SMS26

Theory and implementation of stochastic approaches for multiscale molecular modeling

The II edition of the school on Stochastic Methods and Simulations (SMS26) aims to provide students with a fundamental understanding of the modeling approach for describing dynamic processes in complex chemical systems.

This year, the focus is on the usefulness of stochastic approaches for the multiscale description of molecules and phases.

At the core of such an approach is statistical mechanics, which provides the tools to bridge the gap between the atomic-level description and what is commonly referred to as the ‘coarse-grained’ representation of the molecular system.

At the core of stochastic methods is statistical mechanics, which provides the tools to bridge the gap between the atomic-level description and what is commonly referred to as the ‘coarse-grained’ representation of the molecular system.

The school is in collaboration with the “Divisione di Chimica Teorica e Computazionale” (DCTC) division of the “Società Chimica Italiana” (SCI). It targets mainly Ph.D. students and post-doctoral fellows, particularly those with expertise in the ‘standard’ classical and quantum techniques of computational chemistry.  Students from other Ph.D. Schools must first check with the chief of their School if this equivalence holds. For any information, please contact: mirco.zerbetto@unipd.it

Lectures will be held at the Department of Chemical Sciences of the University of Padua, from 2^nd to 6^th February 2026.

Acknowledgements

Financial contribution from the Department of Chemical Sciences at the University of Padova within the framework of the Department-of-Excellence programme ‘Complexity in Chemistry (MUR-DE-2023)’ is acknowledged.