Computers in Scientific Discovery 7 (CSD 7)

Seventh in a cross-disciplinary workshop series that brings together researchers in mathematical, physical and life sciences to explore the increasingly diverse ways that computers are used as part of the scientific discovery process.

The theme of CSD7 will be Computational Methods for Carbon Nanostructure Research. The basic scientific objective of the workshop is to combine the expertise of a group of researchers from graph theory, chemistry and computer science to make advances in chemistry, especially in carbon chemistry, the source of two recent Nobel prizes in chemistry, and especially connected to molecule and nano-circuit design.

The workshop will combine formal lectures, short talks, and ample time for informal discussions.

CSD 7 is generously supported by a grant from the National Science Foundation.

Keynote Speakers:

Gilles Caporossi, HEC, Montreal, Canada

Remi Chauvin, Laboratoire de Chimie de Coordination, Toulouse, France

Michel Deza, French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS)

Matthias Ernzerhof, University of Montreal, Canada

Elizabeth Hartung, Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts, USA

Puru Jena, Virginia Commonwealth University, USA

Douglas Klein, Texas A&M University, Galveston, USA

Tomaž Pisanski,  University of Primorska and University of Ljubljana, Slovenia 

Stan Schein, UCLA, Los Angeles, USA

Nico Van Cleemput, University of Ghent, Belgium

Location & Date:

Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, USA

July 19-23, 2015. There will be a reception on Sunday, July 19, and then 4 full days of talks and activities, Monday through Thursday.

Scientific Committee:

Gunnar Brinkmann, University of Ghent, Belgium

Patrick Fowler, FRS, University of Sheffield, England

Klavdija Kutnar, University of Primorska, Slovenia

Wendy Myrvold, University of Victoria, Canada

Local Organizers:

Paul Brooks, Virginia Commonwealth University, USA

Glenn Hurlbert, Virginia Commonwealth University, USA

Craig Larson, Virginia Commonwealth University, USA

VCU Scheduling and Conference Services

Participants:

Ghidewon Abay-Asmerom, VCU, USA

Mikhail M. Bouniaev, The University of Texas at Brownsville

Laimis Bytautas, Galveston College, USA

Paul Brooks, Virginia Commonwealth University, USA

Gilles Caporossi, HEC, Montreal, Canada

Remi Chauvin, Laboratoire de Chimie de Coordination, Toulouse, France

Michel Deza, French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS)

Ermelinda DeLaVina, University of Houston-Downtown, Texas USA

Matthias Ernzerhof, University of Montreal, Canada

Patrick Fowler, FRS, University of Sheffield, England

Jack Graver, Syracuse University, USA

Scott Gronert, VCU, USA

Guang Hu, Soochow University, China

Richard Hammack, VCU, USA

Elizabeth Hartung, Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts, USA

Glenn Hurlbert, Virginia Commonwealth University, USA

Puru Jena, Virginia Commonwealth University, USA

Douglas Klein, Texas A&M University, Galveston, USA

Klavdija Kutnar, University of Primorska, Slovenia

Bostjan Kuzman, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia

Craig Larson, VCU, USA

Alejandro Flores-Mendez, Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del IPN, Mexico

Wendy Myrvold, University of Victoria, Canada

Vladimir Rosenfeld, Ariel University, Israel

Andrey Rukhin, Naval Surface Warfare Center, VA, USA

Stan Schein, UCLA, USA

Nico Van Cleemput, University of Ghent, Belgium

Yujun Yang, Yantai University, China

Dong Ye, Middle Tennessee State University, USA

Jian Zhou, VCU, USA

Students:

Alex Bradford, VCU, USA

Ratko Darda, University of Primorska, Slovenia

Zach Gaslowitz, Vanderbilt University, TN, USA

Laura Hutchinson, VCU, USA

Jennifer Jordan, Syracuse University, NY, USA

Bryan Kaperick, Virginia Tech University, USA

Jeremy Myers, VCU

Erik Mills, VCU, USA

Dieter Mourisse, University of Ghent, Belgium

Taylor Short, University of South Carolina, USA

Neha Shrestha, VCU, USA

Leah Soukup, VCU, USA