Highlights of the research funded by this award include simulations of strongly correlated systems using models parametrized by first principles calculations which include chemical details. These models will be solved with massively parallel many-body methods. A bottom-up modular approach for code development will be used. The resulting library of code modules will be broadly applicable and essential for the rapid construction of codes for student thesis projects.

Approximately 20 U.S. doctoral students from LSU will spend six to twelve months in Europe collaborating with partners above, over a period of five years. In addition to these extended research stays, students and faculty will collaborate virtually via video conferencing and emerging internet technologies and will participate in a summer workshop to be held at one of the partner institutions each year.

This international education and research partnership will work collaboratively to: 1) develop sustainable, multidisciplinary, international research opportunities for Ph.D. students, 2) capitalize on complementary research strengths to facilitate the development of petascale computational models which will lead to innovative discoveries in complex correlated systems, and 3) provide graduate students with a rich international research experience to increase their ability to compete in the global marketplace.

This project receives support from NSF’s Office of International Science and Engineering and Division of Materials Research.