Welcome to the Harvard’s NNIN Computation page !
The National Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network’s computational project (NNIN/C) is the computational counterpart of the NNIN experimental initiative. Harvard University serves as the coordinating hub of NNIN/C, the object of which is to establish a national computing resource that provides hardware resources and simulation tools dedicated to nanoscience research for the academic and industrial research communities. Strong technical and scientific support is provided by staff domain experts so that the tools and resources can benefit interdisciplinary research. The software tools consist principally of open source codes for calculating properties of nanoscale systems. The goals and strategies of NNIN/C are:

• Assemble and create a wide suite of robust software that addresses critical issues related to the physical, chemical, and biological properties of artificial and natural nanoscale structures.
  
  
• Maintain and, where necessary, modify these simulations to address a broad range of research problems.
  
  
• Provide strong technical support and thorough instruction on the software tools so that even novice users can rapidly develop solutions to their own unique research problems.
  
  
• Hold regular events, from one-day workshops: “Photosynthesis – from Elementary Processes to Quantum Simulation,” to hands-on workshops on practical topics: “Programming the GPU: Introduction to CUDA,” to major international conferences on topics of critical importance: “Synergy Between Experiment and Computation in Energy – Looking to 2030.”