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International Workshop on
Computational Magnetism and Spintronics

November 03 - 07, 2008

Scientific Coordinators:
Olle Eriksson (University of Uppsala, Sweden)
Ingrid Mertig (Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, Germany)
Peter Zahn (Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, Germany)

Organisation:
Mandy Lochar (MPIPKS Dresden, Germany)
Marita Schneider (MPI PKS Dresden, Germany)

Spintronics and magnetism are currently among the most dynamic research themes in solid state physics. The progress of these topics is impressive and they also branch into wider areas, which include strongly-correlated electron materials, multiferroic materials, and semiconductors, including graphene. The conference is intended to provide an overview of our current understanding of spin phenomena, like spin dynamics and spin Hall effect, both from experiment and theory. The theoretical contributions are devoted particularly to state-of-the-art first-principles calculations. Besides fundamental physical properties of these systems, advances in the design of new materials and device-concepts will be highlighted. The conference is the second of the European series CompMag, opened in Jülich in 2006, and it is co-sponsored by the Psi-k network.

List of invited speakers:

A. Barthélémy (Palaiseau, France) S. Blügel (Jülich, D)
P. Bruno (Grenoble, France) K. Dörr (Dresden, Germany)
H. Ebert (Munich, Germany) C. Ederer (Dublin, Ireland)
C. Heiliger (NIST, USA) P. Kelly (Twente, The Netherlands)
M. Katsnelson (Nijmegen, The Netherlands) A. Lichtenstein (Hamburg, Germany)
S. Louie (Berkeley, USA) L. Molenkamp (Würzburg, Germany)
R. Nieminen (Helsinki, Finland) Q. Niu (Austin, USA)
L. Nordström (Uppsala, Sweden) S. Picozzi (L'Aquila, Italy)
R. Ramesh (Berkeley, USA) P. Ravindran (Oslo, Norway)
B. Sanyal (Uppsala, Sweden) K. Sato (Osaka, Japan)
T. Schulthess (Oak Ridge, USA) J. Sinova (TAMU, USA)
N. Stern (Santa Barbara, USA) W. Temmerman (Daresbury, UK)
I. Turek (Praha, Czech Republic) B. van Wees (Groningen, The Netherlands)
W. Wulfhekel (Karlsruhe, Germany)

Applications are welcome and should be made by using the application form on this web page. The number of attendees is limited. The registration fee for the conference is 100 Euro. Costs for the accommodation and meals will be covered by the Max Planck Institute. In exceptional cases, funding is available to partially cover travel expenses.

Deadline for applications is August 31, 2008.

For further information please e-mail to: ccms08mpipks-dresden.mpg.de