From chemistry-request@ccl.net Wed Apr  3 18:59:08 1991
Date: Wed, 3 Apr 91 18:19:37 EST
From: es91@theory.TN.CORNELL.EDU (Electronic Structure)
To: chemistry@ccl.net
Subject: electronic structure conference
Status: R

Hi Linda,
   Pete suggested that I ask you if there are any corporations who may
be interested in helping fund a conference that we are planning.
So far we have $1000 from Corning and $10000 from the Navy.
   Cyrus
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                Announcing the 3rd Annual Workshop on
        RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE ALGORITHMS


                       FORMAT of WORKSHOP
 
The workshop emphasizes improvements in the methodology for performing
electronic structure calculations.  There will be about 25 oral presentations
over 2.5 days.  In addition any participant may present a poster during the
scheduled poster sessions.

Some of the topics being considered are:

     New Ideas in Pseudopotential Theory
     New ideas in Energy Density Functionals
     Self-Interaction Correction
     Response Functions in the Local Density Approximation
     LDA and Tight-Binding Molecular Dynamics
     Systems that Break Translational Symmetry
     Fermion Sign Problem in Quantum Monte Carlo
     Overcoming Critical Slowing Down


                     ADDITIONAL ACTIVITIES

There will be a reception on Friday evening, May 31, and a banquet
Sunday, June 2 for all registered participants.


                       ORGANIZATION

Program Committee:

     Doug Allan (Corning,Ohio State)
     Roberto Car (Trieste)
     David Ceperley (Illinois)
     James Gubernatis (Los Alamos)
     Malvin Kalos (Cornell)
     Steven Louie (Berkeley)
     Richard Martin (Illinois)
     Michael Schluter (Bell Labs)
     Robert Sugar (Santa Barbara)
     Michael Teter (Corning
     Cyrus Umrigar (Cornell)
     David Vanderbilt (Rutgers)
     John Wilkins (Ohio State)

Local Organizing Committee:

     Doug Allan
     Cyrus Umrigar


             LOCATION ACCOMODATION AND DATES

The conference will be held on the campus of Cornell University,
in the scenic finger-lakes region of New York state.
Dates are from Saturday June 1 through noon Monday June 3, 1991.

Contingent on the availability of funds, housing will be provided in one
of the better Cornell University dormitories.  This dormitory was
selected for its large elegant lounges which are conducive to informal
scientific discussion.  Breakfasts and lunches are provided to permit
additional informal discussions.
Very limited funds may be available to help with travel.

Airlines:

Tompkins County airport, in Ithaca, is about 10 minutes from campus,
and is serviced by US Air and Continental airlines.
Syracuse and Binghamton are within a $1{1\over 2}$ hour drive from Ithaca.

Registration:

To register, respond by electronic mail to
          es91@theory.tn.cornell.edu
or        es91@crnlthry.bitnet

Only if email is not an option respond to:
Dr. Cyrus J. Umrigar
Cornell Theory Center
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853-3801


Include the following information:

Name, address and phone number
Will you attend? (yes/maybe)
Preferred internet or bitnet mail address
Poster title (if any)
Special Dietary Needs?
Will you stay in the dormitory?
Type of housing: dormitory, hotel, friends
Do you require help with travel funds?


A second mailing containing additional information on the content of the
workshop will only be sent to those who respond.