[Wannier] Vanderbilt and Resta online lectures - CECAM-MARVEL "Classics in molecular and materials modelling"

[Nicola Marzari]

Dear all,


this might be of interest to many of you - David Vanderbilt and Raffaele 
Resta will present two online live talks and an interview on "Berry 
phases in condensed matter physics", on Mar 23 2021, at 3pm Central 
European Time (for those in the US, note that the country will be on 
summer time then, while Europe is still on winter time).

Happy viewing,

             nicola marzari


    CECAM-MARVEL "Classics in molecular and materials modelling"

In this series, organized jointly by CECAM <https://www.cecam.org/> 
(Centre Européen de Calcul Atomique et Moléculaire) and the MARVEL 
<https://nccr-marvel.ch/> Center on Computational Design and Discovery 
of Novel Materials, methods that have become fundamental tools in 
computational physics and chemistry will be presented by their 
originators at a level appropriate for master and graduate students. The 
lectures will be followed by an interview with the presenters: we’ll ask 
them to recall for us the period, problems, people and circumstances 
that accompanied the creation of milestone methods and algorithms that 
we now routinely use.

We hope that you will be able to join us and share with us this unusual 
and interesting opportunity to learn first hand from pioneers who have 
contributed significantly to our field and to get to know better the 
history and anecdotes behind work that is now recorded in books.

*David Vanderbilt* (Rutgers University) & *Raffaele Resta* (IOM-CNR 
Democritos, Trieste):
/Berry phases in condensed matter physics
/March 23, 2021 – 15:00-17:45 (CET) [at this date, this is 10:00 EDT or 
07:00 PDT]

https://epfl.zoom.us/j/83512387218 <https://epfl.zoom.us/j/83512387218> 
   Passcode: 4628

15:00–Introduction
15:10–Conceptual Aspects of the Theory of Electric Polarization and 
Orbital Magnetization (D. Vanderbilt)
16:00–Break
16:10–Electric Polarization, Orbital Magnetization, and Other 
Geometrical Observables (R. Resta)
17:00–Interview and recollections
17:45–End

Abstracts and details 
<https://nccr-marvel.ch/events/classics-resta-vanderbilt>

Mark your calendars for the following event:

*Daan Frenkel* (University of Cambridge) & *Tony Ladd* (University of 
Florida)
May 20, 2021 – 15:00-17:45 (CEST) [at this date, this is 09:00 EDT or 
06:00 PDT]

Details will be announced here 
<https://nccr-marvel.ch/events/classics-frenkel-ladd>

http://psi-k.net/events/cecam-marvel-classics-in-molecular-and-mate 
<http://psi-k.net/events/cecam-marvel-classics-in-molecular-and-mate>


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Prof Nicola Marzari, Chair of Theory and Simulation of Materials, EPFL
Director, National Centre for Competence in Research NCCR MARVEL, EPFL
http://theossrv1.epfl.ch/Main/Contact http://nccr-marvel.ch/en/project

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