Courses

December 8th

Introductory courses on molecular simulation methods will be given the first day of the meeting. The courses will be given in spanish.

SCHEDULE

09:00 – 13:00 TITLE: Curso VASP INSTRUCTOR: Joel Ireta
INSTITUTION: UAM-Iztapalapa, México
CONTACT: iret@xanum.uam.mx CONTENTS
13:00 – 15:00 LUNCH
15:00 – 19:00 TITLE: Curso ABINIT INSTRUCTOR: Pedro Navarro
INSTITUTION: Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolas de Hidalgo, México
CONTACT: pedro.unimich@gmail.com SOFTWARE

It is desirable that people attending these courses have a basic knowledge of quantum mechanics, classical thermodynamics and statistical mechanics.

The courses are aimed at undergraduate and postgraduate students in chemistry, physics, various engineerings and biology. Researchers are also welcome.

The students have to bring their own laptop with a Unix-compatible operating system (such as Linux or Mac OS X).

Software Requirements

The following programs MUST be installed previously:

  • VMD visualizer
  • Fortran compiler (ifort, gfortran or alike)
  • xmgrace or xmgr

These programs can be downloaded from the internet, are free and easy to install.

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