CCL: XXIV IMRC Symposium 4A Advances in Computational Materials Science

 Sent to CCL by: "Noa  Marom" [nmarom##tulane.edu]
 Dear Colleagues,
 Abstract submission is now open for Symposium 4A: Advances in Computational
 Materials Science of the XXIV International Materials Research Congress - Cancun
 2015 (https://www.mrs-mexico.org.mx/imrc2015/index.php) to be held
 in Cancn, Mexico from August 16 to 20, 2015.
 Abstracts may be submitted for contributed talks (15 min) or poster
 presentations by April 15 2015. We welcome your contributions and look forward
 to an exciting symposium, bringing together an international community of
 researchers and showcasing the latest advances in computational materials
 science. Your participation in the symposium would contribute greatly to its
 success.
 The symposium program will focus on the topics:
 *Recent advances in computational techniques
 *Electronic transport and molecular electronics
 *Oxides
 *Lattice-dynamical properties, electron-phonon coupling, and superconductivity
 *Graphene and beyond: 2D systems
 *Crystal structures
 Confirmed invited speakers include:
 Stefano Curtarolo (Duke University), Alexandre Tkatchenko (FHI-Berlin), Marco
 Nardelli (University of North Texas), Marco Fornari (Carnegie Mellon
 University), Ichiro Takeuchi (University of Maryland), Zhongfang Chen
 (University of Puerto Rico), Gus Hart (Brigham Young University), Volker Blum
 (Duke University), Anastassia Alexandrova (University of California, Los
 Angeles), Artem Oganov (Stony Brook University), Alex Demkov (The University of
 Texas at Austin), Craig Fennie (Cornell University), Nicole Benedek (The
 University of Texas at Austin), Vincent Ortiz (Auburn University), Amir Natan
 (Tel-Aviv University), Patrick Rinke (Aalto University), Maytal Caspary-Toroker
 (Technion- Israel Institute of Technology)
 Sincerely,
 The Organizing Committee:
 Dr. J. Ulises Reveles, Virginia Commonwealth University, USA
 Dr. Omar De La Pea, Benemrita Universidad Autnoma De Puebla, Mexico
 Dra. Noa Marom, Tulane University, USA
 Dr. Gabriel Merino, Cinvestav-Mrida, Mexico
 Dr. Thomas Heine, Jacobs University, Germany