International Workshop on Recent Developments in Electronic Structure (ES22)
2022 Workshop on Recent Developments in Electronic Structure (ES22)
Tuesday, May 31, to Friday, June 3, 2022
at Columbia University
A hybrid workshop with in-person and virtual activities.
The 34th Annual Workshop on Recent Developments in Electronic Structure Theory will be held May 31-June 3, 2022 at Columbia University. This workshop series travels to a different institution within the US each year. This year, we will also celebrate Richard Martin's 80th birthday!
Typical scientific themes for the workshop include:
- Quantum chemistry on solids
- Green function techniques
- Materials data
- Quantum Monte Carlo
- Density functional theory
- Applications of machine learning to electronic structure
The planned scientific program will include ~20 invited talks, two poster sessions: in-person and virtual, and a hands-on tutorial on open-source code. The scientific level is appropriate for advanced undergraduate students, graduate students, postdoctoral researchers, and senior scientists. The meetings will take place at International House, 500 Riverside Drive New York, NY 10027.
Local Organizing Committee
- Timothy Berkelbach (Columbia University and Flatiron Institute)
- Johannes Flick (Flatiron Institute)
- Raquel Queiroz (Columbia University)
- David Reichman (Columbia University)
- Renata Wentzcovitch (Columbia University)
Executive Committee
• Susan Atlas (U. New Mexico)
• Jerry Bernholc (NC State)
• Marco Buongiorno Nardelli (Univ. North Texas)
• Roberto Car (Princeton)
• David Ceperley (UIUC)
• James Chelikowsky (UT Austin)
• Mei-Yin Chou (Academia Sinica, Taiwan)
• Natalie Holzwarth (Wake Forest)
• Steven G. Louie (UC Berkeley)
• Richard M. Martin (UIUC, Stanford)
• Normand A. Modine (Sandia)
• Andrew Rappe (UPenn)
• John J. Rehr (Washington)
• David Strubbe (UC Merced)
• Cyrus Umrigar (Cornell)
• David Vanderbilt (Rutgers)
• Lucas K. Wagner (UIUC)
• Shiwei Zhang (Flatiron)
Workshop Program
Meeting Location
International House (I-House) - Davis Hall Auditorium
https://www.ihouse-nyc.org/
500 Riverside Drive - use the entrance at 155 Claremont Avenue, which is open 24 hours/day, 7 days/week.
New York, NY 10027
(212) 316-8436
Directions
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Poster Session
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Tuesday, May 31, 2022
6:00-10:00 PM: Welcome Reception
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Wednesday, June 1, 2022
8:45-10:45 AM: Introduction & Session 1
- Roberto Car, Princeton University - "Large Scale Molecular Dynamics Simulations with the Deep Potential Method"
- Nongnuch Artrith, U. of Utrecht NL - "Machine-Learning Potentials for Accurate and Efficient Atomic-Scale Simulations"
- Marivi Fernandez-Serra, Stony Brook University - "Highly accurate and constrained density functional obtained with differentiable programming"
10:45-11:15 AM: Break
11:15 AM-12:25 PM: Session 2
- Talat Rahman, University of Central Florida - "Time-dependent properties of strongly correlated materials: building and applying an ab initio tool"
- Yang Sun, Iowa State University - "Simulations of iron in the Earth’s inner core conditions"
12:25-2:00 PM: Lunch
2:00-3:45 PM: Session 3
- Dmitri Basov, Columbia University - "Shedding nano-light on quantum materials"
- Feliciano Giustino, UT-Austin - "Phonon-driven Rashba-Dresselhaus effect"
- Max Stengel, Institut de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona - "Flexoelectricity and long-range Coulomb interactions: from 3D to 2D"
3:45-4:15 PM: Break
4:15-5:25 PM: Session 4
- Kyle Sherbert, University of North Texas - "Band theory on a quantum computer"
- Joonho Lee, Columbia University and Google Quantum AI - "A Good Use of Quantum Computers in Quantum Monte Carlo Simulations of Molecules and Solids"
6:00-7:00 PM: Dinner
7:00-10:00 PM: Poster Session
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Thursday, June 2, 2022
9:00-10:45 AM: Session 5
- Claudia Filippi, U. of Twente, NL - "Excited-state calculations with quantum Monte Carlo"
- Kun Chen, CCQ-Flatiron Institute - "Picasso’s bull study and the renormalized theory of valence electrons"
- Miguel Morales, CCQ-Flatiron Institute - "Auxiliary field quantum Monte Carlo of solids"
10:45-11:15 AM: Break
11:15 AM-12:25 PM: Session 6
- Susi Lehtola, Molecular Science Software Institute - "On the reproducibility of density functional approximations"
- Kai-Hsin Liou, UT-Austin - "Real-space methods for large electronic structure calculations"
12:25-2:00 PM: Lunch
2:00-3:45 PM: Session 7
- Chris Marianetti, Columbia University - "Precise ground state of multi-orbital Mott systems via the variational discrete action theory"
- Ismaila Dabo, PennState - "The DFT + U methodology, its implementations, and some applications"
- Yueqing Chang, UIUC - "Effective spin-orbit models using correlated first-principles wave functions"
3:45-4:15 PM: Break
4:15-5:25 PM: Session 8
- Sophie Beck, CCQ-Flatiron Institute - "Charge self-consistency in DFT+DMFT"
- Sohrab Ismail-Beigi, Yale University - "Slave-boson approach for localized electronic interactions: methods and software"
6:00-10:00 PM: Banquet
featuring Nithaya Chetty, University of the Witwatersrand
"Richard Martin – a global inspiration for science and humanity"
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Friday, June 3, 2022
9:00-10:45 AM: Session 9
- Steve Ndengue, University of Rwanda - "Wavepacket studies of the water-dimer: New insights from 12D quantum dynamics"
- Sinead Griffin, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory - "Nonequilibrium Topological Materials in Space and Time"
- Zhenbang Dai, UPenn - "First-principles calculation of ballistic current"
10:45-11:15 AM: Break
11:15 AM-12:25 PM: Session 10
- Vojtěch Vlček, UC Santa Barbara - "Stochastic vertex corrections to the GW approximation"
- Felipe H. da Jornada, Stanford University - "Excited states in atomically thin moiré materials and their dynamics"
12:25 PM: Lunch and departure
Confirmed Speakers
- Zhenbang Dai, UPenn
First-principles calculation of ballistic current
- Max Stengel, Institut de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona
Flexoelectricity and long-range Coulomb interactions: from 3D to 2D
- Kyle Sherbert, University of North Texas
Band theory on a quantum computer
- Vojtěch Vlček, UC Santa Barbara
Stochastic vertex corrections to the GW approximation
- Kai-Hsin Liou, UT-Austin
Real-space methods for large electronic structure calculations
- Roberto Car, Princeton University
Large Scale Molecular Dynamics Simulations with the Deep Potential Method
- Yueqing Chang, UIUC
Effective spin-orbit models using correlated first-principles wave functions
- Felipe H. da Jornada, Stanford University
Excited states in atomically thin moiré materials and their dynamics
- Nongnuch Artrith, U. of Utrecht, NL
Machine-Learning Potentials for Accurate and Efficient Atomic-Scale Simulations
- Claudia Filippi, U. of Twente, NL
Excited-state calculations with quantum Monte Carlo
- Feliciano Giustino, UT-Austin
Phonon-driven Rashba-Dresselhaus effect
- Talat Rahman, University of Central Florida
Time-dependent properties of strongly correlated materials: building and applying an ab initio tool
- Yang Sun, Iowa State University
Simulations of iron in the Earth’s inner core conditions
- Miguel Morales, CCQ-Flatiron Institute
Auxiliary field quantum Monte Carlo of solids
- Joonho Lee, Columbia University and Google Quantum AI
A Good Use of Quantum Computers in Quantum Monte Carlo Simulations of Molecules and Solids
- Dmitri Basov, Columbia University
Shedding nano-light on quantum materials
- Sophie Beck, CCQ-Flatiron Institute
Charge self-consistency in DFT+DMFT
- Kun Chen, CCQ-Flatiron Institute
Picasso’s bull study and the renormalized theory of valence electrons
- Chris Marianetti, Columbia University
Ground state of multi-orbital Mott systems via variational discrete action theory
- Marivi Fernandez-Serra, Stony Brook University
Highly accurate and constrained density functional obtained with differentiable programming
- Sinead Griffin, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory
Nonequilibrium Topological Materials in Space and Time
- Ismaila Dabo, PennState
The DFT + U methodology, its implementations, and some applications
- Sohrab Ismail-Beigi, Yale University
Slave-boson approach for localized electronic interactions: methods and software
- Susi Lehtola, Molecular Science Software Institute
On the reproducibility of density functional approximations
- Steve Ndengue, University of Rwanda
Wavepacket studies of the water-dimer: New insights from 12D quantum dynamics
- Nithaya Chetty, University of Witwatersrand (banquet speaker)
Richard Martin – a global inspiration for science and humanity
Registration
Registration
FREE Virtual Registration is still open
(The Zoom webinar link will be sent to you as soon as you register).
Unfortunately, all in-person registration tickets are no longer available.
Please note: Limited travel awards are available for graduate students, postdocs, early career researchers, and URMs. Please complete a travel award application and your request will be reviewed by the conference committee. You will be notified by email if you receive an award.
Abstract & Poster Submissions
Poster Session -June 1, 2022, 7-10 PM ET
Abstracts: Conference participants are welcome to submit abstracts for invited talks. Please complete the ES22 Abstract & Poster Submission form by May 26, 2022.
Poster submission instructions: The maximum size for posters is 40x36 inches. Please upload an abstract and poster (a pdf file no larger than 40x36 inches) to the ES22 Abstract & Poster Submission form. In addition, please upload a 3-minute audio presentation (mp3 or YouTube link) by May 26, 2022. Both versions will be available to virtual participants. In-person participants: In addition to uploading your poster, please bring a printed version to the workshop.
Logistics, Travel and Housing information
Conference Location
International House - Davis Hall Auditorium
https://www.ihouse-nyc.org/
500 Riverside Drive - use the entrance at 155 Claremont Avenue, which is open 24 hours/day, 7 days/week.
New York, NY 10027
(212) 316-8436
Directions
https://www.ihouse-nyc.org/directions-global-student-housing-nyc/
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Dorm & Guest Rooms (Registration for these rooms is now closed)
For guests who are looking for affordable, dorm-like accommodations, there are a considerable number of single rooms available in the International House (I-House). The cost is included in the full registration fee. These are very modest rooms without the bells and whistles of a hotel room. They are not air conditioned and do not have televisions or daily housekeeping. There is a ceiling fan and linens are provided. Wi-fi is also included. Photos: https://www.ihouse-nyc.org/resident-rooms-photo-gallery/
Dorm Rooms at International House
https://www.ihouse-nyc.org/
500 Riverside Drive - use the entrance at 155 Claremont Avenue, which is open 24 hours/day, 7 days/week.
New York, NY 10027
(212) 316-8436
Check in: after 2:00 pm on May 31, 2022
Check out 11:00 am on June 3, 2022
Room type: Single rooms with one twin bed, shared bath down the hall
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Hotel Information
Columbia University Hotel Rates for Visitors
Guests are responsible for paying for their own accommodations. Guests of Columbia University are invited to visit the Columbia Visitors Portal and use the Visitors Online Booking Tool to book Columbia negotiated rates at local hotels. For more information, please see:
https://www.worldtravelinc.com/columbia.visitors.portal
Hotels located near Columbia’s Morningside Campus:
ArtHouse Hotel
https://www.arthousehotelnyc.com/
2178 Broadway at W 77th Street
New York, NY 10024
(212) 362-1100
Aloft Harlem
http://www.aloftharlem.com/
2296 Frederick Douglass Boulevard
New York, NY 10027
(212) 749-4000
Beacon Hotel
https://www.beaconhotel.com/
2130 Broadway at 75 th Street
New York, NY 10023
(212) 787-1100
Lucerne Hotel
https://www.thelucernehotel.com/
201 West 79 th Street
New York, NY 10024
(212) 875-1000
Hotel Belleclaire
https://www.hotelbelleclaire.com/
250 West 77 th Street
New York, NY 10024
(212) 362-7700
Park West Hotel
https://www.parkwesthotelnyc.com/
465 Central Park West #3851
New York, NY 10025
(212) 866-1880
Teachers College Guest Rooms
https://www.tc.columbia.edu/housing/guest--conference-housing/guest-housing/
517 West 121st Street
New York, NY 10027
(212) 678-3235
Warwick Hotel
https://www.warwickhotels.com/warwick-new-york
65 W 54th St,
New York, NY 10019
(212) 247-2700
Columbia University COVID-19 Visitor Guidelines
All visitors, including those who enter any campus facility for any period of time, must be vaccinated and show proof of vaccination as part of visitor attestation.
For more information, please see: https://covid19.columbia.edu/content/visitor-guidelines-spring-2022
There are multiple locations in NYC to get a PCR test.
https://www1.nyc.gov/site/coronavirus/get-tested/covid-19-testing.page
These locations are relatively near the conference site.
NYC Health + Hospitals/NYCHA Manhattanville
Address: 549 W 126th St, New York, NY 10027
Phone: (844) 692-4692
NYC Health + Hospitals/Happy Warrior Playground Address:
779 W 97th St, New York, NY 10025
Phone: (844) 692-4692

Sponsors
This workshop has been sponsored by CCQ and the Flatiron Institute (a division of the Simons Foundation)