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MatMat<p>Hello <a href="https://social.epfl.ch/tags/fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fediverse</span></a> <a href="https://social.epfl.ch/tags/introduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>introduction</span></a></p><p>This is the account of the Mathematics for Materials modelling (MatMat) group at the institutes at <a href="https://social.epfl.ch/tags/EPFL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EPFL</span></a> lead by <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.epfl.ch/@herbst" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>herbst</span></a></span>.</p><p>We work on <a href="https://social.epfl.ch/tags/atomistic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>atomistic</span></a> simulations of materials taking an <a href="https://social.epfl.ch/tags/interdisciplinary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>interdisciplinary</span></a> point of view to make methods faster and understand their modelling errors. Our goal is to provide reliable simulation methods that help finding the materials of the future!</p><p>Here we will post updates on our <a href="https://social.epfl.ch/tags/research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>research</span></a> activities and group-related events.</p>
Michael Herbst<p>Hello <a href="https://social.epfl.ch/tags/fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fediverse</span></a> <a href="https://social.epfl.ch/tags/introduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>introduction</span></a></p><p>I'm Michael, professor in the institutes of <a href="https://social.epfl.ch/tags/mathematics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mathematics</span></a> and <a href="https://social.epfl.ch/tags/materials" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>materials</span></a> science and head of the <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.epfl.ch/@MatMat" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>MatMat</span></a></span> group at <a href="https://social.epfl.ch/tags/EPFL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EPFL</span></a>.</p><p>I work on the <a href="https://social.epfl.ch/tags/atomistic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>atomistic</span></a> simulations of materials, mainly density-functional theory (DFT) methods, understanding <a href="https://social.epfl.ch/tags/simulation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>simulation</span></a> errors and <a href="https://social.epfl.ch/tags/uncertainties" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uncertainties</span></a> in predicted materials properties.</p><p>I use techniques from <br><a href="https://social.epfl.ch/tags/physics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>physics</span></a> <a href="https://social.epfl.ch/tags/computerscience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>computerscience</span></a> <a href="https://social.epfl.ch/tags/machinelearning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>machinelearning</span></a> and <br>develop related <a href="https://social.epfl.ch/tags/julialang" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>julialang</span></a> packages such as the density-functional toolkit (<a href="https://social.epfl.ch/tags/dftk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dftk</span></a>).</p>