In January 2011, the school MolSim-2011 took place at the University of Amsterdam. The school hosted PhD and postdoc students working in the field of molecular simulation. MolSim-2011 was organized by the Amsterdam Center for Multiscale Modeling. 

  • Who: ACMM (Amsterdam Center for Multiscale Modeling) 
  • Where: University of Amsterdam
  • When: January 3-14, 2011

Molsim-2011 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 3/109:00-09:15C0.110Evert Jan MeijerWelcome 
09:15-12:30C0.110Daan FrenkelIntro Statistical Thermodynamics
13:30-16:00G.010, G0.23Lab Course
16:00Welcome drinks
Tuesday 4/109:00-12:30C0.110Peter BolhuisIntro Monte Carlo
13:30-18:00G0.10, G0.23Lab Course
Wednesday 5/109:00-12:30C0.110Peter BolhuisIntro Molecular Dynamics
13:30-18:00G0.10, G0.23Lab Course
Thursday 6/109:00-12:30C0.110Berend SmitMC – Ensembles
13:30-18:00G0.10, G0.23Lab Course
Friday 7/109:00-12:30C0.110Berend SmitMC – Ensembles II
13:30-18:00G0.10, G0.23Lab Course
Saturday 8/1Day Off
Sunday 9/115:45Social Event + Dinner
Monday 10/109:00-12:30C0.110Berend SmitFree Energies and Phase Equilibria
13:30-17:00G0.10, G0.23 Lab Course
17:00-19:00POSTER SESSION, BEER AND PIZZA
Tuesday 11/109:00-10:30C0.110Evert-Jan MeijerMC Advanced Methods
11:00-12:15C0.110Sanne AbelnMC Lattice Models
13:00-18:00G0.10, G0.23Lab Course
Wednesday 12/1 09:00-12:30C0.110Thijs VlugtConfiguration-bias Monte Carlo
13:30-18:00G0.10, G0.23Lab Course
Dinner at StayOkaY
Thursday 13/109:00-12:30C0.110Evert Jan MeijerRare Events
13:30-18:00G0.10, G0.23Lab Course
Friday 14/109:30-12:30C0.110Christopher Lowe Coarse Grained Models
~12:30C0.110Evert Jan MeijerClosing