Summer School Modern Wavefunction Based Methods in Electronic Structure Theory
Pisa, Italy
DURATION
5 Days
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
30 Apr 2025
EARLIEST START DATE
31 Aug 2025
TUITION FEES
EUR 750
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
Introduction
The Summer School "Modern Wavefunction Based Methods in Electronic Structure Theory" (MWM25) is directed towards highly motivated PhD students and postdocs who want to deepen their knowledge of ab initio electronic structure theory.
Recently, wavefunction-based ab initio methods have received revived interest in the theoretical chemistry community. It is generally recognized that these methods provide a systematic, accurate and transparent route towards solving the molecular Schrödinger equation to high precision. For a long time, the high computational cost that is characteristic of these methods has precluded their large-scale application in chemistry. However, modern algorithms, modern hardware and reduced scaling approaches have drastically changed this situation and led to the widespread use of wavefunction-based methods in computational chemistry.
The physical basis of wavefunction-based methods involves an elaborate apparatus of advanced mathematical and physical concepts that are frequently beyond a typical university curriculum. Hence, to be able to do research in this field, young researchers must get familiar with these concepts. The MWM25 school is aiming to fill this gap by providing lectures and tutorials that are designed to introduce the students to the advanced concepts of ab initio electronic structure theory. Furthermore, the school will provide ample opportunity for discussion between the participants, teachers and tutors in which specialized and research-oriented questions can be addressed.
The school is at its fourth edition, the first two editions (2016 and 2018) having been held in Gelsenkirchen, Germany, and the third in Pisa, at the Department of Chemistry and Industrial Chemistry of the University.
The Summer School will be held on campus in Pisa, at Centro Congressi Le Benedettine, Piazza San Paolo a Ripa D'Arno, 16.
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Ideal Students
PhD Students, Postdocs.
Exceptionally, highly motivated Master's Degree students can also be considered.
Admissions
Scholarships and Funding
One scholarship, covering the full amount of the tuition fee, is available.
The scholarship will be assigned on the basis of the letter of recommendation.
Program Outcome
The Summer School "Modern Wavefunction Based Methods in Electronic Structure Theory" (MWM25) aims to provide an overview of the main ab initio theoretical methods in modern quantum chemistry.
The school covers the following topics with lectures from leading experts in the field:
- Mathematical foundations of Quantum Chemistry
- Second Quantization
- Algorithm Design
- Coupled Cluster Theory (Ground States)
- Coupled Cluster Theory (Equation of Motion)
- Derivative Techniques
- Magnetic Properties
- Multiconfigurational Self-Consistent Field
- Multireference Dynamic Correlation Methods
- Relativistic Quantum Chemistry
- Modern approaches to electron correlation (DMRG, Stochastic approaches, …)
- Local Correlation Approaches
- Resonance States
The school further offers tutorials on a selection of topics, where the students are divided into small groups, each led by a tutor, and given various exercises that aim at giving them a more practical overview of such topics.
Two poster sessions and two Clinic sections are also organized, to give the students the possibility of interacting among themselves and with the lecturers and tutors in a more informal environment.
Program Tuition Fee
English Language Requirements
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