Psi-k - Ab initio (from electronic structure) calculation of complex processes in materials


Electronic Structure Simulations of Nanostructures: Towards an Understanding of Physical, Chemical and Biological Processes

From: Hannu Hakkinen []
Sent: 14 August 2003 15:00
To:
Subject: workshop funding proposal - June 18-21 2004 Jyvaskyla Finland

Dear Dr. Temmermann,
Please find below a funding proposal for a workshop to be held June 18-21, 2004, in University of Jyvaskyla, Finland.
Sincerely,
Hannu Häkkinen
Department of Physics
Box 35
FIN-40014 University of Jyväskylä
Finland
Tel. +358 14 260 2425; Fax: +358 14 260 2351

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1. ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE SIMULATIONS OF NANOSTRUCTURES: TOWARDS AN UNDERSTANDING OF PHYSICAL, CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL PROCESSES

UNIVERSITY OF JYVäSKYLä, FINLAND
JUNE 18-21, 2004

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE:

Hannu Häkkinen (Chair)
Department of Physics
FIN-40014 University of Jyväskylä, Finland

Ulrich Heiz (Ulm, Germany)
University of Ulm
Dept. of Surface chemistry and catalysis
Albert-Einstein-Allee 47
D-89069 Ulm, Germany

Matti Manninen
Department of Physics
FIN-40014 University of Jyväskylä, Finland

Gianfranco Pacchioni
University of Milano-Bicocca
Dept. of Materials Science
via Cozzi, 53 20125 Milan, Italy

Annabella Selloni
Department of Chemistry
Princeton University
Princeton, N.J. 08540, USA

SCOPE OF THE WORKSHOP:
This workshop will bring together leading scientists as well as young researchers in computational nanoscience, in the area of the physical, chemical and biological processes of "nanomatter". We expect to have about 100 participants. The workshop aims at stimulating interdisciplinary research efforts between experiments and simulations across the boundaries between physics, chemistry and biology. To facilitate interactions between experiment and simulation, a number of experimental talks are included in the program.

2. SCIENTIFIC CONTENT:
The program will consist of invited lectures (about 20), short "hot topic" talks, selected on the basis of submitted abstracts, and poster sessions. The schedule of the talks will be planned to leave ample time for discussions. The invited speakers have been selected to represent a wide range of research areas in nanoscience to enhance the exchange of ideas and results between disciplines. We feel that this kind of scientific meetings are particularly important at this time when the whole concept "nanoscience" is still in a very early developing stage. Young researchers and post docs will benefit from this workshop by being able to present their research via posters or "hot topic" talks, as well as by participating in the tutorial sessions on the modern electronic structure theory (see point #5).

3. TENTATIVE LIST OF SPEAKERS:

4. NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS:
We expect to have about 100 participants, with a significant portion of young researchers and post docs. Probably 70% of the participants are expected to have "hands on" experience on electronic structure simulations.

5. TUTORIAL ELEMENT:
We are planning 1-2 tutorial sessions on modern electronic structure theory. This will be arranged in collaboration with the Center for Scientific Computing in Espoo, Finland, with Dr. Tuomas Torsti as the lead person. In addition, we are planning to have a panel discussion about challenges in simulation and modelling of nanostructures, with Academy Professor Risto Nieminen from the Helsinki University of Technology as the chairman (confirmed). The members of the panel will be selected later from the list of invited speakers.

6. BUDGET:
FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO BE APPLIED FROM:

European Psi-k network 9 000 EUR
University of Jyväskylä 1 000
Academy of Finland 6 000
US source 2 000
Total 18 000

We expect 80 paying participants x 250 EUR registration fee = 20 000 EUR

Total income: 38 000 EUR

EXPENSES:

Local costs (incl. hotel) for invited speakers 25 x 600 15 000 EUR
Local costs for paying participants 80 x 250 = 20 000
Administrative costs 2 000
Social programs etc. 1 000
Total expenses: 38 000 EUR

Paying participants will pay directly to hotels.

7. THE OTHER FUNDING ORGANIZATIONS:
As shown in the budget above, we plan to apply for funding from the Academy of Finland, University of Jyvaskyla, and from a US source that will be decided later.

8. PLACE AND TIME
The wokshop will be held on the Natural Sciences Campus of University of Jyvaskyla June 18-21, 2004. The workshop will start in the morning of Friday June 18 and end in the evening of Monday June 21. This will allow for participants to travel utilizing economy airfares which require Saturday night stay. Sunday afternoon will be reserved for social program (possible excursion).

9. We are currently planning to invite 4 speakers from USA and one from Canada. Dr. Annabella Selloni is in charge of applying for US funding for the workshop.