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Advanced School on Quantum Monte Carlo Methods in Physics and Chemistry | (smr 1929)
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  • Monday, 21 January 2008
    • 08:30 - 09:50 REGISTRATION AND ADMINISTRATIVE FORMALITIES
      Location: Adriatico Guest House (Lower Level 1)
      • 08:30 REGISTRATION AND ADMINISTRATIVE FORMALITIES 1h20'
    • 09:50 - 10:00 Opening remarks
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Kastler Lecture Hall
      • 09:50 Opening remarks 10'
    • 10:00 - 11:30 Intro on random walks and error analysis
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Kastler Lecture Hall
      • 10:00 Intro on random walks and error analysis 1h30'
        Speaker: D. Ceperley (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
        Material: lecture notes
    • 11:30 - 13:00 VMC and trial wave functions
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Kastler Lecture Hall
      • 11:30 VMC and trial wave functions 1h30'
        Speaker: C. Filippi (Leiden University)
        Material: lecture notes
    • 13:00 - 15:00 Lunch break
      Location: Adriatico Guest House (Lower Level 1)
      • 13:00 Lunch break 2h0'
    • 15:00 - 17:00 Statistical analysis of computer simulation data
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Informatics Lab.
      • 15:00 Statistical analysis of computer simulation data 2h0'
        Speaker: B. Clark (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
  • Tuesday, 22 January 2008
    • 09:00 - 10:30 Optimization of many-body wave functions
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Kastler Lecture Hall
      • 09:00 Optimization of many-body wave functions 1h30'
        Speaker: C.J. Umrigar (Cornell University)
        Material: lecture notes
    • 10:30 - 11:00 Coffee break
      Location: Adriatico Guest House (Lower Level 1)
      • 10:30 Coffee break 30'
    • 11:00 - 11:45 DMC 1
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Kastler Lecture Hall
      • 11:00 DMC 1 45'
        Speaker: C. Filippi (Leiden University)
        Material: lecture notes
    • 11:45 - 12:30 DMC 2
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Kastler Lecture Hall
      • 11:45 DMC 2 45'
        Speaker: W.M.C. Foulkes (Imperial College London)
        Material: lecture notes
    • 12:30 - 15:00 Lunch break
      Location: Adriatico Guest House (Lower Level 1)
      • 12:30 Lunch break 2h30'
    • 15:00 - 17:00 Optimization of trial wave functions
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Informatics Lab.
      • 15:00 Optimization of trial wave functions 2h0'
        Speaker: C. Filippi (Leiden University)
        Material: Tutorial Filippi
  • Wednesday, 23 January 2008
    • 09:00 - 10:30 Solids 1
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Kastler Lecture Hall
      • 09:00 Solids 1 1h30'
        Speaker: W.M.C. Foulkes (Imperial College London)
        Material: lecture notes
    • 10:30 - 11:00 Coffee break
      Location: Adriatico Guest House (Lower Level 1)
      • 10:30 Coffee break 30'
    • 11:00 - 11:45 Solids 2
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Kastler Lecture Hall
      • 11:00 Solids 2 45'
        Speaker: W.M.C. Foulkes (Imperial College London)
        Material: lecture notes
    • 11:45 - 12:30 Informal discussions/questions by partecipants and selected topics in Quantum Monte Carlo
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Kastler Lecture Hall
      • 11:45 Informal discussions/questions by partecipants and selected topics in Quantum Monte Carlo 45'
    • 12:30 - 15:00 Lunch break
      Location: Adriatico Guest House (Lower Level 1)
      • 12:30 Lunch break 2h30'
    • 15:00 - 17:00 Introduction to CASINO
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Informatics Lab.
  • Thursday, 24 January 2008
    • 09:00 - 10:30 PIMC 1 Intro
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Kastler Lecture Hall
      • 09:00 PIMC 1 Intro 1h30'
        Speaker: D. Ceperley (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
        Material: lecture notes
    • 10:30 - 11:00 Coffee break
      Location: Adriatico Guest House (Lower Level 1)
      • 10:30 Coffee break 30'
    • 11:00 - 12:30 PIMC 2 Bosons
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Kastler Lecture Hall
      • 11:00 PIMC 2 Bosons 1h30'
        Speaker: D. Ceperley (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
        Material: lecture notes
    • 12:30 - 15:00 Lunch break
      Location: Adriatico Guest House (Lower Level 1)
      • 12:30 Lunch break 2h30'
    • 15:00 - 17:00 Pair density matrix, simple PIMC
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Informatics Lab.
      • 15:00 Pair density matrix, simple PIMC 2h0'
        Speaker: B. Clark (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
  • Friday, 25 January 2008
    • 09:00 - 10:30 PIMC 3 Fermions
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Kastler Lecture Hall
      • 09:00 PIMC 3 Fermions 1h30'
        Speaker: D. Ceperley (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
        Material: lecture notes
    • 10:30 - 11:00 Coffee break
      Location: Adriatico Guest House (Lower Level 1)
      • 10:30 Coffee break 30'
    • 11:00 - 12:30 RVB-JAGP and pfaffians
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Kastler Lecture Hall
    • 12:30 - 15:00 Lunch break
      Location: Adriatico Guest House (Lower Level 1)
      • 12:30 Lunch break 2h30'
    • 15:00 - 17:00 PIMC++
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Informatics Lab.
      • 15:00 PIMC++ 2h0'
        Speaker: B. Clark (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
  • Monday, 28 January 2008
    • 09:00 - 10:30 AFDMC 1
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Kastler Lecture Hall
      • 09:00 AFDMC 1 1h30'
        Speaker: S. Zhang (College of William and Mary)
        Material: lecture notes
    • 10:30 - 11:00 Coffee break
      Location: Adriatico Guest House (Lower Level 1)
      • 10:30 Coffee break 30'
    • 11:00 - 12:30 LRDMC and beyond locality approximation
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Kastler Lecture Hall
      • 11:00 LRDMC and beyond locality approximation 1h30'
        Speaker: S. Sorella (DEMOCRITOS, SISSA)
        Material: lecture notes
    • 12:30 - 15:00 Lunch break
      Location: Adriatico Guest House (Lower Level 1)
      • 12:30 Lunch break 2h30'
    • 15:00 - 17:00 LRDMC lab
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Informatics Lab.
      • 15:00 LRDMC lab 2h0'
        Speaker: F. Sterpone (CASPUR)
  • Tuesday, 29 January 2008
    • 09:00 - 10:30 RQMC
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Kastler Lecture Hall
      • 09:00 RQMC 1h30'
        Speaker: S. Moroni (DEMOCRITOS, SISSA)
        Material: lecture notes
    • 10:30 - 11:00 Coffee break
      Location: Adriatico Guest House (Lower Level 1)
      • 10:30 Coffee break 30'
    • 11:00 - 12:30 AFDMC 2
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Kastler Lecture Hall
      • 11:00 AFDMC 2 1h30'
        Speaker: S. Zhang (College of William and Mary)
        Material: lecture notes
    • 12:30 - 15:00 Lunch break
      Location: Adriatico Guest House (Lower Level 1)
      • 12:30 Lunch break 2h30'
    • 15:00 - 17:00 AFDMC lab
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Informatics Lab.
      • 15:00 AFDMC lab 2h0'
        Speaker: S. Zhang (College of William and Mary)
        Material: Tutorial Zhang
  • Wednesday, 30 January 2008
    • 09:00 - 10:30 Spin/isospin 1
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Kastler Lecture Hall
      • 09:00 Spin/isospin 1 1h30'
        Speaker: K.E. Schmidt (Arizona State University)
        Material: lecture notes
    • 10:30 - 11:00 Coffee break
      Location: Adriatico Guest House (Lower Level 1)
      • 10:30 Coffee break 30'
    • 11:00 - 13:00 WORM ALGORITHM
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Kastler Lecture Hall
      • 11:00 WORM ALGORITHM 2h0'
        Speaker: N. Prokofiev (University of Massachusetts)
        Material: lecture notes
    • 13:00 - 15:00 Lunch break
      Location: Adriatico Guest House (Lower Level 1)
      • 13:00 Lunch break 2h0'
    • 15:00 - 17:00 WORM ALGORITHM lab
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Informatics Lab.
  • Thursday, 31 January 2008
    • 09:00 - 11:00 DIAGRAMMATIC MONTE CARLO
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Kastler Lecture Hall
      • 09:00 DIAGRAMMATIC MONTE CARLO 2h0'
        Speaker: N. Prokofiev (University of Massachusetts)
        Material: lecture notes
    • 11:00 - 11:30 Coffee break
      Location: Adriatico Guest House (Lower Level 1)
      • 11:00 Coffee break 30'
    • 11:30 - 13:00 Spin/isospin 2
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Kastler Lecture Hall
      • 11:30 Spin/isospin 2 1h30'
        Speaker: K.E. Schmidt (Arizona State University)
        Material: lecture notes
    • 13:00 - 15:00 Lunch break
      Location: Adriatico Guest House (Lower Level 1)
      • 13:00 Lunch break 2h0'
    • 15:00 - 17:00 DIAGRAMMATIC MONTE CARLO lab
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Informatics Lab.
      • 15:00 DIAGRAMMATIC MONTE CARLO lab 2h0'
        Speaker: B. Capogrosso (University of Massachusetts)
        Material: Tutorial
  • Friday, 1 February 2008
    • 09:20 - 09:30 Opening remarks
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Kastler Lecture Hall
      • 09:20 Opening remarks 10'
    • 09:30 - 10:15 Some applications of diffusion quantum Monte Carlo
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Kastler Lecture Hall
      • 09:30 Some applications of diffusion quantum Monte Carlo 45'
        Speaker: R. Needs (University of Cambridge)
        Material: Talk slides
    • 10:15 - 11:00 Coupled electron-ion Monte Carlo simulation of high pressure hydrogen
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Kastler Lecture Hall
      • 10:15 Coupled electron-ion Monte Carlo simulation of high pressure hydrogen 45'
        Speaker: C. Pierleoni (University of L'Aquila)
        Material: Talk slides
    • 11:00 - 11:30 Coffee break
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Kastler Lecture Hall
      • 11:00 Coffee break 30'
    • 11:30 - 12:15 Modelling the two-dimensional electron gas in solid state devices
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Kastler Lecture Hall
      • 11:30 Modelling the two-dimensional electron gas in solid state devices 45'
        Speaker: G. Senatore (University of Trieste)
    • 12:15 - 14:30 Lunch break
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Kastler Lecture Hall
      • 12:15 Lunch break 2h15'
    • 14:30 - 15:15 Quantum Monte Carlo studies of superfluid Fermi gases
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Kastler Lecture Hall
      • 14:30 Quantum Monte Carlo studies of superfluid Fermi gases 45'
        Speaker: K.E. Schmidt (Arizona State University)
    • 15:15 - 17:00 POSTER SESSION
      Location: Adriatico Guest House (Lower Level 1)
      • 15:15 POSTER SESSION 1h45'
  • Saturday, 2 February 2008
    • 09:00 - 09:45 Correlations and localization in planar quantum dots
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Kastler Lecture Hall
      • 09:00 Correlations and localization in planar quantum dots 45'
        Speaker: C. Umrigar (Cornell University)
    • 09:45 - 10:30 Extending accuracy of Quantum Monte Carlo form total energies to observables and small energy differences
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Kastler Lecture Hall
      • 09:45 Extending accuracy of Quantum Monte Carlo form total energies to observables and small energy differences 45'
        Speaker: R. Assaraf (University Pierre et Marie Curie (Paris VI))
    • 10:30 - 11:00 Coffee break
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Kastler Lecture Hall
      • 10:30 Coffee break 30'
    • 11:00 - 11:45 Stochastic summation of self-consistent Feynman diagrams. A generic technique for polaron (and many-body?) problems
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Kastler Lecture Hall
      • 11:00 Stochastic summation of self-consistent Feynman diagrams. A generic technique for polaron (and many-body?) problems 45'
        Speaker: N. Prokofiev (University of Massachusetts)
    • 11:45 - 12:30 One dimensional trapped fermions with attractive contact interaction
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Kastler Lecture Hall
      • 11:45 One dimensional trapped fermions with attractive contact interaction 45'
        Speaker: M. Casula (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
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