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About the Maxwell Insitute Colloquia Giovanni Ciccotti Giovanni Ciccotti is the Professor of the Structure of Matter at the University of Rome La Sapienza. He is a leading figure in the history of molecular simulation methods, particularly molecular dynamics, and has authored over 100 articles on the subject, mostly in the chemical physics literature. He is probably most well known for his discovery, with Ryckaert and Berendsen, of the SHAKE method for constrained dynamics, a scheme that plays a crucial role in simulations of biological macromolecules. His work has also included a variety of methods for rigid bodies and quantum-classical simulation. He has also worked tirelessly to promote and develop the field of molecular simulation, was the director of CECAM (Centre Europeen de Calcul Atomique et Moleculaire), and received its first Berni J. Alder Prize in 1999. In recent years he has been working primarily on the theory of reaction coordinates and quantum-classical modelling. Ciccotti will lecture on his work November 22, 2006. Associated 1-Day Meeting In connection with Professor Ciccotti's visit, a 1-day meeting on the theme "Understanding Molecular Simulation" will be held on November 23, 2006. The meeting will feature the work of five researchers from various fields (Chemistry, Physics, Mathematics, Computer Science) who are united by the challenges of molecular simulation. These researchers, their talk titles, and institutions are given below. Each speaker's name is linked to his website.
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