Hauptseminar Modern Simulation Methods for Structure and Properties of Charged Complex Molecules
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The Hauptseminar on 05.07.2016 has been shifted to 08.07.2016 at 10am. Note the new time: 13:00 on Tuesdays |
Overview
- Type
- Seminar (Talks and Discussion)
- Date and Time
- weekly during the SS 2016; Tuesdays at 13:00 in the ICP meeting room.
- Location
- Institut für Computerphysik, room 01.079
- Credit Points
- 6 CP (ECTS) (German MSc Physics Program)
- 3 CP (ECTS) (Intern. MSc Physics Program)
- Teachers
- Prof. Dr. Christian Holm (ICP)
- Dr. Jens Smiatek (ICP)
- JP. Dr. Maria Fyta (ICP)
- Course Number
- tba
- Modules
- tba
- Language
- English
- Requirements
- We expect the participants to have fundamental knowledge in classical and statistical mechanics, thermodynamics, electrodynamics, and partial differential equations.
- Registration for the Seminar
- Please write an email to Maria Fyta until February 1st at 24:00. A date for a first meeting will be announced soon to gauge the interest of the students, discuss the topics, and handle the topic assignment.
- There will be organizational meeting that will be mandatory to all participants on February 4, 2016 at 13:00 to discuss topics and style and other requirements.
Schedule, speakers and resources
Getting the credit points
To get the credit points for the seminar, the following criteria should be met:
- All participants must:
- Make the first appointment with their supervisor 2 months (a minimum of 8 weeks) before giving their talk
- Have read the literature provided on the website/by the supervisor before this first meeting
- Hand in a draft of their presentation 1 month (a minimum of 4 weeks) before giving their talk
- Give a trial talk 2 weeks in advance of their public talk and hand in their final draft of the handout
- Hand in the final version of their handout 1 week in advance
- Give their talk at the arranged time
- Be present at all talks
- Take part in the discussions following the talks
- The handout:
- Consists of 8 to 10 A4 pages (incl. pictures; 10 pt font, single space text)
- Describes the contents of the talk, written out in full
- Is written for the other participants
- Is written in English
- The talk:
- Consists of material pertaining to the topic
- Has a length of 45 minutes
- Is prepared in electronic form
- Is held in English
- Participants are graded according to:
- The quality of the trial talk and final draft of the hand out (as well as self-dependent preparation of both) (50%)
- The quality of the final presentation (25%)
- The level of participation in the discussion (25%)