Schedule

Day 1 (March 5th)


  • Registration

  • Introduction to Molecular Simulations, Ensembles and Connection to Thermodynamics
    Jayant Singh

  • Tea Break

  • Computing Interaction Potential Forces
    Jayant Singh

  • Lunch Break

  • Basics of Molecular Dynamics Simulation
    Pankaj Apte

  • Tea Break

  • Tutorial: Molecular Dynamics Simulations
    Pankaj Apte

Day 2 (March 6th)


  • Extended Systems Molecular Dynamics, NVT, NPT
    Ganapathy Ayappa

  • Tea Break

  • Tutorial: Molecular Dynamics Simulations
    Ganapathy Ayappa

  • Lunch Break

  • Lab: Molecular Dynamics Simulations
    Sandip Khan

Day 3 (March 7th)


  • Monte Carlo Simulations: Importance Sampling – Metropolis Method
    Jayant Singh

  • Tea Break

  • Tutorial/Lab: Hands on Monte Carlo Simulation code
    Jayant Singh/Sandip Khan

  • Lunch Break

  • Monte Carlo in other Ensembles (NPT, GCMC)
    Jayant Singh/Sandip Khan

  • Tea Break

  • Tutorial: Monte Carlo in different ensembles:-
    Case studies - Adsorption isotherm estimation
    Jayant Singh/Sandip Khan

Day 4 (March 8th)


  • Phase equilibria Calculations using molecular simulations
    Jhumpa Adhikari

  • Tea Break

  • Tutorial: Phase diagram calculations via MC methods
    Jhumpa Adhikari

  • Lunch Break

  • Free-energy methods (Parallel tempering, Umbrella sampling, Meta dynamics)
    Jayant Singh

  • Tea Break

  • Tutorial: Calculating free-energy: cases studies
    Jayant Singh

  • Course Dinner

Day 5 (March 9th)


  • Soft Matter Simulations-Monte Carlo and Kinetic Monte Carlo, Coarse-grain approaches
    Ethayaraja Mani

  • Tea Break

  • Tutorial: Hands on KMC simulations of Soft Matter
    Ethayaraja Mani

  • Lunch Break

  • DPD/Brownian Simulations
    Indranil Saha Dalal

  • Tea Break

  • Tutorial: Hands on DPD and Brownian simulations
    Indranil Saha Dalal