2nd International Symposium on Ab-Initio Electron Dynamics Simulation (AIEDS2)

3.5 Hours partly via Shinkansen (bullet train) from Tokyo (HND, NRT)
2 Hours from Osaka (KIX, ITM)
Detailed transportation guidance will be provided to all registered participants

Hosted by: Kansai Institute for Photon Science (KPSI), Quantum Science and Technologies (QST), Japan

Co-Hosted by: Q-LEAP ALICe, 学際領域展開ハブ形成プログラム, SALMON Development Committee

Co-Chairs:

School Lecturers:

Dr. Carsten Ullrich (The University of Missouri, United States)
Dr. Nicolas Tancogne-Dejean (Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter, Germany)
Dr. Yosuke Kanai (The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, United States)

Hands On Lecturer: Dr. Kazuhiro Yabana (University of Tsukuba, Japan)

Dr. Angel Rubio (Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter, Germany)
Dr. Beata Ziaja-Motyka (DESY, Germany)
Dr. Carsten Ullrich (The University of Missouri, United States)
Dr. Gopal Dixit (IIT Mumbai, India)
Dr. Jeng-Da Chai (National Taiwan University, Taiwan)
Dr. Junhyeok Bang (Chungbuk National University, Korea)
Dr. Kosuke Nakano (NIMS, Japan)
Dr. Mitsuharu Uemoto (Kobe University, Japan)
Dr. Naoto Tsuji (The University of Tokyo, Japan)
Dr. Neepa Maitra (Rutgers University at Newark, United States)
Dr. Nicolas Tancogne-Dejean (Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter, Germany)
Dr. Noejung Park (UNIST, Korea)
Dr. Ryosuke Akashi (QST, Japan)
Dr. Sangeeta Sharma (Max Born Institute, Germany)
Dr. Shunsuke Yamada (QST, Japan)
Dr. Stefan Vuckovic (University of Fribourg, Switzerland)
Dr. Takeru Yokota (RIKEN, Japan)
Dr. Takeshi Iwasa (Hokkaido University, Japan)
Dr. Yosuke Kanai (The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, United States)

Participant Registration Office: November 2025 – January 2026 (tentative)
Abstract Submission Office: September – October 2025 (tentative)
VISA Support: November 2025 – March 2026 (tentative)
For participants requiring a VISA: Registration must be completed by mid-December 2025 (tentative).
Poster Session: March 12–13, 2026 (tentative)
Banquet (Conference Dinner): Evening of March 12, 2026 (tentative)
Note for School Participants: You will connect to our supercomputer to run SALMON via a terminal app. Please bring your own laptop.
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Accommodations Nearby: 4 or 5 stars, others.
Attractions: Shunie, O-Miwa-jinja, Nara park, Nara-machi(old town), Tsukigase, Ninja museum, KPSI, etc. See HERE for more information.
Scopes:

Ab-Initio Simulations of Light–Matter Interactions
Development of Computational Methods and High-Performance Computing
Many-Body Effects and Beyond-DFT Approaches
Machine Learning and Multiscale Modeling in Electron Dynamics
Semiclassical and Hybrid Quantum-Classical Methods Applications in Photonics, Energy Materials, and Quantum Technologies
Time-Dependent Density Functional Theory
Ultrafast Electron Dynamics in Molecules, Solids, and Nanostructures
Visualization and Analysis of Ultrafast Phenomena