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Hands-on Course on Density-Functional Calculations – International CP-PAW Autumn School

Göttingen & Paderborn, September 12-23, 2022

This block course introduces first-principles electronic-structure calculations. Lectures provide theoretical background on methods and materials. Practical experience will be gathered during hands-on tutorials using our CP-PAW code. The course targets physicists and chemists during their masters or PhD studies. It is offered simultaneously at two different locations, Göttingen and Paderborn.

One-week Course Two-week Course
Dates September 12-16, 2022 September 12-23, 2022
Time Monday - Friday: 9:00 - 18:00 CEST (UTC+2h)
Locations Georg-August University, Göttingen, Germany or
Paderborn University, Germany
Please read this years format below
Organizers Prof. Dr. Peter E. Blöchl
M.Sc. Lukas Rump
Dr. Robert Schade
Dr. Xin Wu
Registration &
further information
events.uni-paderborn.de/e/cp-paw

In the first week (September 12-16, 2022), students attend lectures in the morning to obtain the theoretical background. Tutors guide practice sessions on using the CP-PAW code in the afternoon. After finishing this week of the course, the participants can independently develop and carry out density-functional calculations and subsequently analyze and judge their results.

Participants decide whether to attend the second week of the course (September 19-23, 2022). They will carry out individual guided projects which they will present in a seminar at the end of the week. Additionally, there will be lectures on advanced topics of density-functional calculations.

The goal of the course is that participants learn to perform density-functional calculations of molecules and solids. Participants will learn to design electronic structure calculations, perform the calculations, analyze results and evaluate their quality. The second week provides additional insight into specialized topics of density-functional methods. Participants train electronic structure calculations in one dedicated project out of a proposed selection.

The course is supported and organized by the Institute for Theoretical Physics of the Clausthal University of Technology, the Institute for Theoretical Physics of Georg-August University Göttingen, the Paderborn Center for Parallel Computing, and the CRC 1073 Atomic Scale Control of Energy Conversion funded by the German Research Foundation DFG. The course is part of the Integrated Research Training Group of the CRC 1073.

Location and format

The both courses will be held at two locations, one in Göttingen and the other in Paderborn PC2 in Paderborn provides computing resources for the tutorial and projects on the Noctua 2 Supercomputer. Participants only need to bring a laptop with a working web browser and WLAN connection.

Lectures will be held at one location and they will be streamed interactively to the second venue with a backchannel for questions and discussion.

A poster session provides the opportunity for scientific exchange. Please select during registrations whether you want to contribute with a poster.
Furthermore, coffee/lunch breaks and a (voluntary) social dinner offer time to discuss, socialize, and network.

We offer online access to the course (lecture/tutorial) if in-person attendance is not possible due to, for example, travel restrictions from other countries. Please provide a reason in the appropriate field during registration. Please note that we heavily advise in-person attendance and might not be able to provide the same level of support for remote participants.

If you only want to listen to the lectures and not participate in the tutorial or project work, you can do so online. Please select the correct registration category (“lectures only”) to not take away spaces for participants who want to attend the tutorial. Listen-only slots are not limited but will grant no certificate of attendance.

COVID 19

We plan with a course that takes place in presence and we will do our best to create a safe environment. However, COVID-19 regulations are continuously changing and make planning complex. In case it is considered unsafe or if COVID-19 regulations demand it, we have a fall-back option ready with a 100% online format: There are recorded lectures and tutors will be available via video conference. Access to our computers is available through a web interface. Participants will only require a computer/laptop with internet access.


Program

The following is a short outline of the courses program. A detailed timetable is available on the event page. We will adapt the second week to the participants' needs and interests.

First Week

The course in the first week consists of two lecture series in the morning and practice sessions in the afternoon.

  • Lecture “Theoretical Basis of Density-Functional Calculations”
    density-functional theory, ab-initio molecular dynamics, electronic structure methods, plane-waves, k-points and supercells
  • Lecture “Electronic Structure Made Simple”
    patterns of bonding, from bonds to band structures, the use of symmetry, patterns of atomic structure
  • Practice Session “CP-PAW Hands-On”
    practical exercises using the CP-PAW code for density-functional calculations

Second Week

In the second week, the focus is on individual guided projects.

  • Lecture “Advanced Topics of Density-Functional Calculations”
    transition-state theory, ab-initio thermodynamics
  • Guided individual projects
    Participants will study one of several problems. The projects are chosen to cover a range of typical applications. Furthermore, they represent classical questions from solid-state physics and chemistry. Examples of projects are:
    • Ruby: Impurities and Optical Transitions
    • Hydrogen Diffusion in Palladium
    • Scanning-Tunneling-Miscroscope Images of Graphene and Adsorbed Atoms
    • Pressure-Volume Phase Diagram of Silicon
    • Schottky Barrier of Silicon on Aluminium: Interfaces
    • Bimolecular Nucleophilic Substitution SN2
    • Buckled-Dimer Reconstruction of the Si(001) Surface
  • Seminar
    participants present their project to the group

Admission

There is no admission or participation fee for members of universities or academic research institutions. Participants need to apply through the registration form on the event page as the number of places is limited. Students from Clausthal, Göttingen, and Paderborn University have to register too.

If the course is overbooked, we would need to make a selection. To aid this process, please inform us of your scientific/educational background and your motivation to participate in the appropriate fields of the registration page.

We will inform applicants via e-mail about their admission.


Credits

For students from Göttingen University and the Clausthal University of Technology, the one-week course will count for 3 graded credits and includes an oral examination. The two-week course yields 6 graded credits based on the project presentation in the seminar. The respective modules are available on the UniVZ-pages listed in the table above. External students will not be graded but get a certificate of attendance that states the workload and topic of the course. Other universities usually accept this such that you might use it for your masters or PhD lecture quota.

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