Quantum Monte Carlo and QMCPACK Virtual Summer School July 2025

[Paul R. C. Kent]

Quantum Monte Carlo and QMCPACK Virtual Summer School July 2025

Website: https://www.qmcpack.org/qmc2025

Registration link: https://forms.office.com/g/BtXLB1tQ3j

We are happy to announce and open registration for our virtual summer school. It will start on Tuesday July 1st and continue throughout July, with presentations on Tuesdays and Thursdays. This multi-week virtual event will provide an introduction to QMC, with hands-on examples for both molecular and solid-state systems. Practical examples will be given of recent published research calculations. The school is particularly suited to students, postdocs, staff and professors aiming to learn about and use these methods alongside quantum chemical and density functional theory-based approaches. The intended outcome is that attendees will be able to setup and run their own research calculations by the end of the school. Each day will consist of 1-2h of lectures and hands-on examples. Calculations will use QMCPACK, Quantum ESPRESSO, PySCF, and a VirtualBox-based virtual machine. Presentations will be given over Zoom, with support by Slack and mailing list. Recordings will be made available promptly so that anyone who cannot attend live can still fully participate. Monthly QMCPACK “office hours” will provide continued support afterwards. There is no cost to attend, but registration is required.

*** If you are interested in attending, please register soon. We had a lot of signups after posting on Psi-K last week. ***

Happy to answer any questions here.

Paul Kent on behalf of the organizers and speakers

[Paul R. C. Kent]

For those who registered: we just sent out emails with the Zoom link and other details. These messages are sometimes filtered and do not arrive. *If you registered* and did not receive the messages, email me directly ( kentpr at ornl dot gov )  . Thanks.