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<p class="MsoNormal">Hi Iurii,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Will the tutorial sessions also be recorded and published online?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Cheers,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Stephen<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">From: </span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">users <users-bounces@lists.quantum-espresso.org> on behalf of Iurii TIMROV via users <users@lists.quantum-espresso.org><br>
<b>Reply-To: </b>Iurii TIMROV <iurii.timrov@epfl.ch>, Quantum ESPRESSO users Forum <users@lists.quantum-espresso.org><br>
<b>Date: </b>Tuesday, September 20, 2022 at 6:23 AM<br>
<b>To: </b>"users@lists.quantum-espresso.org" <users@lists.quantum-espresso.org><br>
<b>Subject: </b>Re: [QE-users] Advanced Quantum ESPRESSO tutorial: Hubbard and Koopmans functionals from linear response<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Dear Quantum ESPRESSO community,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:red">This is a reminder about the "Advanced Quantum ESPRESSO tutorial: Hubbard and Koopmans functionals from linear response":
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><a href="https://urldefense.us/v3/__https:/sites.google.com/view/hubbard-koopmans__;!!G2kpM7uM-TzIFchu!jiTXO3X5KO-TMaQXQEALu_LUQHRiw-5rAd6uBEiVlbkAAFhMEpuXbloRScopAEyCQ_Y$">https://sites.google.com/view/hubbard-koopmans</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Lato",sans-serif;color:#2B2B2B">Dates:</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Lato",sans-serif;color:#2B2B2B"> 9-11 November 2022</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Lato",sans-serif;color:#2B2B2B">Format:</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Lato",sans-serif;color:#2B2B2B"> Online</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Lato",sans-serif;color:#2B2B2B">Registration is fee of charge</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Lato",sans-serif;color:#2B2B2B">Deadline for applications:</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Lato",sans-serif;color:#2B2B2B"> 1 October 2022</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Lato",sans-serif;color:#2B2B2B">Goal:</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Lato",sans-serif;color:#2B2B2B"> To introduce PhD students, postdocs, and junior scientists to the
use of advanced functionals aimed at modeling complex materials, such as the extended Hubbard and Koopmans functionals. By eliminating self-interaction errors and restoring total energy piecewise linearity, these advances broaden the scope of DFT by either
improving the ground-state description of transition-metal and rare-earth compounds or by giving access to accurate spectral properties (like fundamental band gaps and band structures). Their actual implementation also takes advantage of linear-response theory
through the self-consistent incarnation contained in density-functional perturbation theory.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Lato",sans-serif;color:#2B2B2B">Program:</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Lato",sans-serif;color:#2B2B2B"> The first day of the tutorial will be devoted to an introduction
to fundamental aspects of DFT using local and semi-local functionals, its application to materials science and physics, and its limitations. In the next 2 days, the tutorial will cover the theoretical framework of Hubbard and Koopmans functionals (the main
topic of this event) and their applications to representative case studies. The reference computational platform of the tutorial will be Quantum ESPRESSO, a widely used open-source electronic-structure software, which implements both extended Hubbard and Koopmans
functionals.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Lato",sans-serif;color:#2B2B2B">Hands-on:</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Lato",sans-serif;color:#2B2B2B"> We will use the Quantum Mobile. All participants need to install
the Quantum Mobile prior to the tutorial in order to be admitted to the hands-on part. Moreover, the participants must be familiar with the Unix commands in order to be able to attend the hands-on. More information will follow when confirming your participation
by email after October, 1st.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Lato",sans-serif;color:#2B2B2B"><a href="https://urldefense.us/v3/__https:/fhrc.huji.ac.il/people/leeor-kronik__;!!G2kpM7uM-TzIFchu!jiTXO3X5KO-TMaQXQEALu_LUQHRiw-5rAd6uBEiVlbkAAFhMEpuXbloRScop3gChB0c$" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-family:"inherit",serif;color:#24890D">Leoor
Kronik</span></b></a> (Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel)</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Gatti</span></b></a> (École Polytechnique, France)</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Lato",sans-serif;color:#2B2B2B"><a href="https://urldefense.us/v3/__https:/people.epfl.ch/nicola.marzari__;!!G2kpM7uM-TzIFchu!jiTXO3X5KO-TMaQXQEALu_LUQHRiw-5rAd6uBEiVlbkAAFhMEpuXbloRScoptl25ykI$" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-family:"inherit",serif;color:#24890D">Nicola
Marzari</span></b></a> (EPFL and PSI, Switzerland)</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Timrov</span></b></a> (EPFL, Switzerland)</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Floris</span></b></a> (Lincoln University, UK)</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Ferretti</span></b></a> (CNR Modena, Italy)</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">From:</span></b><span style="color:black"> Iurii TIMROV<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, July 29, 2022 11:02:37 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> users@lists.quantum-espresso.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Advanced Quantum ESPRESSO tutorial: Hubbard and Koopmans functionals from linear response</span>
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<p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Dear Quantum ESPRESSO community,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">We are pleased to announce the "Advanced Quantum ESPRESSO tutorial: Hubbard and Koopmans functionals from linear response".<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p><b id="docs-internal-guid-875eee51-7fff-4df7-8ec6-96a2b5383e32"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121">Dates:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121"> 9-11 November 2022</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121">Format:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121"> Online</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121">Registration fee:
</span></b><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121">0 (free of charge)</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121">Deadline for applications:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121"> 1 October 2022</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121">Website of the event:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121">
<a href="https://urldefense.us/v3/__https:/sites.google.com/view/hubbard-koopmans__;!!G2kpM7uM-TzIFchu!jiTXO3X5KO-TMaQXQEALu_LUQHRiw-5rAd6uBEiVlbkAAFhMEpuXbloRScopAEyCQ_Y$">
https://sites.google.com/view/hubbard-koopmans</a><br>
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<p style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121">The goal of this tutorial is to introduce PhD students, postdocs, and junior scientists to the use of advanced functionals aimed at modeling complex materials,
such as the extended Hubbard and Koopmans functionals. By eliminating self-interaction errors and restoring total energy piecewise linearity, these advances broaden the scope of DFT by either improving the ground-state description of transition-metal and rare-earth
compounds or by giving access to accurate spectral properties (like fundamental band gaps and band structures). Their actual implementation also takes advantage of linear-response theory through the self-consistent incarnation contained in density-functional
perturbation theory. The first day of the tutorial will be devoted to an introduction to fundamental aspects of DFT using local and semi-local functionals, its application to materials science and physics, and its limitations. In the next 2 days, the tutorial
will cover the theoretical framework of Hubbard and Koopmans functionals (the main topic of this event) and their applications to representative case studies. The reference computational platform of the tutorial will be Quantum ESPRESSO, a widely used open-source
electronic-structure software, which implements both extended Hubbard and Koopmans functionals.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121">If attending the Psi-k conference in Lausanne, feel free to come and see us at the MARVEL and MaX booths to learn more about the virtual tutorial and the
codes involved.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin-top:9.0pt;text-align:justify;line-height:200%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:200%;color:black"><a href="https://urldefense.us/v3/__https:/fhrc.huji.ac.il/people/leeor-kronik__;!!G2kpM7uM-TzIFchu!jiTXO3X5KO-TMaQXQEALu_LUQHRiw-5rAd6uBEiVlbkAAFhMEpuXbloRScop3gChB0c$"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC;text-decoration:none">Leoor
Kronik</span></b></a></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> (Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel)</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:200%;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-top:9.0pt;text-align:justify;line-height:200%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:200%;color:black"><a href="https://urldefense.us/v3/__https:/www.apam.columbia.edu/faculty/renata-wentzcovitch__;!!G2kpM7uM-TzIFchu!jiTXO3X5KO-TMaQXQEALu_LUQHRiw-5rAd6uBEiVlbkAAFhMEpuXbloRScopAo4VrBs$"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC;text-decoration:none">Renata
Wentzcovitch</span></b></a></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> (Columbia University, USA)</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:200%;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-top:9.0pt;text-align:justify;line-height:200%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:200%;color:black"><a href="https://urldefense.us/v3/__https:/etsf.polytechnique.fr/People/Matteo__;!!G2kpM7uM-TzIFchu!jiTXO3X5KO-TMaQXQEALu_LUQHRiw-5rAd6uBEiVlbkAAFhMEpuXbloRScopyvH3eRc$"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC;text-decoration:none">Matteo
Gatti</span></b></a></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> (École Polytechnique, France)</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:200%;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin-top:9.0pt;text-align:justify;line-height:200%"><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#666666">Lecturers:</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:200%;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-top:9.0pt;text-align:justify;line-height:200%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:200%;color:black"><a href="https://urldefense.us/v3/__https:/people.epfl.ch/nicola.marzari__;!!G2kpM7uM-TzIFchu!jiTXO3X5KO-TMaQXQEALu_LUQHRiw-5rAd6uBEiVlbkAAFhMEpuXbloRScoptl25ykI$"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC;text-decoration:none">Nicola
Marzari</span></b></a></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121"> (EPFL and PSI, Switzerland)</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:200%;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-top:9.0pt;text-align:justify;line-height:200%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:200%;color:black"><a href="https://urldefense.us/v3/__https:/people.epfl.ch/giovanni.pizzi__;!!G2kpM7uM-TzIFchu!jiTXO3X5KO-TMaQXQEALu_LUQHRiw-5rAd6uBEiVlbkAAFhMEpuXbloRScopv81iNZY$"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC;text-decoration:none">Giovanni
Pizzi</span></b></a></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121"> (EPFL and PSI, Switzerland)</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:200%;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-top:9.0pt;text-align:justify;line-height:200%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:200%;color:black"><a href="https://urldefense.us/v3/__https:/people.epfl.ch/edward.linscott__;!!G2kpM7uM-TzIFchu!jiTXO3X5KO-TMaQXQEALu_LUQHRiw-5rAd6uBEiVlbkAAFhMEpuXbloRScop4O46E0c$"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC;text-decoration:none">Edward
Linscott</span></b></a></span><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121">
</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121">(EPFL, Switzerland)</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:200%;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-top:9.0pt;text-align:justify;line-height:200%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:200%;color:black"><a href="https://urldefense.us/v3/__https:/people.epfl.ch/iurii.timrov__;!!G2kpM7uM-TzIFchu!jiTXO3X5KO-TMaQXQEALu_LUQHRiw-5rAd6uBEiVlbkAAFhMEpuXbloRScopObDp1FI$"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC;text-decoration:none">Iurii
Timrov</span></b></a></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121"> (EPFL, Switzerland)</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:200%;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-top:9.0pt;text-align:justify;line-height:200%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:200%;color:black"><a href="https://urldefense.us/v3/__https:/www.psi.ch/en/lns/people/nicola-colonna__;!!G2kpM7uM-TzIFchu!jiTXO3X5KO-TMaQXQEALu_LUQHRiw-5rAd6uBEiVlbkAAFhMEpuXbloRScoppFa5tDw$"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC;text-decoration:none">Nicola
Colonna</span></b></a></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121"> (PSI, Switzerland)</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:200%;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-top:9.0pt;text-align:justify;line-height:200%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:200%;color:black"><a href="https://urldefense.us/v3/__https:/staff.lincoln.ac.uk/afloris__;!!G2kpM7uM-TzIFchu!jiTXO3X5KO-TMaQXQEALu_LUQHRiw-5rAd6uBEiVlbkAAFhMEpuXbloRScopYfC8K88$"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC;text-decoration:none">Andrea
Floris</span></b></a></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121"> (Lincoln University, UK)</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:200%;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-top:9.0pt;text-align:justify;line-height:200%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:200%;color:black"><a href="https://urldefense.us/v3/__http:/max-centre.eu/andrea-ferretti-0__;!!G2kpM7uM-TzIFchu!jiTXO3X5KO-TMaQXQEALu_LUQHRiw-5rAd6uBEiVlbkAAFhMEpuXbloRScopWdkkPV8$"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC;text-decoration:none">Andrea
Ferretti</span></b></a></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC">
</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121">(CNR Modena, Italy)</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:200%;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><a href="https://urldefense.us/v3/__https:/fisica.unipv.it/personale/Persona.php?ID=505__;!!G2kpM7uM-TzIFchu!jiTXO3X5KO-TMaQXQEALu_LUQHRiw-5rAd6uBEiVlbkAAFhMEpuXbloRScop95MfL88$"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC;text-decoration:none">Matteo
Cococcioni</span></b></a></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121"> (University of Pavia, Italy)</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121">Yours sincerely,</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121">Iurii Timrov, Nicola Colonna, Matteo Cococcioni, and Andrea Ferretti</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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