Emerging Technologies in Computational Chemistry
The COMP division holds an annual Symposium on Emerging Technologies in Computational Chemistry at the American Chemical Society Fall National Meeting every year. The objective of the symposium is to stimulate, reward, and publicize methodological advances in computational chemistry. Schrödinger, Inc., sponsors a $2,500 prize for the best talk at the symposium.
The talks are evaluated at the meeting by a panel of experts based on the quality of the presentation and the impact that the research will have on the future of computational chemistry and allied sciences. The symposium is ideal for presenting your latest and best research on new techniques, applications and software development. The talks must be original, not repeats of talks at other ACS symposia.
The competition is open to all.
The Rules (read carefully!):
In order to participate, you must submit a regular short ACS abstract via the ACS MAPS system on the ACS web site.
It is also required to upload a second, longer abstract in pdf format (~1000-word, possibly including an image) to the symposium organizer. The abstracts must clearly explain the new methodology or technology and why the author thinks that it will have an impact in the field of Computers in Chemistry. The long abstracts will be used to select presentations that will compete at the national meeting.
Long abstracts should be a single pdf file, with the presenting author's last (family) name as the start of the file name. The abstract should include title, all authors, the long abstract, and an optional figure.
We will also allow applicants to upload an optional 1-2 minute video abstract in which they briefly introduce and explain their work, possibly showing graphics, videos or other things that will help the judges to see the quality of the presentation that you would give at the symposium. While the video abstract is not required, applicants who submit the video will be given higher priority than those who do not.
You can use software on your computer to record and save a webcam video. Popular software includes Photo Booth for Mac OS X and Camera for Windows 8+. If you have another OS, you may need to look up how to record videos using your webcam by referencing your device manual or searching online. If you have a mobile device, you can record videos with your phone's camera. Make sure to check your video after recording and ensure that your voice is clear and loud. Make sure it is no longer than 2 minutes!
Applications for the Emerging Technologies Symposium that cannot be accepted for the competition will be considered for one of the other COMP sessions at the meeting.
TL;DR: submit a standard abstract to MAPS, upload a long abstract here, and optionally upload a video abstract here.
Applications for the ACS National Meeting must be uploaded prior to the MAPS deadline announced on the main ACS COMP Division page..
Send questions to:
Prof Carlos Simmerling
ACS Division of Computers in Chemistry
Professor, Department of Chemistry, Stony Brook University
acs.comp.awards_AT_gmail.com
Previous Symposium on Emerging Technologies Competition Winners (presenter in bold)
Fall 2017
Justin Smith, Olexandr Isayev, and Adrian E. Roitberg, Neural networks learning quantum chemistry: The rise of the machines
Fall 2016
Joshua Hartman and Gregory Beran, Fragment-based NMR Chemical Shift Prediction for Molecular Crystals: Higher Accuracy NMR Crystallography at Lower Computational Cost
Fall 2015
Denis Fourches, Next-Generation Technologies in Computational Chemistry
Fall 2014
Olexandr Isayev, Denis Fourches, Eugene N Muratov, Kevin Rasch, Stefano Curtarolo, Alexander Tropsha, Materials cartography: Navigating through chemical space using structural and electronic fingerprints
Fall 2013
Paul Zimmerman, Catching transition states by throwing ropes to stable intermediates
Fall 2012
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Fall 2011
Matthias Rarey
Fall 2010
Howard Feldman (Chemical Computing Group, Inc.)
Fall 2009
Julien Michel
Fall 2008
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Fall 2007
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Chang-Guo Zhan (University of Kentucky), First-principles electronic structure approach for molecular structures, properties, and reactivity in solution: Towards chemical accuracy
Leslie V. Woodcock (University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology)
Jeremy G. Vinter, Timothy J. Cheeseright, and Mark D. Mackey (Cresset BioMolecular Discovery), Peptide to non-peptide: A real breakthrough in virtual screening
Nitin Rathore and and Prof. Juan J. de Pablo (University of Wisconsin-Madison), Monte Carlo simulation of proteins through a random walk in energy space
Christopher E. Keefe
Meir Glick and Amiram Goldblum (Hebrew University of Jerusalem), A novel stochastic algorithm for structure predictions in proteins and for biomolecular interactions