Applications for ABCI use in FY2024 (New or Continued) will be accepted from Mon, Mar 18, 4:00pm.
Applications for ABCI use in FY2024 (New or Continued) will be accepted from Mon, Mar 18 4:00pm.
- As of March 31, 2024, AIST will cease to provide ABCI service, and AIST ABCI service will be provided to users from April 1, 2024 by AIST Solutions Co. (“AISol”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of AIST, will provide the service to users.
- After April 1, 2024, users will be required to conclude an ABCI agreement based on the terms and conditions established by AISol. Although the ABCI service provider will be changed from AIST to AISol, the same services will be provided to users.
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For those who continue to use the ABCI from fiscal year 2023, upon application for continuation, the data of users, etc. stored at AIST will be disclosed and transferred to AISol on and after April 1. In addition, personal data of users will be shared between AIST and AISol from April 1. Please agree to this and apply for the continued use of your data.
- Please refer to the following URL to apply for the ABCI use (Applications will be accepted from March 18 at 4:00 p.m.):
Change of ABCI Cloud Storage Service Provider and Data Transfer
- As of March 30, 2024, AIST will cease to provide ABCI Cloud Storage service, and the ABCI cloud storage usage agreement (see link below) will also be terminated in conjunction with the termination of the ABCI usage agreement between AIST and the user (see Article 19 of ABCI Cloud Storage Terms of Use). After April 1, 2024, AIST Solutions Co. (“AISol”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of AIST, will provide the service).
- As of April 1, 2024, data on ABCI Cloud Storage will be transferred to AISol in accordance with the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Agreement of Use for the Shared High-Performance Computer, ABCI (Article 8-4, Paragraph 5) (see link below), which will be amended as of March 31, 2024. If you are a current user of ABCI Cloud Storage and do not wish to conclude a contract with AISol for ABCI usage service or transfer your data to AISol after April 1, 2024, please move your stored data to another storage area by March 30 of this year. (Article 7, Paragraph 2 of the ABCI Cloud Storage Terms of Service).
- The ABCI Agreement of Use (valid until 3/31/2024) can be found at here.
- ABCI Cloud Storage Terms of Use (valid until 3/31/2024) can be found here.
Application for continuation should be submitted by Fri, Mar 22!!!
- If your renewal application is approved by Fri, Mar 22, you will be able to access the ABCI User Portal immediately after the maintenance at Fri, Apr 12 3:00pm.
- If you submit an application for continuation after Fri, Mar 22, the start of your service may be delayed.
- Please understand that even if you submit a new application by Fri, Mar 22, you will not necessarily be able to access the ABCI User Portal immediately after the maintenance at Fri, Apr 12 3:00pm because it takes longer to review a new application than an application for continuation.
For the start of use in FY2024 <Important!>
We ask all users, including those who continue to use the service, to apply for “Specific Category Applicability” promptly after Apr 12 3:00pm. If you do not fall under any of the “Specific Categories”, please submit that “I am not under the Specified Category.”
- Please refer to the following URL for details on “Specific Category Applicability”:
In the following cases, ABCI users are not required to declare “Specific Category Applicability” by themselves.
- Japanese Students, etc.
- The responsible person for ABCI use will declare “ Specific Category Applicability” at the time of application for use. Therefore, it is not necessary for ABCI users to report “ Specific Category Applicability” on their own. If the application is approved, the ABCI user can use the ABCI.
- The responsible person for ABCI use should apply based on the most current information. If there is a graduation, please delete or edit the user information appropriately.
- Non-residents
- The responsible person for ABCI use will attach the “Foreign Checklist” to the application for use of ABCI. Non-residents do not need to declare “ Specific Category Applicability”. If the application for use is approved, ABCI use will be available.
- Non-residents and persons who fall into a specific category are subject to an annual review of export control procedures for use of the ABCI, and the responsible person must download the latest “Foreign Checklist” and enter the latest information each time they apply for use of the ABCI.
- The “Foreign Checklist” is subject to change without notice. Refer here for the latest “Foreign Checklist”.
Applications for ABCI groups for FY 2023 are no longer accepted
Applications for ABCI Groups for FY2023 are no longer being accepted.
- Applications for new groups, applications for additional points, and applications to add users and edit users in ABCI groups for FY2023 have already been closed.
- Only storage usage applications (increasing capacity of the Group Area and using Cloud Storage) can be submitted after Thu, Feb 29 5:00pm.
Notes for ABCI users in FY2023
- If you do not complete the “Application for Continued Use” (Web application), you will not be able to access to the ABCI User Portal, login to ABCI, nor use storage from April 2024.
- If you wish to download (or delete) your data without applying for continuation, please submit a request to ABCI Operation Support (qa@abci.ai) by Sep 30. Temporarily (for a period of approximately one month or less), you will be able to login to ABCI and access the ABCI Group Area and Home Area.
- If your “Application for Continued Use” (Web Application) is not approved by Sep 30, your “ABCI Subscriber Agreement will be terminated,” all data related to your “ABCI Group” will be deleted, and the Home Area of your “ABCI Account” without a ABCI Group to which you belong will also be deleted. Please note that once the data is deleted, it cannot be restored, and in order for your “Application for Continued Use” to be approved by Sep 30, you must apply for “Application for Usage (Continuation)” by Sep 12.
Schedule of opening and closing dates for each application
Refer to the following table for the start and closing dates and times for each application.
| Date and Time |
Mon, Mar 12 4:00pm - |
Sat, Mar 30 5:00pm - |
Fri, Apr 12 3:00pm - |
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Start accepting applications for FY2024 |
Annual renewal maintenance |
Start of FY2024 operation |
| (1) ABCI Utilization Service |
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| 1-1) SSH login to ABCI |
✓ |
✗ |
✓ |
| 1-2) Use Compute Nodes |
✓ |
✗ |
✓ |
| 1-3) Store in the Storage |
✓ |
✗ |
✓ |
| 1-4) Use the Cloud Storage |
✓ |
✗ |
✓ |
| 1-5) ABCI User Portal |
✓ |
✗ |
✓ |
| 1-6) Technical Support (qa@abci.ai) |
✓ |
!(∗1) |
✓ |
| 1-7) Application Support (application@abci.ai) |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
| (2) Applications for use in FY2023 |
|
|
|
| 2-1) Application for new users and groups (for FY2023) |
✗(∗2) |
✗ |
✗ |
| 2-2) Application for additional points (for FY2023) |
✗(∗2) |
✗ |
✗ |
| 2-3) Application for adding Users (for FY2023) |
✗(∗2) |
✗ |
✗ |
| 2-4) Application for editing Users (for FY2023) |
✗(∗2) |
✗ |
✗ |
| 2-5) Declaration for the Applicability of the Specific Categories caused from adding or editing users (only for Japanese students, etc.)(for FY2023) |
✗(∗2) |
✗ |
✗ |
| 2-6) Application of Non-resident caused from adding or editing users (for FY2023) |
✗(∗2) |
✗ |
✗ |
| 2-7) Additional capacity for the Group Area (for FY2023) |
!(∗3) |
✗ |
✗ |
| 2-8) Application for use of the Cloud Storage (for FY2023) |
!(∗3) |
✗ |
✗ |
| 2-9) Application for increase inode quotas (for FY2023) |
!(∗3) |
✗ |
✗ |
| (3) Applications for use in FY2024 |
|
|
|
| 3-1) Application for continued use (for FY2024) |
✓(∗6) |
✗ |
✓(∗6) |
| 3-2) Application for new usage (for FY2024) |
✓ |
✗ |
✓ |
| 3-3) Declaration for the Applicability of the Specific Categories (Application by an individual who is not a “Japanese student, etc.” or “Non-resident”) (for FY2024) |
✗ |
✗ |
✓ |
| 3-4) Application for increase inode quotas (for FY2024) |
✓(∗4) |
!(∗1) |
✓(∗4) |
| 3-5) Additional capacity for the Group Area (for FY2024) |
✓(∗5)(∗6) |
!(∗1) |
✓(∗5)(∗6) |
| 3-6) Other applications (for FY2024) |
✗ |
✗ |
✓ |
- (∗1) Please understand that the response will be slower than usual.
- (∗2) You can apply as a function of the ABCI User Portal, but your application will be denied.
- (∗3) Storage usage applications (increase capacity of the Group Area, use of the Cloud Storage) can be submitted to the FY2023 group. However, after applying for continuation to FY2024, the items applied for in the FY2023 group will not be transferred to the FY2024 group.
- (∗4) The maximum inode usage limit for the ABCI group area is 200 million, same as in FY2023.
- (∗5) The maximum disk usage limit for the ABCI group area is 250TB, same as in FY2023.
- If you wish to use more than the maximum limit, a separate application is required.
- For information on how to apply for an increase in the upper limit, please refer to “Upper Limit of Group Space”.
- (∗6) Application for continuation of ABCI group usage in excess of 250TB
- ABCI Groups that have exceeded the limit cannot apply for continuation via the User Portal. Please send an e-mail to qa@abci.ai from the responsible person or administrator stating that “ABCI group gxx5nnnnn cannot apply for continuation due to exceeding 250TB, and wishes to apply for continuation on an individually supported basis.”
For inquiries regarding this page, please contact: ABCI Application Reception (application@abci.ai)
