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==>MW-MSSC2017 - Minnesota Workshop on ab Initio Modeling
in Solid State Chemistry with CRYSTAL
http://www.crystal.unito.it/mw-mssc17/
Minneapolis (USA), July 9-14, 2017

==> MSSC2017 - Ab initio Modelling in Solid State Chemistry
Discovering quantum-mechanical simulations with CRYSTAL
http://www.imperial.ac.uk/mssc2017
London (UK), September 18-22, 2017

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Dear Colleagues,
the Minnesota Chemical Theory Center and the Theoretical Chemistry Group
of the University of Torino announce the

Minnesota Workshop on ab Initio Modeling in Solid State Chemistry with
CRYSTAL

to be held in Minneapolis, MN (USA) from Sunday, July 9th through Friday,
July 14th 2017.

Ab initio modeling has become of ever-increasing interest in solid
state chemistry, physics, and materials science. Software for the
quantum-mechanical study of a large variety of solid properties
(structural, electronic, spectroscopic, thermodynamic, optical,
elastic, piezoelectric, etc.) is now widely available to a rapidly
growing community of specialists (theoretical and computational
chemists and physicists), as well as non-specialists (materials
scientists, crystallographers, geologists, solid state physicists
and chemists, etc.).

The Minneapolis edition of the MSSC2017 School will provide the
necessary formal background to understand the main theoretical
methodologies and approximations underpinning modern ab initio
solid state computational tools and it will also provide practical
guidelines for the actual use of standard and advanced features of
CRYSTAL.

The School will also present CRYSTAL17, the newest version of the
program, to be released in 2017, with all of its new features and
capabilities.

Registration is open. Last places available!
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The full program, registration details and general information can be
found at the official School web site (see link above).

Looking forward to meeting you in Minneapolis.
Sincere regards.
MW-MSSC2017 School Directors
Lorenzo Maschio
Laura Gagliardi

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MSSC2017 -Ab initio Modelling in Solid State Chemistry

London Edition (New Users):

London (UK), 18 - 22 September 2017

Directors: L. Bernasconi - N.M. Harrison - G. Mallia

The Department of Chemistry and the Thomas Young Centre at Imperial College
London and the Computational Materials Science Group of the Science and
Technology Facilities Council (STFC), in collaboration with the Theoretical
Chemistry Group of the University of Torino, are organizing the 2017 MSSC
Summer School on the "ab initio modelling of crystalline and defective solids
with the CRYSTAL code".
The week long school is designed for new users of CRYSTAL, PhD students,
Post-Docs and researchers with interests in solid state chemistry,
physics, materials science, surface science, catalysis, magnetism
and nano-science. It will provide an introduction to the capabilities
of quantum mechanical simulations and to the practical use of CRYSTAL.

CRYSTAL is a general-purpose program for the study of periodic solids.
It uses a local basis set comprised of Gaussian type functions and can be
used to perform calculations at the Hartree-Fock, density functional or
global and range-separated hybrid functionals (e.g. B3LYP, HSE06), double
hybrid levels of theory.
Analytical first derivatives with respect to the nuclear coordinates and cell
parameters and analytical derivatives, up to fourth order, with respect to an
applied electric field (CPHF/CPKS) are available.

Registration is open.

If you need an invitation letter for visa application,
please proceed with the registration.

The list of lecturers, registration details and general information can be
found at the official School web site (see link above).

Deadline for payment of early bird fees: Friday 2nd June
Deadline for payment of standard fees: Friday 4th August