Dear Psi-kers

The year 2016 is already in full swing. Next week there will be the traditional Psi-k Get-together in the context of the DPG Spring Meeting in Regensburg. The workshop program for 2016 has started, and the poster downloadable from the Psi-k Website lists the many exciting events taking place this year. As you may have noticed, the website also relays lots on information of many other conferences of interest to the Psi-k community, and has also become a much-used channel for job postings and recruitment.

The new Psi-k Website has proven very popular, and facilitates the dissemination of news to the world-wide electronic-structure community. Thanks to Mike Towler, I can now share with you some information about the registered users and recipients of the Psi-k mailing list.

The website has nearly 3000 subscribers, of which 58% are from Europe and 42% from outside Europe. The full list of countries and users is as follows:

USA 387

Germany 357
UK 283
France 216
India 209
Italy 141
Spain 108
Sweden 99
China 98
Switzerland 95
Iran 65
South Korea 61
Belgium 57
Brazil 57
Japan 52
Finland 47
Netherlands 43
Ireland 41
Austria 36
Denmark 36
Russia 33
Canada 30
Czech Republic 28
Turkey 26
Pakistan 24
Singapore 23
Greece 21
Saudi Arabia 20
Algeria 18
Poland 18
Norway 16
Argentina 15
Australia 15
Israel 13

Ethiopia 12
Nigeria 12
South Africa 12
Taiwan 12
Hungary 10
Mexico 9
Ukraine 9
Colombia 8
Cuba 7
Kenya 7
Serbia 7
Croatia 6
Iceland 6
Nepal 6
Portugal 6
Thailand 6
Bulgaria 5
Luxembourg 5
Qatar 5
Romania 4
Cameroon 3
Egypt 3
Tunisia 3
Vietnam 3
Jordan 2
New Zealand 2
Slovenia 2
Sudan 2
Burkina Faso 1
Chile 1
Ghana 1
Kuwait 1
Lebanon 1
Lithuania 1
Macedonia 1
Malaysia 1
Morocco 1
Senegal 1
Slovakia 1
Uruguay 1

This is an interesting list indeed, and shows worldwide interest in our science and in our methods, which are now applied in a wide range of disciplines. Ab initio -type methods have proven their power, and the future looks bright.

Best regards,

Risto Nieminen

Psi-k Chairman