Report on CCP5 Lecture Tour: July 13-21, 2000
Mark E. Tuckerman
Dept. of Chemistry and Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York University
New York, NY 10003 USA
I can honestly say that the CCP5 lecture tour was one of the most intense,
yet enjoyable, experiences of my scientific career. Including a lecture
I gave at the Ruhr-Universität in Bochum, Germany a week prior to arriving
in the UK, I gave as many talks in three weeks as I had given over the entire
course of 1999!
My tour schedule was as follows:
- July 13-15:
University of Cambridge
- Host: Dr. Michiel Sprik, Dept. of Chemistry
- Lecture title:
- ``A simple and rigorous new reciprocal space approach for
treating 0-, 1-, and 2-dimensional periodicity in force field based and ab inito
calculations.''
- Persons met with:
- Dr. Michiel Sprik and his group
- Dr. Ali Alavi
- Prof. Ruth M. Lynden-Bell (visiting from Belfast)
- July 15-18:
University of Edinburgh
- Host: Dr. Graeme Ackland, Dept. of Physics and Astronomy
- Lecture title:
- ``Solvation and transport of hydronium and hydroxide ions in water studied by
ab initio path integrals.''
- Persons met with:
- Dr. Graeme Ackland and his group
- Dr. Claudio Verdozzi
- July 18-20:
CLRC Daresbury laboratory
- Host: Dr. William Smith, Molecular Simulation Group
- Lecture title:
- ``Solvation and transport of hydronium and hydroxide ions in water studied by
ab initio path integrals.''
- Persons met with:
- Dr. William Smith
- Dr. Phil Lindan
- Dr. Paul Sherwood
- Dr. Georg Schreckenbach
- Dr. Walter Temmerman
- Dr. Zdzislawa Szotek
- July 20-22:
University of Bristol
- Host: Prof. Michael P. Allen, Dept. of Physics
- Lecture title:
- ``Molecular dynamics beyond the standard approach: Designing next generation algorithms
for treating complex molecular systems.''
- Persons met with:
- Prof. Michael P. Allen and his group
- Dr. Simon Hanna
- Dr. Adrian C. Barnes
- Dr. George W. Neilson
- Prof. Sir Michael V. Berry
As is clear from the schedule, considerable distances were
traversed in a relatively short period of time. Fortunately,
both the weather and the British rail system cooperated for the
duration of my stay.
Apart from the many stimulating scientific discussions,
the trip had a number of
non-scientific highlights as well. These include but are not
limited to:
- Two excellent tours of Cambridge, including the colleges, the old Cavendish,
and the pub where the double helix was really discovered.
- The Royal Mile in Edinburgh and the Whiskey tour and tasting at the end of it.
- Tour of the town of Chester, including some grizzly reminders of what passed for
entertainment in the Roman empire.
- An extensive tour of Bristol, including two amazing restaurants.
Thanks to CCP5 and my most gracious hosts and their groups for making all
this possible and for a fascinating
and enjoyable tour.
Last modified 28 October 2002
