Center for Computational ScienceWe aim to form a center where education and research in thecomputational science fields, which utilize the computer, an indispensable
tool for the development of science and technology in the 21st century, will
be conducted through collaboration and cooperation with variousorganizations and institutions both within and outside the university. The
center will achieve promotion of education for outstanding young
researchers and engineers in the computational science and engineering
fields, development of research in computational science fields,
construction of the databases based on large-scale computation,international collaboration, and collaboration with corporations.

Core Sections

The objectives of the Center for Computational Science are to establish a moresophisticated environment for education and research related to computational
science, and to form a center, where young researchers and engineers can benurtured, each field of computational science can be advanced, and new fields
can also be developed, by promoting collaboration and cooperation witheducation, research and technological groups from within and outside theuniversity, which are involved with utilization of computers.

Tasks of the Center
We will aim to enhance the educational andresearch environment through cooperation amongthe core sections and the collaborative sections.

◆ Collaborations within the university
The following lectures and seminars are scheduled tobe held in 2009.
•Large-scale Parallel Computing•Frontiers of Computational Science Lecture –Topics in Frontiers of Computational Science•Co-sponsoring Computational Science Salon•Workshop for applied software•Guidance for attending lectures related tocomputational science

The center has established seven sections; the Database Section, High-performance Computation Section, Fluid Dynamics Section, Solid State
Physics Section, Biological Science Section, Algorithm Section, and Computational Chemistry Section. Of these, the Database Section and Highperformance Computation Section are the core sections of the center, and the other five sections are collaborative sections, in which a part of
the faculty from the Graduate School of Engineering and from other graduate courses cooperates.
Director Masaki Sasai

Database Section

Assoc. Prof. T. Ishihara
Assist. Prof. N. Okamoto

This section aims to construct and utilize a database for large-scalecalculations and to build an infrastructure to support that database.

High-performance Computation Section
Contract Assoc. Prof. N. Yoshii
This section aims to develop a large scale and high-performancecomputation method, which can be utilized in the development of
the next generation super computer.

Collaborative Sections

Outline and Objectivesof the CenterOrganization

Solid State Physics Section

Prof. Y. Tanaka
Prof. H. Kontani
By clarifying the behavior of the electron, which determines theproperties of solid matter, through analyses and numericalmethods, this section aims to achieve a uniform understandingof physical properties, as well as to predict novel phenomenon,
and to apply this knowledge in the design of devices.

We will promote the nurturing of young researchers andengineers who will play an important role in thedevelopment of the next generation supercomputer bycollaborating with organizations outside the university.
Furthermore, we will hold "International Seminars andWorkshops" by conducting international joint research andinviting international researchers, and will promoteconcluding agreements with overseas universities in orderto make it possible for us to accept researchers fromforeign countries who will be able to stay long-term.

Algorithm Section
This section conducts the integrated
development of a high-speed
algorithm and the visualization ofmultidimensional data, aiming at
solving the various mathematicalproblems that appear in super-large
scale/multi-degrees of freedom
computations.

Prof. Y. Nakamura
Prof. K. Ishii
Prof. K. Kusano
Assoc. Prof. K. Tsuboki

This section aims to clarify the universal law offlow at various scales and hierarchies, whichappears in the natural world and engineering
fields, and to apply this law to both industrial
technology and a better understanding of nature.
.

Biological Science Section
Prof. M. Sasai
Prof. Y. Okamoto
Prof. M. Ohta
Assoc. Prof. T. Wa
Lecturer T. Terada

This section aims to study hierarchicalmechanisms in self-organization ofbiologicalsystems
throughcomputational analyses of dynamics
and functions of bio-molecules andtheircomplexes,
andthroughprediction of structure and function ofproteins.

By Prof. A. Nakano◆ International collaboration and collaboration
with organizations outside the university

Fluid Dynamics Section

Prof. S.-L. Zhang
Prof. T. Furuhashi

Computational Chemistry Section
Prof. S. Okazaki
Prof. N. Koga
Prof. M. Nagaoka

Using non-empirical quantum chemistry
and molecular dynamics, this section
aims to clarify the chemical reactions
and dynamics of molecular systems, andto promote novel molecular synthesis,
as well as researches that will lead tobetter understanding of biologicalphenomena.