The Croucher Foundation - Advanced Study Institute on Frontiers in Computational Methods and Their Applications in Physical Sciences
December 6 - 13, 2005
The Chinese University of Hong Kong

organized by
Department of Physics and Institute of Theoretical Physics,
The Chinese University of Hong Kong

sponsored by
The Croucher Foundation

Organizing Committee (tentative)
Director: Hai-Qing Lin (CUHK)
Sec'y: Pui-Yee Ho (CUHK)
Che-Ting Chan (HKUST)
Zhi-Feng Liu (CUHK)
Chi-Fai Lo (CUHK)
Lei-Han Tang (HKBU)
Fu-Chun Zhang (HKU)
Rui-Qin Zhang (CityU)

Invited Lecturers (tentative)
Roberto Car, Princeton Univ.
David M. Ceperley, Univ. of Illinois
James E. Gubernatis, LANL
David P. Landau, Univ. of Georgia
Steven G. Louie, UC Berkeley
Andrew Chi-Chih Yao, Tsinghua Univ.

Associate Lecturers (tentative)
C. T. Chan, Hong Kong Univ. of Sci. & Tech.
G. H. Chen, Univ. of Hong Kong
J. M. Dong, Nanjing Univ.
Yong Duan, UC Davis
X. G. Gong, Fudan Univ.
Luhua Lai, Peking Univ.
T. K. Lee,, Institute of Physics, Academia Sinica
P. W. Leung, Hong Kong Univ. of Sci. & Tech. H. Q. Lin, Chinese Univ. of Hong Kong
Z. F. Liu, Chinese Univ. of Hong Kong
Gerardo Ortiz, Los Alamos National Lab.
A. W. Sandvik, Boston Univ.
L. H. Tang, Hong Kong Baptist Univ.
John Tse, National Research Council, Canada
D. S. Wang, Institute of Physics, CAS
Enge Wang, Institute of Physics, CAS
J. Wang, Univ. of Hong Kong
J. S. Wang, National Singapore Univ.
X. C. Zeng, Univ. of Nebraska-Lincoln
B. Zheng, Zhejiang Univ.

Tutorial Courses
In connection with the ASI, the Physics Department of CUHK will also sponsor one regular course and two tutorial courses, to provide some background for ASI students.

Advanced Computational Physics:
Lecturer: H. Q. Lin
Date: Sept. 5 - Dec. 3, 2005. Regular lecture course. Introduction to ab initio Methods:
Lecturers (Tentative): X. G. Gong, John Tse, Z. F. Liu, J. Wang
Date: Nov. 14 - 25, 2005. 12 hours. Introduction to Computational Bioscience:
Lecturers (Tentative): Y. Duan, E. G. Wang, Luhua Lai, G. H. Chen
Date: Nov. 26 - Dec. 6, 2005. 10-12 hours.

Mission: To review recent advances in computational physics by emphasizing the impact that new developments in large scale numerical computation have significantly enhanced our comprehension of the physical nature of materials as well as our capability in designing new materials.

To conduct in-depth discussions on selected state-of-the-art methods for solving important numerical problems in statistical and materials physics.

To facilitate a brain-storming forum for the generation of ideas on novel methods and new applications.

Structure: Six morning 3-hour lectures and presentations/discussions in five afternoons. The working language is English.