CECAM Node SMSM (Soft Matter and Statistical Mechanics)

• Welcome
• Mission
• Institutions
• Governance
• Events 2011
• Guests 2011
• Events 2012
• Guests 2012
• Events 2013
• Guests 2013
• Contact
• Legal Notice

Welcome to the SMSM CECAM Node

CECAM (Centre Europeen de Calcul Atomique et Moleculaire) is a European organization devoted to the promotion of fundamental research on advanced computational methods and to their application to important problems in science and technology. Traditionally the focus of its activities has been on atomistic and molecular simulations, mainly in relation to the physics and chemistry of condensed matter, and here in particular on the dissemination of knowledge in the community. In 2009, a new nodal structure was established, in which local centers with specialized scientific strengths at various locations in Europe contribute to CECAM's activities. The present Node was founded on November 1, 2010.

The Node's Mission

The Node views itself as particularly strong in various aspects of Computational Soft Matter Science, including the themes

• Equilibrium and Non-Equilibrium Statistical Mechanics, with emphasis on molecular aspects;
• understanding Soft Matter systems like e. g. polymers, colloids, liquid crystals;
• Materials Science in terms of both qualitative and quantitative aspects;
• Multiscale Modeling ranging from electronic structure to hydrodynamics of complex systems;
• development of innovative algorithms;
• High Performance Computing.

It therefore strives to foster science in these fields by various scientific activities, in particular

• workshops, schools, international conferences;
• hands-on training on computer programs;
• advanced teaching;
• hosting of guest stays;
• collaborative research projects;
• mutual exchange of PhD students and postdocs.

Contributing Institutions

SMSM is a multi-institution Node, formed by a consortium of four different institutions:

• The Theory Group at the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Mainz;
• the Condensed Matter Theory Group at the Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, where support is provided by the Center for Computational Sciences in Mainz;
• the Theoretical Physical Chemistry Group at Technische Universität Darmstadt;
• the Institute for Computational Physics at Universität Stuttgart.

The Node's Governance

The Node is governed by its Steering Committee, consisting of four scientists, each coming from one of the respecitive institutions:

• Prof. Dr. Kurt Kremer from the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Mainz;
• Prof. Dr. Friederike Schmid from the Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz;
• Prof. Dr. Florian Müller-Plathe from the Technische Universität Darmstadt;
• Prof. Dr. Christian Holm from the Universität Stuttgart.

The organizational business of the Node is managed by the Node Director, Prof. Dr. Burkhard Dünweg from the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Mainz.

Events 2011

In 2011, the Node hosted

• The Mainz Materials Simulation Days 2011, Mainz, May 25 - 27, 2011.
  
  
• The tutorial Coarse-grained Simulation of Biological Soft Matter Systems using ESPResSo, Stuttgart, October 10 - 14, 2011.

Furthermore, the International Symposium "Computer Simulations on GPU" was hosted at the Node as well. This event, though highly successful, was however not accepted as a CECAM activity.

Guests 2011

CECAM guests hosted by the Node are:

• Prof. Dr. Andrey Milchev, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria
• Prof. Dr. Viktor Ivanov, Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia
• Prof. Dr. Ian Sook, RMIT, Melbourne, Australia
• Prof. Dr. David P. Landau, University of Georgia, Athens, USA
• Prof. Dr. Aniket Bhattacharya, University of Central Florida, Orlando, USA
• Prof. Dr. Markus Deserno, Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh, USA

Events 2012

The workshop / tutorial / conference program of 2012 comprises the events:

• The symposium Statistical Mechanics: Interplay of Theory and Computer Simulations on occasion of the retirement of Kurt Binder.
  Location and time: Mainz, September 19 - 21, 2012
  Organizers:
  • Kurt Kremer (mail)
  • Friederike Schmid (mail)
  • Marcus Müller (mail)
  • Wolfgang Paul (mail)
  • Burkhard Dünweg (mail)
  
  
• The workshop Polymer Translocation through Nanopores.
  Location and time: Mainz, September 17 - 18, 2012
  Organizers:
  • Andrey Milchev (mail)
  • Vakhtang Rostiashvili (mail)
  • Thomas Vilgis (mail)
  • Kurt Binder (mail)
  
  
• The workshop Fluid-Structure Interactions in Soft-Matter Systems: From the Mesoscale to the Macroscale.
  Location and time: Monash Unversity Prato Center, Prato, Tuscany, Italy, November 26 - 30, 2012
  Organizers:
  • Burkhard Dünweg (mail)
  • Ravi Prakash Jagadeeshan (mail)
  
  
• The tutorial Simulating Soft Matter with ESPResSo, ESPResSo++, and VOTCA.
  Location and time: Stuttgart, October 8 - 12, 2012
  Organizers:
  • Olaf Lenz (mail)
  • Christian Holm (mail)
  • Axel Arnold (mail)
  
  
• The SimTech tutorial (sponsored event) Advanced Methods and Applications in Quantum Chemistry.
  Location and time: Stuttgart, March 26 - 30, 2012
  Organizers:
  • Hans-Joachim Werner (mail)
  • Peter Knowles (mail)
  • Fred Manby (mail)

Guests 2012

The 2012 guest list comprises:

• Prof. Dr. Andrey Milchev, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria
• Prof. Dr. Ian Sook, RMIT, Melbourne, Australia
• Prof. Dr. David P. Landau, University of Georgia, Athens, USA
• Prof. Dr. Aniket Bhattacharya, University of Central Florida, Orlando, USA
• Prof. Dr. Markus Deserno, Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh, USA
• Prof. Dr. Mehmet Sayar, Koc University, Istanbul, Turkey
• Prof. Dr. Masao Doi, University of Tokyo, Japan
• Prof. Dr. Ezequiel Albano, UNLP, La Plata, Argentina
• Prof. Dr. Jörg Rottler, University of British Columbia, Canada
• Dr. Michele Ceriotti, University of Oxford, UK

Events 2013

The workshop / tutorial / conference program of 2013 comprises the events:

• Mainz Materials Simulation Days 2013.
  Location and time: Mainz, June 10 - 12, 2013
  Topic: Organic Electronics and Transport Phenomena
  Organizers:
  • Kurt Kremer (mail)
  • Friederike Schmid (mail)
  • Denis Andrienko (mail)
  • Davide Donadio (mail)
  • Thomas D. Kühne (mail)
  
  
• The workshop Coarse-graining multicomponent soft matter systems: equilibrium and dynamics.
  Location and time: Mainz, August 21 - 23, 2013
  Organizers:
  • Marcus Müller (mail)
  • Venkat Ganesan (mail)
  • Friederike Schmid (mail)
  
  
• The tutorial Simulating Soft Matter with ESPResSo.
  Location and time: Stuttgart, October 7 - 11, 2013
  Organizers:
  • Olaf Lenz (mail)
  • Christian Holm (mail)
  • Axel Arnold (mail)

Guests 2013

The 2013 guest list is:

• Prof. Dr. Andrey Milchev, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria
• Prof. Dr. Aniket Bhattacharya, University of Central Florida, Orlando, USA
• Prof. Dr. David P. Landau, University of Georgia, Athens, USA
• Prof. Dr. Ezequiel Albano, UNLP, La Plata, Argentina
• Prof. Dr. Hendrik Heinz, University of Akron, USA
• Prof. Dr. Markus Deserno, Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh, USA
• Prof. Dr. Masao Doi, Toyota physical and chemical research institute, Nagoya, Japan
• Prof. Dr. Mehmet Sayar, Koc University, Istanbul, Turkey
• Prof. Dr. Olga I. Vinogradova, Moscow State University, Russia
• Prof. Dr. Yuichi Masubuchi, Kyoto University, Japan
• Prof. Dr. Akira Ohno, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan
• Prof. Dr. Mark O. Robbins, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, USA

Remark: Further guests may be added at some later stage.

Contact

In case you wish to get in contact with the Node (because, for example, you have suggestions for the program), please send an e-mail to the Node Director Burkhard Dünweg.

Legal Notice

Responsible for the content of this web page:
Burkhard Dünweg
Max-Planck-Institut für Polymerforschung
Ackermannweg 10
55128 Mainz
Germany
duenweg@mpip-mainz.mpg.de
Phone: +49-6131-379-198
Fax: +49-6131-379-340