YoungCAS Symposium "Can Ice Be Described from First Principles?”

YoungCAS Principal Investigator Sigbjørn Løland Bore, together with Pablo Piaggi from nanoGUNE, organized a successful symposium on March 27-28, 2025, at the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters, gathering 40 participants, including 20 invited speakers from abroad.

Photo of adult participants and organizers standing in a classical room with a large chandelie.

Group photo of the organizers and participants. Photo: Camilla Kottum Elmar/CAS.

By Sigbjørn Løland Bore

Published Mar. 29, 2025

The event focused on the latest advances and challenges in modeling ice and water from first principles, providing a diverse range of perspectives in this crucial field of study.

Two young men talking togheter. One man holding a cup of coffe and smiling the other man talking to him.In a classical and stylish launch room. — YoungCAS project leader Sigbjørn Løland Bore at a coffee break discussion with participant. Photo: Camilla Kottum Elmar/CAS.

The symposium was organized into thematical sessions:

Beyond DFT.
DFT for water and ice.
New trends in ice experiments.
Poster session.
Machine Learning Potentials.
Nuclear quantum effects.
Complex ice phenomena.

Symposium held at Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters, March 27 - March 28, 2025.

https://cas-nor.no/events/young-cas-fellow-symposium-can-ice-be-described-first-principles

This event is funded by the "Can Ice Be Described from First Principles?” YoungCAS project at the Center of Advanced Studies Oslo.

Tags: Hylleraas Centre, CAS, Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters, Center of Advanced Studies, Machine Learning

Published Mar. 29, 2025 2:25 PM - Last modified Apr. 11, 2025 2:26 PM