Computational Collaboration Project No 5

Welcome to the homepage of CCP5 . CCP5 is the Collaborative Computational Project for computer simulation of condensed phases and is funded predominantly by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) of United Kingdom. It was founded more than 30 years ago to promote the involvement of UK scientists in collaborative research in this area; follow the link for further information about the history of CCP5. Please browse our website to find more about our activities, our projects and people. Join the network to find about new opportunities about PhD or PostDoc positions, student scholarships, conferences and workshops supported by CCP5. Researchers in universities and public research labs can use, free of charge, the vast collection of supported and contributed software for non-commercial purposes. Please note that you can get in touch with our software team for any problems related to currently supported software. CCP5 encourages industrial engagement in many ways - via our workshops and conferences, which often have dedicated industry days, our "Simulation for the Experimentalist and Industrialist" course, student bursary scheme, software and members' expertise.

news

ccp5 summer school registration open

details at https://summer2021.ccp5.ac.uk
good luck to all the applicants!

Friday, February 26, 2021

ccp5 summer bursaries call is open!

more details at
https://www.ccp5.ac.uk/summer_bursaries
deadline 1st of may 2021

full announcement:
Dear Colleagues,

CCP5 (Computational Collaboration Project 5 - simulation of condensed
matter (www.ccp5.ac.uk)) wishes to strengthen links between the CCP5
community by supporting a number of student bursaries for
collaborative summerprojects. The scheme provides funds for a student,
with UK academic supervisor support, to either

1. Work with industry or
2. Work with an European academic group or
3. To provide teaching material for use within the undergraduate
teaching environment (e.g., a molecular modelling course). The
teaching material must use CCP5 software (e.g. DL_POLY, DL_MONTE,
DL_MESO) or
4. To provide outreach material using computer simulation with
CCP5 software.
5. Showcase modern simulation techniques in context of condensed matter
modelling, eg AI, rare events, etc.

For options 3 and 4, Daresbury Laboratory staff will act as sponsors
of the project and any project involving DL staff should be discussed
with them prior to submission.

These projects can last for up to three months and are ideally for
students just about to start a Ph.D. The application must be received
from a UK academic (i.e. not a student, member of CCP5). We envisage
that applications will request £200-£250 per week, to include travel
as appropriate. The maximum sum available per busary is £3000,

NB If successful you are required to write a short report for CCP5 and
for software projects the course material must be given to CCP5 so
that it can be made available to the whole community via our web
pages.

If interested please refer to https://www.ccp5.ac.uk/summer_bursaries
for the application procedure which requires emailing a brief outline
of the project (no more than one page), indicating the costs and the
potential impact to alin-marin.elena@stfc.ac.uk

The closing date for applications is midnight 1st of May 2021. The CCP5
executive committee will decide soon thereafter which are funded based
on the potential value to the CCP5 community and/or the industrial
company(academic group) as well as the quality of the research and
funds available. Priority will be given to new applicants.

Regards,

Alin

Wednesday, February 24, 2021

CCP5 member Prof Kostya Trachenko finalist in the Physics World 2020 Breakthrough of the Year

Fundamental constants set upper limit for the speed of sound

To Kostya Trachenko of Queen Mary University of London, Bartomeu Monserrat, Chris Pickard of the University of Cambridge and Vadim Brazhkin of the Russian Academy of Sciences for calculations showing that the upper limit on the speed of sound in solids and liquids depends on just two dimensionless quantities – the fine structure constant and the proton-to-electron mass ratio. The team’s theoretical prediction is backed up by experimental data of the speed of sound in a range of solid materials and a calculation of the speed of sound in metallic hydrogen – a material that is yet to be created in the lab but should have the fastest speed of sound. The research provides insight into how fundamental constants impose bounds on physical properties.

more details at https://physicsworld.com/a/physics-world-announces-its-breakthrough-of-the-year-finalists-for-2020/

Friday, December 18, 2020

Sir RIchard Catlow

We were delighted to learn that Richard Catlow, FRS FRSC FInstP, former Chair of CCP5 during 1985-1990 period, and now Foreign Secretary and Vice-President of the Royal Society, has received a knighthood in the October 2020 Birthday Honours List for his services to the Management of Science. Richard and his many scientific achievements are of course very well known throughout the CCP5 community. Many congratulations, Richard!

Saturday, October 10, 2020

CCP5 Prize and Lecture for 2020 goes too...

Prof Kostya Trachenko from QMUL, https://www.qmul.ac.uk/spa/people/academics/profiles/ktrachenko.html, congratulations.
full list of winners on https://www.ccp5.ac.uk/prizes

Tuesday, September 8, 2020