Michael F. Herbst - Julia for Materials Modelling

The Julia programming language has emerged in the past years as an alternative to the traditional python / Fortran / C++ mix in scientific computing. Being both compiled and high-level it attracts a remarkably broad user base covering computer scientists, mathematicians and application scientists in physics, biology, medicine and many more. With respect to the multidisciplinary field of atomistic materials modelling I will provide a short overview of the current state of Julia codes and provide perspectives for using Julia in this field.