Scientists from across the globe gathered for a two day symposium is Oslo, Germany to discuss the most exciting advances and challenges in modeling ice and water from first principles to provide a wide range of perspectives. The event was organized by Sigbjørn Løland Bore (University of Oslo, NO) and Pablo Piaggi (nanoGUNE andIkerbasque, ES), as part of the Young CAS "Can Ice Be Described from First Principles?" project funded by the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters.
Prof. Thomas Gartner of Lehigh's Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering department was invited to give a talk on research "Simulating supercooled water and ice polymorphs from machine learning potentials". The topic of the meeting was advanced modeling approaches to understand and predict the behavior and properties of water, including machine learning, molecular simulations, and quantum chemistry techniques. There was also discussion about forging stronger connections between computational and experimental techniques. The audience was able to partake in a panel discussion and poster session.
