Virtual Winter School on Computational Chemistry

10th edition: 29th January - 2nd February 2024

Thank you for participating in the 10th edition of the Virtual Winter School on Computational Chemistry. A special thanks to the speakers who shared their invaluable knowledge, and to the attendees: your engagement truly shaped this remarkable event.

Video recordings are available for registered users.
Certificates for SFP submissions are accessible from the top menu under 'SFPs >> SFP Certificate'.

Registrations are open!

Latest News

We're delighted to announce that it will take place from January 29th to February 2nd, 2024.

This landmark 10th edition celebrates a decade of excellence in computational chemistry and is dedicated to bringing together some of the most prominent speakers in the field. Our aim is to democratize knowledge, making cutting-edge research and insights accessible to a wider audience. This special event not only honors past achievements but also paves the way for future advancements, fostering an inclusive and dynamic learning environment.

About us

We are able to host the 2024 event thanks to the generous support of our sponsors.

Our most sincere thanks to...

The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art is pleased to provide support for the 2024 VWSCC through a generous donation from Alan Fortier. The Universidad de Salamanca for the Zoom license.

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Organising team History Run your own conference

Goals

What do we want to achieve?

Availability: Ensure access to lectures given by prominent computational chemists to scientists worldwide

Community building: Facilitate international communication and the exchange of ideas between specialists of different fields

Support young scientists

Format

Key Principles

These are the key principles of the virtual winter school on computational chemistry:

Free (but required) registration
Live lectures broadcasted on the internet using virtual conferencing software
Speakers make talks accessible for non-specialists as well as presenting new aspects in the field
Lectures cover a wide variety of subjects
Lectures are available for download
Participants can present their work
Forum and chat sessions

Computational Photochemistry

Speaker: Filipp Furche (University of california, USA)

Webinar recording

Presentation

The slides of the presentation can be downloaded here3.01 MB.

Supporting videos

TiO₂(H₂O)₄ S₁ state trajectory (B3LYP/SV(P))

Provitamin D ringopening S₁ state trajectory (B3LYP/SV(P))

Acetaldehyde unrestriced excited state trajectory (PBE0/SV(P))

Most take things upon trust - Pitfalls of statistics

Speaker: Andreas Savin⁵

Authors: Bartolomeo Civalleri¹, Roberto Dovesi¹, Erin R. Johnson³,Pascal Pernot⁴, Davide Presti², Andreas Savin⁵

¹ Department of Chemistry and NIS Centre of Excellence, University of Torino (Italy)
² Department of Chemical and Geological Sciences and INSTM research unit, University of Modena and Reggio-Emilia, Modena (Italy)
³ Chemistry and Chemical Biology, School of Natural Sciences, University of California, Merced (USA)
⁴ Laboratoire de Chimie Physique d'Orsay, Universite Paris-Sud (France)
⁵ Laboratoire de Chimie Theorique, CNRS and Sorbonne University UPMC Univ Paris 6 (France)