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MaThCryst forthcoming activities
SIAM conference on mathematical aspects of Material Science, May 2021, Bilbao (Spain)
Ninth training course on symmetry and group theory, July 2021, Tsukuba (Japan)
Seventh MaThCryst School in Latin America, November 2021, Lima (Peru)
MaThCryst recent activities
AMS Sectional Meeting, November 2019, Gainesville, FL (USA)
ECM32 Satellite, August 2019, Wien (Austria)
Eighth training course on symmetry and group theory, July 2019, Tsukuba (Japan)
Second Shanghai International Crystallographic School, July 2019, Shanghai (China)
Summer School, June 2019, Nancy (France)
Sixth MaThCryst School in Latin America, November 2018, Bogotà (Colombia)
Seventh training course on symmetry and group theory, August 2018, Tsukuba (Japan)
Topological Methods in Materials Science 2017, October 2017, Beijing (China)
International Autumn School on Fundamental and Electron Crystallography (IASFEC), October 2017, Sofia, (Bulgaria)
IUCr 2017 Satellite, September 2017, Rourkela, (India)
Sixth training course on symmetry and group theory, August 2017, Tsukuba (Japan)
Shanghai International Crystallographic School, June 2017, Shanghai (China)
Second Workshop on Mathematical Crystallography, May 2017, Manila (Philippines)
Fifth training course on symmetry and group theory, March 2017, Tsukuba (Japan)
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International Autumn School on Fundamental and Electron Crystallography (IASFEC)
8-13 October 2017, Sofia, Bulgaria
Invited lecturers
- Prof. Joke Hadermann, Universiteit Antwerp, Belgium
- Prof. Massimo Nespolo, Université de Lorraine, France
- Prof. Mois I. Aroyo, Universidad del País Vasco, Spain
Organizing Committee
- Daniela Karashanova, Associate professor, PhD - Institute of Optical Materials and Technologies, BAS - chair
- Bogdan Ranguelov, Associate professor, PhD - Institute of Physical Chemistry, BAS
- Mihail Tarassov, Associate professor, PhD - Institute of Mineralogy and Crystallography, BAS
- Diana Nihtianova, Associate professor, PhD - Institute of Mineralogy and Crystallography, BAS
- Rosica Nicolova, professor, PhD - Institute of Mineralogy and Crystallography, BAS
- Boris Shivachev, professor, PhD - Institute of Mineralogy and Crystallography, BAS
- Daniela Kovacheva, professor, PhD - Institute of General and Inorganic Chemistry, BAS
- Vladislav Kostov-Kytin, Associate professor, PhD - Institute of Mineralogy and Crystallography, BAS
- Zara Cherkezova - Zheleva, Associate professor, PhD - Institute of Catalysis, BAS
- Biliana Georgieva, PhD - Institute of Optical Materials and Technologies, BAS
- Maya Velichkova, PhD - Institute of General and Inorganic Chemistry, BAS
- Pavel Markov, PhD - Institute of General and Inorganic Chemistry, BAS
- Luben Mihaylov, PhD - Faculty of Chemistry and Pharmacy, Sofia University
Necessary background (assumed achieved by all participants)
- Basic matrix algebra (matrix multiplication, calculation of determinant and trace)
- Interaction of radiation with matter.
- Elementary physics of scattering and diffraction. Fourier transform, atomic scattering factor and structure factor.
- Reciprocal lattice
- Bragg's law and Ewald's sphere.
Scientific Program
Day 1: 08 October 2017, Sunday | |
Morning | Arrival, registration and accommodation |
Lecturer: Prof. Mois Aroyo | |
13:30 - 18:00 | Basic matrix algebra (matrix multiplication, calculation of determinant and trace) |
Day 2: 09 October 2017, Monday | |
8:45 - 9:00 | Opening of the School (Dr. Daniela Karashanova) |
Lecturers: Prof. Mois Aroyo, Prof. Massimo Nespolo | |
9:00 - 11:00 |
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11:00 - 11:30 | Coffee break |
11:30 - 13:30 | Crystallographic symmetry in three dimensions: Bravais lattices, point groups, holohedries and merohedries, point groups; Hermann-Mauguin symbols for point groups. |
13:30 - 15:00 | Lunch |
15:00 - 16:30 |
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16:30 - 17:00 | Coffee break |
17:00 - 18:45 | Subgroups of point groups |
19:00 - 20:00 | Dinner |
Day 3: 10 October 2017, Tuesday | |
Lecturers: Prof. Massimo Nespolo, Prof. Mois Aroyo | |
9:00 - 11:00 | Metric tensor and crystallographic calculations: norm of a vector, angle between vectors, change of basis. |
11:00 - 11:30 | Coffee break |
11:30 - 13:30 |
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13:30 - 15:00 | Lunch |
15:00 - 16:30 |
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16:30 - 17:00 | Coffee break |
17:00 - 18:45 |
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19:00 - 20:00 | Dinner |
Day 4: 11 October 2017, Wednesday | |
Lecturers and guidance: Dr. Daniela Karashanova, Dr. Diana Nihtianova, Dr. Bogdan Ranguelov, Dr. Mihail Tarassov | |
9:00 - 09:30 | Distribution of the participants in working groups at the conference hall of the hotel. |
09:30 | TEM and SEM laboratories visit in working groups at rotational principle. |
Half-day |
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Half-day |
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11:00 - 11:30 | Coffee break and exchange of groups at conference hall of IOMT |
11:00 - 11:30 | Coffee break and Poster session at conference hall of the hotel |
13:30 - 14:45 | Lunch |
14:45 - 15:00 | School's photo in front of the main entrance |
15:00 - 17:00 | Pster session |
19:00 - 20:00 | Dinner |
Day 5: 12 October 2017, Thursday | |
Lecturer: Prof. Joke Hadermann | |
9:30 - 11:00 |
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11:00 - 11:30 | Coffee break |
11:30 - 13:30 |
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13:30 - 15:00 | Lunch |
15:00 - 16:30 |
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16:30 - 17:00 | Coffee break |
17:00 - 18:30 |
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19:00 - 19:30 | Transport to Hadjidraganov's Houses Restaurant |
19:00 - 20:00 | Official dinner |
Day 6: 13 October 2017, Friday | |
Lecturer: Prof. Massimo Nespolo | |
9:30 - 11:00 |
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11:00 - 11:30 | Coffee break |
Lecturer: Prof. Joke Hadermann | |
11:30 - 13:30 |
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13:30 - 15:00 | Lunch |
15:00 - 16:30 |
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16:30 - 17:00 | Coffee break |
17:00 - 18:30 |
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18:30 - 18:45 | Concluding remarks (Dr. Daniela Karashanova) |
19:00 - 21:00 | Farewell dinner |
More details are available at the local website.
Didactic material
- M.I. Aroyo: Symmetry Operations
- M.I. Aroyo: Crystallographic Point Groups
- M.I. Aroyo: Crystallographic calculations
- M.I. Aroyo: Group-subgroup relations
- M.I. Aroyo: Bilbao Crystallographic Server
- J. Hadermann: Electron crystallography
- M. Nespolo: Calculation of the zone axis
- M. Nespolo: Domain structures and twins
See also the didactic material page
Photo gallery
A photo gallery is available shortly from the IUCr website.
The Organizers of the International Autumn School on Fundamental and Electron Crystallography have observed the basic policy of non-discrimination and affirms the right and freedom of scientists to associate in international scientific activity without regard to such factors as citizenship, religion, creed, political stance, ethnic origin, race, colour, language, age or sex, in accordance with the Statutes of the International Council for Science. At this school no barrier existed which would have prevented the participation of bona fide scientists.