10th ABINIT International Developer Workshop

May 31 - June 4, 2021
After 20 years...

This fully remote workshop will be the 10th workshop of the ABINIT developer workshop series!

It will occur 20 years after the date of the first availability of ABINIT as an open source code!

During these years, ABINIT has incorporated an increasing number of functionalities (see the two recent invited papers [1,2] published in 2020, as well as recent publications in high-impact journals [3,4,5,6,7]) and has been coupled to more and more software libraries. ABINIT can also run efficiently on HPC architectures for most functionalities. It is thus of utmost importance for developers to have a place to exchange and discuss about new scientific and technical developments....

The ABINIT developer workshops form a series of events, crucial for the community of ABINIT developers, organized every two years. A unique occasion for most developers to acquire or maintain a global view of the project and stay up to date with the latest capabilities, planned developments, and overall strategy. The developer workshop is always an opportunity to invite external researchers, from other codes and communities, to exchange best practices and expertise...  
Virtual discussion rooms will be opened to users and will offer them the possibility to meet ABINIT developers and discuss. A registration schedule will be available. Interested ABINIT users will have to register and propose topics in advance. Each virtual room will gather users and developers...
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the workshop program has been designed to be accessible fully remotely. The schedule has been set to be suitable for participants regardless of their connection point (Europe, US/CA, ...).
Real developer talks will be concentrated in the afternoon (CET). Discussions between developers will take place on late afternoon. Attendees will have the opportunity to follow the presentations/discussions as well and to give a talk...

Committees

Organizing committee

Bernard Amadon, Marc Torrent, François JolletCEA - Bruyères-le-Châtel, France
Xavier GonzeUniversité Catholique de Louvain, Belgium
Matthieu VerstraeteUniversité de Liège, Belgium

"Local" committee

Sandra Boullier, François Bottin, Augustin Blanchet, Robinson OuterovitchCEA - Bruyères-le-Châtel, France

Sponsors