<div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div>Dear all,<br></div><br></div>The third African School series on Electronic Structure Methods and Applications (ASESMA2014) will be held 9th -- 21st of June, 2014 in Abuja, Nigeria.<br>
</div><div>Please register on <a href="http://agenda.ictp.it/smr.php?2623">http://agenda.ictp.it/smr.php?2623</a> for the school.<br></div><div>(Note: Deadline for requesting participation is Sunday/9th/March/2014)<br></div>
<div><br></div>This school is "planned on a biennial basis ... and emphasize the theory and computational methods for predicting and understanding properties of materials at the fundamental level of electronic structure". <br>
<br></div>The 2014 school will focus on: Optical properties with TDDFT and GW; Quantum Monte Carlo, and Molecular Dynamics. Both lectures and hands-on computational sessions are included.<br><br></div>Some of the planned speakers/lecturers include:<br>
</div>Prof. Richard Martin (UIUC, Illinois and Stanford Univ., USA)<br></div>Prof. Nithaya Chetty (Univ. of Pretoria, South Africa)<br>Prof. George Amolo (Chepkoilel Univ., Eldoret, Kenya)<br>Prof. Sandro Scandolo (ICTP, Trieste, Italy)<br>
Prof. Mark Casida (Université Joseph Fourier, Grenoble, France)<br>Prof. Daniel Joubert (Univ. of the Witwatersrand, South Africa)<br>Prof. Renata Wentzcovitch (Univ. of Minnesota, USA)<br>Prof. Ryo Maezono (AIST, Japan)<br>
<br></div><div>Pls spread the word!<br></div><div><br></div>Best,<br></div>Omololu Akin-Ojo,<br></div>Theoretical Physics Department,<br>African University of Science and Technology (AUST),<br></div><div>Km 10 Airport Rd, Galadimawa,<br>
</div><div>Abuja NIGERIA<br></div></div>