| Time: | October 7 – 11, 2024 |
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The CECAM Flagship School "Simulating soft matter across scales", will take place at the ICP Stuttgart, Allmandring 3, from October 7-11, 2024.
In this school, students learn to conduct simulations in the fields of statistical physics and charged soft matter using the software ESPResSo. After an introduction to particle-based and lattice-based simulations, we will focus on coarse-grained and lattice-based simulations methods to model soft matter systems at mesoscopic length and time scales. We will simulate coarse-grained ionic liquids in electrolytic capacitors, coarse-grained liquids with machine-learned effective potentials, polymer diffusion, hydrodynamic interactions via the lattice-Boltzmann method, and electrokinetics and catalysis with diffusion-advection-reaction solvers. Lectures will provide an introduction to the physics and simulation model building as well as an overview of the necessary simulation algorithms to resolve physical processes at different time scales. During the afternoon, students will practice running their own simulations in hands-on sessions using ESPResSo and waLBerla.
Many of the lectures and hands-on sessions will be taught by developers of the software. Hence, the school will also provide a platform for discussion between developers and users about the future of the software. Moreover, users can get advice on their specific simulation projects. Time will also be dedicated to research talks, which illustrate how the simulation software is applied, and which provide further background in the field of energy materials. All participants are invited to bring a poster and present it during the lightning talks.
Invited speakers:
- Timm Krüger, University of Edinburgh (United Kingdom)
- Tristan Bereau, University Heidelberg (Germany)
- Christine Peter, University of Konstanz (Germany)
- Frederik Hennig, University of Erlangen–Nuremberg (Germany)
- Matej Praprotnik, National Institute of Chemistry (Slovenia)
- Pablo M. Blanco, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (Norway)
Attendance to the summer school is free of charge. To apply, click on the registration button below and write a short motivation and CV.