Patches for Quantum ESPRESSO v.5.0.2 (corrected on May 6) are available from the download page. Look for Release Name 5.0.3. Instructions here.

Hands-on Tutorial on Electronic Structure Computations, ICTP Trieste, 14-18 January. Workshop on Computer Programming and Advanced Tools for Scientific Research Work & Quantum ESPRESSO Developer Training, ICTP Trieste, 11-28 March (more events are planned, stay tuned)

The next developers meeting will be held 9th January 2013 in SISSA, in the Red Room of the SISSA library. The tentative program is as follows: 9h00-9h15 Welcome 9h15-10h00 The Quantum ESPRESSO project and foundation (S. Baroni) (slides) 10h15-10h30 Overview of last year’s progresses (P. Giannozzi) (slides) 10h30-11h00 Collaborative development: how to efficiently use svn (L. Martin-Samos) (slides) 11h00-11h15 Coffee break 11h15-12h00 HPC and PRACE (F. Affinito, C. Cavazzoni, L. Martin-Samos, P. Giannozzi) 12h00-12h30 Quantum ESPRESSO on heterogeneous systems (F. Spiga) (slides) 12h30-14h00 Lunch break 14h00-14h45 ASE: Atomistic Simulation Environment (T. Olsen) (slides) 14h45-15h15 Quantum ESPRESSO interface for ASE (L. Tornatore) (slides) 15h15-15h30 Coffee ...

Version 5.0.2 of Quantum ESPRESSO is available for download here. Please note that the PLUMED plugin compatible with this version was uploaded as "plumed-1.3-qe"; the GPU version as "QE-GPU-5.0.2".

We would like to draw your attention to the Workshop on Computer Programming and Advanced Tools for Scientific Research Work & Quantum ESPRESSO Developer Training, 11-28 March 2013 in Trieste. Everybody interested in learning how to develop code within Quantum ESPRESSO is welcome to participate. Registration for the Quantum ESPRESSO part only, 25 to 28 March, is possible. Deadline: 6 January.

All users and developers are warmly encouraged to share their own developments and add-ons with the QE community at large. Those of you who would, but do not know how or fear that this would take too long, please read the rest of this post. Dear All, Quantum ESPRESSO (QE) is a very successful initiative thanks to the effort and contribution of you, as developers and users, which we gratefully acknowledge. Our community and software, in the spirit of open source, has grown outside the borders of its initial creation. We are excited by the news of several independent developments, analysis tools and new features that ...

Version 5.0 of Quantum ESPRESSO is available for download.

Old site is stil reachable at the following address: testwp.qe-forge.it

Hands-on school on computer simulations related to renewable energy applications, ICTP Trieste, 26-30 November 2012. Joint ICTP-TWAS Caribbean School on Electronic Structure Fundamentals and Methodologies (an Ab-initio Perspective) Cartagena, Colombia, August 27 - September 21

The annual QE developers meeting will be held the 24th January 2012 in SISSA, library red room. The final program is the following: Library RED ROOM 10:00 – 10:15 Wellcome 10:15 – 10:30 Introduction, past and current activity (P. Giannozzi, L. Martin-Samos) 10:30 - 11:00 GPU implementation (F. Spiga) 11:00 – 11:30 Solvent models (O. Andreussi) 11:30 – 11:45 break 11:45 – 12:15 QMMM (C. Ma) 12:15 – 12: 45 EPW (H. Fisher) LUNCH 14:30 – 15:00 All electron calculations (M. Monni) 15:00 – 15:30 Cineca’s new BG Q and future developements within PRACE actions (C. Cavazzoni) 15:30 – 16:00 new developements inside TDDFPT (S. Binnie) 16:00 - 16:15 break 16:15 - 16:45 new ...