Sponsors : CECAM, CIN2, GenCat, MICINN, PSI-K, ZCAM
ORGANIZING COMMITTEES
INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE
· Wanda Andreoni CECAM and EPFL - Lausane, Switzerland
· Alfonso Baldereschi EPFL - Lausanne, Switzerland
· Stefano Baroni SISSA - Trieste, Italy
· Claudia Filippi Univ. Twente, Netherlands
· Giulia Galli Univ. California - Davis, USA
· Xingao Gong Fudan University, China
· Xavier Gonze Univ. Catholique de Louvain, Belgium
· Jisoon Ihm Seoul National University, Korea
· Erik Koch Forschungszentrum Jü lich, Germany
· Steven G. Louie Univ. California - Berkeley, USA
· Richard M. Martin University of Illinois, USA
· Nicola Marzari University of Oxford, UK
· Shobhana Narasimhan JNCASR - Bangalore, India
· Pablo Ordejón CIN2 (CSIC-ICN), Barcelona, Spain
· Lucia Reining École Polytechnique - Paris, France
· David Vanderbilt Rutgers University, USA
LOCAL ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
· Pablo Ordejón CIN2 (CSIC-ICN)
· Jorge Íñiguez ICMAB (CSIC)
· Massimiliano Stengel ICREA and ICMAB (CSIC)
· Daniel Sánchez-Portal CFM (CSIC)
SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM
Complete program with abstracts (3.2 Mb pdf file)
List of Sessions and Speakers
New DFT Functionals
Andreas Savin Universite Pierre et Marie Curie, France
Double hybrid density functional theory (tentative)
Gustavo E. Scuseria Rice University, USA
Symmetry breaking and restoration in electronic structure theory
Sangeeta Sharma Max Planck Halle, Germany
Treatment of strongly correlated systems within the framework of reduced density matrix functional theory
Quantum Monte Carlo
Ali Alavi University of Cambridge, UK
Quantum Monte Carlo approach to the full CI problem: recent progress
Sandro Sorella SISSA, Italy
Efficient Resonance Valence Bond approach for electronic structure
Shiwei Zhang College of William and Mary, USA
Recent progress in electronic structure calculations by auxiliary-field quantum Monte Carlo
Magnetism and Topological Phases
Stefan Blugel Julich Forschungszentrum, Germany
Spin relaxation mechanisms in metallic systems: Resonance and anisotropy effects
Ivo Souza Universidad del País Vasco, Spain
Wannier-based description of orbital magnetic effects in ferromagnets
Oleg Yazyev EPFL, Switzerland
Bismuth chalcogenide topological insulators from first principles
Strong Correlations
Jan Kunes Academy of Sciences, Czech Republic
Thermal and doping effects in materials with competing multiplets
Tanusri Saha Dasgupta SN Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences, India
A Realistic Theory of Correlated Oxides
Electron Dynamics
Matteo Gatti Universidad del Pais Vasco, Spain
Design of effective kernels for spectroscopy: time-dependent current-density-functional theory
Fernando Martin Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Spain
XUV/X-ray femto- and attosecond laser pulses for ultrafast electronic control in simple molecules: towards attochemistry?
Marco Schiro Princeton University, USA
Non-equilibrium Dynamical Mean Field Theory (tentative)
Electrochemistry and Photocatalysis
Annabella Selloni Princeton University, USA
First principles simulations of materials and processes in photo- and electro-catalysis
Michiel Sprik University of Cambridge, UK
Reactivity of holes at the TiO2 water interface
Materials
Marivi Fernandez-Serra Stony Brook University, USA
Anomalous Nuclear Quantum Effects in Ice
Javier Junquera Universidad de Cantabria, Spain
Highly-confined spin-polarized two-dimensional electron gas in SrTiO3/SrRuO3 superlattices
Jorg Neugebauer Max Planck Dusseldorf, Germany
Fully ab initio determination of free energies: Application to modern high-strength steels
Cheol Hwan Park Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
Many-body effects on the carrier dynamics of graphene
Ruben Perez Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Spain
Probing nanostructures with forces and currents
Large Scale Simulations
Johaness Neugebauer Technical University Braunschweig, Germany
Subsystem-Based Time-Dependent Density-Functional Theory for Biomolecular Spectroscopy
Joost VandeVondele University of Zurich, Switzerland
Simulating large condensed phase systems with GGA and hybrid density functionals
REGISTRATION
The Registration Fees for this workshop are:
- 350 euros, for Regular Participants
- 200 euros, for PhD students
The Registration includes:
- Admission to all the sessions
- Possibility of submitting an abstract for a poster
- Program and conference book of abstracts
- Lunch and coffee breaks
- Space allowing, we intend to accept all the requested poster presentations.
- A conference dinner for all participants may be organized depending on the final budget of the workshop.
** Unfortunately, we can NOT provide any financial support to regular participants **
Registration is now closed
There may be some last minute chances to register. For that, please fill the contact form.
ABSTRACTS
Abstract submission is now closed
As regards the abstracts for posters:
DEADLINE: December 18, 2011
List of accepted abstracts: December 20, 2011
Note: Posters must fit in a 100 cm x 198 cm panel.
VENUE
Casa Convalescència
The workshop will take place downtown Barcelona, at the Casa Convalescència of the Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, declared Cultural Heritage for Humanity by UNESCO in 1997.
LOGISTICS
The workshop organizers have not made any arrangements for the accommodation of regular participants. Nevertheless, here is a list of hotels that are close to the workshop site and offer a reasonable quality-price compromise.
Lepant 406
Corsega 541
Hotel Aristol ***
Cartagena 369
Mallorca 606
Arago 591-593
Hotel Medicis ***
Castillejos 340
Travessera de Gracia 380-384
For more information about the city of Barcelona, transportation, safety tips, etc. please download this document.
