CECAM-MARVEL Classics in molecular and materials modeling
A series of lectures and interviews, in collaboration with CECAM, dedicated to some of the pioneering contributions in the field of molecular and materials simulations.
Quantum Monte Carlo methods in the continuum
Date: January 27, 2025
Description: David Ceperley (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, USA) will give a lecture on 'Quantum Monte Carlo methods in the continuum', in what will be the 11th event in the series 'Classics in molecular and materials modelling' hosted by CECAM and MARVEL.
Methods for computational biology and drug discovery
Date: June 5, 2024
Description: In this series, methods that have become fundamental tools in computational physics and chemistry are presented by their originators at a level appropriate for master and graduate students. The lectures are followed by an interview: we ask our guests to recall for us the period, problems, people and circumstances that accompanied the creation of milestone methods and algorithms that we now routinely use.
Time-dependent density functional theory: past, present and future
Date: September 28, 2023
Description: In this ninth event of the series, CECAM and MARVEL are happy to inviteEberhard Gross (Hebrew University of Jerusalem) and Angel Rubio (Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter) will give a joint lecture on 'Time-dependent density functional theory (TDDFT)', in what will be the ninth event in the series 'Classics in molecular and materials modelling' hosted by CECAM and MARVEL.
Dynamical mean-field theory
Date: December 8, 2022
Description: In this eighth event of the series, CECAM and MARVEL are happy to invite Antoine Georges (Flatiron Institute) and Gabriel Kotliar (Rutgers University). The event is chaired by Nicola Marzari.
Simulation methods for spin glasses with applications in optimization
Date: November 3, 2022
Description: In this seventh event of the series, CECAM and MARVEL are happy to invite Giorgio Parisi (Università di Roma la Sapienza) and Marc Mézard (Università Bocconi Milano). The event is chaired by CECAM Deputy Director Sara Bonella and the second part contains an interview moderated by Ludovic Berthier (Université de Montpellier).
Ab initio studies of electronic excitations using many-body perturbation theory
Date: January 18, 2022
Description: In this sixth event of the series, CECAM and MARVEL are happy to invite Rex Godby (University of York), Lucia Reining (Ecole Polytechnique, Palaiseau) and Steven Louie (UC Berkeley & Lawrence Berkeley National Lab). The event is chaired by MARVEL director Prof. Nicola Marzari, with an introduction by CECAM director Prof. Ignacio Pagonabarraga.
Fluid phase equilibria by computer simulations
Date: December 9, 2021
Description: In this fifth event of the series, Athanassios Panagiotopoulos (Princeton University) and Dominic Tildesley (University of Southampton) will give a joint lecture on the history and modern developments of the simulation of phase equilibria for pure components and mixtures. The event is chaired by CECAM deputy director Dr. Sara Bonella, and is followed by an interview with the speakers conducted by Prof. Berend Smit.
Free-energy of solids: origins and consequences of the 1983 CECAM workshop
Date: May 20, 2021
Description: Fourth event in the series "Classics in molecular and materials modeling", hosted by CECAM and MARVEL at EPFL. Prof. Tony Ladd (University of Florida) presents "Thermodynamics of hard spheres: 1950's to 1980's"; Prof. Daan Frenkel (University of Cambridge) presents a "Follow-up of the 1983 workshop". The lecture is followed by a historical perspective and an interview / Q&A with the speakers conducted by CECAM deputy director Dr. Sara Bonella.
Berry phases in condensed matter physics
Date: March 23, 2021
Description: Third event in the series "Classics in molecular and materials modeling", hosted by CECAM and MARVEL at EPFL. In this joint lecture, David Vanderbilt (Rutgers University) and Raffaele Resta (IOM-CNR Democritos, Trieste) discuss "Berry phases in condensed matter physics". The lecture is followed by a historical perspective and an interview / Q&A, with a surprise guest appearance by Prof. Richard Martin.
Car-Parrinello molecular dynamics
Date: July 25, 2019
Description: Second lecture in the series "Classics in molecular and materials modeling". The lecture is followed by an interview with the speakers conducted by Prof. Giulia Galli (University of Chicago).
Molecular dynamics under (holonomic) constraints
Date: April 30, 2019
Description: First lecture in the series "Classics in molecular and materials modeling". The lecture is followed by an interview with the speakers conducted by Dr. Sara Bonella, deputy director of CECAM.