Dear SIESTA community, hi everybody, I'm a new siesta user and I'm finishing my graduate studies in physics at the university of Pavia. During these Christmas holidays I've been playing with SIESTA to study from first principles, band structure and DOS of a superconducting compound I'm working on for my thesis research. Of course I couldn't get any reliable result, but I realized I really like this kind of studies. I read about DFT on books, then I went through various siesta presentation but, while DFT theory is quite clear to me, I couldn't grab that much on how to practically use siesta to face a real problem.
So what I'm asking you is where and how could I delve deeper into this kind of studies! Is there a summer school scheduled for next year? Are there any places where I could get deeper into this topic in Italy or abroad? As far as I know no one is working DFT simulations in my physics department. Thanks for your attention, best wishes for the new year, Pietro Bonfa'
