[Pw_forum] Summer School on Atomistic Simulation Techniques, Trieste, 14-30 June 2017

[Stefano de Gironcoli]

Dear Collegues,

we are pleased to announce the 7th edition of Summer School on
Atomistic Simulation Techniques to be held in Trieste, on 14-30 June
2017

The International School for Advanced Studies (SISSA) and CNR-IOM
DEMOCRITOS Simulation Centre, Trieste (Italy), organize a CECAM Summer
School on Atomistic Simulation Techniques, which this year will be
dedicated to quantum mechanical methods and chemical and biochemical
applications.

The School is mainly directed to undergraduate and graduate students,
with little or no experience in computer simulations.

The purpose of the School will be threefold: (i) providing students
with a basic but detailed overview of the theoretical foundations and
numerical methods of quantum mechanical (QM) simulations of molecular
and extended systems; (ii) training them to solve quantum mechanical
problems in practice, either implementing simple numerical codes from
scratch or using existing QM codes for selected applications; (iii)
giving an overview of the domains of current interesting re
search problems in material and biochemical science.

At the end of the school the students should have a clear idea of the
importance of quantum mechanical molecular simulations; they should be
aware of the problems that are still open and are at the center of
current research efforts and should have the capability of developing
their own simple code for performing a simulation or an analysis.

For interested students with no previous experience in computational
science it is possible to attend a three-day pre-school (14 - 16 June)
devoted to the introduction to programming in C++/Fortran, with few
numerical exercises.

In 2017 the School will be entirely focused on quantum mechanics and
in particular will be devoted to electronic properties of materials,
chemical- and bio-molecules. The duration of the School is two weeks
(plus the pre-school)

To apply visit the School web site  http://democritos.sissa.it/school2017/
and fill the application form http://www.democritos.it/school2017/appform.php

Deadline for Applications
The closing date for receipt of requests for participation is 31 March 2017

A registration fee (200 Euro) will be required to the accepted
candidates and reimbursed to students who will have fully attended the
school.
The organizers will cover accommodation (14 nights), lunches and
dinners at SISSA (Monday to Friday), public transportation and social
dinner. Lodging expenses will be covered also during the pre-school.
Limited support toward travel expenses can be provided in exceptional
cases, based on fund availability.

The organisers
Stefano de Gironcoli (SISSA)
Andrea Dal Corso (SISSA)
Alessandra Magistrato (CNR-IOM @ SISSA)