Volume 13 Number 1 Fall 1996 Eighth Annual Workshop on New Methods in Electronic Structure Calculations Held June 14-17, 1996 The Eighth Annual Workshop on New Methods in Electronic Structure Calculations was held at the Hubert H. Humphrey Center on the University of Minnesota West Bank Campus from June 14-17, 1996. Previous conferences on this topic have been held at St. Mary's College, St. Mary's City, Maryland; University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio; Cornell University, Ithaca, New York; North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina; Pennsylvania State University, State College, Pennsylvania; and University of California at Santa Barbara. The electronic structure problem is central to the fields of quantum chemistry, materials science, and condensed matter physics. Accurate quantitative electronic structure calculations are necessary to understand a variety of systems, ranging from simple molecules to complex materials such as high-temperature superconductors. By its very nature, the study of the electronic structure of matter is a computational field. Developing the most efficient algorithms and utilizing the highest performance computers is crucial to its progress. As algorithms have improved and high-performance computers have expanded in power and availability, it has become possible to solve problems of increasing complexity. As this trend continues, one can foresee density functional solutions for large-scale structures such as amorphous and disordered solids, liquids, glasses, and advances in strongly correlated systems such as Mott insulators, heavy fermion systems, and high-temperature superconductors. In This Issue: Electronic Structure Workshop Two-Electron Problem in Hartree-Fock Theory Upcoming Symposia People & Visitors Research Scholars Research Reports This workshop series is related to national research initiatives in both advanced materials science and high-performance computing. Because of the importance of algorithms and advanced computer architectures, it fulfills a necessary role in the electronic structure community. The New Methods in Electronic Structure Calculations Workshop series is a forum where experts on algorithms and methods discuss these technical issues and expose students to the complete cross section of methods from different fields. This provides an opportunity for significant exchange among disciplines and rapid advances in the field of electronic structure calculation. "Electronic Structures..." article continued