Credits

HOOMD-blue Developers

The following people contributed to the hoomd and hoomd.md packages.

Joshua Anderson, University of Michigan - Lead developer

Alex Travesset, Iowa State University and Ames Laboratory

Rastko Sknepnek, Northwestern
  • integrate.npt
  • pair.morse
Carolyn Phillips, University of Michigan
  • dihedral.table
  • angle.table
  • bond.table
  • pair.dpdlj
  • pair.dpd
  • pair.dpd_conservative
  • integrate.langevin
  • bond.fene
  • pair.slj
  • Initial testing and debugging of HOOMD on Mac OS X systems
Aaron Keys, University of Michigan
  • update.enforce2d and other updates enabling to 2D simulations
  • hoomd c++ compilation helper script
  • binary restart files
  • integrate.mode_minimize_fire
Axel Kohlmeyer, David LeBard, Ben Levine, from the ICMS group at Temple University
  • pair.cgcmm
  • angle.harmonic
  • angle.cgcmm
  • dihedral.harmonic
  • improper.harmonic
  • numerous other small contributions enhancing the usability of HOOMD
Igor Morozov, Andrey Kazennov, Roman Bystryi, Joint Institute for High Temperatures of RAS (Moscow, Russia)
  • pair.eam (original implementation)
Philipp Mertmann, Ruhr University Bochum
  • charge.pppm
  • pair.ewald
Stephen Barr, Princeton University
  • charge.pppm
  • pair.ewald
Greg van Anders, Benjamin Schultz, University of Michigan
  • refactoring of ForceCompute
Eric Irrgang, University of Michigan
  • RPM packaging and daily builds
Ross Smith, University of Michigan
  • Deb packaging and daily builds
Peter Palm, Jens Glaser, Leipzig University
  • group functionality in force.constant
  • misc bug fixes
  • conversion of bond forces to template evaluator implementation
Jens Glaser, University of Michigan
  • integrate.npt anisotropic integration (mkt)
  • pair.force_shifted_lj
  • Dynamic addition/removal of bonds
  • Computation of virial and pressure tensor
  • integrate.nph
  • Framework for external potentials
  • external.periodic
  • ParticleData refactoring
  • MPI communication
  • Optimization of MPI communication for strong scaling
  • Neighborlist and pair force performance improvements (multiple threads per particle)
  • Enable cell based neighbor list on small boxes
  • Testing of angle.table and dihedral.table
  • Replicate command
  • metadata output
  • anisotropic particle integrators
  • Gay-Berne pair potential
  • pair.reaction_field
  • Rewrite of rigid body framework
  • Multi-GPU electrostatics (PPPM)
  • pair.van_der_waals
  • hpmc interaction_matrix
  • special_pair framework
  • TBB support
  • randomize integrator variables
  • GPUArray refactoring
Pavani Medapuram, University of Minnesota
  • Framework for external potentials
  • external.periodic
Brandon D. Smith, University of Michigan
  • full double precision compile time option
  • integrate.berendsen
  • pair.tersoff
Trung Dac Nguyen, University of Michigan
  • integrate.nve_rigid
  • integrate.bdnvt_rigid
  • integrate.nvt_rigid
  • integrate.npt_rigid
  • integrate.mode_minimize_rigid_fire
  • associated rigid body data structures and helper functions
  • integrate.nph_rigid
Ryan Marson, University of Michigan
  • unwrap_rigid option to dump.dcd
Kevin Silmore, Princeton University
  • OPLS dihedral
David Tarjan, University of Virginia
  • performance tweaks to the neighbor list and pair force code
Sumedh R. Risbud, James W. Swan, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • bug fixes for rigid body virial corrections
Michael P. Howard, Princeton University
  • Automatic citation list generator
  • Neighbor list memory footprint reduction
  • Bounding volume hierarchy (tree) neighbor lists
  • Stenciled cell list (stencil) neighbor lists
  • Per-type MPI ghost layer communication
  • Dynamic load balancing
  • Wall potentials extrapolated mode
  • XML dump by particle group
  • Fix references when disabling/enabling objects
  • Misc. bug fixes
  • CUDA9+V100 compatibility
James Antonaglia, University of Michigan
  • pair.mie
Carl Simon Adorf, University of Michigan
  • Analyzer callback
  • metadata output
  • Frenkel-Ladd bug fixes
Paul Dodd, University of Michigan
  • pair.compute_energy
Erin Teich, University of Michigan
  • addInfo callback to dump.pos
Joseph Berleant, University of Michigan
  • fix python 3.4 segfault
Matthew Spellings, University of Michigan
  • anisotropic particle integrators
  • Gay-Berne, dipole pair potentials
  • GTAR file format
  • External components in hoomd 2.x
James Proctor, University of Michigan
  • Refactor external potential framework
  • Wall potentials
  • boost python to pybind11 conversion
  • boost unit_test to upp11 conversion
  • boost signals to Nano::Signals conversion
  • Removal of misc boost library calls
Chengyu Dai, University of Michigan
  • Rewrite integrate.brownian with 3D rotational updates
  • Rewrite integrate.langevin with 3D rotational updates
Isaac Bruss, Chengyu Dai, University of Michigan
  • force.active
  • update.constraint_ellipsoid
Vyas Ramasubramani, University of Michigan
  • init.read_gsd bug fixes
  • Reverse communication for MPI
Nathan Horst
  • Language and figure clarifying the dihedral angle definition.
Bryan VanSaders, University of Michigan
  • constrain.oneD
  • Constant stress mode to integrate.npt.
  • map_overlaps() in hpmc.
  • Torque options to force.constant and force.active
Ludwig Schneider, Georg-August Univeristy Goettingen
  • Constant stress flow: hoomd.md.update.mueller_plathe_flow
  • Matrix logging and hdf5 logging: hoomd.hdf5.log
Bjørnar Jensen, University of Bergen
  • Add Lennard-Jones 12-8 pair potential
  • Add Buckingham/exp-6 pair potential
  • Add special_pair Coulomb 1-4 scaling
Lin Yang, Alex Travesset, Iowa State University
  • metal.pair.eam - reworked implementation
Tim Moore, Vanderbilt University
  • angle.cosinesq
  • Documentation fixes
Bradley Dice, Avisek Das, University of Michigan
  • integrator.randomize_velocities()
Bradley Dice, Simon Adorf, University of Michigan
  • SSAGES support
Bradley Dice, University of Michigan
  • Documentation improvements
Peter Schwendeman, Jens Glaser, University of Michigan
  • NVLINK optimized multi-GPU execution
Alyssa Travitz, University of Michigan
  • get_net_force implementation
Mike Henry, Boise State University
  • Documentation improvements

HPMC developers

The following people contributed to the hoomd.hpmc package.

Joshua Anderson, University of Michigan - Lead developer
  • Vision
  • Initial design
  • Code review
  • NVT trial move processing (CPU / GPU)
  • Sphere shape
  • Polygon shape
  • Spheropolygon shape
  • Simple polygon shape
  • Ellipsoid shape - adaptation of Michael’s Ellipsoid overlap check
  • 2D Xenocollide implementation
  • 2D GJKE implementation
  • MPI parallel domain decomposition
  • Scale distribution function pressure measurement
  • POS writer integration
  • Bounding box tree generation, query, and optimizations
  • BVH implementation of trial move processing
  • SSE and AVX intrinsics
  • jit.patch.user user defined patchy interactions with LLVM runtime compiled code
Eric Irrgang, University of Michigan
  • NPT updater
  • Convex polyhedron shape
  • Convex spheropolyhedron shape
  • 3D Xenocollide implementation
  • 3D GJKE implementation
  • Move size autotuner (in collaboration with Ben Schultz)
  • Densest packing compressor (in collaboration with Ben Schultz)
  • POS file utilities (in collaboration with Ben Schultz)
  • Shape union low-level implementation
  • Sphere union shape (in collaboration with Khalid Ahmed)
Ben Schultz, University of Michigan
  • Frenkel-Ladd free energy determination
  • Move size autotuner (in collaboration with Eric Irrgang)
  • Densest packing compressor (in collaboration with Eric Irrgang)
  • POS file utilities (in collaboration with Eric Irrgang)
  • Assign move size by particle type
  • Ellipsoid overlap check bug fixes
Jens Glaser, University of Michigan
  • Patchy sphere shape
  • General polyhedron shape
  • BVH implementation for countOverlaps
  • Hybrid BVH/small box trial move processing
  • Helped port the Sphinx overlap check
  • Dynamic number of particle types support
  • Implicit depletants
  • jit.patch.user_union user defined patchy interactions with LLVM runtime compiled code
  • Geometric Cluster Algorithm implementation
  • convex_spheropolyhedron_union shape class
  • test_overlap python API
Eric Harper, University of Michigan
  • Misc bug fixes to move size by particle type feature
  • Initial code for MPI domain decomposition
Khalid Ahmed, University of Michigan
  • Ported the Sphinx overlap check
  • Sphere union shape (in collaboration with Eric Irrgang)
Elizabeth R Chen, University of Michigan
  • Developed the Sphinx overlap check
Carl Simon Adorf, University of Michigan
  • meta data output
Samanthule Nola, University of Michigan
  • Run time determination of max_verts
Paul Dodd, Erin Teich, University of Michigan
  • External potential framework
  • Wall overlap checks
  • Lattice external potential

Erin Teich, University of Michigan * Convex polyhedron union particle type

Vyas Ramasubramani, University of Michigan
  • hpmc.util.tune fixes for tuning by type
  • hpmc.update.boxmc fixes for non-orthorhombic box volume moves
  • jit.external.user implementation
William Zygmunt, Luis Rivera-Rivera, University of Michigan
  • Patchy interaction support in HPMC CPU integrators
  • GSD state bug fixes

DEM developers

The following people contributed to the hoomd.dem package.

Matthew Spellings, University of Michigan - Lead developer Ryan Marson, University of Michigan

MPCD developers

The following people contributed to the hoomd.mpcd package.

Michael P. Howard, Princeton University - Lead developer
  • Design
  • Cell list and properties
  • Particle and cell communication
  • Basic streaming method
  • SRD and AT collision rules

Source code

HOOMD: HOOMD-blue is a continuation of the HOOMD project (http://www.ameslab.gov/hoomd/). The code from the original project is used under the following license:

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Libraries

HOOMD-blue links to the following libraries: