Psi-k 2020 - 14-17 September 2020 - EPFL, Lausanne (Switzerland)

Dear Psi-k'ers,

This is to announce that the registration for Psi-k 2020 is now open, and the full list of invited speakers and symposia is online.

This is the largest event worldwide in first-principles simulations; it is held every 5 years (the last two editions, in Berlin in 2010 and in San Sebastian in 2015, had more than 1’000 participants each), and with 7 plenary talks, 140 invited talks, and 170 contributed talks it promises to be the most exciting, defining event in the field.

Early-bird deadline is May 1, 2020 – one can register right away, and submit an abstract later (by May 1, 2020, to be considered for a contributed talk, or by Aug. 1, 2020, for a poster). All information – including registration, program, accommodation, and childcare - is available at https://www.psik2020.net.

Looking very much forward to a successful Psi-k 2020, and to seeing you all in Lausanne!

Nicola Marzari

Chair, Psi-k Charity and Board of Trustees

More information: https://www.psik2020.net  

The conference

• 3.5 days (from 2pm Sept. 14, 2020, to the evening of Sept. 17)
• 7 plenary talks
• 39 symposia
• 6 parallel sessions
• ~140 invited talks
• ~170 contributed talks
• 1 MAD evening to shake it all off!

Important deadlines

• May 1, 2020 — Early-bird registration deadline  REGISTRATIONS ARE NOW OPEN!
• May 1, 2020 — Abstract submission deadline to be considered for contributed oral presentations
• May 1, 2020 — Deadline for “Volker Heine Award” applications (to be advertised soon)
• Aug. 1, 2020 — Regular registration deadline
• Aug. 1, 2020 — Abstract submission deadline, posters only
• Sept. 6, 2020 — Late registration deadline
• Sept. 14–17, 2020 — Psi-k 2020 Conference

Plenary speakers 

• Gábor Csányi, University of Cambridge, UK
• Feliciano Giustino, University of Texas at Austin, USA
• Sharon Hammes-Schiffer, Yale University, USA
• Francesco Mauri, University of Rome Sapienza, Italy
• Angelos Michaelides, University College London, UK
• Lucia Reining, Ecole Polytechnique, France
• Nicola Spaldin, ETH Zurich, Switzerland

Symposia

A | Physical Formalisms

• Density and density-matrix functional theories
• Novel theoretical and computational developments in diagrammatic many body theory
• Strong correlations beyond local approximations
• Open quantum systems and non-adiabatic dynamics
• Emerging aspects of electron-phonon interactions
• Strongly correlated materials
• Exciting core electrons
• New developments in quantum Monte Carlo simulation
• Frontiers of DFT and beyond
• Extreme non-linear optics
• Excitons in complex materials
• Non-equilibrium physics
• New developments in first principles calculations of charge and heat transport

B | Algorithms, Software and Data

• Recent progress in reduced scaling methods: from quantum chemistry and DFT to second-principles
• Statistics and configuration sampling
• Electrified solid-liquid interfaces
• Software engineering: libraries for electronic structure applications
• Machine-learned surrogate models: the quest for ab initio accuracy at a fraction of the cost
• Machine learning for many-body quantum physics
• Structure searching and crystal structure prediction
• Materials discovery by high-throughput screening and artificial intelligence
• Emerging and future computing
• Current and future challenges associated with data infrastructure and reproducibility

C | Applications to Real Materials and Materials Design

• Ab initio guided design of structural materials
• Functional materials and devices
• Magnetism and spintronics
• Surfaces and interfaces at realistic conditions
• New physics in 2D materials and van der Waals multilayers
• Molecules, macromolecules and biomolecules: challenges and new opportunities for electronic structure methods
• Twisted bilayer materials
• Topological properties in real and momentum space
• Strong spin-orbit and magnetic systems
• Materials for energy
• Polaron and excitons: fundamentals of charge trapping and its impact in applications
• Electronic structure calculations and molecular modeling in industry
• Interfacial water: structures and dynamics

D | Simulations across Domains (joint with CECAM)

• Statistical mechanics and multiscale modeling
• The broader picture

E | Volker Heine Young Investigator Award