Under the umbrella of MDSI, TUM has founded the Atomistic Modeling Center (AMC). The board of directors Prof. David Egger, Prof. Alessio Gagliardi, Prof. Patrick Rinke and Prof. Julija Zavadlav officially signed the rules of procedure on June 24, 2024.
Prof. Egger, executive director of the new Center, emphasized: “The AMC is an interdisciplinary center that will bring together scientists with different backgrounds for important future initiatives in the field of atomistic modeling.”
The AMC will further enhance the connections among the MDSI, the natural, engineering and computer sciences, and it will bridge the MSDI with clusters of excellence, such as e-conversion.
Interdisciplinary and collaboration are key
Atomistic modeling bridges quantum mechanics, multi-scale/multi-physics modeling, machine learning and AI, making the AMC a centerpiece and incubator of new research lines at TUM. Through the microscopic insight atomistic modeling provides into molecules and materials, AMC facilitates technological developments in core research areas at TUM, such as sustainable energy conversion, quantum materials or drug discovery. AMC develops new atomistic modeling approaches that include data-driven and statistical methods as well as their exploitation in various significant research initiatives at TUM.
“This new initiative on atomistic modeling at TUM provides a great opportunity to fertilize highly interdisciplinary research work across its Schools and establish closer links to industry partners providing a unified scope and agenda for collaborative research,” says Egger, and co-Director Prof. Gagliardi added: “The AMC will bring together expertise from different fields in atomistic simulations to connect fundamental research and methods development with applications in materials science.”
The AMC core members are affiliated to the TUM School of Natural Sciences, the TUM School of Computation, Information and Technology, and the TUM School of Engineering and Design. “The Atomistic Modeling Center will establish atomistic modeling expertise at TUM and facilitate interdisciplinary collaborations across TUM Schools,” summarized AMC co-Director Prof. Rinke.
Future technology with international impact
The Atomistic Modeling Center has an ideal starting position to become internationally recognized for atomistic modeling, further increasing TUM’s leading reputation in the natural, computer, data as well as the engineering sciences, highlighted Prof. Stephan Günnemann, executive director of the MDSI: “With its bundled expertise in methods and applications in the field of atomistic modeling, the AMC will make Munich a centre with international appeal.”
“The Atomistic Modeling Center will serve as a central hub for atomistic modeling at TUM, boosting future research and teaching activities in this field,” agreed Prof. Julija Zavadlav, the fourth AMC co-Director.
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