Are you a future NNIN computer ?NNIN/C
is already accepting users based on our current hardware facilities and the
suite of programs which form the backbone of the project. These codes (see
list) comprise a number of commercial packages, such as MATLAB as well as
several academic nanoscale simulation codes that have each separately
established their own thriving user base. While these codes form the core of
the NNIN/C offerings currently, they obviously do not exhaust the range of
numerical nanoscience possibilities. Therefore, NNIN/C comprises a broad
community that includes both users and contributors. In deciding whether joining the
NNIN/C community is right for you, the appropriate questions to ask are:
Are you an experimentalist fabricating and
measuring nanoscale devices for which numerical simulations can optimize your
output either by shortcutting device design or analyzing results of measurement
?
Are you a theorist or computational specialist
seeking to employ state-of-the-art simulations in nanoscience but lacking
access either to the hardware or software, or more crucially, lacking the
information on how to obtain or use such software packages ? Or do you have
students who would profit and strengthen your group by learning and employing
computational techniques of a particular type or within particular materials ?
Are you a researcher interested in particular
materials or device configurations for which currently available simulation
tools do not exist or need to be extended ?
Are you a computational nanoscientist with a
specific code that you think could be of use to a community of researchers in
the same field ? Are you willing and interested to make the code more
user-friendly, if it requires it, and possibly work with Information Technology
specialists to develop a graphical user interface (GUI) for your software,
thereby greatly broadening its appeal ?
If your answer to any of these questions
is YES then please contact us to begin a dialogue on how your research
program can benefit from NNIN/C.
