Real-space analysis of diffraction data deals with general structural concepts such as atomic distribution functions and structural correlation lengths, and now employs standard formulae common to neutron, X-ray and other diffraction techniques. Â It therefore facilitates a synergetic convergence of hitherto largely disjoint communities: liquids/glasses diffraction and crystalline powder diffraction.

• Materials Informatics and/or Genome including Machine Learning
• High-throughput experimentation
• Polymer and Molecular design by MI
• Catalysis & Environmental materials
• Electronic, Energy and Sensor materials
• Alloy & Oxides

This two day workshop will serve as an introduction to the pair distribution function (PDF) method, a technique for determining the local structure in disordered materials. We will cover the basic theory of the method, data processing, and an in-depth tutorial on structure refinement implemented in TOPAS v.6. Please note that the website may not yet be available.

The event will be divided in two blocks. The first block will be a specialised Diffraction on Energy Materials School

This School will be based on selected lectures together with intensive hands-on sessions using advanced tools for diffraction data treatment either implemented in Rietveld refinement programs, such as FullProf, or available as independent refinement programs such as FAULTS (also included in the FullProf suite).

The second block will be a meeting concerned with Diffraction on Energy Materials. This meeting will be organized as a parallel event of the ILL-ESS User Meeting which will take place at the Congress Center WTC (Grenoble). The participants can share their ideas in the framework of the proposed programme.

A systematic overview of the application of neutrons and synchrotron radiation to the structural analysis of engineering materials will be provided. The focus of the practical training will be on synchrotron experiments. Neutron data analysis will also be practised. Therefore, the school consists of a two-day theoretical course in Lauenburg, followed by two days of experiments at GEMS/DESY in Hamburg. The fifth day of the school offers further talks and a final discussion. All relevant experimental methods will be covered.

The IFF Spring School 2019 will provide a solid introduction into scattering methods for the investigation of condensed matter and biomaterials. Topics will include modern scattering techniques and the advanced methods utilised at large scale facilities.

Participants are expected to have a basic knowledge of quantum mechanics and physics and/or chemistry of condensed matter. All lectures will be held in English.

Registration period: 5th November 2018 to 10th January 2019.

Financial support is available for students who have yet to finish their Master's degree, to cover part of accommodation costs.

More details will be available closer to the registration date.

The school is targeted towards researchers interested in applying group theory to solving magnetic structures with neutron diffraction. The school will cover both representational analysis and magnetic space group approaches, and will include both lectures and software labs.

Topics will include

• Representational analysis of complex magnetic structures
• Symmetry and magnetic structure determination: developments in refinement techniques and examples
• Geometrical frustration and incommensurate magnetic ordering
• Magnetic structure refinement with neutron powder diffraction data using Fullprof, MODY, SARA, etc.

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The workshop is being hosted at the University of Maryland campus - participants can stay on campus for discounted prices.

Attendance is limited to 30 participants.

Early Registration deadline: 23rd May 2018

For more information, please visit:Â Â http://magnetism-school.org/static/2018/index.html

Organized by the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre in association with Materials Research Society of India (MRSI) â€" Mumbai Chapter.

Topics of interest

• Solar Energy Materials
• Thermoelectric Materials
• Alternate Energy Sources (Nuclear, Fuel cell, Wind, Tidal, Hydrogen etc.)
• Energy Storage Materials and Devices (Battery, Super capacitors etc.)
• Single Crystals, Sensors, and Transducers
• Instrumentation

Themes

• Low dose electron microscopy techniques
• Ultra low voltage microscopy
• Cryo-electron microscopy
• Environmental, dynamic and time resolved microscopy
• Innovative data acquisition and processing

These may address topics such as:Â

• Advances in low dose imaging and spectroscopy(SEM/(S)TEM/Ion Beam)
• Dynamic SEM/(S)TEM. In situ microscopy techniques
• Tomography
• Electron diffraction
• Beam writing
• Beam-material interaction mechanisms
• Camera and detector technology
• Smart collection (e.g. compressed sensing)
• Low dimensional materials
• Soft matter and hybrid materials
• Catalysis
• Biological and natural materials

This workshop will focus on scattering techniques and in particular time-resolved and in operando studies of kinetic processes. The main topics to be covered in the workshop will include Energy Materials, Soft Matter, Biological Matter, Inorganic Functional Materials and Catalysis. Due to support from the Norwegian Research Council and ESS & MAX IV, registration for the workshop is free; however, there is a limit of 100 participants and those with connections to the local InterReg project will gain priority in obtaining a position at the workshop.Â

For further information and contact details, please visit:Â https://www.twf2018.com/

Registration deadline: 29th April 2018

Abstract deadline: 6th April 2018

To complete registration, please visit:Â https://nettskjema.uio.no/answer/93111.html;Â or sent your abstract by email (with "NNSP-TWF2018" as the subject heading) to Reider Lund at this address: reidar.lund@kjemi.uio.no

This summer school is the fifth in a series on superconducting materials and applications targeting students and specialists and will include:

• Fundamentals of superconductivity
• Materials
• Small and large applications
• Modelling
• Measurements
• Visit to Oxford Instruments

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The primary aims of this school are to educate the next generation of scientists in the field of instrument design and promote collaboration between large scale facilities. The school is therefore relevant to anyone involved in any aspect of instrument and sample environment design and software development.

All registration details can be found online at:Â http://sons.uniroma2.it/ericeneutronschool/v-course-2018/registration-and-fees/

Registration deadline: 4th June 2018Â