[CPMD-list] cpmd tutorial webpages available

[Axel Kohlmeyer]

hello everybody on cpmd-list,

i am very pleased to announce the availability of an
initial version of a CPMD beginner's tutorial at

http://www.theochem.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/go/cpmd-tutor.html

the material was initially put together by Carme Rovira, Roger Rousseau,
and myself and first presented in its initial form during a CPMD tutorial
at the Centre for Research in Theoretical Chemistry of the Parc Cientific 
de Barcelona in november 2004. i've since then rearranged it and cleaned
it up a little bit for publishing on the web. it is still work in progress
and there is a lot of stuff that can be improved or added, but it should
be useful enough to announce it publically. nevertheless, i'd like to 
invite all of you to contribute by sending or suggesting further exercises, 
improvements or corrections.

we also have come up with a way to organize the tutorial pages so they can 
be combined it with a knoppix-like installation. (this is how we used it in 
barcelona). due to the various license restrictions on Knoppix and CPMD, 
we cannot distribute it or publish a script that will create it, so you 
have to contact me personally to learn how this can be done, e.g. if you 
want to do such a course on your on.

my future plans are, time permitting, to have it moved to cpmd.org
as soon as it has reached some finished form and add a section with 
'advanced exercises', that will demonstrate many of the cool features
in CPMD that go beyond standard CP-MD are not so easy to use (at least
for less experience users). for the first of these goals i'd need 
especially the feedback from less experienced CPMD users, so i know 
what is missing or could be explained better. for the latter goal it 
would be nice to get some contributions from people who have implemented 
or successfully used those advanced features.

finally i'd like to send a special thank you to Carme and Roger, since
these pages would have never happend without their 'interference'.

happy CPMD-ing,
	axel kohlmeyer.

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Axel Kohlmeyer       e-mail: axel.kohlmeyer at theochem.ruhr-uni-bochum.de
Lehrstuhl fuer Theoretische Chemie          Phone: ++49 (0)234/32-26673
Ruhr-Universitaet Bochum - NC 03/53         Fax:   ++49 (0)234/32-14045
D-44780 Bochum  http://www.theochem.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/~axel.kohlmeyer/
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