Dear Ian,
very nice to hear from you! Carey here in cc was going to prepare a
tweet for our MARVEL NCCR - you'd be superwelcome to retweet or do one
of your own - whatever you prefer. And thanks a lot!
We do not do facebook, so again mostly welcome there!
nicola
On 07/04/2020 22:35, Ian Shuttleworth wrote:
Nicola,
I think this is a great idea. Is the following link 'share-able' to
social media?
https://www.materialscloud.org/learn/sections/spVa3j/fireside-chats-for-lockdown-times
When I try to invite taught students to this type of event, I use a
combination of Facebook / Twitter because - I'm assured - students read
that sort of thing. Occasionally, promotion this way seems to work, so
would it be possible in this case?
With thanks
Ian Shuttleworth
(Nottingham Trent University)
On Tue, Apr 7, 2020 at 7:02 PM Nicola Marzari <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
Dear friends,
a number of colleagues have asked me where to find more information on
quantum-mechanical simulations during these lockdown times - since I've
been teaching density-functional theory for a while, I've decided to
organize 3 public live webinars on the topic, each 2 hours long
(including a break). These are aimed either at experimental colleagues
that want to learn more about the field, or at researchers that want to
start learning more about simulations - feel free to distribute to
those
you think might be interested.
----
Wed Apr 15, 3pm-5pm CEST: *Density-functional theory.* An introduction
to electronic-structure methods and in particular density-functional
theory. Suitable for everyone that wants to learn what DFT is.
----
Thu Apr 16, 3pm-5pm CEST: *Density-functional practice.* An
introduction
to calculations using the total energy, planewaves, pseudopotential
method. Suitable for everyone that wants to learn how to perform a DFT
calculation. A self-learning handout and a virtual machine with
pre-installed open-source quantum-simulation codes are also available -
we'll use Quantum ESPRESSO.
----
Fri Apr 17, 3pm-5pm CEST: *Applications and limitations.* An
introduction to the properties that can be calculated with DFT, their
accuracy, and the practical or conceptual limitations for such
calculations. Suitable for everyone that wants to learn what can, or
cannot, be done with DFT. Will also answer the perennial question "Why
is DFT like Tinder?".
----
Details on how to follow these 3 webinars are given below - note that
you'll need a 4-digit password (the year in which Walter Kohn won the
Nobel prize). The webinar videos will be recorded and made available
(together with the slides) in the Learn section of the Materials Cloud
(https://www.materialscloud.org/learn); during the webinar,
participants
will be able to type questions in the live chat; answers to the most
topical ones will be provided later in a PDF file, also in the Learn
section. For those wanting to try their hands at simulations, there
will
be the chance to do so after the second webinar, using the Quantum
Mobile virtual machine, that can run on any computer (Windows, Max,
Linux...) with an Ubuntu Linux environment pre-installed with many
open-source simulation codes (we'll use Quantum ESPRESSO). Links to the
Quantum Mobile and the GitHub tutorial material (this latter to be
finalized in the next few days) will also be available in the Learn
subsection. All information below - with many thanks to MARVEL and MaX,
for the IT infrastructure (https://nccr-marvel.ch/ and
http://www.max-centre.eu/)), and to all the team and partners of the
Materials Cloud (https://www.materialscloud.org/team,
https://www.materialscloud.org/home#partners).
I'll conclude with our call for more virtual education and conferences:
Less carbon, more silicon!
nicola marzari
Main website: https://www.materialscloud.org/learn - go to the section
"Fireside chats for lockdown times", subsection "A gentle introduction
do DFT calculations - April 2020"
Webinars: details on the http links and password are below. These will
be given on Apr 15/16/17 2020, at 3pm CEST (that's Central European
Summer Time - i.e. the current time in Rome/Berlin/Paris - you can find
your local time at https://time.is/compare/1500_15_Apr_2020_in_CEST).
Note that there is a maximum limit of 500 participants, and things can
go wrong, so if anything does, videos and all material will in any case
be posted in the Materials Cloud Learn section
(https://www.materialscloud.org/learn), together with all relevant info
for those interested.
Password: a 4-digit number - the year in which Walter Kohn won the
Nobel
Prize.
Density-functional theory
Wed Apr 15, 3pm-5pm CEST
https://epfl.zoom.us/j/360496579?pwd=VlNtMCtjTW9oRndEalVsaEU0RVFNUT09
Password: a 4-digit number - the year in which Walter Kohn won the
Nobel
Prize.
Density-functional practice
Thu Apr 16, 3pm-5pm CEST
https://epfl.zoom.us/j/387981888?pwd=QThRMnExeXk1NXNqb0lPUlEwT0t3QT09
Password: a 4-digit number - the year in which Walter Kohn won the
Nobel
Prize.
Applications and limitations
Fri Apr 17, 3pm-5pm CEST
https://epfl.zoom.us/j/535473835?pwd=QjF2WTV4c3ZUbGZTT0RYOGJnKzE3Zz09
Password: a 4-digit number - the year in which Walter Kohn won the
Nobel
Prize.
Or an H.323/SIP room system:
H.323:
162.255.37.11 (US West)
162.255.36.11 (US East)
221.122.88.195 (China)
115.114.131.7 (India Mumbai)
115.114.115.7 (India Hyderabad)
213.19.144.110 (EMEA)
103.122.166.55 (Australia)
209.9.211.110 (Hong Kong)
64.211.144.160 (Brazil)
69.174.57.160 (Canada)
207.226.132.110 (Japan)
First webinar: (password as above)
Meeting ID: 360 496 579
SIP: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
Second webinar: (password as above)
Meeting ID: 387 981 888
SIP: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
Third webinar: (password as above)
Meeting ID: 535 473 835
SIP: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
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Director, National Centre for Competence in Research NCCR MARVEL, EPFL
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