The PSI Center for Scientific Computing, Theory and Data links new opportunities of computational materials modelling and data science with PSI’s unique large research facilities.
Scientific Highlights & News
2nd GIF Molten Salt Reactor workshop at PSI
On 10 December 2025 the 2nd GIF Molten Salt Reactor workshop took place at PSI
MADICES Conference at PSI
The MADICES 3 workshop was about bringing representatives from the open research data (ORD) community, including research data management (RDM) platform developers/maintainers, ontology/semantics experts, those leveraging AI/LLM for RDM tasks, and FAIR principles advocators together to discuss (and implement solutions for) the problems hindering the adoption of ORD and FAIR principles and practices in the sciences.
HPCP Summer School FHNW/PSI
The institute for Data Science of the FHNW in Brugg - Windisch and AWI department of PSI held a joint course on high performance computing. The course addressed computer science students of FHNW and interested individuals at PSI. Two full days at the FHNW (with Apero) were followed by two full days at PSI using Merlin6 (with tour).
The life of the Center
Cooking Team Event – LMS
On October 30th, the LMS team gathered in Kaltbrunn for a memorable cooking event !
CSD Science Day 2025
The CSD Science Day retreat with 100 participants was an exceptional experience, marked by a wealth of insightful contributions on Artificial Intelligence. The event included a series of thought presentations, exploring the latest trends and innovations in AI. A particularly engaging panel discussion provided an opportunity for deeper dialogue on key topics, offering diverse perspectives and stimulating discussions among the participants.
LSM Retreat
The LSM carried out a scientific retreat, where students and young researchers presented their work. There was also a panel discussion on energy consumption in High Performance Computing (HPC) that involved the wohle audience.
Upcoming Events
Publications
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Ramires A
From pure to mixed: Altermagnets as intrinsic symmetry-breaking indicators
Physical Review Research. 2026; 8(1): L012025 (6 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1103/jr65-4273
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Warda K, Macke E, Timrov I, Colombi Ciacchi L, Kowalski PM
Getting the manifold right: The crucial role of orbital resolution in DFT+U for mixed d–f electron compounds
Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation. 2026; 22(2): 1016-1029. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jctc.5c01406
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Gazzarrini E, Cersonsky RK, Bercx M, Adorf CS, Marzari N
Reply to: an explanation for the rule of four in inorganic materials
npj Computational Materials. 2026; 12: 43 (3 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41524-025-01755-7
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