[Pw_forum] Deadline approaching: "Advanced computing of excited state properties in solids and nanostructures with Yambo"

[Andrea Ferretti]

DEADLINE APPROACHING: "ADVANCED COMPUTING OF EXCITED STATE PROPERTIES IN SOLIDS 
AND NANOSTRUCTURES WITH YAMBO"

This is to remind that there are still few days to register to the school on:

"Advanced computing of excited state properties in solids and nanostructures 
with Yambo"

that will take place from April 24 to April 28, 2017 at the CECAM headquarters 
in Lausanne (Switzerland).

The application deadline is on February 24, 2017.

You can submit your application via:

https://www.cecam.org/workshop-6-1386.html

Applicants should have a working knowledge of a DFT or quantum-chemistry code.

This 5-day hands-on tutorial funded by CECAM, Psi-k, and the University of 
Luxembourg will provide training in the theory and
practice of computing electronic and optical excitations within density 
functional and Green’s function approaches (GW, TDDFT
and BSE). Lectures will also focus on the application of these techniques to 
the study of realistic and challenging systems
using the Yambo code within a massively-parallel environment.

The number of participants will be limited to approx. 30.

The organization will partially cover living expenses (hotel) of the 
participants.

Acceptance decisions will be made within 1 week after the deadline on the basis 
of motivations and CV provided at the moment
of application. For more details, please follow the above link.

School description:

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Characterization and engineering of advanced materials and nanostructures often 
require an accurate description of their
excited state properties. This school will provide a balanced training both in 
the fundamental theory of electronic and
optical excitations as well as practical strategies for computation of such 
challenging systems within a massively parallel
environment. In particular, lecturers and invited experts will:
(1) discuss the formalism of the description of electronic excitations 
(fundamentals of many body Green’s function theory, as
well as technical aspects);
(2) contextualise the practical strategies and motivations on a larger scale; 
and
(3) demonstrate practical applications using the Yambo code.

Lectures on the foundations of the theoretical methods will be complemented by 
technical ones on numerical and computational
aspects. Three keynote talks will be given by invited expert speakers from 
outside the Yambo community, and will cover
advanced computational material science methods (Prof Nicola Marzari - EPFL), 
trends in high performance computing (Dr Carlo
Cavazzoni - CINECA), and alternative GW-BSE computational frameworks (Dr Xavier 
Blase, CNRS Grenoble).

A significant part of the school will be dedicated to hands-on tutorials, where 
participants will be given the opportunity to
carry out excited state calculations on several paradigmatic systems (including 
2D materials) under the guidance of the Yambo
code developers. A detailed program is available at:

https://www.cecam.org/workshop-0-1386.html

With kind regards,

the Yambo Team
http://www.yambo-code.org

http://psi-k.net/events/deadline-approaching-advanced-computing-o