Nineteenth Annual Workshop on Recent Developments in Electronic Structure Methods (ES2007)


North Carolina State University
Raleigh,NC, USA
June 12-15, 2007


Program



Tuesday, June 12

3:00 - 10:00 pm

DORM CHECK-IN AND REGISTRATION (Wolf Village Building G)

5:00 – 7:40 pm

PARTICIPANT PICKUP AT RALEIGH-DURHAM INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT APPROXIMATELY AT:
TERMINAL A: 5 PM AND 7 PM
TERMINAL C: 5:15 AND 7:15 PM
FOR TRANSFER TO WOLF VILLAGE

6:00 - 9:00 pm

RECEPTION (Wolf Village)



Wednesday, June 13 (All events at McKimmon Center)

8:30 – 9:00 am

BREAKFAST BUFFET AND REGISTRATION

9:00 - 9:10 am

WELCOMING REMARKS
Dean Daniel Solomon, Physical and Mathematical Sciences


Session Chair: John Wilkins

9:10 - 9:45 am

B. Lundqvist, Chalmers U., Sweden, "Towards a Density Functional for Sparse Matter"

9:45 - 10:20 am

P. Rinke, Fritz-Haber-Institut, Germany, "Exact-exchange based quasiparticle energy calculations applied to (transition) metal nitrides: ScN, InN and more."

10:20 - 10:50 am

COFFEE BREAK


Session Chair:Marco Buongiorno Nardelli

10:50 - 11:25 am

G. Ceder, MIT, "Infusing 'experience' into first principle methods: The prediction of crystal structure"

11:25 – 12:00 pm

D. Trinkle, U. Illinois Urbana-Champaign, "Material strength from first principles: Electronic structure and the solute/dislocation interaction"

12:00 - 12:10 pm

WELCOME FROM NCSU RESEARCH LEADERSHIP
Vice Chancellor John Gilligan, Research and Graduate Studies

12:10 - 1:10 pm

LUNCH SERVED


Session Chair: Wenchang Lu

1:10 - 1:45 pm

R. Harrison, U. Tennessee/ORNL. "Fast multiresolution methods with guaranteed precision"

1:45 - 2:20 pm

K. Varga, Vanderbilt U. "Quantum transport calculations with source and sink potentials"

2:20 - 2:55 pm

F. Gygi, UC Davis, "Large-scale electronic structure calculations on the BlueGene/L computer"

2:55 – 3:25 pm

COFFEE BREAK


Session Chair: Ivo Souza

3:25 – 4:00 pm

A. Mostofi, MIT, "Electronic structure of DNA from maximally-localized Wannier functions"

4:00 – 4:35 pm

M. Hodak, NC State U., "Hybrid DFT/DFT simulation method for biological systems"

4:35 – 5:10 pm

J.-L. Li, Academia Sinica, Taiwan, "Ab initio investigation of hydrophobic interactions"


[ DINNER ON YOUR OWN IN RALEIGH ]



Thursday June 14 (All talks at McKimmon, poster session and banquet at The State Club)

8:30 – 9:00 am

BREAKFAST BUFFET


Session Chair: Harold Baranger

9:00 - 9:35 am

R. Cohen, Carnegie Institution, "Quantum Monte Carlo Simulations of high pressure phase transitions in SiO2"

9:35 - 10:10 am

J. Kolorenc, NC State U., "Diffusion Monte Carlo study of phase stability of crystalline FeO"

10:10 - 10:40 am

COFFEE BREAK


Session Chair: Natalie Holzwarth

10:40 - 11:15 am

D. Alfe`, University College London, "Absolute rate of thermal desorption from first-principles simulation"

11:15 - 11:50 am

T. Kuhne, ETH Zurich, Switzerland, "A Car-Parrinello-like Approach to Born-Oppenheimer Molecular Dynamics"

11:50 - 12:25 pm

S. Mason, U. Pennsylvania, "First-Principles Extrapolation Procedure for Accurate Chemisorption Energies"

12:25 - 1:25 pm

LUNCH SERVED


Session Chair: Mei Yin Chou

1:25 – 2:00 pm

M. van Schilfgaarde, Arizona State U., "Quasiparticle Self-Consistent GW Theory"

2:00 - 2:35 pm

K. Haule, Rutgers U., "Electronic Structure of Strongly Correlated Electron Materials: A Dynamical Mean Field Perspective"

2:35 – 3:00 pm

RECESS

3:00 – 3:30 pm

BOARD BUSES FROM MCKIMMON CENTER AND WOLF VILLAGE TO THE STATE CLUB

3:30 – 4:00 pm

REFRESHMENTS AND POSTER SETUP (The State Club)


Session Chair: Lubos Mitas

4:00 – 6:30 pm

POSTERS AND REFRESHMENTS (The State Club)

6:30 – 7:00 pm

COCKTAILS (The State Club)

7:00 – 9:00 pm

DINNER  (The State Club)

9:00 pm

BOARD BUSES TO THE WOLF VILLAGE




Friday, June 15 (All sessions in McKimmon)

8:30 – 9:00 am

BREAKFAST BUFFET


Session Chair: David Ceperley

9:00 - 9:35 am

P. Lopez Rios, Cambridge U., UK, "Backflow wave functions in QMC."

9:35 - 10:10 am

D. Guclu, Duke U., "Strong localization in circular quantum dots"

10:10 - 10:30 am

COFFEE BREAK


Session Chair: Nicola Marzari

10:30 - 11:05 am

F. Giustino, UC Berkeley, "Electron-phonon interaction in carbon-based materials: from superconducting diamond to single-layer graphene"

11:05 - 11:40 am

J. Rehr, U. Washington, "Theory and Interpretation of Deep-core X-ray and Electron Energy Loss Spectra"

11:40 - 11:50 am

CONCLUDING REMARKS

11:50 - 12:50 pm

LUNCH SERVED

12:50 - 1:30 pm

DORM CHECK-OUT  (Wolf Village – Dorm residents only)

1: 30 pm

BOARD BUSES FOR THE AIRPORT AT WOLF VILLAGE


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