Welcome to HoW exciting! 2018

HoW exciting! 2018 consists of two closely related events, a hands-on tutorial and an international workshop about excitations in solids.

Hands-on tutorial on excitations in solids (July 31 - August 5, 2018)

This tutorial offers young scientists the opportunity to practice with hands-on exercises with the software package exciting. These exercises will guide participants through the topics addressed in the subsequent workshop: From the basics of DFT to advanced topics, such as time-dependent DFT and many-body perturbation theory, as well as to their applications to real materials.

Workshop on excitations in solids (August 6-9, 2018)

Excitations in solids are among the most exciting phenomena in condensed-matter physics. In this context, the electronic-structure approach within density-functional theory (DFT) is the first level in a hierarchical set of models which are needed to quantitatively describe and understand these phenomena in real materials. The relationship of the different computational techniques and domains of applicability is still a challenging task. At the same time, advances in theoretical and computational methods go hand in hand with the progresses in experimental techniques.

The main goals of this workshop are:

1. Surveying the state-of-the-art of theoretical and computational approaches to describe different kinds of excitations (optical, magnetic, vibrational, etc.) in solid-state materials;
2. Discussing future perspectives of these methodologies and their applications in different research fields;
3. Establishing collaborations and connections between theoretical and experimental groups, who are investigating excitations in materials from different perspectives.

The workshop is organized in topical sessions, including invited and contributed talks. Basic concepts will be discussed, and applications to real functional materials will be presented, with the main focus on theory but also from an experimental perspective. The major topics will comprise first-principles methodology for excitation processes in solids, including electronic excitations, electron-phonon coupling, core-excitations, and non-equilibrium processes.

HoW exciting! 2018 will be held
at the Campus Adlershof
(HU Berlin), July 31 - August 9, 2018.

Contributions are welcome.
The number of participants will be limited to approximately 70.
Registration is free of charge for the students of the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin.

Important dates:

May 15, 2018	Deadline for regular registration and abstract submission
May 15, 2018	Application deadline for financial support
June 5, 2018	Information about acceptance
June 20, 2018	Payment deadline for accepted applicants
June 20, 2018	End of post-deadline registration (without financial support)
July 31, 2018	Start of the hands-on tutorial
August 5, 2018	End of the hands-on turorial
August 6, 2018	Start of the workshop
August 9, 2018	End of the workshop