• To review recent advances in computational physics by emphasizing the impact that new developments in large scale numerical computation have significantly enhanced our comprehension of the physical nature of materials as well as our capability in designing new materials.

• To conduct in-depth discussions on selected state-of-the-art methods for solving important numerical problems in statistical and materials physics.

• To facilitate a brain-storming forum for the generation of ideas on novel methods and new applications.

Six morning 3-hour lectures and presentations/discussions in five afternoons.  The working language is English.

Science Centre, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong

Tutorial Courses:
In connection with the ASI, the Physics Department of CUHK will also sponsor one regular course and two tutorial courses, to provide some background for ASI students. 

u     Advanced Computational Physics (regular lecture course)
       Lecturer:   Professor Hai-Qing Lin
       Date:         September 5 ?December 3, 2005 

u     Introduction to ab initio Methods

A.   Introduction to the theory of electronic structure:
       Lectures: 6; Lecturer: Professor Xin-Gao Gong

B.   Plane waves/Pseudopotentials:
       Lectures: 2; Lecturer: Professor Guang-Yu Guo

C.   Comparison between DFT and post-Hartree-Fock methods:
       Lecture: 1; Lecturer: Professor Zhi-Feng Liu

D.   Implementation:
       Lectures: 3; Lecturers: Professors Che-Ting Chan (2 hrs) and K. P. Bohnen (1 hr)

u     Introduction to Computational Bioscience

A.   Lectures: 3; Lecturer: Professor Enge Wang
  l    First principles calculations and kinetic Monte Carlo methods applied to molecules and surfaces
  l    Simulation study of water molecules on surfaces: Hydrogen bonding and phase transitions

B.   Lectures: 3; Lecturer: Professor Yong Duan
l    Introduction to molecular mechanics and molecular dynamics force field, Verlet leap-frog algorithm, temperature and pressure control, calculation of long-range electrostatics, time scales, free energy calculations
l    “Tricks AND treats? Advanced topics, sampling, simulated annealing, locally enhanced sampling, replica exchange MD, continuum solvent models, etc.

C.   Lectures: 3; Lecturer: Professor Guan-Hua Chen
  l    O(N) and O(1) first principles methods for biological molecules

D.   Lectures: 3; Lecturer: Professor Lu-Hua Lai
l        Introduction to structure-based drug design
l        Computational study of ligand-protein binding with applications to protein networks

Tutorial Courses Registration: Please send email to pyho@phy.cuhk.edu.hk to register. In the email please specify your name, institution, year of study, mobile phone number and lectures that you want to attend.