þÿ<HTML> <HEAD> <TITLE>QSD2008</TITLE> <META NAME="ROBOT" CONTENT="NOINDEX"> <link rel="stylesheet" href="head.css" type="text/css" media="screen,print" /> <STYLE TYPE="text/css"> H3 { font-size: x-large; color: green ; font-family: sans-serif} H4 { font-size: large; color: black ; font-family: sans-serif} a { color:blue } a:visited { color:blue } </STYLE> <script type="text/javascript"> function disp(url){ window.open(url, "subwindow", "width=800,height=600, scrollbars=yes"); } </script> </HEAD> <BODY bgcolor="#ffffff"> <div id="wrapper"> <div id="header"> <a name="top">&nbsp;</a><BR> <H3>International Conference <BR> &nbsp; &nbsp; on Quantum Simulators and Design 2008</H3> <H4>May 31 - June 3, 2008<BR> National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation (Miraikan), Tokyo</H4> </div> <P> Supported by Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Priority Area Development of New Quantum Simulators and Quantum Design  <BR> from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan (MEXT) </P> <!-- +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ --> <HR> <SMALL> <B>&nbsp;<a href="#top">Top</a>&nbsp; | &nbsp;<a href="#announcement">Announcement</a>&nbsp; | &nbsp;<a href="#topics">Topics</a>&nbsp; | &nbsp;<a href="#venue">Venue</a>&nbsp; | &nbsp;<a href="#invited">Invited Speakers</a>&nbsp; | &nbsp;<a href="#committee">Committee</a>&nbsp; | &nbsp;<a href="#program">Program</a><BR> &nbsp;<a href="#oral">Oral Presentation</a>&nbsp; | &nbsp;<a href="#poster">Poster Presentation</a>&nbsp; | &nbsp;<a href="#dinner">Conference Dinner</a>&nbsp; | &nbsp;<a href="#registration">Registration</a><BR> &nbsp;<a href="#call">Call for Papers</a>&nbsp; | &nbsp;<a href="#accommodation">Accommodation</a>&nbsp; | &nbsp;<a href="#proceedings">Proceedings</a>&nbsp; | &nbsp;<a href="#date">Important Dates</a>&nbsp; | &nbsp;<a href="#secretariat">Secretariat</a><BR> &nbsp;<a href="#link">Link</a></B><BR> </SMALL> <HR> <!-- +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ --> <font color=green>Latest Information</font> <P> <font color=green>(June 13, 2008)</font><BR> Important information concerning <a href="#proceedings">Proceedings</a> has been added. </P> <P> <font color=green>(June 10, 2008)</font><BR> The conference photo is now available.<BR><BR> <a href="QSD2008.jpg" target="_blank"><IMG SRC = "QSD2008_2.jpg" border="0" ALT = ""></a>(Please click the figure to expand) </P> <P> <font color=green>(May 14, 2008)</font><BR> The conference <a href="#program">program</a> is now available. <BR> Important information for participants making <a href="#oral">oral presentations</a> and <a href="#poster">poster presentations</a> is now available. <BR> Information concerning the venue for the <a href="#dinner">conference dinner</a> is now available. <BR> Important information concerning access to <a href="#venue">Miraikan</a> has been added. </P> <P> <font color=green>(April 12, 2008)</font><BR> The deadline of the abstract submissions is extended to <strong>April 21, 2008</strong>.<BR> The information about <a href="#proceedings">proceedings</a> is available. The deadline is <strong>June 29, 2008</strong>. </P> <P> <font color=green>(March 28, 2008)</font><BR> We are now accepting advance registrations. The deadline is <strong>May 23, 2008</strong>. For details, please see <a href="#registration">Registration</a>.<BR> The list of <a href="#invited">invited speakers</a> and information about <a href="#accommodation">accommodation</a> are also available. </P> <P> <font color=green>(March 3, 2008)</font><BR> We are now accepting submissions of abstracts. For details, please see <a href="#call">Call for papers</a>. </P> <HR> <!-- +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ --> <P> <a name="announcement"><font color=green>Announcement</font></a><BR> The International Conference on Quantum Simulators and Design (QSD2008) will be held in <strong>Tokyo, Japan, May 31 - June 3, 2008</strong>. This Conference will provide a forum for discussion of the latest progress on a broad range of topics related to quantum simulators and design. The invited speakers will include the top experts in these fields. The attendance is expected to be about 200. The proceedings of the conference will appear as a special issue of the Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter (IOP Publishing). </P> <BR> <!-- +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ --> <P> <a name="topics"><font color=green>Topics</font></a><BR> <OL> <LI>Development of New First-Principles Methods <UL> <LI>beyond LDA <LI>electron correlation <LI>excited states <LI>extension of DFT <LI>Monte Carlo methods <LI>DMFT </UL> <LI>Development of Quantum Simulators <UL> <LI>post LDA <LI>large-scale simulation <LI>order-N methods <LI>prediction of properties <LI>transport and non-equilibrium properties </UL> <LI>Computational Materials Design <UL> <LI>design methods <LI>spintronics materials design <LI>process and reaction design <LI>bio-materials design <LI>design and realization </UL> </OL> </P> <BR> <!-- +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ --> <P> <a name="venue"><font color=green>Venue</font></a><BR> QSD2008 will be held in MIRAI CAN Hall at the <a href="http://www.miraikan.jst.go.jp/index_e.html" target="_blank">National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation (Miraikan)</a> in <a href="http://www.tokyoacademicpark.jp/index_e.html" target="_blank">Tokyo Academic Park</a>, located in Odaiba, a large artificial island in Tokyo Bay, Japan.<BR> <a href="http://www.miraikan.jst.go.jp/index_e.html" target="_blank"><IMG SRC = "bnr_02.gif" border="0" ALT = ""></a><BR> </P> <P> <IMG SRC = "miraikan.jpg" ALT = ""> <small>National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation (Miraikan) ((C)Miraikan)</small> </P> <P> <IMG SRC = "miraikan2.jpg" ALT = ""> <small>MIRAI CAN Hall ((C)Miraikan)</small> </P> <P> &nbsp;<a href="http://www.tokyoacademicpark.jp/tap/map_e.html" target="_blank">Access to Tokyo Academic Park</a><BR> &nbsp;<a href="http://www.miraikan.jst.go.jp/e/guide/map_index.html" target="_blank">Map around Miraikan</a> </P> <P> The main entrance to Miraikan is open between 10:00am and 5:pm. Outside of these hours it will still be possible to enter Miraikan but you should use a different entrance. Please consult the map for details.<BR> <a href="floormap.pdf" target="_blank"><IMG SRC = "floormap.jpg" border="0" ALT = ""></a>(Please click the figure to expand) </P> <BR><BR> <!-- +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ --> <P> <a name="invited"><font color=green>Invited Speakers</font></a><BR> &nbsp;N. Atodiresei (Juelich)<BR> &nbsp;S. Biermann (CPHT)<BR> &nbsp;J. R. Chelikowsky (Austin)<BR> &nbsp;R. E. Cohen (Washington)<BR> &nbsp;M. Dupuis (Richland)<BR> &nbsp;P. Entel (Duisburg)<BR> &nbsp;M. Gillan (London)<BR> &nbsp;A. Lichtenstein (Hamburg)<BR> &nbsp;B. I. Lundqvist (Göteborg)<BR> &nbsp;L. Mitas (NCSU)<BR> &nbsp;J. B. Neaton (LBL)<BR> &nbsp;S. Picozzi (L'Aquila)<BR> &nbsp;D. D. Sarma (Bangalore) </P> <BR> <!-- +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ --> <P> <a name="committee"><font color=green>International Advisory Committee</font></a><BR> &nbsp;O. K. Andersen (Stuttgart)<BR> &nbsp;K. Cho (Aichi)<BR> &nbsp;P. H. Dederichs (Jülich)<BR> &nbsp;H. Ebert (München)<BR> &nbsp;H. Fukuyama (Tokyo)<BR> &nbsp;K. Hirose (Osaka)<BR> &nbsp;J. Kanamori (Kyoto)<BR> &nbsp;T. Kawai (Osaka)<BR> &nbsp;M. Parrinello (Zürich)<BR> &nbsp;Z. Szotek (Daresbury)<BR> &nbsp;I. Turek (Prague)<BR> &nbsp;K. Terakura (Ishikawa)<BR> &nbsp;M. Tsukada (Tokyo/Sendai)<BR> &nbsp;S. Ushioda (Tsukuba)<BR> &nbsp;K. Yamaguchi (Osaka) </P> <BR> <P> <font color=green>Organizing Committee</font><BR> &nbsp;H. Akai (Cochair, Osaka)<BR> &nbsp;W. A. Diño (Osaka)<BR> &nbsp;T. Fujiwara (Tokyo)<BR> &nbsp;M. Imada (Tokyo)<BR> &nbsp;H. Kasai (Osaka)<BR> &nbsp;H. Katayama-Yoshida (Osaka)<BR> &nbsp;Y. Morikawa (Osaka)<BR> &nbsp;T. Oguchi (Hiroshima)<BR> &nbsp;M. Ogura (Osaka)<BR> &nbsp;A. Oshiyama (Tokyo)<BR> &nbsp;K. M. Slevin (Osaka)<BR> &nbsp;S. Tsuneyuki (Cochair, Tokyo) </P> <BR> <!-- +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ --> <P> <a name="program"><font color=green>Program</font></a><BR> <a href="program.pdf" target="_blank"><IMG SRC = "program.jpg" border="0" ALT = ""></a>(Please click the figure to obtain the program) </P> <BR> <!-- +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ --> <P> <a name="oral"><font color=green>Oral Presentations</font></a><BR> Each invited speaker, has been allocated 30 minutes (25 min. presentation and 5 min. discussion) for their oral presentation. Contributed papers that have been selected for oral presentation have been allocated 20 minutes (15 min. presentation and 5 min. discussion). <BR><BR> An LCD projector (beamer) will be available. We shall also prepare PCs (Windows and Mac) in which Microsoft Powerpoint (ppt, pptx), Adobe Acrobat (pdf) and Apple Keynote are installed. You may present your talk using your own PC, or you may bring your talk on a USB memory stick and use one the conference PCs. In either case please check that your presentation projects properly in advance of your session. We will also prepare an overhead projector (OHP). If you would prefer to use the OHP, please contact the conference secretariat. </p> <BR> <!-- +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ --> <P> <a name="poster"><font color=green>Poster Presentations</font></a><BR> For poster presentations, the size of the poster board will be 95cm (width) x 210cm (height). To fix your poster on the board, pins will be available at the registration desk. All poster presenters are kindly requested to display their poster by noon on June 1 and to remove it immediately after the end of the poster session at 3:30pm on June 2. </P> <BR> <!-- +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ --> <P> <a name="dinner"><font color=green>Conference Dinner</font></a><BR> The conference dinner will be held in the banquet room "Top of the Bay" on the 28th floor of the Dai-ichi Hotel Tokyo Seafort, located in Tennozu.<BR> &nbsp;<a href="http://www.daiichihotels.com/hotel/seafort/" target="_blank">English site</a><BR> &nbsp;<a href="http://www.hankyu-hotel.com/hotels/08dhtseafort/index2.html" target="_blank">Japanese site</a> </P> <BR> <!-- +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ --> <P> <a name="registration"><font color=green>Registration</font></a><BR> All those wishing to participate in the conference are requested to register in advance using the registration form. Late registration at the conference desk will be possible but in that case we cannot guarantee to include you in the list of participants or to give you an abstract booklet. Registration for all participants is free of charge. <BR><BR> The charge for the conference dinner is 10,000 Yen. This should be paid at the conference registration desk on arrival by all regular and student participants, as well as any accompanying persons. We can accept only cash; not cheques or credit cards. The conference dinner is free for invited speakers. </P> <p> Advance registration has been closed. </p> <!-- <a href="cgi-bin/regist/" target="subwindow" onClick="disp('cgi-bin/regist/')"><IMG SRC = "regist_button.jpg" border="0" ALT = ""></a> --> <BR> <!-- +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ --> <P> <a name="call"><font color=green>Call for Papers</font></a><BR> Abstract submission for poster presentations has been closed. Please contact the conference secretariat for post-deadline abstract submission. <!-- If you wish to present a paper, prepare an abstract using one of the templates below and submit it through the abstract submission form. The form can be accessed by clicking the Abstract Submission button below. The deadline for submission of abstracts is <strong>April 21, 2008</strong>. The organizing committee will select some papers for oral presentation. The remainder should be presented as posters. An abstract booklet will be available at the conference. <BR><BR> Please use one of the following LaTeX or MS Word templates when preparing your abstract. The maximum acceptable length is one page of A4. You should convert your abstract into PDF format before submission. </P> <P> &nbsp;<a href="abstract.tex">Format (LaTex)</a><BR> &nbsp;<a href="abstract.doc">Format (MS Word)</a><BR> &nbsp;<a href="abstract.pdf">Sample (PDF)</a> </P> <a href="cgi-bin/abst/" target="subwindow" onClick="disp('cgi-bin/abst/')"><IMG SRC = "abst_button.jpg" border="0" ALT = ""></a> --> <BR><BR> <!-- +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ --> <P> <a name="accommodation"><font color=green>Accommodation</font></a><BR> The conference secretariat will reserve accommodation for invited speakers and the international advisory committee. Other participants are kindly requested to make their own arrangements for accommodation. For further information, please contact the conference secretariat.</P> <BR> <!-- +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ --> <P> <a name="proceedings"><font color=green>Proceedings</font></a><BR> Your paper will be considered for publication in the QSD2008 Proceedings, which will be published as a special issue of Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter (IOP Publishing). All papers will be refereed in accordance with the guidelines issued by Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter on the basis of originality, quality, and relevance. Authors are asked to submit original papers of high standard.<BR> <BR> INSTRUCTIONS FOR PAPER SUBMISSION<BR> Papers should be submitted through the Journal of Physics:Condensed Matter website at <a href="http://www.iop.org/EJ/journal/JPhysCM" target="_blank">http://www.iop.org/EJ/journal/JPhysCM</a>. Click on 'Submit an article', for article type select 'special issue paper' and for special issue select 'QSD2008'. There is no special template but please follow the JPCM author guidelines (click the 'Authors' link on the journal web page). Up to 8 printed pages will be allocated for invited speakers and up to 6 printed pages for contributed papers. The deadline for submission is <strong>June 29, 2008</strong>. Remember that in order to be eligible for publication in the QSD2008 Proceedings, the paper must be presented at QSD2008.<BR> <BR> <font color=red>(NEW !!)</font><BR> IOP have recently changed the format of article in the Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter from single to double column format. The new format has about one and half times as much text per page. However, the templates available on the IOP website have not yet been updated to reflect that change. When preparing your paper using the templates in the old single column format you should use the following page limits: <u>12 pages for invited papers and 9 pages for contributed papers</u>. </P> <BR> <!-- +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ --> <P> <a name="date"><font color=green>Important Dates</font></a><BR> <UL> <LI>Abstract Submission Deadline: <font color=red><strong>April 21, 2008</strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>EXTENDED!</I></font> <LI>Advance Registration Deadline: <strong>May 23, 2008</strong> <LI>Registration and Welcome: <strong>May 31, 2008, evening</strong> <LI>Academic Sessions: <strong>June 1-3, 2008</strong> <LI>Conference Dinner: <strong>June 2, 2008, evening</strong> <LI>Manuscript Submission Deadline: <strong>June 29, 2008</strong> </UL> </P> <BR> <!-- +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ --> <P> <a name="secretariat"><font color=green>Secretariat</font></a><BR> Dr. Masako Ogura<BR> QSD2008, Secretariat<BR> Osaka University<BR> Machikaneyama, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-0043, Japan<BR> Phone : +81-6-6850-6749<BR> Fax. : +81-6-6850-5741<BR> e-mail:<BR> <IMG SRC = "mail.jpg" ALT = ""> </P> <BR> <!-- +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ --> <P> <a name="link"><font color=green>Related Conference</font></a><BR> &nbsp;<a href="http://www.issp.u-tokyo.ac.jp/Nano-sci2008/" target="_blank">The 1st International Conference of the Grand Challenge to Next-Generation Integrated Nanoscience</a> </P> <BR> <!-- +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ --> <P> <font color=green>Link</font> <UL> <LI><a href="http://home.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/qsd2006/" target="_blank">International Conference on Quantum Simulators and Design 2006 (QSD2006)</a><BR> <LI><a href="http://ann.phys.sci.osaka-u.ac.jp/~tokutei/english/" target="_blank">Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Priority Area Development of New Quantum Simulators and Quantum Design </a> </UL> </P> <!-- +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ --> <HR> <SMALL> <B>&nbsp;<a href="#top">Top</a>&nbsp; | &nbsp;<a href="#announcement">Announcement</a>&nbsp; | &nbsp;<a href="#topics">Topics</a>&nbsp; | &nbsp;<a href="#venue">Venue</a>&nbsp; | &nbsp;<a href="#invited">Invited Speakers</a>&nbsp; | &nbsp;<a href="#committee">Committee</a>&nbsp; | &nbsp;<a href="#program">Program</a><BR> &nbsp;<a href="#oral">Oral Presentation</a>&nbsp; | &nbsp;<a href="#poster">Poster Presentation</a>&nbsp; | &nbsp;<a href="#dinner">Conference Dinner</a>&nbsp; | &nbsp;<a href="#registration">Registration</a><BR> &nbsp;<a href="#call">Call for Papers</a>&nbsp; | &nbsp;<a href="#accommodation">Accommodation</a>&nbsp; | &nbsp;<a href="#proceedings">Proceedings</a>&nbsp; | &nbsp;<a href="#date">Important Dates</a>&nbsp; | &nbsp;<a href="#secretariat">Secretariat</a><BR> &nbsp;<a href="#link">Link</a></B><BR> </SMALL> <HR> <!-- +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ --> <SMALL>International Conference on Quantum Simulators and Design 2008<BR> May 31 - June 3, 2008<BR> National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation (Miraikan), Tokyo</SMALL> </BODY> </HTML>