[Q-e-developers] Advanced Quantum ESPRESSO Developers' Meeting 2016 (linear-response)

[Iurii Timrov]

Dear All,

the circumstances have changed such that we have to postpone the WebEx 
conference to 5 PM (Trieste time) on June, 22d. We apologize for any 
inconvenience!

Best regards,
Iurii


On 2015-06-19 10:15, Iurii Timrov wrote:
> Dear All,
> 
> This is a reminder that on Monday (June, 22d) at 16:00 (Trieste time)
> there will be a WebEx conference devoted to a discussion about the
> linear-response codes in Quantum ESPRESSO, and you are kindly invited
> to participate.
> 
> We will use WebEx and hence here are some comments:
> 
> 1. You don't need to buy WebEx! The host of the WebEx conference will
> be at SISSA and we will use our license.
> 
> 2. In order to join the WebEx conference, you just need to follow a
> link which you will receive by email slightly before the start of the
> WebEx conference (15-30 minutes before).
> 
> 3. In order to join the WebEx conference, you need to have a WebEx
> add-on installed on your computer. If you don't have such an add-on
> already installed on your computer, you will be automatically asked to
> install it once you follow the link to join the WebEx conference.
> Please note that the installation of the add-on on Mac and Windows is
> easy and should take less than 1 minute, but the installation of the
> add-on on Linux is more tricky and hence we suggest that you take care
> about this issue before the WebEx conference.
> 
> 4. Once you are connected to WebEx, you need to activate video and
> audio independently.
> 
> 5. If you wish to show some slides or materials to others, there is a
> "share screen" option on WebEx.
> 
> 6. It is very important that you have a good internet connection. It
> is preferable to have a cable connection instead of WiFi.
> 
> All the best,
> Iurii
> 
> 
> 
> On 2015-06-05 17:26, Iurii Timrov wrote:
>> Dear All,
>> 
>> Thank you for participating in the Doodle questioner! The Skype/WebEx
>> conference about the linear-response codes will be on June, 22 at 4 PM
>> Trieste time.
>> 
>> Since the number of participants is more than 10, we are going to use 
>> WebEx.
>> 
>> Many thanks to all!
>> 
>> Kind regards,
>> Iurii
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On 2015-06-02 11:13, Iurii Timrov wrote:
>>> Dear All,
>>> 
>>> Many thanks for all your replies and for so numerous interest in the
>>> discussion and meeting regarding the linear-response codes in Quantum
>>> ESPRESSO!
>>> 
>>> Would you please be so kind to indicate in the Doodle questioner the
>>> dates which are convenient for you for a discussion on Skype/WebEx
>>> about the need for a refactoring or reorganization of the
>>> linear-response codes in QE:
>>> 
>>> http://doodle.com/wzvptr8kz66by36k
>>> 
>>> As far as I know, Skype allows maximum 10 people for a conference
>>> call. We are many more than 10. I would suggest that we try to use
>>> WebEx.
>>> 
>>> Once we choose the date of the Skype/WebEx conference, we must fix a
>>> time. As Marco Buongiorno Nardelli suggested, we can make it at 02:00
>>> PM GMT (04:00 PM Rome, 10:00 AM New York). Hopefully, this time would
>>> be, more or less, convenient for everybody.
>>> 
>>> Thanks to all!
>>> 
>>> Greetings,
>>> Iurii
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On 2015-05-30 12:06, Nicola Marzari wrote:
>>>> Dear Iurii, All,
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> great idea. I'd also like to participate - it's a very tight week
>>>> (Mon-Wed there is PASC 2015 in Zurich), but I'm also cc'ing Nicola
>>>> Varini, Nicolas Mounet, and Giovanni Pizzi - so there would be
>>>> certainly someone from here.
>>>> 
>>>> As a side note, I wanted to mention an unrelated thing that is very
>>>> important for us - currently AiiDA parses pwscf and phonon outputs,
>>>> until we converge on alternatives (xml, etc...). Please keep this
>>>> in mind with respect to the output files of the codes, since any
>>>> change typically breaks our scripts (I understand well that outputs
>>>> might need to evolve, but I'm highlighting how it would be important
>>>> to be in touch re this for any changes - and/or about plans for 
>>>> xml).
>>>> 
>>>> Thanks a lot,
>>>> 
>>>> 			nicola
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> On 29/05/2015 11:34, Iurii Timrov wrote:
>>>>> Dear member of the Quantum ESPRESSO community,
>>>>> 
>>>>> In the last Quantum ESPRESSO (QE) developers' meeting, the need for
>>>>> better structuring and organization of linear-response codes in QE
>>>>> (PHonon, TDDFPT, etc.) has become evident: their complexity is 
>>>>> growing
>>>>> and a refactoring or reorganization shouldn't be postponed any 
>>>>> longer.
>>>>> We propose to organize a one-week meeting for interested 
>>>>> developers,
>>>>> tentatively in Trieste in January 2016 in order to discuss about 
>>>>> this
>>>>> issue and to distribute tasks among those who agree to participate. 
>>>>> We
>>>>> have contacted you as a past or current contributor to the
>>>>> linear-response codes in QE (feel free to extend this invitation to 
>>>>> your
>>>>> collaborators). We would like to hear from you whether you agree on 
>>>>> the
>>>>> need for a refactoring or reorganization of the linear-response 
>>>>> codes
>>>>> and what you think about or idea. Could you please let us know 
>>>>> whether
>>>>> you are interested in participating to a Skype conference, 
>>>>> tentatively
>>>>> next week?
>>>>> 
>>>>> Kind regards,
>>>>> Iurii Timrov, Stefano Baroni, Paolo Giannozzi, Ralph Gebauer
>>>>> 
>>>>> 

-- 
Dr. Iurii TIMROV
Postdoctoral Researcher
SISSA - International School for Advanced Studies
Condensed Matter Sector
Via Bonomea n. 265,
Trieste 34151, Italy
(+39) 04 03 78 74 77
http://people.sissa.it/~itimrov/