International Workshop on Recent Developments in Electronic Structure

The annual Workshop on Recent Developments in Electronic Structure Theory was initiated in 1989 by David M. Ceperley and Richard M. Martin of the Physics Department at the University of Illinois to serve as an essential forum for exchanging ideas between beginners and experienced researchers in the field of first-principles simulations of materials and their properties. The invited talks and contributed posters presented at the Workshops describe new methods for computing previously inaccessible properties and emphasize new approaches to computational efficiency and accuracy.

The 2022 Annual Workshop on Recent Developments in Electronic Structure Theory (ES22) will be the 34th event (33rd in person) and a hybrid event in New York City. The 33rd event was virtual and was organized by the Center for Computational Quantum Physics (CCQ) at the Flatiron Institute, a branch of the Simons Foundation. Columbia University and CCQ will jointly organize it this year, and CCQ will co-sponsor it. The Workshop will focus on the latest electronic structure theory and computational materials science developments. The presentations will describe new methods for computing previously intractable problems, breakthroughs in computational efficiency and accuracy, and novel applications of these approaches to studying molecules, liquids, and solids.

About ~100 in-person participants and possibly up to 200 in total, including graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and senior researchers from colleges, universities, and laboratories worldwide, are expected to participate in the Workshop. This conference represents a valuable opportunity for students, postdocs, and senior researchers alike to disseminate their latest research results, discuss their ideas and best practices, learn from each other, and form new collaborations.

The ES22 Workshop will include the participation of tens of African researchers, mostly virtually but several in person. These researchers participate in the US-Africa Initiative in Electronic Structure (USAfrI), an APS Innovation Fund Award project. The USAfrI project aims to develop and nurture scientific relationships with Africa in the field of electronic structure. Twenty African physicists will participate in ES22.