Understanding Molecular Simulations
Location: University of Amsterdam Amsterdam The Netherlands
Organisers
Important information for travel reimbursement
Please send origninal travel documents (tickets, boardingpasses) to Ineke Weijer,
HIMS,
Universiteit van Amsterdam,
Nieuwe Achtergracht 166,
1018 WV AMSTERDAM,
The Netherlands
Programme
A schedule of the course can be found here.
This course is aimed to give an introduction in the basic molecular simulation techniques: molecular dynamics and Monte Carlo. The idea is to give an understanding of principles underlying these techniques and to use this understanding to optimize a simulation code. The more advanced topics include molecular simulations in the various ensembles (NVE, NVT, NPT, grand canonical, etc), free energy computations, phase equilibria, rare events, configurational-bias Monte Carlo. The morning sessions are lectures introducing the methods and in the afternoons there are computer exercises in which these methods are applied. The course does not assume any previous knowledge in molecular simulations. However, elementary knowledge in thermodynamics and statistical thermodynamics is assumed.
Course Material (will be provided by the organizers): "Understanding Molecular Simulations" Frenkel and Smit (Academic Press, 2002).
The participation fee is 200 Euro. Support for participation (travel and lodging) is available via the Marie Curie Action Molsimu.
Information about lodging and the programme can be found in the file repository, (click in the navigation bar). Most participants will be lodging at the Hotel Arena
Location of the Tutorial can be found here (location 16, Building A and location 12, Building Euclides)
References
Luca Ghiringhelli (NOMAD Laboratory at the Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society and Humboldt University, Berlin) - Organiser
Netherlands
Huisman Bastiaan (University of Amsterdam) - Organiser
Peter Bolhuis (University of Amsterdam) - Organiser
Francesco Colonna (University of Amsterdam (HIMS)) - Organiser
Bernd Ensing (University of Amsterdam) - Organiser
Elske Leenders (UvA) - Organiser
Evert Jan Meijer (University of Amsterdam) - Organiser
Maarten Wolf (TuDelft) - Organiser
Jacobus van Meel (FOM institute AMOLF) - Organiser
Switzerland
Berend Smit (EPFL) - Organiser
United Kingdom
Daan Frenkel (U Cambridge) - Organiser
United States
Patrick Charbonneau (Duke University) - Organiser
Jutta Rogal (Flatiron Institute) - Organiser