Yambo developers will join online the next three Fridays (4/11/18 December) to discuss the status and future programs of the Yambo code. Ongoing developments, next release, Python platform, extending GPU porting, optimization and training events.

Stay tuned, many novelties to come in the next months.

Here below the full program:

Friday 4

09:00 – 09:10 A. Marini: Introducion

09:10 – 09:30 M. Gruning: Correcting wrong DFT orbital characters considering the off. diagonal elements ot the Gowo sell-energy

09:30 – 09:50 M. Bonacci: The Yambo-Alida workflow and the GW100 case with GN-PPM

09:50 – 10:10 D. A. Leon Valido: A multipole approach for dielectric screening:

10:10 – 10:30 Break

10:30 – 10:45 A Marini: Test-suite functionalty & validation o new developments

10:45 – 11:05 D. Varsano: Organisation of the next Yambo school in virtual format

11:05 – 12:00 Round table

Friday 11

09:00 – 09:20 E. Molten: Calculating Circular dichroism in Yambo

09:20 – 09:20 D. Sangalli: Magnons description in Yambo

09:40 – 10:00 C. Attaccalite: Exciton-nonon interactions

10:00 – 10:20 F. Paleari: Phonon dynamics description

10:20 – 10:35 Break

10:35 – 10:55 N. Spallanzani & A. Ferretti: Yambo porting on GPUs machines

10:55 – 11:15 A. Marini: Coding good practices: modularization and clearness

11:15 – 12:00 D. Varsano: Yambo website, training material, documentation and user’s forum

Friday 18

09:00 – 09:20 P. D’amico & A Ferretti: embedded with a Polrizable continuum model

09:20 – 09:40 M. Marsilli: Spin properties of excitons

09:40 – 10:00 D. Sangalli: Technical developments and enhancement of Yambo features

09:00 – 10:20 D. Varsano & D. Sangalli: Possible developments of new features coming from user community

10:30 – 10:40 Break

10:40 – 11:10 F. Paleari: Whypy presentation, a python tool to run Yambo smartly

11:10 – 11:30 A. Guandalini: Accelerating convergences in 2D materials:

11:30 – 11:50 F. Affinito: Short presentation of the Leonardo machine

11:50 – 12:00 Wrap-up