ARIM-mdx Data System: Towards a Nationwide Data Platform for Materials Science

TL;DR

The paper presents ARIM-mdx, a nationwide data platform for materials science in Japan, designed to handle large-scale, interdisciplinary data across multiple institutions to foster research collaboration and innovation.

Contribution

It introduces a scalable, efficient, and interdisciplinary data management system that connects 11 institutions and over 800 researchers nationwide.

Findings

Involves 11 universities and institutes across Japan.

Used by over 800 researchers from 140 organizations.

Aims to accelerate research and innovation in materials science.

Abstract

In modern materials science, effective and high-volume data management across leading-edge experimental facilities and world-class supercomputers is indispensable for cutting-edge research. However, existing integrated systems that handle data from these resources have primarily focused just on smaller-scale cross-institutional or single-domain operations. As a result, they often lack the scalability, efficiency, agility, and interdisciplinarity, needed for handling substantial volumes of data from various researchers. In this paper, we introduce ARIM-mdx data system, aiming at a nationwide data platform for materials science in Japan. Currently in its trial phase, the platform has been involving 11 universities and institutes all over Japan, and it is utilized by over 800 researchers from around 140 organizations in academia and industry, being intended to gradually expand its reach. The ARIM-mdx data system, as a pioneering nationwide data platform, has the potential to contribute to the creation of new research communities and accelerate innovations.