Location:
Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences
Avaya Auditorium
University of Texas at Austin
201 East 24th Street, Austin, Texas
Local Organizers:
Jim Chelikowsky, Alex Demkov, Peter Rossky (The University of Texas)
Supratik Guha (IBM, Thomas J. Watson Research Center)
Hotel Information
A block of rooms has been reserved at the Doubletree Club Hotel, 1617 N.IH 35, Austin, Texas for a reduced rate of $125/night October 19-21, 2005. This hotel is adjacent to the University of Texas campus. To make your reservation, call (512) 479-4000, refer to either reservation #83604087 or “Ruth Hengst” and indicate the nights you will be staying. You will need a credit card to guarantee your room. The deadline to obtain this rate is September 19. After this date, the rooms will be released for sale to the general public at a higher rate. (Please note: Saturday, October 22 is a football game day at UT and it may be difficult to obtain housing close to this date.)
If you have any questions regarding accommodations or anything else related to the meeting, please contact Ruth Hengst, ruth@ices.utexas.edu, 512-232-5158.
Program
The UT Workshop on Computational Materials and Electronics
October 20-22, 2005
Scientific Program
Thursday, October 20th
Welcome
Jim Chelikowsky (University of Texas)
8:50-9:00
Biological and Chemical Systems I
Alex Demkov (University of Texas), Chair
9:00-9:30 Peter Rossky (University of Texas)
9:30-10:00 David Beratan (Duke University)
10:00-10:30 Break
Biological and Chemical Systems II
Peter Rossky (University of Texas), Chair
10:30-11:00 Otto Sankey (Arizona State University)
11:00-11:30 Alex Stuchebrukhov (UC Davis)
11:30 –Noon Dima Makarov (University of Texas)
Noon-1:30 Lunch
Biological and Chemical Systems III
Dima Makarov (University of Texas), Chair
1:30-2:00 Abe Nitzan (Tel Aviv University)
2:00-2:30 Misha Galperin (Northwestern University)
2:30-3:00 Break
Oxides and Semiconductors I
Supratik Guha, (IBM), Chair
3:00-3:30 R. Ramesh (UC Berkeley)
3:30-4:00 R. A. McKee (ORNL)
4:00-4:30 Charles Ahn (Yale University)
4:30-5:00 Yong Liang (Freescale Semiconductor)
Friday, October 21st
Oxides and Semiconductors II
Rodney McKee, (ORNL), Chair
8:30-9:00 Jean-Pierre Locquet (IBM, Zurich)
9:00-9:30 NaiJuan Wu (CAM, University of Houston)
9:30-10:00 Marco Buongiorno Nardelli (North Carolina State University)
10:00-10:30 Break
Industrial Computational Materials I
Jim Chelikowsky (University of Texas)
10:30-11:00 Sadas Shankar (Intel)
11:00 -11:30 Doug Allan (Corning)
11:30-Noon Cristina Thomas (3M)
Noon-1:30 Lunch
Industrial Computational Materials II
Yong Liang (Freescale Semiconductor), Chair
1:30-2:00 Gaddi Haase(Texas Instruments)
2:00-2:30 Manish Jain (3M)
2:30-3:00 Break
Complex Systems in Condensed Matter: International Perspective
Jim Chelikowsky (University of Texas), Chair
3:00-3:30 Nadia Binggeli (Trieste)
3:30-4:00 Jose L. Martins (Lisbon)
4:00-4:30 Leeor Kronik (Weizmann)
Saturday, October 22nd
CMOS Materials
Alex Demkov (University of Texas), Chair
9:00-9:30 John Robertson (Cambridge University)
9:30-10:00 Jose Ortega (University Autonoma, Mardrid)
10:00-10:30 Break
Materials Theory
G. Hwang (University of Texas), Chair
10:30-11:00 Steven G. Louie (UC Berkeley)
11:00-11:30 R. Wenzcovitch (University of Minnesota)
11:30-Noon E. Kaxiras (Harvard University)
Noon-1:30 Lunch
Numerical Methods for Materials
Jim Chelikowsky (University of Texas), Chair
1:30-2:00 Yousef Saad (University of Minnesota)
2:00-2:30 Andreas Stathopoulos (William and Mary)
2:30-3:00 Young Kwon (University of Massachusetts Lowell)
3:00-3:30 Break
ITAMIT Postdoctoral Session
Yousef Saad (University of Minnesota), Chair
3:30-4:00 Murilo Tiago(University of Minnesota)
4:00-4:30 Scott Beckman (University of Minnesota)
4:30-5:00 Gustavo Dalpian(University of Texas)
5:00-5:30 Wenguang Zhu (Harvard)