open force field

An open and collaborative approach to better force fields

Events

The Open Force Field Initiative organizes regular team meetings, webinars and workshops, both in person and virtual. See more information below about past and future events.

1st Open Force Field Workshop

The First Open Force Field Workshop was held in La Jolla, CA on January 7-8, 2019. The meeting was open to Consortium members and collaborators, and parts of the meeting were recorded for posting online. Watch the videos from this workshop on YouTube and access presentation slides on Zenodo.

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Jan 7-8, 2019 | La Jolla, California

Please see the full program below:

Agenda

Comments and questions for discussion during the workshop are invited in the Slack channels indicated after each topic; e.g, #project-planning for "Roadmap overview".

Jan 7

Research topics: 45 min talk + 15 min discussion

TimeEventSpeakerSlack channel
7.45 - 8.00Introduction [PDF] [Video]Gilson
8.00 - 8.30Roadmap overview [DOI] [Video]Shirts#project-planning
8.30 - 9.30Short-term parameter optimization strategy: ForceBalance [DOI] [Video]Wang#forcebalance
9.30 - 10.00Coffee break
#random
10.00 - 11.00Long-term parameter optimization strategy: Bayesian Fitting [DOI] [Video]Chodera#bayesian-inference
11.00 - 12.00Chemical perception and SMIRNOFF typing [DOI] [Video]Mobley/Bannan#smirnoff
12.00 - 1.00Torsion fitting and fragmentation [DOI] [Video]Chodera/Wang#torsions
1.00 - 2.00Lunch (catered)
2.00 - 2.30Group discussion to define ad hoc breakouts and breakout leaders/note-takers

Proposed Breakout Session 1 : typing via chemical perception, torsion fitting

Proposed Breakout Session 2 : useful physical property data, parameter fitting ||

TimeEventSpeakerSlack channel
2.30 - 3.00Breakout Session 1
3.00 - 3.30Coffee break
#random
3.30 - 4.00Breakout Session 2
4.00 - 5.00Reconvene for breakout reports and all-hands discussions

Breakout session notes: Benchmarking Accuracy [PDF] |

Breakout session notes: Property calculation framework [PDF] |

Breakout session notes: Use cases [PDF] |

TimeEventSpeakerSlack channel
5.00 - 5.15Roadmap recap and discussion (reviewing Slack input from remote attendees)
#project-planning
6.00Group dinner in La Jolla at Rock Bottom Brewing


Jan 8

Research topics 45 min talk + 15 min discussion

TimeEventSpeakerSlack channel
8.00 - 9.00Charge models [DOI] [Video]Schauperl#charge-models
9.00 - 10.00Fitting non-torsion valence terms [DOI] [Video]Mobley/Wang#valence
10.00 - 10.30Coffee break
#random
10.30 - 11.30Software architecture and infrastructure [DOI] [Video]Wagner#infrastructure
11.30 - 12.30Fitting condensed-phase properties [DOI] [Video]Chodera/Shirts#propertycalculator
12.30 - 1.30Lunch (catered)
1.30 - 2.00Group discussion to define ad hoc breakouts and breakout leaders/note-takers

Proposed Breakout Sessions: electrostatics, software preview / toolkit hands-on ||

TimeEventSpeakerSlack channel
2.00 - 4.00Breakout Session (with coffee)
4.00 - 5.00Reconvene and wrap-up discussion

Breakout session notes: neural network potentials [PDF] |


Webinars

OpenFF held a series of webinars in 2019

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2019 | OpenFF Webinar series

Watch all currently available webinars on our YouTube channel. You can access slides on Zenodo. Please use the assigned DOI and associated publications if you plan on using provided materials in your work.