Workshop on Atomistic Models of Solids

A joint workshop between OxMOS: New Frontiers in the Mathematics of Solids and the UK Network “Mathematical Challenges in Molecular Dynamics”

7–8 December 2009
University of Oxford

This joint OxMOS/MD-network workshop focuses on atomistic models of solids and mathematical aspects of MD in the field of solid mechanics.

Specific topics for the workshop include:

quasi-continuum methods;
variational approaches;
mechanics and applications; and
statistical physics, micro–macro heat transfer.

Invited speakers:

Andrea Braides (Rome II)
Thierry Bodineau (École Normale Supérieure, Paris)
Matthew Dobson (Minneapolis)
Laurent Dupuy (CEA, Saclay)
Ryan Elliott (Minneapolis)
Roman Kotecky (Warwick)
Carlos Mora-Corral (BCAM, Bilbao)
Stefano Olla (CEREMADE, Paris-Dauphine)
Bernd Schmidt (TU Munich)
Lev Truskinovsky (École Polytechnique, Palaiseau)
Min Zhou (Georgia Tech, Atlanta)

Scientific Committee:

John Ball (Oxford)
Jon Chapman (Oxford)
Weinan E (Princeton)
Gero Friesecke (TU Munich/Warwick)
Endre Suli (Oxford)
Johannes Zimmer (Bath)

Local Organising Committee:

You may also download a poster for the event.

Registration

The workshop will take place on Monday and Tuesday, 7–8 December 2009 at the Mathematical Institute, University of Oxford, 24–29 St Giles’, Oxford. Lunch will be at St Anne’s College and is free if the box is ticked on the registration page. You can register online or by contacting OxMOS before 20th November 2009. There is no registration fee.

Some financial support is available for graduate students and postdoctoral researchers wishing to attend the event. If you require support, please contact the organisers by email.

Accommodation

If you need to stay overnight, you will need to arrange your own accommodation (unless you are speaking).

The Linton Lodge Hotel is well placed for the Maths Institute. OxMOS has reserved 30 rooms at Linton Lodge Hotel for our workshop participants. If you would like to stay at Linton Lodge, you will need to contact them on 01865 553 461 by 7th November, providing your name and credit card details, to secure the room. Please quote OxMOS of University of Oxford and you will be entitled to the University rate.

The Travelodge at Oxford Pear Tree is on an easy Park and Ride bus route which will take you very close to the Maths Institute, and their rooms start at £19 if booked and paid for 21 days in advance. If you would like something more central in Oxford, prices will reflect this. The Tower House Hotel is very central and is quite reasonably priced but the rooms are rather quirky and individual. Oxford City Council has an accommodation search which may also be useful. Please note that to be close to the Maths Institute or on an easy bus route you will want to search the Central and North areas. Please contact oxmos@maths.ox.ac.uk if you need further advice or help.

Abstracts

To follow.