support) is available as an option. We
can estimate a decrease in the charge of those services in case you will use this optional
service.
■ Equipment, service type and cost of usage
For the Web Housing service we provide two types of computer rooms: for research anduninterruptible ones. For the uninterruptible ones we provide power supplies andventilation necessary so that the network can run by using a private power generation
system. In the case of natural calamities or planned power shut downs, these servers
will not be affected.
But in this case an uninterruptible power supply source (UPS) is necessary.
As the network is concerned, we will provide a new network of 1Gbps and 1port of
KUINS-II. In case of using an existent network, you can consult the KUINS personnel
about it separately. For the power supply, we can provide a source of 100V or 200V.

As the type of the provided service, according to the server rack held by the applicant,it can be carry-in type or the IIMC can offer a rack space where to place the server. In
that case it will be an open rack. The price for these 2 different types is shown below.
Usage Charge for the Web Housing Service
Classification

Computer Room

Usage Charge

Unit(yen/month)
Carry-in rack typeOpen rack typeComputer Room for Research

10.000

per 1 rack

Uninterruptible Computer Room

20.000Computer Room for Research

5.000

per 1 area

Uninterruptible Computer Room

10.000(1OU)

Furthermore, about the amount of electricity used, according to the calculated
electrical power of the computer and of the ventilation as a ratio, will be calculated andbe seen as an expense fee.
In order to increase the physical security of the computer room, surveillance cameras
and IC cards for accessing the room will be used. Furthermore, outside the working ours,
24h a day, 365 days a year, people will be in charge with the security of the building.
About the application method:
When a person asks for using the web housing service, at first will have to go through ahearing done by the technical staff. They will be explained about the content of theservice, about the equipment used, starting time, options preferred etc. If there arefurther questions and requests, they shall be discussed on this occasion. As a result of
the hearing, if it is decided to use the web housing service, the user will have to submit
a pdf file called “Web housing service application for usage”.
■ Contact address:
In order to apply for the hearing, or if you have other questions, please contact theSupport Center’s Office. The IIMC HP (http://www.iimc.kyoto-u.ac.jp/) shows theexpenses and rules needed when using the web housing service. Please have a lookthere.
(Akasaka Koichi: IIMC IT Planning Room/ Information Department, Information
Infrastructure Division/ Research Information Chief)

[Notification]-page 7-

About the maintenance and expansion of the wireless LAN access points
This time it was decided that the IIMC will proceed to do the maintenance and the
expansion of the wireless LAN access points. We were informed about the needs to use
smart phones and tablets for the educational and research environment. Therefore weare trying to expand the availability of high speed wireless LAN networks of Wi-Fi
carriers such as “NTT Docomo”, “au” and “Softbank” across the university campus.
We are planning to focus our attention on setting the LAN access points across spaces
highly used by people such as lecture rooms, meeting rooms etc. We are also considering
the replacement of wireless LAN devices several years after their setup.
Regarding this issue, we are taking feedback and requests from everybody concerned
while proceeding with our plan. We appreciate your cooperation on this issue.
(Ishibashi Yoshiko: IIMC IT planning room/ Information Department- Information
Infrastructure Division/ Information Chief)

[Notification]-page 8-

We uploaded the replaced version of the Education and Research Activities Database
According to the corrections to the Rules of Educations for Schools, starting from the
1st of April 2011, the Universities and other institutions have to make public some
information about the education taking place there. On this occasion, in March 2011 westarted to make an education activity database regarding the degrees and credentials of
the teachers of our university. This database aims not only to serve the above mentioned
purpose, but also to provide information about the education and research activity, abasic data for a certified evaluation and personal evaluation and can also be used for
response to other requests.
The way of managing this database relies on uploading the research activity of eachprofessor including their publications in a researcher search database, which is takenfrom the database available and the ones from each department. In the future eachprofessor will be uploading their information and it will be the responsibility of theoffice of each department and of the main department.
Starting of March 2012, in order to manage together the research and educational
databases existing separately inside the university, we gathered together the data in abetter format called the “Educational and Research Activity Database”. Furthermore,from 2013, we gathered other information held by the departments from the past 10
years such as the annual reports and other official papers and we expect that the staff
will check it by themselves so as to make it public by this August.
The most important feature regarding the replacement and renewal of the Educational
and Research Activity Database is that the information of each professor will be listed
into 4 independent categories: “Papers and Conferences etc.”, “Lectures etc.”, “Books
and other Publications etc.” and “Patents”. This will be linked to the JST service and theresearchmap service. This way, there will be no need to multiply input the information,
the support service is expected to become more common and friendlier.

Moreover, this database is according to the rules for education in schools is aimed at
the people who have the public mission to take care of the education information inschools, such as full professors, associate professors, lecturers, assistant professors andothers that are considered necessary by the university president. People alreadyregistered can choose to continue with the optional registration and so forth all theuniversity staff can register. (However, a person who would request the optional
registration needs to submit an application and receive the approval of the head of thedepartment.)
From now on, the educational and research database should not be just an instrumentcomplying with the law, but also one that responds to the multiple requests from insideand outside the school. We shall do our best to add the necessary tools for it. Pleasecheck the activity of our staff at Kyoto University by looking at this database.
Activity Database on Education and Research, Kyoto University
URL http://kyouindb.iimc.kyoto-u.ac.jp/view/(Tanigawa Tohru: IIMC IT planning Room/Information Department, Information
Promotion Division Project Chief)[Activity Report]-page 9-We held the IIMC workshop (orientation) for new staff
On the 11th of April 2014 (Friday) an IIMC workshop was held. During this workshop,
dedicated to the new Kyoto University staff, several issues were explained: the way touse and manage the Basic Information services offered by the IIMC regarding researchand educational activities, the security and privacy policy that must be respected etc.
The purpose was to support their start up activities. This time it was also transmitted
by video to the Katsura campus who requested it. The number of people who took partin this workshop was 63 (60 from Yoshida and 3 from Katsura).
The content of the workshop is described below:
 Services offered by the IIMC
 Information Environment for Educational Purposes About the Staff Groupware Academic Information Network (KUINS) Management and Services
 The Basics of the Integrated Authentication System About the Kyoto University’s Information Security Measures
We also asked the participants to do a survey and 41 of them answered. Considering
the feedback we got, the positive points were: the outline of the services offered by the
IIMC was concise and it was good to learn about the whole process. The things weshould improve were: it took quite some time for preparation and there is an overlap foreach of the provided service’s content. Regarding the workshops they would like to takepart in the future were: the use of Eduroam, details about the security management,
details about the information security e-Learning, ftp server use (specific details about
the KUINS data transfer protocol). We will try to fulfill their expectations during thefollowing workshops.
The next workshop will be in October, so please tell the new employees to apply for it.
(Nishigaki Masayo: Information Environment Support Center/ Information Department
Information Promotion Division Information Service Chief)

We started the Education of the Future edX:KyotoUx-page 10-

Japan’s first edX: KyotoUx (https://www.edx.org/school/kyotoux) has started on the10th of April. This edX is an online IT program that is implemented also by the MIT andHarvard University and relies on interactive online education which is considered to be
the education concept of the future: one type of MOOC(Massive Online Open Course).
We called the one of Kyoto University KyotoUx. The first lecture is called “TheChemistry of Life” and will be given by Prof. Uesugi Motonari, Deputy Director of
iCeMs Institute of Kyoto University. Part of it will be presented to you from now on.
For this lecture over 17.000 people registered from all over the world. Considering it
was a class on a specific topic such as chemistry, having almost 20.000 people registered
for the class was considered unusual by the edX staff. Prof. Uesugi’s topic “Developing ofChemistry and Biology Knowledge focused imaginative ideas” lecture topic must havebeen seen as attractive. Inside this lecture, besides notions of chemistry and biology,
ideas of philosophy and music which makes the connection to chemistry through Prof.
Uesugi’s lecture really enjoying and it makes you think about it over and over again.

During the first week, the introductory part starts with the story of Prof. Uesugi’s
girlfriend during high school when he taught his dearest girl the subject he knew best,
but she failed the test getting 0 points. “The things you like are not easy to teach” is themoral of the story.

The weeks that followed, the 2nd and the 3rd, showed an increase in the number ofregistered members of up to 18.000. On the discussion forum some of the students
introduced themselves and therefore creating a good atmosphere there. At the end of
the 2nd week, the first assignment was given. It consisted in the practice of getting used
to chemical formulas. Among the best 100 medicines’ chemical formulas, using chemical
formula tools, chemical formulas were to be written and put together with the meaningof the medicine in a sort of a constellation, creating a “medicine constellation”. 2200
people took part in this assignment.
For this assignment, students were peer-reviewing each other based on the example
shown by Prof. Uesugi. The ones getting the perfect scores were shown by the students
to Prof. Uesugi, who would rate them himself. We’ll show you the best of them.
The title of it is “The Happy Neuron”, Adderall (amphetamine) is used to cure ADHD
and narcolepsy. Both diseases show malfunctions of the brain. The patients need thehope given by this drug. The neuron receiving this medicine will become a happy neuron.
Please check the drawing shown below.

During the 5th week’s assignment, serious chemistry and biology containing ideas
were given. The one below got the highest mark in the peer-review.

The truth is that this lecture contains a surprise. 5 students who scored highest in theassignment will be asked to come to Kyoto University. Moreover, one of them will begiven the privilege to become Monbusho Foreign Student of Kyoto University.
For the people inside Kyoto University who just read this article we have some good
news. You can still make it. Why don’t you try to see for yourself how edX is? Lecturesfrom famous universities around the world can be accessed. Your world will expand
instantly!
■For inquiries:
edX/OCW Promotion Room: Tel: 075-753-9081.
e-mail: request-ocw@media.kyoto-u.ac.jp(Tosa Naoko: Professor of the IIMC System Design Division/ KyotoUx Program
Manager)[Invitation guidelines ]-page12-

We will be doing a collaborative research about (Web) content creation in 2014
Kyoto University’s Academic and Information Media Center is looking for proposals forthe 2014’s implementation of the “Common research for web contents creation”. This
type of research is aiming at identity and novelty, but also at collaborating effectively
for novel academic and educational web content development together with the staff
and by using the center’s facilities and its staff ’s skill and ideas in order to achieve thispurpose.
The conditions for application are as follows.
We are looking forward to receiving questions regarding this application. Pleasecontact us at the mentioned contact address.
■ Application acceptance period
From the 9th of June 2014 (Monday) to the 7th of July 2014 (Monday).
■ Taking application for the following■ Qualification requirements● Academic staff belonging to universities, junior colleges, colleges of technology or
institutions interacting with universities and its equivalent● Graduate students or its equivalent● People conducting research belonging to countries or self-governing organizations
having as a purpose performing academic research● People who received Kakenhi Grant and are conducting academic research● Other people that the chief of our center finds necessary■ Application method
Please send us the application project documents (3pages) by post, Kyoto University
internal mailing system or electronic mail by the 7th of July 2014. We will only use theprovided personal information for the present application.
■ Judging method, Judging
The applications received will be examined by the Kyoto University Academic
Information Media Center Web Contents Common Research Proposals Committee.
The research’s novelty, identity, the plan’s validity as well as whether it can be done
within our center’s budget for common research on web contents will be examined andeither accepted or rejected accordingly. After a decision is made by the committee, it will
be communicated to the applicant by e-mail by the end of July.
■ Download and detailed information of the application project documents
Please check the Web page below for detailed information regarding the joint
research. You can also download the template of the application project documents.

http://cpt.media.kyoto-u.ac.jp/collaborative/2014/■ Contact address・Document submission destination
If you have any questions about this application, please contact us at the following
address. If possible, please send us a message before you apply.
Postal Number: 606-8501 Kyoto City, Sakyo Ward, Yoshida Nihonmatsu-cho
Kyoto University Academic Information Media Center (South building) Web
contents preparation room. E-mail: cpt@media.kyoto-u.ac.jp(Motoki Tamaki: IIMC System Design Division Assistant Professor/ Web contents
preparation room/ Chief)

[Do you know about it?]-page 13-

Please use the KUMail Storage Service
The IIMC provides an online storage system for delivering files called KUMail Storage
Service.
This service does not use attached files to the e-mail for sharing files, but notices thepeople who need it about the server’s URL address (location) where the file is stored andthose people can download it from that URL address based on setting the mailauthentication and passwords. This way researchers from inside and outside theuniversity can safely exchange files. As long as they have internet access, this online
storage service can function for uploading and downloading files.
When using e-mail attachments, heavy files may not be send due to the size
restrictions of the designated server, causing a burden to the server and potentiallyaffecting other e-mails that are being sent or could require a long downloading time
according to the internet environment. By using this service, it can reduce theprobability of such problems to occur.
Please use it!
■ Basic functions of this service● We provide a 2GB user folder memory storage for each user
● For each user folder we set a web public folder and a receiving folder so that they candeliver the files so that they can handle file deliveries.
● Same as for the commercially available services, files can be uploaded to server bydrag and drop.
● By using some security measures (e-mail authentication and password protection),
the file sharing between researchers from both inside and outside the university can bedone safely.
URL of the KUMail Storage Service:
http://www.iimc.kyoto-u.ac.jp/ja/services/mail/kumail/KUMail_fsv(Nishigaki Masayo: Information Environment Support Center/ Information Department
Information Promotion Division Information Service Chief)

[Event Information]

Event Information-page 14-The Academic Center for Media Studies of Kyoto University holds on monthly basis
lectures where invited teachers from different fields explain about their research andchallenges to the members present. This is done in a seminar format once every month.
There is no need for prior application in order to take part in these seminars. People
from both inside and outside of the university are welcomed.
The URL information event is http://www.media.kyoto-u.ac.jp/ja/index.html■ June’s Monthly Seminar
Date: 24th of June 2014 (Tuesday) from 16:30 to 18:30
Place: Academic Information Media Center South Building 2nd floor
Multimedia Lecture Room No.202
Title: Why? Your Department is not using the Cloud Service! We’ll take away yourfears!
Time Schedule:
16:30-17:30 Guidelines for Cloud Service and Hiroshima University’s
Efforts on this topic by Nishimura Koji
(Information Media Educational and Research Center, Hiroshima University)
17:30-18:30 Authentication Related Frameworks supporting theimplementation of Cloud Service by Prof. Nakamura Motonori( National Institute of Informatics)
Contact information: Academic Information Media Center/IIMC Nagai Yasuhiro
E-mail: ya.nagai@media.kyoto-u.ac.jp■ July’s Monthly Seminar
Date: 22nd of July 2014(Tuesday) from 16:30 to 18:30
Place: Academic Information Media Center South Building 2nd floor
Multimedia Lecture Room No.202
Title: New Research Style for the Cloud Age-Is ICT increasing the research activity?
Time Schedule:
16:30-17:30 Crowd4U: Why collaborating with academia to make aplatform for cloud sourcing?! by Prof. Morishima Atsuyuki(Basic Research Center for the Intellectual Community, Tsukuba University)
17:30-18:30 Academic research on the possibilities for Cloud Fundingby Mutoh Ryosuke (CEO of Educational Design Inc.)
Contact information: Academic Information Media Center/IIMC Kono Kiyoshi
E-mail: kono.kiyoshi.2c@kyoto-u.ac.jp

■ Special Seminar
Time: 1st of August 2014 (Friday) from 16:00 to 18:00
Place: Academic Information Media Center South Building 2nd floor
Multimedia Lecture Room No.202
Lecture title: Improving the slideshows’ efficiency: the visual ergonomy principles
Lecturer: John Augeri (Program Director of the University Numerique Paris
Ile-de-France) (Note: this lecture is in English, no translator available)
Contact information: Academic Information Media Center/IIMC Saitou Yasuki
E-mail: saitou.yasuki.5x@kyoto-u.ac.jp

[Workshop Information] Workshop Information-page 15-At IIMC we are doing workshops for several types of users. The schedule for theworkshops from June to October is listed in the table shown below. For those that
require prior registration, please use the IIMC Website to register for it. Workshop
information URL: http://www.iimc.kyoto-u.ac.jp/ja/whatsnew/tutorial/
Event

Workshop nameRegistration

Capacity

Who is in charge

19th ofFoundations and applications

Necessary

20 people

Research support

Juneof IDL
Necessary

20 people

Research support

Foundations of AVS

Necessary

20 people

Research support

Applications of AVS

Necessary

20 people

Research support

Not needed

―

date

(Thu)
20th of

Basics and applications of

June

ENVI

(Fri)
26th ofJune(Thu)
27th ofJune(Fri)
1st ofStudent

account

July

usage seminar(ECS-ID)

Educational
support(Tue)
3rd ofIntroduction to LS-DYNA

Necessary

20 people

Research support

Introduction to ADAMS

Necessary

20 people

Research support

7th ofIntroduction

XeonPhi

Necessary

20 people

Research support

July

programming

10th ofIntroduction to Nastran andNecessary

20 people

Research support

July

PatranJuly(Thu)
4th of
July
(Fri)
to

(Mon)

(Thu)

11th ofIntroduction to Marc

Necessary

20 people

4th ofStudent

Not needed―

Augustusage seminar

Research support

July
(Fri)
account(ECS-ID)

Educational
support(Mon)
24-25thCray

XC

Programmingof July

Environment Workshop

Necessary

20 people

Not needed―

Research support(ThuFri)
5th

of

Sept.

Student

account(ECS-ID)

usage seminar

Educational
support(Fri)
25th ofIntroduction

to

Sept.

analysis programming(Thu)(NAG edition)

26th ofIntroduction

Sept.

analysis programming (IMSL(Fri)

and Total View editions)

Sept.

Parallel programming course/(not yetelementary leveltonumerical

numerical

Necessary

20 people

Research support

Necessary

20 people

Research support

Necessary

20 people

Research support

Necessary

20 people

Research support

Necessary100

Support center

fixed)*
Sept.

Parallel programming course/(not yetelementary level

fixed)*
Oct.
(not yet

IIMC Workshop

peoplefixed)**As soon as the date is decided, it will be posted on the IIMC’s website.

[From the editing team]-page 15-

We issued the first number of Info! (The Public Information Magazine of the IIMC)
As of April 2014, the IIMC of Kyoto University, according to the basic ICT strategy of
Kyoto University, switched to a new structure in order to provide a fast user-focused IT
service.
Along with this, “KUINS NEWS”, the public information magazine of the network
system, which was issued for 25years, was renewed to the IIMC public information
magazine renamed “Info!”. We will issue it as often as KUINS NEWS, 3-4times a year.
We would like to ask for an extensive support among the university staff so that the
information content about the services and the activities of IIMC will make up a
magazine with a familiar content for all of us.
As mentioned on the pages of this magazine, please feel free to share your questions,
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Security topics (2nd time)

PW, PW, PW! (2nd part)I will continue explaining about the password (abbreviated as PW hereafter) issue. In
the last article (KUINS News No 84-last issue) I explained about an easy way to make apassword that is easy to remember and hard to forget.
This time I would like to talk about how to make lots of passwords without having toreuse them. Let’s assume that you already have a password that is both strong and easy
to remember. Let’s call this password “StrongPassword”. According to the service or
purpose you want to make a new password for, you could use a brief character string todescribe that service (For example, use FB for Facebook) and add it to the“StrongPassword”.

It’s

easy,

isn’t

it?

In

case

of

Facebook,itbecomes“StrongPassword-FB”, for example. Please decide a rule by yourself regarding where
you add it or whether you input a symbol in between them or not etc. How you represent
a service name and the purpose of use is up to you. This is just one example, so please
try to be inventive about it. If you are told to update them every 3 months, choose
January(1), April(4), July(7), October(10) and add the information of the updated month.
For example this becomes “StrongPassword-FB-1407. There are many ways of showing
the year and the month, so please choose the one you like most. You may question
whether it is ok to choose such an easy pattern, but instead of using the same password,
this method is by far safer.
For the people who dislike setting rules, having the ID and PW included in the browser
and by using a tool to record it may be the solution. Also using free tools such as
Password Manager (partly costs money) is also possible. Similar software are:
RoboForm, 1Password, LastPass, KeePass etc. Still, you will have to make andremember one so called “master password”. Most of them are using the Cloud, therefore
it is not suitable for people who fear the using it. The same way as the LastPass caused
security issues in the past, you should judge carefully which one to use.
(Saito Yasuki, Professor of the IIMC/Information Infrastructure Division)