Winter School 2002 on Quantum Simulations (fwd)

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                     NIC Winter School

      "Quantum Simulations of Complex Many-Body Systems:
               From Theory to Algorithms"

                25 February - 1 March 2002
                  Rolduc / Kerkrade (NL)

                http://www.fz-juelich.de/wsqs

                    First Announcement
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Scope of the Winter School
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This Winter School continues a recently lauched series of schools
and conferences in Computational Science organized by the
John von Neumann Institute for Computing (NIC).
It will cover modern quantum simulation techniques and their
implementation on high-performance computers, in particular on
parallel systems. The focus clearly is on numerical methods which
are tailored to treat large quantum systems with many coupled
degrees of freedom ranging from superfluid Helium to chemical
reactions. Among others, the following topics will be covered:

* Diffusion and Green's function Monte Carlo
* Path integral Monte Carlo and molecular dynamics
* Car-Parrinello / ab initio molecular dynamics
* Real-time quantum dynamics for large systems
* Lattice and continuum algorithms
* Exchange statistics for Bosons and Fermions / sign problem
* Parallel numerical techniques and tools
* Numerical integration and random numbers

This strongly interdisciplinary School aims at bridging three
"gaps" in the vast field of large-scale quantum simulations:
The first one between chemistry and physics, the second one
between typical graduate courses in these fields and state-of-the-art
research, and finally the one between the Monte Carlo and molecular
dynamics communities. The participants - being mostly graduate
students, postdocs as well as young researchers in the area of
theoretical/computational physics and chemistry - are expected
to have basic knowledge of quantum, classical, and statistical
mechanics. They will benefit from this School by learning about
recent methodological advances within and outside their field of
specialization. In addition, they will get insights into recent
software development and implementation issues involved, in
particular in the context of high-performance computing.

Programme
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The programme with list of speakers, scheduled lectures (titles
are preliminary) and timetable may be found on the home page of
the Winter School
     http://www.fz-juelich.de/wsqs
which will be updated continuously.

General Information
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For details see
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     http://www.fz-juelich.de/wsqs

Venue
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The Winter School will be held at the

Rolduc Conference Centre
Heyendahllaan 82
6464 EP Kerkrade
The Netherlands

The conference site, Rolduc/Kerkrade is located near Aachen on the
Dutch side of the border. There will be bus transfers to Rolduc
for those arriving by public transport. See
     http://www.rolduc.com
for a picture gallery of this marvelous 900 year old monastery.

Beginning of the Winter School: Monday, 25 February 2002, 9:00 h
End of the Winter School: Friday, 1 March 2002, 18:00 h

Arrival day is February 24 (Sunday) and departure is
March 2 (Saturday).

Organization
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The Winter School is organized by the John von Neumann Institute
for Computing (Forschungszentrum Juelich), Lehrstuhl fuer
Theoretische Chemie (Ruhr-Universitaet Bochum), and Institut
fuer Theoretische Physik III (Universitaet Stuttgart). It is
supported by the Conference Service of the Forschungszentrum
Juelich.

Scientific Programme Committee

Johannes Grotendorst, Forschungszentrum Juelich
Dominik Marx, Ruhr-Universitaet Bochum
Alejandro Muramatsu, Universitaet Stuttgart

The organizing team at Forschungszentrum Juelich includes

Dietrich Bartel
Ruediger Esser
Monika Marx
Bernd Krahl-Urban

Proceedings
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Self-contained lecture notes will be published as proceedings.
This book in the publication series of NIC will serve as
a state-of-the-art reference on quantum simulations.
It will be distributed free of charge to all participants
at the beginning of the school in addition to being published
online in the web.

Posters
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All participants are kindly invited to submit posters on
topics from research and development in their working group or
on their own work.

Deadline for the submission of posters is 18 January 2002.
A one-page abstract will be included in a Book of Abstracts.
The abstract should be formatted in LaTeX and sent to
     wsqs-proceedings@fz-juelich.de

Registration and further announcements
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If you want to pre-register for the Winter School without
obligation, please use the online registration form on the
home page of the Winter School
     http://www.fz-juelich.de/wsqs
A confirmation will be sent via e-mail and you will
receive a printed programme with registration form as soon
as it is available.
Details about accommodation at Rolduc Conference Centre will
be announced later. The total number of participants is limited.

If you want to receive further announcements please use
the same pre-registration form or send an e-mail to
     wsqs@fz-juelich.de

Financial
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Participants are expected to cover their travel expenses
and to contribute to the local costs which will be subsidized.
There is no registration fee and the lecture notes will
be distributed free of charge.

Contact
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If you have questions, please send an e-mail to
     wsqs@fz-juelich.de
or look up the homepage
     http://www.fz-juelich.de/wsqs

We are looking forward to seeing you in Rolduc

     Johannes Grotendorst Forschungszentrum Juelich
     Dominik Marx Ruhr-Universitaet Bochum
     Alejandro Muramatsu Universitaet Stuttgart

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