Virtual International Seminar on Theoretical Advancements (VISTA)
About VISTA
The bi-weekly seminar series “Virtual International Seminar on Theory Advancement” (VISTA) is a
“presentation journal”, a platform to facilitate interactions and scientific discussions of the International
community at covid time and beyond. The seminar features presentations by researchers at various levels (from undergraduate
students to faculty and scientists) on theory and computations for nonequilibrium dynamics of excited states and quantum dynamics,
broadly defined. Of special interest to this seminar are new developments in quantum and nonadiabatic dynamics,
trajectory-based and surface hopping approaches, semiclassical and quantum-classical methodologies, new software and tools
for nonadiabatic and quantum dynamics, as well as the applications of these cutting-edge techniques to a variety of
complex systems and materials, such as solar energy harvesting and photoresponsive materials. The experimental works that require
the attention of and can benefit from theoretical investigations are also of interest.
Keywords and topics:
nonadiabatic dynamics
excited states
quantum dynamics
quantum-classical methods
charge transfer
excitation energy transfer
trajectory surface hopping
TD-DFT
algorithms, methods, and software for excited state, nonadiabatic, and quantum dynamics