Dear Colleagues,

We would like to announce that lectures of our PARADIM summer school: "An Introduction to Density Functional Theory for Experimentalists Including the Latest Advances" led by Prof. Tomás Arias between July 23, 2023 - July 29, 2023 will be in-person, and also streamed live.

This is an ideal introduction to DFT for experimentalists and for theorists unfamiliar to the topic. Both theory lectures and practical lectures will be streamed live. The hands-on sessions will be autonomous and all the course materials for the hands-on sessions will also be provided to on-line participants. The calculations during the exercise sessions will be performed using the JDFTx code.

Please register here: https://cornell.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_bQK8gpsVPt6yKUe

For more details of the schedule: https://www.paradim.org/2023_DFT_SS

The goal of this Summer School is to introduce experimentalists (or theorists unfamiliar with DFT) to density-functional theory (DFT) calculations and first-principles materials modeling.

This course answers the basic questions:
“Can DFT help me with my experimental or theoretical problem?
Which materials properties can be predicted and how reliable are the results?
How difficult would it be to run the calculation that I need?
Can I do this on my own or I better seek help from the ab initio theory group next door?”.

By the end of the school, the participants will be able to perform basic DFT calculations in complete autonomy, and will have a better understanding of the current literature on atomistic modeling using DFT.

The course is articulated along three parallel tracks: theory lectures, practical lectures, and hands-on sessions. The theory lectures by Tomás Arias of Cornell University will introduce the conceptual background that is needed to understand the potential and the limitations of DFT in the context of materials modelling and design. The practical lectures by Betül Pamuk of Cornell University are meant to guide the audience through the practical steps required for performing DFT calculations. In the hands-on sessions the participants will be running DFT calculations on selected materials in complete autonomy on supercomputer accounts that will be provided, with the lecturer and teaching assistants supervising the sessions for the in-person participants. The course materials will be made available to the on-line participants.

PARADIM (Platform for the Accelerated Realization, Analysis, and Discovery of Interface Materials) is a materials innovation platform led by Cornell University. It is an NSF mid-scale instrumentation program supported in the Division of Materials Research. PARADIM seeks to create new interface materials with designed properties that could transform next generation electronics. PARADIM, a partnership among Cornell University and Johns Hopkins University, marks the beginning of a new PARADIM in materials discovery.

On behalf of the organizing committee,
Betül Pamuk

Research Associate
Cornell University