School on
Computational techniques for condensed matter
(sponsored by the Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research)

Venue: JNC Lecture Hall, Indian Institute of Science (near Health Centre)
Hands On Sessions: Digital Library, IISc (near State Bank of India)

PROGRAMME


January 16, 2001, Tuesday

08.30 a.m. - 09.00 a.m. Registration
09.00 a.m. - 10.15 a.m. Richard Catlow, Royal Institution Molecular modelling: An introduction
10.15 a.m. - 10.30 a.m. Coffee
10.30 a.m. - 11.45 a.m. R.M. Lynden-Bell, Queen's U. Free energy calculations - I
11.45 a.m. - 01.00 p.m. S.L. Chaplot, BARC Ewald sum
01.00 p.m. - 02.00 p.m. Lunch
02.00 p.m. - 03.15 p.m. R. Vetrivel, General Electric Judicious use of quantum quantum chemical calculations for the simulation of solid materials
03.15 p.m. - 03.30 p.m. Tea
03.30 p.m. - 05.30 p.m. S.L. Chaplot, BARC Hands On - I: Ewald sum 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

January 17, 2001, Wednesday
Special Venue: JNCASR, Jakkur Campus

09.00 a.m. - 10.15 a.m. R.M. Lynden-Bell, Queen's U. Free energy calculations - II
10.15 a.m. - 10.30 a.m. Coffee
10.30 a.m. - 11.45 p.m. S. Sastry, JNCASR Methods for energy minimisation
11.45 a.m. - 01.00 p.m. G. Ayappa, IISc Grand canonical Monte Carlo simulations with applications to confined fluids
01.00 p.m. - 02.00 p.m. Lunch
02.00 p.m. - 03.15 p.m. S. Balasubramanian, JNCASR Extended system molecular dynamics
03.15 p.m. - 03.30 p.m. Tea
03.30 p.m. - 04.45 p.m. S. L. Chaplot, BARC Lattice dynamics

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

January 18, 2001, Thursday

09.00 a.m. - 10.15 a.m. A.N. Cormack, Alfred U. Modelling of heavily disordered solids
10.15 a.m. - 10.30 a.m. Coffee
10.30 a.m. - 11.45 a.m. R. Bell, Royal Institution Adsorption in molecular sieves: Applications of computational chemistry methods
11.45 a.m. - 01.00 p.m. S. Balasubramanian, JNCASR Reversible integrators & multiple time step methods
01.00 p.m. - 02.00 p.m. Lunch
02.00 p.m. - 03.15 p.m. G. Sankar, Royal Institution Combined experimental and computational approaches in the structural chemistry of catalytic materials
03.15 p.m. - 03.30 p.m. Tea
03.30 p.m. - 05.30 p.m. S. Balasubramanian, JNCASR Hands On - II: MD in the canonical ensemble

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

January 19, 2001, Friday

09.00 a.m. - 10.15 a.m. S. Yashonath, IISc Advanced Monte Carlo methods
10.15 a.m. - 10.30 a.m. Coffee
10.30 a.m. - 11.45 a.m. S. Narasimhan,  JNCASR Introduction to density functional theory
11.45 a.m. - 01.00 p.m. R. Catlow, Royal Institution Recent simulation studies of complex inorganic materials
01.00 p.m. - 02.00 p.m. Lunch
02.00 p.m. - 03.15 p.m. U. Waghmare, JNCASR Density functional theory - II
03.15 p.m. - 03.30 p.m. Discussion & Conclusion
03.30 p.m. - 03.45 p.m. Tea
03.45 p.m. - 05.45 p.m. S. Yashonath, IISc Hands On - III: Advanced Monte Carlo methods