The Nuts and Bolts of First-Principles Simulation

A one-week hands-on workshop in the theory and practice of CASTEP calculations run by those who wrote the code.

The course was held on 6th-13th December 2001 in the Department of Physics at the University of Durham.

The lecture notes for all the lectures given at the workshop can be obtained by emailing Dr Stewart Clark.

The timetable for the course can be found here.

The speakers were:

Mike Payne, Cambridge University
Philip Lindan, University of Kent at Canterbury
Mike Gillan, University College London
Matt Segall, University of Cambridge
Keith Glassford, Accelrys
Chris Pickard, Cambridge University
Phil Hasnip, Cambridge University
Keith Refson, CLRC Rutherford Laboratory
Stewart Clark, Durham University
Matt Probert, University of York
Mike Finnis, Queens University Belfast
David Bird, Bath University

Organisers:

Philip Lindan (Kent)
Stewart Clark (Durham)
Walter Temmerman (Daresbury)

Supporters:

ESF-STRUC Psi-k Programme
The CASTEP Developers' Group
Accelrys Inc.