In January 2019, the school MolSim-2019 took place at the University of Amsterdam. The school hosted PhD and postdoc students working in the field of molecular simulation. MolSim-2019 was organized by the Amsterdam Center for Multiscale Modeling.

  • Who: ACMM (Amsterdam Center for Multiscale Modeling)
  • Where: University of Amsterdam
  • When: January 7-18, 2019

Molsim-2019 Program

The program consists of morning sessions with lectures, and afternoon sessions with hand-on exercises. There was a poster session organized, and during the weekend a social event. 


DayHourRoomLecturerCourseLecture Notes
Monday 7/109:00-09:15C0.110Evert Jan MeijerWelcome 
09:15-12:00C0.110Berend SmitIntro General
Intro Stat Mech
13:00-16:30G.010, G0.23David Dubbeldam, Bernd EnsingLab Course
16:30Welcome drinks
Tuesday 8/109:00-12:00C0.110Berend SmitIntro Monte Carlo
13:00-17:00G0.10, G0.23Lab Course
Wednesday 9/109:00-12:00C0.110Berend SmitIntro Molecular Dynamics
13:00-17:00G0.10, G0.23Lab Course
Thursday 10/109:00-12:00C0.110Daan FrenkelAdvanced MC
13:00-17:00G0.10, G0.23Lab Course
17:00-20:00POSTER SESSION, DRINKS AND FOOD 
Friday 11/109:00-12:00C0.110Peter BolhuisRare Events
13:00-17:00G0.10, G0.23Lab Course
Saturday 12/1Day Off
Sunday 13/116:00Social Event + Dinner
Monday 14/109:00-12:00C0.110Thijs VlugtMC – CBMC/CFCMC
13:00-17:00G0.10, G0.23 Lab Course
Tuesday 15/109:00-12:00C0.110Evert-Jan MeijerFree Energies and Phase Equilibria
13:00-17:00G0.10, G0.23Lab Course
Wednesday 16/1 09:00-10:00C0.110Peter BolhuisAdvanced MD
10:30-12:00C0.110Sanne AbelnBiological Systems – Lattice Models
13:00-17:00G0.10, G0.23Lab Course
Thursday 17/109:00-10:30C0.110Leopold Talirz, Sasha Yakutovich,
Dianne Ortega
Advanced: Computational
Screening: AiiDA Intro
Advanced: Computational
Screening: Methane Storage
11:00-12:00C0.110Leopold Talirz, Sasha Yakutovich,
Danielle Ongari
Lab Course
13:00-17:00G0.10, G0.23Leopold Talirz, Sasha Yakutovich,
Danielle Ongari
Lab Course
Friday 18/109:30-10:30C0.110Ignacio PagonabarragaIntroductory Lecture
11:00-12:00C0.110Ignacio PagonabarragaResearch Seminar
~12:00C0.110Evert Jan MeijerClosing
All times are CET, Central European Times

Affiliation Lecturers

Ignacio Pagonabarraga – EPFL, CECAM, University of Barcelona
Sanne Abeln – Free University Amsterdam 
Thijs Vlugt – Delft University of Technology 
Daan Frenkel – University of Cambridge 
Berend Smit – EPFL and University of California Berkeley 
Leopold Talirz – EPFL 
Sasha Yakutovich – EPFL 
Daniele Ongari – EPFL 
Bernd Ensing – University of Amsterdam 
David Dubbeldam – University of Amsterdam 
Peter Bolhuis – University of Amsterdam 
Evert Jan Meijer – University of Amsterdam