Ab Initio Methods in Quantum Chemistry Symposium

[elbert-: at :-tc1.chem.iastate.edu (Stephen T. Elbert)]

Dear Colleague,
 Professor Klaus Ruedenberg recently celebrated his 70th anniversary and,
 in accordance with Iowa State University rules, will retire from teaching
 next June.  Professor Ruedenberg assures us he has no plans to retire from
 research.  To recognize this milestone we are organizing an international
 symposium in his honor.  The symposium will cover ab initio methods in
 quantum chemistry and will be held at the Gateway Center in Ames, Iowa,
 May 9-11, 1991.
 The format will consist of a series of plenary lectures each day and poster
 sessions Thursday and Friday evenings.  Weather permitting, there will be
 an outing to the nearby Ledges State Park Saturday afternoon, to be
 followed by a banquet Saturday evening.  A welcoming reception will be held
 Wednesday evening.  Talks will cover applications as well as theory.
 The registration fee is $180 before April 1.
 More information may be obtained via anonymous ftp from chem1.Chem.IaState.edU
 (129.186.201.16) in directory pub/symposium.  Sites without ftp capability
 should send requests to elbert-: at :-tc1.chem.iastate.edu or elbert-: at
 :-alisuvax.bitnet.
 Information is available in either PostScript or ASCII form so please
 specify your preference.
 The speakers and the titles they have supplied so far are:
 Jan Almlof
 Ernest R. Davidson "QDVARPT Calculations for Hydrogen Bonded Dimers"
 Thom H. Dunning, Jr.
 William A. Goddard III
 Mark S. Gordon "Structure, Bonding, and Reactivity in Organometallic
 Chemistry"
 Nicholas C. Handy "Analytic Derivative Theory"
 A. Doug McLean
 Wilfried Meyer
 Robert G. Parr
 John A. Pople "The Computation of Molecular Energies"
 Peter Pulay "Geometry Optimization and Correlation Energy Calculations in
              Large Molecules"
 Bjorn Roos
 C. C. J. Roothaan
 Henry F. Schaefer III "Cyanomethylene and Benzyne: Is it Possible to Escape
                        from the Tar Baby?"
 H. Bernard Schlegel
 W. H. Eugen Schwarz "Chemical Bonding in Relativistic Quantum
 Chemistry"
 Peter R. Taylor "Atomic Correlation and Molecular Binding Energies"
 H.-Joachim Werner "Accurate Potential Energy Surfaces for Elementary
 Chemical
                    Processes"
 The plenary sessions will be chaired by the following former students and
 post-docs of Prof. Ruedenberg: Richard Bardo, Clyde Edmiston, Walter England,
 David F. Feller,  Ernest Mehler,  Richard Raffenetti,  Michael W. Schmidt,
 David Silver, Otto Steinborn,  and Petros Valtazanos.
 Stephen Elbert        Andrew Komornicki
 Ames Laboratory       Polyatomics Research Institute
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