2003 Theoretical and Computational Nanoscience Workshops

The Nanomaterials Theory Institute of the Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, is pleased to announce its summer 2003 Theoretical and Computational Nanoscience workshop series. The workshops are being conducted in conjunction with the Center for Computational Sciences and the Joint Institute for Computational Sciences.

The workshops will be held on the campus of Pellissippi State Technical Community College located nearby Oak Ridge. Accommodation has been arranged at the Comfort Inn in Oak Ridge. Online registration will be available very soon, so check back frequently.

Enquiries concerning registration and other admininstrative aspects of the workshops should be directed to Sherry Hempfling, facilitator of the NTI workshops. Enquiries about the technical aspects of the workshops should be directed to the individual workshop organizers.

Workshop 1 (to register, click here)

• Topic: Monte Carlo methods for classical and quantum spin systems and beyond: potentials and limits of the Wang-Landau density of states algorithm
• Organizers: Thomas Schulthess and Malcolm Stocks (ORNL)
• Focus areas: Wang-Landau density of states algorithm
• Speakers: David Landau (UGa), Matthias Troyer (ETH-Zurich)
• Date: August 4-8, 2003

Workshop 2 (to register, click here)

• Topic: Electronic, Atomistic and Mesoscale Simulation Methods for Nanoscience Applications
• Organizers: Peter Cummings (NTI/Vanderbilt University) and Sharon Glotzer (UMich)
• Focus areas: Ab initio MD using NWChem, LAMMPS (atomistic MD) and mesoscale methods
• Speakers:Eric Bylaska (PNNL), Steve Plimpton (SNL), Sharon Glotzer (UMich)
• Date: August 11-15, 2003

Workshop 3 (not confirmed; still under consideration)

• Topic: NWChem: Theory and Application
• Organizer: Thom Dunning (UT/ORNL)
• Focus areas: Application of NWChem to computational chemistry problems
• Speakers: Thom Dunning (UT/ORNL), Robert Harrison (ORNL/UT), Jeff Nichols (ORNL)
• Date: TBA

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Last modified: Fri, Jun 6, 2003