The 5th Conference of the Asian Consortium on
COMPUTATIONAL MATERIALS SCIENCE (ACCMS-5)

Hanoi, September 7-11, 2009

Computational Materials Science (CMS) has emerged as a distinct multidisciplinary branch of science whose relevance and importance has comes from (i) the desire to have a microscopic understanding of complex materials and phenomena, in particular at nano-scale (ii) the need to design novel materials with a desired combination of physical, chemical and metallurgical properties (iii) possibility to describe the basis interactions in materials via appropriate quantum and statistical mechanical tools. With the unprecedented growth of computer power (in terms of speed, memory etc.), and simultaneously developments of efficient and smart algorithms and codes, it is now possible to do large scale simulation of real materials with increasing complexity. A synergy amongst a wide variety of disciplines such as Physics, Chemistry, Metallurgy, Geology, Biology, Computer Science and Information Technology is gradually coming to a reality, because of the advancements in Computer Simulations. The predictive power of simulation can not only narrow down the task of the experimentalists, but also can open up possibilities for designing new materials. The days are not far when new tailormade materials will be "Created in Computer" before actual experiments.

The ACCMS-5 conference assembles Asian and world community to present their recent results on research, development of CMS. The scope of the conference ranges from fundamental computational methodology (density functional theory and beyond, quantum mechanical based interatomic potentials, molecular dynamic and Monte-Carlo simulation of thermodynamic and kinetic properties at large length and time scales, phase field method of micro-structural simulation…) to its industrial application of different materials properties.

The ACCMS-5 conference will be held from 9th to 11th September, 2009 in Melia Hotel in Hanoi

In association with the ACCMS-5 conference, the two-day courses on state of the art of advanced CMS codes for which the tutorial lectures will be given by international experts in the field, is held from 7th to 8th September, 2009 in Hanoi University of Technology.