Lemont, Illinois, April 15, 2024–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Leaders in high-performance computing in the United States and Japan have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) establishing a partnership to support artificial intelligence (AI) computing projects.
The MOU was signed during a virtual event by Paul Kearns, laboratory director at the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory, and Makoto Gonokami, Japan's RIKEN president.
The MOU identifies areas of mutual interest between Argonne and RIKEN, Japan's flagship research institution dedicated to basic and applied research. The two institutions have agreed to develop and evaluate new computing system software and scientific and engineering applications, including generative AI models, computing system operations, data management, AI architectures, and remote methodologies.
Activities include exchange of researchers, staff and students. Conducting lectures, joint seminars, and symposiums. sharing datasets and other scientific and technical research materials;
Argonne and RIKEN address the challenge of building large-scale AI systems and advancing reliable and reliable AI for scientific discovery with the AuroraGPT project to train large-scale language models on scientific data We collaborate with the global Trillion Parameters Consortium, which was established to
“We have formed a partnership that can lead to pivotal discoveries and transformative advances,” Kearns said. “We are tackling some of the most complex challenges facing society, and we believe that by working together we can achieve even greater impact.”
“Generative AI is bringing many changes to our society in a variety of ways,” Gonokami said. “It is the responsibility of today's researchers to ensure that generative AI contributes to the well-being of all humanity. RIKEN and Argonne believe in the power of science and continue research in pursuit of universal truths. The Japan-U.S. relationship will leverage each other's strengths through a variety of cross-border initiatives and contribute to the development of scientific AI around the world. ”
Also in attendance at the event was Rick Stevens, director of the Argonne Associate Institute for Computing, Environmental and Life Sciences. And from Dr. Makiko Naka, executive director of RIKEN. Satoshi Matsuoka, Director of the Computational Science Research Center, and Dr. Makoto Taiji, Deputy Director of the Biodynamics Research Center.
RIKEN is Japan's largest comprehensive research institution known for high-quality research in a variety of scientific fields. Founded in 1917 as a private research foundation, RIKEN has rapidly grown in size and scope and now encompasses a network of world-class research centers and laboratories across Japan.
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