Hi all,
Chris will tell us about the Kitaev honeycomb model (or anything else he wants) this Friday at 4pm. See you there!
Cheers,
Cedric
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Please join us for the next IACS Seminar.
Speaker: Bijan Davari
Location: Maxwell Dworkin G125, 33 Oxford Street, Cambridge
Time: Informal lunch with speaker, 12:30pm. Talk, 1:00pm.
Title: The Future of Computing Systems and Technology
Abstract:
The future of technology will be shaped by the evolution of semiconductors, computing systems, software, and applications. The flow of disruptive innovations will continue to fuel the exponential growth of computational density, and communication speed. This exponential growth creates new applications and new industries, as it leads to new computing architectures which can handle and analyze vast amounts of real-time unstructured data, generated by both people and machines. I’ll explore the indispensable role of the integrated stack, including switching elements, chips, interconnect, system architecture and software, in creating "workload optimized systems."
Bio:
Bijan Davari received his M.S and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1984. He then joined the IBM Research Division, Thomas J. Watson Research Center, where he worked on various aspects of high-performance CMOS technologies for IBM mainframe and UNIX systems. Davari was appointed IBM Fellow in 1996, and has been the Vice President of Next Generation Computing Systems and Technology since 2003. In this capacity, Davari leads the efforts for the definition and implementation of IBM’s next generation systems, employing massively multi-threaded (MMT) architectures and special-function engines in workload-optimized systems. This activity integrates IBM’s technical disciplines in hardware and software (including silicon, packaging, cooling, system architecture, design tools, compilers, middleware, etc.) with client requirements in the new and emerging business applications in various fields. Davari received the J. J. Ebers award in 2005 and the Andrew S. Grove Award in 2010. He has authored and co-authored more than 70 publications on various aspects of semiconductor devices and technology. He is an IEEE Fellow.
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Center for Excitonics Seminar Series
Thursday, December 1, 2011
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Haus Conference Room - 36-428
"Real time observations of the nucleation and growth of nanowires and
nanotubes"
Eric Stach, Center for Functional Nanomaterials, Brookhaven National
Laboratory
abstract Crucial to the application of nanostructured materials is
control over their nucleation and growth, as these aspects determine their
structure and thus properties. We will review our work concerning these
issues in both semiconductor nanowires and carbon nanotubes. These studies
exploit a combination of environmental and ultra-high vacuum transmission
electron microscopy approaches to observe these processes in real time and
at high resolutions. Interestingly, nanowire and nanotube growth share many
similarities. In each case small metal nanoparticles are used to catalyze
the decomposition of relatively simple source gas. This ecomposition leads
to incorporation of the growth element (Si, Ge, C, ./) into the particle
until supersaturation is reached and the new nanostructure nucleates and
grows. We will present measurements of the nucleation and growth process in
Si nanowires, quantifying the process as it proceeds from the initial solid
Au nanoparticle, through the creation of the AuSi eutectic liquid and
finally towards Si nanowire nucleation and growth. The observations will
demonstrate the reproducibility of the process, and allow determination of
the rate limiting steps for nanowire growth. In the case of carbon nanotube
growth, we will demonstrate that both Ostwald ripening and atomistic
diffusion of the Fe catalytic nanoparticles lead to growth termination and
we will present early results that suggest a pathway towards the creation of
an 'immortal' catalyst to support continuous nanotube growth. Recent
observations suggesting a route towards chirality control will also be
outlined. Specific parallels and differences between our nanowire and
nanotube observations will be made.
bio Eric Stach leads the Electron Microscopy Group in the Center for
Functional Nanomaterials (CFN) at Brookhaven National Laboratory. He
received his Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering from the University
of Virginia. He has held positions as Staff Scientist and Principal
Investigator at the National Center for Electron Microscopy at the Lawrence
Berkeley National Laboratory and as Associate then Full Professor at Purdue
University, where he retains an Adjunct appointment. His research interests
focus on the development and application of electron microscopy techniques
to solve materials problems in nanostructure growth, catalysis, thin film
growth and materials deformation.
The Center for Excitonics is an Energy Frontier Research Center funded by
the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science and Office of Basic Energy
Sciences
Light refreshments will be served
Finding secure, safe and reliable sources of energy to power world economic growth will be one of the great challenges of this century. The Harvard University Center for the Environment invites the Harvard community to take up the challenge by participating in this ongoing series of discussions.
THE FUTURE OF ENERGY
Fall 2011
James Hackett, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, Anadarko Petroleum Corporation
“North America’s New Age of Energy Abundance: Prudent Oil and Natural Gas Development”
Wednesday, November 30
5:00 pm
Harvard University
Science Center, Lecture Hall D
One Oxford Street, Cambridge
James T. Hackett is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Anadarko Petroleum Corporation, one of the world’s largest independent oil and natural gas exploration and production companies. He joined the company in December 2003 as President and Chief Executive Officer. Houston-based Anadarko is active in the United States, Algeria, Brazil, China, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Indonesia and Ghana and is executing strategic exploration programs in several other countries.
Mr. Hackett is Chairman of America’s Natural Gas Alliance and is on the Board of several industry associations including the American Petroleum Institute and the National Petroleum Council. He is a member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers. He is the former Chairman and now member of Houston Grand Opera’s Board and serves as Vice Chairman of the Baylor College of Medicine, and on the Boards of the Welch Foundation for Chemistry, the Business Roundtable, and the Trilateral Commission. He is also a Board Member and adjunct professor at Rice University. Mr. Hackett holds a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Illinois and a Master of Business Administration from Harvard University.
The Future of Energy lecture series is sponsored by the Harvard University Center for the Environment with generous support from Bank of America. All of the lectures are free and open to the public. View detailed lecture information at http://environment.harvard.edu/events/2011-11-30/future-energy
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Center for Excitonics Seminar Series
Thursday, December 1, 2011
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Haus Conference Room - 36-428
"Real time observations of the nucleation and growth of nanowires and
nanotubes"
Eric Stach, Center for Functional Nanomaterials, Brookhaven National
Laboratory
abstract Crucial to the application of nanostructured materials is
control over their nucleation and growth, as these aspects determine their
structure and thus properties. We will review our work concerning these
issues in both semiconductor nanowires and carbon nanotubes. These studies
exploit a combination of environmental and ultra-high vacuum transmission
electron microscopy approaches to observe these processes in real time and
at high resolutions. Interestingly, nanowire and nanotube growth share many
similarities. In each case small metal nanoparticles are used to catalyze
the decomposition of relatively simple source gas. This ecomposition leads
to incorporation of the growth element (Si, Ge, C, ./) into the particle
until supersaturation is reached and the new nanostructure nucleates and
grows. We will present measurements of the nucleation and growth process in
Si nanowires, quantifying the process as it proceeds from the initial solid
Au nanoparticle, through the creation of the AuSi eutectic liquid and
finally towards Si nanowire nucleation and growth. The observations will
demonstrate the reproducibility of the process, and allow determination of
the rate limiting steps for nanowire growth. In the case of carbon nanotube
growth, we will demonstrate that both Ostwald ripening and atomistic
diffusion of the Fe catalytic nanoparticles lead to growth termination and
we will present early results that suggest a pathway towards the creation of
an 'immortal' catalyst to support continuous nanotube growth. Recent
observations suggesting a route towards chirality control will also be
outlined. Specific parallels and differences between our nanowire and
nanotube observations will be made.
bio Eric Stach leads the Electron Microscopy Group in the Center for
Functional Nanomaterials (CFN) at Brookhaven National Laboratory. He
received his Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering from the University
of Virginia. He has held positions as Staff Scientist and Principal
Investigator at the National Center for Electron Microscopy at the Lawrence
Berkeley National Laboratory and as Associate then Full Professor at Purdue
University, where he retains an Adjunct appointment. His research interests
focus on the development and application of electron microscopy techniques
to solve materials problems in nanostructure growth, catalysis, thin film
growth and materials deformation.
The Center for Excitonics is an Energy Frontier Research Center funded by
the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science and Office of Basic Energy
Sciences
Light refreshments will be served
Alán Aspuru-Guzik | Associate Professor
Harvard University | Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology
12 Oxford Street, Room M113 | Cambridge, MA 02138
(617)-384-8188 | http://aspuru.chem.harvard.edu
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Date: Tue, Nov 29, 2011 at 10:35 AM
Subject: [ PSI-K ] Assistant Professor in Theoretical & Computational
Chemistry (University of Warwick)
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Subject: Assistant Professor in Theoretical & Computational Chemistry
(University of Warwick)
Category: Job
From: Alessandro Troisi
Date: 29-Nov-2011 15:00
Message:
http://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/ADO742/assistant-professor/
-------------------------------------------------------- Assistant
Professor Theoretical
& Computational Chemistry *University** of Warwick* - Department of
Chemistry
Salary: £36,862 - £44,016 pa
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As one of the leading chemistry departments in the UK, Warwick Chemistry
strives to provide outstanding educational opportunities for undergraduate
and postgraduate students alongside world-class research in the chemical
sciences. The Department has recently undertaken ambitious expansion plans
that include construction of a £24m building for Materials and Analytical
Sciences, and new state-of-the-art undergraduate teaching laboratories.
The Department is seeking to recruit an outstanding individual at Assistant
Professor level in the area of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry. You
will have a proven track-record of internationally recognised research in
this field and be able to demonstrate the potential to establish an
independent research group of the highest quality. You are strongly
encouraged to apply if you have expertise in any area of Theoretical and
Computational Chemistry. If your research has the potential to contribute
to campus-wide, multi-disciplinary activities you are especially welcomed.
You must be able to contribute to undergraduate and postgraduate teaching
programmes within Chemistry.
Informal enquiries: Professor Mike Shipman, e-mail: M.Shipman(a)warwick.ac.uk or
tel. 02476 523186
The closing date/time for applications is midnight (British time) at the
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Hi all,
I am forwarding a seminar announcement from Computational Science and
Engineering regarding a talk tomorrow by Emily Carter. It looks like
she will be speaking about orbital-free DFT.
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Quantum Simulations of Materials at the Mesoscale: Physics,
Algorithms, and Applications
Emily A. Carter – Gerhard R. Andlinger Professor in Energy & the
Environment, Princeton University
Abstract: Many materials phenomena are controlled by features at the
mesoscale, i.e., a
length scale above atoms but below the micron scale. In addition to
the fashionable example of
nanostructures, other practical examples abound. For instance, the
mechanical properties of
metals are largely controlled by the nucleation and motion of
dislocations and their interaction
with other defects (e.g., grain boundaries, solutes, precipitates) in
crystals. Experiments (e.g.,
electron microscopy) provide post-mortem examination of these
features. By contrast, computer
simulations can interrogate these defects in situ. Of course,
reliability of the simulations is always
an issue. Our research aims to develop predictive simulation tools
that do not rely on any
experimental input, such that they produce a truly independent source
of data for comparison
with experiment. This assumption/empirical-input-free approach
requires going back to basic
physical laws, namely those of quantum mechanics to describe electron
distributions in
materials. Normally such techniques are prohibitively expensive for
simulating more than a few
hundred atoms on supercomputers. But because of algorithmic
improvements to a quantum
mechanics method (orbital-free density functional theory) that makes
it scale fully linearly with
system size, we are now able to simulate fully quantum mechanically
and accurately large scale
defects that play key roles in plastic deformation and ductile
fracture of main group metals and
metal alloys, with accuracy rivaling the most accurate solid state
quantum mechanics methods
available. Recent advances in the physical approximations used to
evaluate the electron kinetic
energy (via new nonlocal kinetic energy density functionals) and the
electron-ion interaction
have extended the range of reliability of this technique beyond main
group metals to
semiconductor materials, and very recently, to transition metals.
Current applications are
focused on predicting the behavior of dislocations in aluminum and
magnesium and their alloys;
ultimately we hope to guide optimization of the composition and
microstructure of lightweight
metal alloys (by finding a sweet spot in the ductility-strength
tradeoff) that can be used to
improve the fuel efficiency of vehicles.
WEDNESDAY, November 30, 2011
4:00-5:00 pm Room 1-390
Thanks,
· Jiahao Chen · MIT Chemistry ·
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Center for Excitonics Seminar Series
Tues. November 29, 2011
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Haus Conference Room - 36-428
"Spectroscopy of complex molecular systems: Physics on an exciton cake-walk"
Jasper Knoester, Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials, University of
Groningen
abstract
The concept of excitons, collective excited states, is well-known in
solid-state physics. It was first developed by Frenkel in the 1930's to
explain the absorption spectrum of perfect molecular crystals, in which case
the excitons are simple Bloch waves of excitation. Over the years, it has
become apparent that also less regular structures carry delocalized
excitations, which are responsible for many of their electromagnetic
properties and energy transport characteristics. In this presentation, I
will address two classes of such systems. The first class are molecular
J-aggregates, large self-assembled structures containing up to 1000's of
molecules, which play a role in opto-electronic applications and natural
photosynthetic systems. The second class are polypeptides and proteins, in
which case collective vibrations are the excitations of interest. The
irregular nature of these systems and the occurrence of fluctuations in
their host, provide a complex and dynamic landscape in which the excitons
are created, evolve, and decay. I will address the basic physics of these
systems, some of their intriguing properties, and the theoretical tools used
by us to analyse and predict (ultrafast) spectroscopic experiments in the
visible and the infrared used to probe these properties.
bio
Jasper Knoester received his MSc and PhD in Theoretical Physics at the
University of Utrecht, The Netherlands, in 1983 and 1987, respectively.
Currently, he is the Dean of Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences and
Professor of Theoretical Physics at the University of Groningen, The
Netherlands. He conducts his research in the Theory of Condensed Matter
Group at the Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials in optical and
electronic properties of condensed phases, in particular of (bio)molecular
aggregates and conjugated polymers; vibrational dynamics and infrared
spectroscopy of polypeptides and proteins; low-dimensional systems; spin
systems; disorder and localization; QED near dielectric interfaces; light
scattering on photonic crystals, plasmonics.
Light refreshments will be provided
Alan Aspuru-Guzik
Associate Professor
Harvard University
http://aspuru.chem.harvard.edu
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> Subject: [ PSI-K ] Three lectureships at King's College London (Physics Department)
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> Subject: Three lectureships at King's College London (Physics Department)
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> Category: Job
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> From: Carla Molteni
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> THREE LECTURESHIPS IN MATERIALS & MOLECULAR MODELLING
> DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS
> KING’S COLLEGE LONDON
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> Applications are invited for three Lectureships in in Materials and
> Molecular Modelling, to be taken up with effect from June 2012 or as
> soon as possible thereafter. King's College London is one of the top 30
> universities in the world (2011/12 QS international) and the fourth
> oldest in England. The Department of Physics is in the College’s Strand
> Campus in the heart of London.
>
> The lectureships, to be held in the Department of Physics, are part of a
> significant investment by King’s College London to strengthen and expand
> the Department. We seek candidates with a strong research record and an
> innovative research plan that complement existing expertise within the
> Materials and Molecular Modelling Group. We are particularly interested
> in theory or modelling expertise in the following three topical areas:
> (1) Biophysics and biomaterials. Research programmes which offer the
> potential for collaboration with activities in the School of Biomedical
> Sciences of King’s College London, are particularly welcome.
> (2) Strongly Correlated Materials. Applications are encouraged from
> candidates with expertise in topics such as superconductivity, non
> Fermi-liquid behaviour, Kondo physics, and magnetic phenomena, which lie
> outside a single-particle description.
> (3) Modelling research related broadly to energy generation, use, or
> storage. Research topics include (but are not restricted to) hydrogen
> storage, electrochemistry, batteries, and electronic materials related
> to energy conversion such as conducting organic polymers.
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> The lecturers will be expected to engage in internationally-leading
> research and maintain an outstanding track record of research in this
> area, and contribute to undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and
> other academic activities within the Department of Physics.
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> Further information about the department may be found at
> http://www.kcl.ac.uk/physics. For an informal discussion of the post
> please contact the Head of the Materials & Molecular Modelling Group,
> Professor Mark van Schilfgaarde (mark.van_schilfgaarde(a)kcl.ac.uk).
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> The appointment will be made, dependent on relevant qualifications and
> experience, within the Grade 7 scale, currently £40,313 to £47,656, per
> annum, inclusive of £2,323 London Allowance, per annum.
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> Further details and application packs are available at
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