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Dear Dmitris:<br>
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This is excellent. Please make sure his seminar is carried on the
Access Grid to other LA-SiGMA sites. You may want to alert the
speaker about this multi-site delivery system. He will need to make
his slides available to each site ahead of time so that we can
follow along. I think it helps if the slides are numbered so that
we can all know which slide we should be viewing.<br>
<br>
-Ramu<br>
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On 7/7/2011 1:26 PM, Dimitris E Nikitopoulos wrote:
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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear Colleagues,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I have corresponded with Steve Plimpton
renewing the invitation I had extended to him to deliver a
seminar under the Sid Fuchs ME Seminar Series (always on a
Friday afternoon). He had tentatively accepted, and indicated
his particular interest in meeting with the groups that are
working with/interested in LAMMPS. This can also be a LaSiGMA
seminar (co-sponsored) subject to approval by the LaSiGMA
Seminar Committee. Either way, he will be meeting with anyone
interested and especially with LaSiGMA folks. In preparation,
and until the time when the date is set, I would like to give
everyone the opportunity to express their interest in meeting
with him.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">So please let me know if you are interested
and also indicate which of these subjects you would like to
visit with him on (this will determine the group each
interested party will be placed, since there will be very
little time for one-to-one individual meetings):<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span
style="">1.<span style="font: 7pt "Times New
Roman";"> </span></span><!--[endif]-->Multi-scale
simulations and tool development with LAMMPS (coarse-graining,
continuum-MD/DPD, etc.)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span
style="">2.<span style="font: 7pt "Times New
Roman";"> </span></span><!--[endif]-->LAMMPS on
GPUs<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span
style="">3.<span style="font: 7pt "Times New
Roman";"> </span></span><!--[endif]-->General
LAMMPS<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The first two topics are those related to
the letter of support he provided to our grant proposal.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I would also propose a separate meeting
with Graduate Students and post-docs, not necessarily
technical, but social (although it is tempting to mix work and
pleasure).<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">We will make provisions for our out-of-LSU
colleagues and friends to beam into these meetings. So if you
will not be able to be physically here, don’t let this deter
you from indicating your interest.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">For those who do not recognize the name,
Steve Plimpton has been, and is, in charge of the LAMMPS
project since inception, among other exciting projects. LAMMPS
is one of the most popular and flexible open-source Molecular
Dynamics simulation tools.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Depending on interest expressed, we can
then define the number of days for his visit, before he makes
a decision on a date. I will be handling the logistics and
scheduling.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Looking forward to your expressed interest.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Best<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Dimitris<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Dimitris E. Nikitopoulos<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Professor and Chair<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">LSU Department of Mechanical Engineering<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">+1-225-578-5903<o:p></o:p></p>
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