From: chemistry-request at ccl.net
To: chemistry-request at ccl.net
Date: Tue Dec 12 11:27:25 2006
Subject: 07.01.25 NWCHEM MEETING ON SCIENCE DRIVEN PETASCALE COMPUTING AND CAPABILITY DEVELOPMENT
With the emergence of petascale computing platforms computational quantum chemistry is on the verge of entering a new era of modeling. These new resources will enable researchers to tackle scientific problems that larger and more realistic than ever before, and to include more of the complex dynamical behavior of nature. In this regard, EMSL is organizing a two-day meeting January 25-26 to develop a long-term strategy for Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratorys NWChem quantum chemistry software suite. The strategic plan will include ideas on what the future computational chemistry scientific challenges will be, which role petascale computing will play, and it will define the most significant needs in terms of capability development in NWChem. The meeting will include panel discussions, and presentations by scientific leaders in key programs and science areas along with key computational chemistry methodology developers, computer scientists, and mathematicians. Some of the invited speakers that will be presenting are Bill Lester, Robert Harrison, Giulia Galli, Rod Bartlett, Dave Dixon, and Saday Sadayappan. A poster session is planned during the evening on January 25, which will provide you with an opportunity for you to showcase your research program, and to provide EMSL and the NWChem developer team with ideas to guide investments for software capability development. Please provide a title and abstract when you sign-up for the meeting. Meeting information and registration (free) information is available on the NWChem Meeting website http://www.emsl.pnl.gov/nwchemmeeting/ . Registration is free and open to the scientific community. Foreign nationals that wish to participate are urged to sign up as soon as possible due to processing times.NOTE THAT E-MAIL ADDRESSES HAVE BEEN MODIFIED!!!