Dear Prof,
I have some interests in the TranSiesta school. I tried the TranSiesta
already and found it is more efficient than Smeagol, and I think we may
do some calculations for large system. But there are some parameters
that I still do not understand and the manual of the TranSiesta is quite
simple. If you have some interests, I would like to apply for this school.
By the way, registration fee is 250 € (euros). It includes the course
material and coffee breaks. It does not include accommodation.
Regards,
Kun Tao
Frederico Dutilh Novaes wrote:
Dear SIESTA community,
It is a pleasure to announce that the SIESTA team, in collaboration with the
Catalonia Supercomputing Center (CESCA), are sponsoring a TranSiesta School. It
will be held in Barcelona, Spain, from December 14th to December 16th of 2009.
In order to register and get more detailed information go to:
http://www.cesca.es/en/promocio/aula/index.html#transiesta
Check below for some general information.
All the best,
Frederico D. Novaes (on behalf of the organizers).
TranSiesta School
December 14-16 2009. Barcelona. Spain.
As from the release of version 3.0b, the Siesta public package includes
TranSiesta. Therefore, it is now possible for all Siesta users to perform ab
initio quantum transport calculations. The proper use of this tool, however,
requires specific knowledge of some additional concepts.
The purpose of this school is to give a specific introduction to the use of
TranSiesta. We assume that interested participants will have some working
knowledge of Siesta, both on it's practical aspects (as setting up an input
file for a molecular or bulk-like system), and on some of the theoretical
concepts behind it (like the use of periodic boundary conditions and strictly
localized atomic orbitals).
This School will focus on the use of the non the equilibrium Green's functions
formalism (NEGF), in a accessible language, and some of the technical aspects
of the TranSiesta implementation. The goal is to facilitate the understanding
of the general procedure of transport calculations and of the available input
options. Finally, some exemplifying cases will be discussed in order to show
different transport characteristics and the analysis that can be done,
including hands-on sessions in front of the computer.
We hope that researchers attending the School will acquire sufficient
familiarity with the code to be able perform their own calculations with
confidence.
Lectures and hands-on staff:
- Dr. Thomas Frederiksen
- Dr. Frederico D. Novaes
- Prof. Pablo Ordejón
- Prof. Magnus Paulsson
- Dr. José A. Torres
Language:
English.
Location:
Centre de Supercomputacio de Catalunya
(CESCA). C/ Gran Capita, s/n (Ed. Annexus)
http://www.cesca.cat/en/on
For additional information contact F. D. Novaes at [email protected] or the
CESCA staff at [email protected].
Hope to see you soon !
