Abinit Hands-on 2011 - Program and Speakers

Topics covered (all will focus on parallelism)

• Introduction to parallelism and parallel algorithms
• Ground State Calculations (using plane-waves or wavelets)
• Molecular Dynamics
• Transition paths: Nudge Elastic Band and associated methods
• Excited States (GW, Bethe Salpeter Equation, ...)
• Density Functional Perturbation Theory
• Use of Graphics Accelerators (GPU) for DFT simulations

List of speakers

Bernard Amadon (CEA-DIF, Bruyères-le-Châtel, France)

François Bottin (CEA-DIF, Bruyères-le-Châtel, France)

Fabien Bruneval (CEA-DEN-SRMP, Saclay, France)

Damien Caliste (CEA-INAC, Grenoble, France)

Luigi Genovese (CEA-INAC, Grenoble, France)

Matteo Giantomassi (Université de Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium)

Xavier Gonze (Université de Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium)

François Jollet (CEA-DIF, Bruyères-le-Châtel, France)

Marc Torrent (CEA-DIF, Bruyères-le-Châtel, France)