Schedule

Morning Session

 

TIME

Tue

18 Jan

Wed

19 Jan

Thu

20 Jan

Fri

21 Jan

Sat

22 Jan

Sun

23 Jan

Mon

24 Jan

Tue

25 Jan

Wed

26 Jan

Thu

27 Jan

Fri

28 Jan

08h30-09h30

 

Ceperley

[.pdf]

Bush

Diesmann

Ceperley

[.pdf]

 

Krauth

Trivedi

Ricker

Krauth

Ricker

09h30-10h30

 

Diesmann

Diesmann

Ceperley

[.pdf]

Bush

 

Trivedi

Ricker

Krauth

Trivedi

Krauth

10h30-11h00

 

Coffee

Coffee

Coffee

Coffee

 

Coffee

Coffee

Coffee

Coffee

Coffee

11h00-12h00

 

Diesmann

Diesmann

Ceperley

[.pdf]

Bush

 

Trivedi

Ricker

Krauth

Trivedi

Dempers

12h00-13h00

 

Lunch

Lunch

Lunch

Lunch

 

Lunch

Lunch

Lunch

Lunch

 

 


Afternoon Session

 

TIME

Tue

18 Jan

Wed

19 Jan

Thu

20 Jan

Fri

21 Jan

Sat

22 Jan

Sun

23 Jan

Mon

24 Jan

Tue

25 Jan

Wed

26 Jan

Thu

27 Jan

Fri

28 Jan

15h30-16h00

 

Coffee

Coffee

Coffee

 

Coffee

Coffee

Coffee

Coffee

Coffee

 

16h00-17h00

 

16h30

Reception

Bush

Ceperley

[.pdf]

Bush

 

 

Panel Discussion

Ricker

Krauth

Trivedi

Ricker

 

17h00-18h00

Gruen

Seoighe

Ilchev

 

Ngoepe

Lindebaum

Barnard

Petruccione

 

18h00-19h00

Welcome

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

19h00-20h00

Guilini

Dinner

Dinner

Dinner

Dinner

Dinner

Dinner

Dinner

Dinner

Dinner

 

20h00-21h00

Dinner

Guilini

Guilini

Heron

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Panel Discussion on the proposed National Institute for Theoretical Physics and Future directions for Computational Physics in South Africa – Geyer, Petruccione and Chetty

Lecturers

 

NAME

NUMBER LECTURES

TITLE

Barnard

1

Artificial Intelligence

Bush

5

Parallel Algorithms on a cluster of PC’s

Ceperley

5

Quantum Monte Carlo

Dempers

1

Mathematica in Physics

Diesmann

5

Synchronization in cortical neural networks – results, techniques and tools

Guilini

3

World Year of Physics lecturer – Einstein’s legacy 100 years onwards

Gruen

1

Correlation analysis of multi-dimensional neuronal spike data

Heron

1

The South African War – a history of the region

Ilchev

1

Modelling Seismic Activity in South African Gold Mines

Krauth

6

Computational Statistical Physics: The example of hard spheres

Lindebaum

1

The method of lines in solving PDE’s

Ngoepe

1

Computational Material Science at the University of the North

Petruccione

1

Monte Carlo Wave Function Methods for Open Quantum Systems

Ricker

6

Computational Astrophysics

Seoighe

1

Computational Biology in South Africa

Trivedi

6

New Phases and Quantum Phase Transitions