[QE-users] ICTP-MARVEL College on "Materials Simulations in the Age of AI"

[Nicola Marzari]

Dear QE users,


I wanted to alert you of this introductory 2-week school in the field of 
materials simnulations, which will be held at ICTP (Trieste, Italy) from 
1 to 12 June 2026.

It's one of the closing events of our Swiss MARVEL centre; importantly, 
80 full fellowships (travel, accommodation, and meals, targeted more at 
applicants from developing countries) and 40 partial fellowships 
(accommodation and meals) are available for participants not part of MARVEL.

Please note that the application deadline is (already) 22 February 2026 
for applicants requiring an Italian Visa, and 27 March 2026 for all 
other applicants. Applications can be submitted from the event page: 
https://indico.ictp.it/event/11146/ .

This college is dedicated to junior researchers from all over the world, 
bringing together graduate students and early-career scientists to learn 
and explore the state-of-the-art in computational materials science in 
the era of AI, and to forge the next generation of researchers in the field.

The two-week programme includes lectures and hands-on sessions on 
electronic-structure and atomistic simulations to understand, predict, 
and design material properties. It includes keynote talks and lectures 
by distinguished scientists (see poster at the conference website above) 
and covers first-principles methods, molecular dynamics simulations, and 
machine-learning approaches. The programme will also feature two poster 
sessions, one in each week, where participants can present and discuss 
their work, and open-mic sessions to brainstorm together.

Last but not least, Quantum ESPRESSO will be one of the core 
codes/environments used in the afternoon hands-on.

Feel also free to rebroadcast - thanks a lot,

Nicola Marzari

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Prof Nicola Marzari, Chair of Theory and Simulation of Materials, EPFL
Director, National Centre for Competence in Research NCCR MARVEL, SNSF
Laboratory Head, PSI Center for Scientific Computing, Theory, and Data
Contact info and websites:  https://theos-wiki.epfl.ch/en/Main/Contact