MaX School on

Advanced Materials and

Molecular Modelling with
Quantum ESPRESSO
17 - 28 May 2021
An ICTP Virtual Meeting Further information:
http://indico.ictp.it/event/9616/
Trieste, Italy smr3622@ictp.it

The school will introduce students and young researchers to Directors:

S. BARONI, SISSA, Italy
materials and molecular modelling with Quantum ESPRESSO R. GEBAUER, ICTP, Italy
A. KOKALJ, Jožef Stefan Institute, Slovenia
(QE), covering basic concepts, recent advances and W. REN, Shanghai University, China
A. STROPPA, CNR-SPIN, Italy
developments, with emphasis on density-functional-theory
(DFT) based methods and High-Performance Computing
Local Organiser:
I. GIROTTO, ICTP, Italy

(HPC).
Keynote Speakers:
S. BLÜGEL, Peter Grünberg Institut and Institute for Advanced
Simulation, Germany

Description:
R. CAR, Princeton University, USA
F. MAURI, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
N. SPALDIN Nicola, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
X. GAO GONG, Fudan University, China

Computational methods in electronic structure theory are Lecturers:

a powerful tool for the understanding and the prediction of S. BARONI, SISSA, Italy
M. BERCX, EPFL, Switzerland
materials properties at the atomistic level. The combination P. BONFA’, University of Parma, Italy
S. DE GIRONCOLI, SISSA, Italy

of the progresses made by condensed matter theory with the P. DELUGAS, SISSA, Italy
P. GIANNOZZI, University of Udine, Italy
G. PIZZI, EPFL, Switzerland
increasing computing capabilities provided in HPC centers S. SCANDOLO, ICTP, Italy
A. STROPPA, CNR-SPIN, Italy
foster a great interest in computational materials science. I. TIMROV, EPFL, Switzerland

Ab-initio electronic structure software like (QE) makes easily Hands-on Lecturers:
available such potentialities to a wide audience of scientists O. BASSEGGIO, SISSA, Italy
R. BERTOSSA, SISSA, Italy

and students. I. CARNIMEO, SISSA, Italy

A. P. SEITSONEN, École Normale Supérieure Paris, France
A. URRU, ETH, Switzerland

The school aims to train beginners in computational materials Tutors:

F. CONTE, University of Naples, Italy
sciences to the efficient use of QE on modern massively P. CS, Cochin University Of Science And Technology, India
Y. CUI, SHU EDU, China
parallel architectures, with special emphasis on the emerging M. HUŠ, National Institute of Chemistry, Ljubljana, Slovenia
T. JIANG, SHU EDU, China
architectures based on GPGPUs and on the use of advanced N. KUMAR, ICTP, Italy
C. MALICA, SISSA, Italy

tools for generating, managing, storing, and sharing results. U. MONDAL, IISER Pune, India
P. PEGOLO, SISSA, Italy
M. POBERŽNIK, SISSA, Italy
L. QIAO, SHU EDU, China
M. SAFARI, SISSA, Italy
S. SAPPATI, IISER Thiruvananthapuram, India
S. STAVRIC, University of Trieste, Italy
G. SUKANYA, ICTP, Italy
D. TISI, SISSA, Italy

How to apply: Registration: Deadline:

Online application: There is no registration fee.
http://indico.ictp.it/event/9616/ 30 April 2021
Female scientists are encouraged to apply.

www.ictp.it
Trieste, Italy