Keiya Hirashima Receives the HPCI Software Award (Development Division Excellence Award)

Keiya Hirashima, Special Postdoctoral Researcher at the RIKEN Center for Interdisciplinary Theoretical and Mathematical Sciences (iTHEMS), has received the Excellence Award in the Development Division of the HPCI Software Award, presented by the HPCI Consortium.

The HPCI Software Award recognizes young researchers and organizations that have made significant contributions to the advancement of computational science through the development and dissemination of useful software. The Development Division specifically honors software that has demonstrated outstanding value in large-scale computational science and related fields.

Hirashima received the award for the development of ASURA-FDPS-ML, a galaxy simulation code that incorporates artificial intelligence technologies. The software combines numerical simulations of galaxy formation and evolution with machine learning techniques, aiming to improve the efficiency and capability of large-scale astrophysical simulations.

This award recognizes the significance of integrating computational science and AI technologies to advance next-generation scientific computing.

Congratulations, Keiya!