CCP2016

Session

Parallel Track B

11 Jul 2016, 11:00

Conveners

Parallel Track B: Computational Biological Physics, Soft Matter, Polymer

• Shobhana Narasimhan (JNCASR)
• Irvy (Igle) Gledhill (CSIR)

Parallel Track B: Computational Biological Physics, Soft Matter, Polymer

• Shobhana Narasimhan (JNCASR)
• Irvy (Igle) Gledhill (CSIR)

Parallel Track B: Computational Physics Education Session

• Spencer Wheaton (Department of Physics)
• Barry Klein (UC Davis, Department of Physics)

Parallel Track B: High Enegy, Nuclear and Particle Physics

• Marius Potgieter (North-West University)

Parallel Track B: High Enegy, Nuclear and Particle physics

• Thomas Dietel (University of Cape Town)

Parallel Track B: Material and Nano Science, Quantum Many Body and Strongly Correlated Systems

• Happy Sithole (Chpc)

Parallel Track B: Atomic Molecular and Optical Physics

• Martin Weigel (Coventry University)

Parallel Track B: Material and Nano Science, Quantum Many Body and Strongly Correlated Systems

• Thomas Vojta (Missouri University of Science and Technology)

Parallel Track B: Material and Nano Science, Quantum Many Body and Strongly Correlated Systems

• Valentino Cooper (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)

Parallel Track B: Software and Hardware Development

• Mitsuhisa Sato (AICS, RIKEN)

Parallel Track B: Software and Hardware Development

• Ilya Valuev (Kintech Lab Ltd.)

Contribution list Timetable

22. Dynamic Modelling on the Crystallization of Mono-sized Cubical Particles under Mechanical Vibrations

Prof. Xizhong An (Northeastern University)

11/07/2016, 11:00

Oral Presentation

39. Dynamical Properties of Granular Materials

Prof. Sanjay Puri (School of Physical Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi -- 110067, INDIA.)

11/07/2016, 11:20

Oral Presentation

93. Electric field effects on the ionization cluster size distribution (ICSD) using the GEANT4 Monte Carlo toolkit.

Mr Sonwabile Ngcezu (University of the Witwatersrand)

11/07/2016, 11:40

Oral Presentation

94. Finding motifs in DNA and protein sequences using set match

Mr Robert Chirwa (University of Louisville)

11/07/2016, 12:00

Computational Biology

Oral Presentation

6. Protein dynamics as a function of ionic strength, calcium ion concentration and temperature: Calmodulin as a first step

Mr Sahil Aneja (University of Delhi)

11/07/2016, 12:20

Computational Biology

Oral Presentation

95. Understanding the role of the subtstrate in off-lattice simulations of graphene growth on copper

Mr Gwilym Enstone (University of Warwick)

11/07/2016, 12:40

Oral Presentation

109. Networks of Spiking Neurons for the Control of Movement

Prof. Sara A. Solla (Northwestern University)

11/07/2016, 14:00

Computational Biology

Oral Presentation

42. INVITED SPEAKER: Paradigms for Electronic Structure Codes

Dr Trisha Salagaram (University of Pretoria)

11/07/2016, 14:20

Physics Education

Oral Presentation

40. Visualizing higher order Brillouin zones with applications

Dr Richard Andrew (University of Pretoria)

11/07/2016, 14:50

Physics Education

Oral Presentation

117. Learning problem-solving skills in a distance education physics course

Prof. Gaotsiwe Joel Rampho (University of South Africa)

11/07/2016, 15:10

Physics Education

Oral Presentation

41. GPUs in a Computational Physics course

Dr Joan Adler (Technion -IIT)

11/07/2016, 15:30

Physics Education

Oral Presentation

5. Coding considerations for standalone molecular dynamics simulations of atomistic structures

Richard Ocaya (UFS, Department of Physics)

11/07/2016, 15:50

Physics Education

Oral Presentation

125. INVITED SPEAKER: Thomas Dietel (University of Cape Town) for the ALICE Experiment at the LHC

Dr Thomas Dietel (University of Cape Town)

12/07/2016, 09:30

High Energy, Nuclear and Particle physics

Oral Presentation

64. Monte Carlo Computation of the Effective Sherman Function

Mr Michal Dragowski (University of Warsaw, Faculty of Physics)

12/07/2016, 10:00

High Energy, Nuclear and Particle physics

Oral Presentation

11. 2-Secure and certify studies to work on production of Spiked plutonium.

Prof. Ashraf Elsayed Mohamed Saleh (BRNO University of Technology)

12/07/2016, 10:20

High Energy, Nuclear and Particle physics

Oral Presentation

118. Study of Effective atomic numbers of Bioactive Glasses for Photon Interaction

Dr Anil Shantappa Malipatil (Department of Physics, Veerappa Nisty Engineering College, Shorapur-585220, KARNATAKA, INDIA)

12/07/2016, 11:00

Oral Presentation

85. A fast - Monte Carlo toolkit on GPU for treatment plan dose recalculation in proton therapy

Martina Senzacqua (Università degli studi di Roma "La Sapienza")

12/07/2016, 11:20

High Energy, Nuclear and Particle physics

Oral Presentation

71. On formation of bubble structure near the island of inversion

Prof. Rupayan Bhattacharya (University of Calcutta)

12/07/2016, 11:40

High Energy, Nuclear and Particle physics

Oral Presentation

90. Bound states and decays in Relativistic Quantum Mechanics.

Riccardo Giachetti (Physics Department, University of Florence, Italy)

12/07/2016, 12:00

High Energy, Nuclear and Particle physics

Oral Presentation

70. Finite element model of a calibration chamber

Dr Gérard ORJUBIN (F'SATI, CPUT)

12/07/2016, 12:20

Oral Presentation

58. A study on Quark-Gluon plasma equation of state using with finite quark mass

Dr Yogesh Kumar (University of Delhi)

12/07/2016, 12:40

High Energy, Nuclear and Particle physics

Oral Presentation

24. Temperature specification in atomistic molecular dynamics and its impact on simulation efficacy

Richard Ocaya (UFS, Department of Physics)

12/07/2016, 14:00

Oral Presentation

101. Computational modelling of sulfides minerals

Dr Thabo Letsoalo (University of Limpopo)

12/07/2016, 14:20

Oral Presentation

15. ab initio studies of thermoelectric materials for energy conversion applications

Dr Henry Wafula (Physics Department Masinde Muliro university of Science and Technology)

12/07/2016, 14:40

Oral Presentation

88. Computational Studies of Ru and Sr-doped anatase TiO₂ on three low index surfaces for application on DSSCs

Mr Hulisani Nemudzivhadi (University of venda)

12/07/2016, 15:00

Computational Physics

Oral Presentation

106. Stability and magnetic interaction of embedded Fe clusters in diamond

Dr Evans Benecha (University of South Africa)

12/07/2016, 15:20

Oral Presentation

73. Computational study of nonlinear spectroscopy including saturated absorption and four wave mixing in two and multi-level atoms

Dr Kessie Govender (Cape Peninsula University of Technology) , Ms Meena Patel (Cape Peninsula University of Technology)

12/07/2016, 15:40

Oral Presentation

86. Solar cell performance of AgInS₂ materials from DFT and GW/BSE calculations

Dr G.M. Dongho Nguimdo (University of the Witwatersrand)

12/07/2016, 15:40

Oral Presentation

75. Improved Maximum Entropy Method applied to Real-time Time-Dependent Density Functional Theory

Mr Mitsuki Toogoshi (Hosei University)

12/07/2016, 16:00

Oral Presentation

98. Molecular dynamics studies of Schottky and Frenkel defects in cubic boron nitride

Dr Thuto Mosuang (University of Limpopo)

12/07/2016, 16:00

Oral Presentation

47. INVITED SPEAKER: From 2D to 3D and 1D: Manipulating charge and spin at oxide heterointerfaces

Dr Valentino Cooper (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)

13/07/2016, 10:15

Oral Presentation

38. INVITED SPEAKER: Why and how to calculate momentum dependent self-energy for strongly correlated materials

Dr Tanmoy Das (Indian Institute of Science, Banaglore)

13/07/2016, 10:45

Oral Presentation

54. Device Simulation using Symmetric Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics

Prof. Yasunari Zempo (Hosei University)

13/07/2016, 11:15

Oral Presentation

13. Progress toward the discovery of a room-temperature superconductor: theoretical studies of the observed superconductivity above 200K in the sulfur hydride system at high pressure

Prof. Barry Klein (Department of Physics, University of California, Davis)

13/07/2016, 11:35

Oral Presentation

96. Structural determination and electronic properties of one-dimensional Te crystals encapsulated inside carbon nanotubes

Dr Paulo V C Medeiros (Theory of Condensed Matter Group, Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, J. J. Thomson Avenue, Cambridge CB3 0HE, U.K.)

13/07/2016, 11:55

Oral Presentation

128. Computational study of dye adsorption in nano TIO₂ film for the applications in dye sensitized solar cells using different computational techniques

Dr Nnditshedzeni Eric Maluta (University of Venda)

13/07/2016, 12:15

Material and Nano Sciences

Oral Presentation

74. Effect of Mo alloying elements on Ni silicides formation

Dr Achour DERAFA (Laboratoire LP3M, Département de Physique, Faculté des séances, Université de Sétif-1, Sétif 19000, Algérie)

13/07/2016, 12:35

Oral Presentation

122. INVITED SPEAKER: Impacts of interlayer and substrate interactions on low dimensional crystals

Prof. Young-Woo Son (Korea Institute for Advanced Study)

13/07/2016, 14:00

Material and Nano Sciences

Oral Presentation

131. INVITED SPEAKER: Quantum critical behavior of a superfluid-insulator transition

Prof. Thomas Vojta (Missouri University of Science and Technology)

13/07/2016, 14:30

Quantum Many Body and Strongly Correlated Systems

Oral Presentation

105. Investigation of Two-dimensional lattice thermal transport in graphene using phonon scattering mechanism

Prof. Kamal Kumar Choudhary (Indian Military Academy, Dehradun - 248007 (UK), India)

13/07/2016, 15:00

Oral Presentation

56. Confining Boundary Conditions For Simulation of Electron-Ion Plasma by Antisymmetrized Wave Packet Molecular Dynamics

Dr Ilya Valuev (Kintech Lab Ltd.)

13/07/2016, 15:20

Quantum Many Body and Strongly Correlated Systems

Oral Presentation

52. First principles study of layered xLi₂MnO₃•(1-x)LiMO₂ (M = Mn, Ni, Co, etc.) cathode materials

Dr Mesfin Abayneh Kebede (Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Pretoria, South Africa) , Mr Seid Mohammed Geleto (Jimma University, Jimma Institute of Technology, Ethiopia)

13/07/2016, 15:40

Oral Presentation

51. MORTICIA, A software package for determining optical surveillance system effectiveness.

Mr Ari Ramkilowan (CSIR)

14/07/2016, 09:00

Oral Presentation

72. High Performance Memory Efficient Finite Difference Time Domain Algorithms for Large Meshes

Dr Ilya Valuev (Kintech Lab Ltd.)

14/07/2016, 09:20

Oral Presentation

97. Particle simulations on the GPU using the Blaze-DEM code

Dr Nicolin Govender (CSIR/UJ)

14/07/2016, 09:40

Oral Presentation

130. INVITED SPEAKER: Challenges for Parallel Programming Models and Languages of post-petascale and exascale computing

Prof. Mitsuhisa Sato (AICS, RIKEN)

14/07/2016, 10:30

Software and Hardware Development

Oral Presentation

132. INVITED SPEAKER: High Performance Computing Developments in South Africa and the Continent in support of increasing demands of Research

Dr Happy Sithole (Chpc)

14/07/2016, 11:00

Software and Hardware Development

Oral Presentation