David P. Landau
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Not to be confused with Lev Landau
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David P. Landau (born 22 June 1941) is Distinguished Research Professor of Physics and founding Director of the Center for Simulational Physics at the University of Georgia
. He is a Fellow of the American Physical Society
. He won the Aneesur Rahman
Prize for Computational Physics. This is the highest award in computational physics given by the American Physical Society.
Lev Landau
Lev Davidovich Landau was a prominent Soviet physicist who made fundamental contributions to many areas of theoretical physics...
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David P. Landau (born 22 June 1941) is Distinguished Research Professor of Physics and founding Director of the Center for Simulational Physics at the University of Georgia
University of Georgia
The University of Georgia is a public research university located in Athens, Georgia, United States. Founded in 1785, it is the oldest and largest of the state's institutions of higher learning and is one of multiple schools to claim the title of the oldest public university in the United States...
. He is a Fellow of the American Physical Society
American Physical Society
The American Physical Society is the world's second largest organization of physicists, behind the Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft. The Society publishes more than a dozen scientific journals, including the world renowned Physical Review and Physical Review Letters, and organizes more than 20...
. He won the Aneesur Rahman
Aneesur Rahman
Aneesur Rahman pioneered the application of computational methods to physical systems. His 1964 paperon liquid argon studied a system of 864 argon atoms on a CDC 3600 computer, utilizing a Lennard-Jones potential. His algorithms still form the basis for many codes written today...
Prize for Computational Physics. This is the highest award in computational physics given by the American Physical Society.
Awards
- Fellow of the American Physical Society
- Fellow of the Japan Society for Promotion of Science
- 1987 Jesse W. Beams Award from the Southeastern Section of the American Physical Society
- 1988 Senior U.S. Scientist Award, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
- 2002 Aneesur Rahman Prize for Computational Physics from the American Physical Society
- 2008 Nicholson Medal for Human Outreach from the American Physical Society
See also
Wang and Landau algorithmWang and Landau algorithm
The Wang and Landau algorithm proposed by Fugao Wang and David P. Landau is an extension of Metropolis Monte Carlo sampling. It is designed to calculate the density of states of a computer-simulated system, such as an Ising model of spin glasses, or model atoms in a molecular force field...