The FOMMS 2009 Conference will be held July 12-16, 2009 at the beautiful and relaxing Semiahmoo Resort in Blaine, WA. In addition to outstanding lectures and discussion on a range of topics in molecular modeling and simulation, the conference will include a mini-workshop on open source code development for molecular simulation, tutorial sessions on massively manycore chip architectures and GPUs for scientific simulation, and a special, inaugural FOMMS Medal banquet.

FOMMS Medal

 
The inaugural FOMMS Medal was awarded to Professor Michele Parrinello of ETH. The FOMMS Medal honors "profound and lasting contributions by one or more individuals to the development of computational methods and their application to the field of molecular-based modeling and simulation." Professor Parrinello was honored by the FOMMS 2009 conference attendees at the conference banquet held on Thursday evening July 16.

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