Nobel Prize winner Walter Kohn, passed away on April 19'th.   It is hard to overestimate the impact of his work, since density functional theory is used by a a majority of our users, in fields such as Chemistry, Physics, materials science, drug design, etc..  DFT truly brought computational science into it's own as a field and it is now widely used in both initial discovery as well as understanding of experimental results, and improvement of electronic devices and materials in general.  In addition, Walter was a wonderful, modest, human being - full of stories - but who would also listen to

We are pleased to announce that ETS and CNSI are hosting a workshop sponsored by Intel and presented by Colfax International titled "Parallel Programming and Optimization with Intel Xeon Phi Coprocessors" between January 21 and 22, 2016. The workshop will be a series of two-day long courses composed of introductory seminars and hand-on laboratory sessions.

Joan Shea's group used simulations to study how small molecules intereact with the tau protein in the brain, which may lead to better understanding of neurological diseases, etc.

The 2015 Simulations in Science Conference will bring in researchers from industry to explain how simulations are used in business.  Coming Oct 2015

http://www.cnsi.ucsb.edu/events/scssc-2015

Research conducted by UCSB scientists shows that the evolution of complex bioluminescent traits may be predictable

Allinea will be leading a training session on their DDT software for parallel, and GPU, codes.

You can join from your own office (invite will come via email) or we have reserved Elings Hall room 1605 also

Please RSVP here.

Density Functional calculations are used to better understand how a materials structure influences efficiency in LED lighting.