Program Week One

DAY 1: Monday, 19 january

08:30-09:45Registration (Lobby of the Building at Republica 239)
09:45-10:00Introduction (Republica 250, Room R-4-301)
10:00-10:45Introduction to HPC and Cluster computing (S.C.), (Republica 250, Room R-4-301) slides
10:45-11:00Break
11:00-11:45Introduction to Linux (S.C.)
11:45-12:45Laboratory: Crash Course on Linux
12:45-14:00Lunch Break
14:00-14:45Floating Points Numbers: How to work with them correctly and efficiently (S.C.) slides
14:45-15:45Introduction to Linux (S.C.) slides
 Introduction to Programming (S.C.) slides
15:45-16:00Break
16:00-18:00Laboratory: Install compilers and programming tools on your workstation

DAY 2: Tuesday, 20 january

09:00-9:45Modern architectures for HPC computation slides
09:45-10:45Optimization Techniques (S.C.) slides
10:45-11:00Break
11:00-13:00Laboratory: Test Compilers on IEEE floating point arithmetic
 Laboratory: Optimize simple code provided by lab
13:00-14:00Lunch Break
14:00-14:45Introduction to MPI slides
14:45-15:45Introduction to Linux Cluster slides
15:45-16:00Break
16:00-18:00Laboratory: Install MPI libraries and run parallel codes on your workstation
 Laboratory: Set up Mini Cluster to Test MPI

DAY 3: Wednesday, 21 january

09:00-10:30The Art of Benchmarking slides
10:30-11:00Laboratory: Compare DGEMM performance using different library
11:00-11:15Break
11:15-12:45Laboratory: Compare DGEMM performance using different library
12:45-14:00Lunch Break
  Materials wokshop
14:00-14:25Opening Ceremony
14:25-15:10Opening Talk: Sandro Scandolo: Exploring planetary interiors with ab-initio molecular dynamics slides
15:10-15:40coffee break
15:45-16:20Erik Holström: How to understand complex materials using first principles DFT calculations
16:20-16:55Javier Fernández: Mechanism of Surface Reactions: Insights from first principles calculations
16:55-17:30Paolo Giannozzi: Design of Phthalocyanine-semiconductor hybrid interfaces: a theoretical DFT investigation slides
17:30-18:05Jorge Lasave: Why is ADP antiferroelectric while it´s cousin KDP is ferroelectric?

DAY 4: Thursday, 22 january

09:00-9:45F. Busnengo: Adsorption of diatomic molecules on metal surfaces from first principles slides
09:45-10:30Antonio José Roque da Silva: Ab Initio calculations of transport properties of large, disordered one-dimensional systems
10:30-11:00coffee break
11:00-11:35Anderson Janotti: Doping and defects in oxide semiconductors slides
11:35-12:10Roberto Hiroki Miwa: Bismuth on silicon surface and the formation of iron-silicide (self-organized) stripes
12:10-12:45Jaime Henríquez
12:45-14:00Lunch
14:00-14:35R. Migoni: Ab-initio supported model simulation of ferroelectric materials slides
14:35-15:10Damian Scherlis: First-principles molecular dynamics simulations at solid-liquid interfaces with a continuum solvent slides
15:10-15:45coffee break
15:45-16:20Jorge Osorio: Magnetism, percolation and doping in oxides slides
16:20-16:55Eduardo Menéndez: Ab initio molecular dynamics of CdTe oxides slides
16:55-17:30Alexander Hernández: Ab initio calculations in novel superconductors slides

DAY 5: Friday, 23 january

09:00-9:45Marc Segovia: DFT on atmospheric chemistry slides
09:45-10:30Danilo González: Nanobiology -The Next Frontier for Molecular Simulations
10:30-11:00coffee break
11:00-11:35Gonzalo Gutiérrez: Ab-initio molecular dynamics for amorphous alumina and spin dynamics for magnetic systems
11:35-12:10Ramiro Arratia: Luminescent Clusters for new materials. A relativistic DFT study
12:10-12:45Walter Orellana: Self-organized Fe nanowires on semiconducting surfaces
12:45-14:00Lunch
14:00-14:35Stefano Fabris: Understanding the structure and function of self-assembled organometallic nanomaterials by computer modeling
14:35-15:10Javier Montoya: New materials from high pressure
15:10-15:45coffee break
15:45-16:20Germán Miño: Vibrational and electronic properties of nucleophile/electrophile pairs inside capped carbon nanotubes
16:20-16:55poster session
16:55-17:30poster session
17:30-18:05poster session