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# Change Log
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Notable changes to QMCPACK will be documented in this file.
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## [Unreleased]
* Size consistent t-moves implemented (Casula 2010 algorithm).
Enabled via nonlocalmoves parameter, see manual.
* Bugfix: For non-git builds, build process failed on some systems
due to git-rev.h handling.
* Optimized load balancing in DMC. Command line option async_swap
removed. Parameter use_nonblocking now disables non-blocking MPI
load balancing.
* Improved memory handling and usage in SoA code, increases
performance.
* Improved stability of GPU matrix inversion for large runs.
* Ongoing improvements to output to improve readability.
* Initial interface to PySCF for real space QMC trial wavefunctions.
* Enabled use of HDF5 files for Gaussian based wavefunctions
with SoA implementation.
* Added Appendix to manual listing all known QMCPACK publications.
This will be updated on an ongoing basis. Please advise of any
missing publications.
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* Optimized momentum distribution estimator. Supported by SoA and
1,2,3-body Jastrow functions.
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* Support for labeled timers in Intel VTune based profiling.
### NEXUS
* Minor bugfixes and improvements.
### Known limitations
PySCF interface is preliminary. convert4qmc is updated, but manual entries are
not yet provided. This will be improved in later versions. The interface is
currently only for isolated molecular systems. A full periodic implementation
is in progress.
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## [3.3.0] - 2017-12-18
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### Notes
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This release includes new methods, converter updates, and many
optimizations, feature improvements, and bug fixes. It is a
recommended update for all users.
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### QMCPACK updates
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* Support for finite difference linear response (FDLR) method and
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wavefunctions, developed and contributed by Nick Blunt and Eric
Neuscamman, see Journal of Chemical Physics 147, 194101 (2017),
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4998197 and
https://arxiv.org/abs/1707.09439 .
* Major update to convert4qmc, conversion from GAMESS and other
gaussian basis set codes. HDF5 output is now supported for large
wavefunctions with -hdf5 option. Significantly improved example
inputs \*.qmc.in.xml.
* Gaussian based trial wavefunctions now supported by structure of
arrays implementation (ENABLE_SOA=1). A full reimplementation that
will also support gaussians in periodic boundary conditions, e.g.
from pyscf, is in progress.
* Initialization of multideterminant wavefunctions improved for faster
startup and lower memory usage. In practice this significantly
raises the usable maximum number of determinants.
* Maximum CPU time setting (maxcpusecs): QMC drivers will not
start a new block if there is not enough estimated time remaining to
complete the next block and gracefully shut down.
* Homogeneous electron gas wavefunction support and tests.
* New command line verbosity command line flag -verbosity. Output of
QMCPACK will be overhauled over the next few releases to
support low, high, and debug options, and also to significantly improve
readability and utility.
* Bugfix: Umrigar drift diffusion term is now consistent with the
Umrigar small time step error algorithm with complex wavefunctions.
* Bugfix: Momentum distribution is now correctly weighted and also
correctly signed for twist averaging.
* Renamed performance tests with atom and electron count.
* Removed support for "buffering" of non-local pseudopotential
wavefunction components during optimization (useBuffer setting) to
reduce memory usage and for simplicity.
* doxygen documentation for developer-level documentation of the code
and file structure. Produced via make in qmcpack/doxygen. HTML
currently published at http://docs.qmcpack.org/doxygen/doxy/
* Many minor bug fixes and improved tests.
### NEXUS
* Improved postprocessing support for Quantum Espresso.
* Various minor bug fixes.
### Known issues and limitations
* Documentation, examples and tutorials are not yet consistent with
the updated converter convert4qmc.
* Core functionality is largely compatible with ENABLE_SOA but
some specialized wavefunctions and observables are not.
* Use of GNU compilers with glibc 2.23 builds will crash due to a bug
in libmvec of glibc. The glibc version can be verified by
"ldd --version".
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## [3.2.0] - 2017-09-21
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### Notes
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This release provides a significant speed increase for
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many calculations. A C++11 compiler is now required. It is a
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recommended update.
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### QMCPACK updates
* Major speedup for calculations using spline wavefunctions via
initial implementation of "Structure of Arrays" data layout and
improved algorithms. Enabled via -DENABLE_SOA=1. Benefits all CPU
architectures. Many runs are doubled in speed. Not yet available for
Gaussian-basis sets or for all observables and QMC methods. See
writeup in manual for guidance.
* A compiler supporting C++11 is now required.
* DMC respects MaxCPUSecs parameter and will gracefully shut down and
not start a new block if there is not sufficient estimated time to
complete it.
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* Checkpointing code rewritten for robustness and performance at scale.
Parallel as well as serial HDF5 supported and autodetected.
* Improved beta-release of AFQMC code and documentation.
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* Backflow documentation and optimization tips added.
* Correlated sampling VMC drivers reactivated.
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* Added carbon graphite performance test similar to CORAL benchmark.
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* Improvements to CMake and CTest usage.
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* Build instructions for NERSC, ALCF, and OLCF machines updated.
* Latest manual PDF now available at http://docs.qmcpack.org
### NEXUS
* Significantly improved manual entry for "qmca" analysis tool, the
main recommended tool for statistical analysis of QMCPACK data.
* Added time step fitting tool "qfit" for timestep extrapolation. Uses
jack-knife statistical technique.
* Improved density file postprocessing.
* Support for Makov-Payne corrections.
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## [3.1.1] - 2017-08-01
### Notes
This is a bugfix release and recommended update.
### QMCPACK updates
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* Added numerical tolerance to check of jastrow cutoff and Wigner Seitz
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radius.
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* CMake correctly configures when MPI is not present.
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* Improved support for test coverage measurements.
* Added unit tests for some estimators.
### NEXUS
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* IPython compatible exit handling (from Duy Le)
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## [3.1.0] - 2017-06-21
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### Notes
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This release incorporates an improved DMC equilibration scheme,
numerous bugfixes, small improvements, and significantly improved
testing. It is a recommended update.
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### QMCPACK updates
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* Improved population control during DMC equilibration. Reduces variance on larger runs.
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* Bugfix: Real valued wavefunction GPU code gave incorrect result for some non-gamma twists that could be made real, e.g. X point. Complex code (QMC_COMPLEX=1) was always correct.
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* All particle move VMC and DMC algorithms enabled, tests added.
* Reptation Monte Carlo (RMC) enabled, tests added.
* Significantly improved AFQMC implementation.
* Added NiO based VMC and DMC performance tests and description in manual. Wavefunction files accessed via QMC_DATA.
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* Added DMC tests with locality and t-moves approximations.
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* Added AFQMC tests.
* Added test of real space QMC restart capabilities.
* Added tests for several estimators.
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* Added unit test for DMC walker propagation, effective core potentials, and OhmmsPETE.
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* To avoid filesystem limitations, QMC_SYMLINK_TEST_FILES can be set to symlink (1) or copy test files (0).
* Fixed mixed precision Ceperley force evaluation.
* Many updated tests to improve statistical reliability. Removed flux estimator from short tests because they were not reliable enough.
* Tests that rely on non-standard python modules that are not available are skipped.
* Error trap jastrow factors with cutoff radii larger than Wigner Seitz radius.
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* Bugfix: Prevent users from adding correlation terms on non-existing electron pairs, e.g. up-down correlation terms when only up-spin particles are present.
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* Support for measuring test coverage and performing coverage runs with cmake and ctest.
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* Support for GCC7 and IBM XL (non Blue Gene) compiler.
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* Support selecting GPU microarchitecture via -DCUDA_ARCH=sm_35(default).
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* SummitDev IBM Minsky build recipe (Power8 + NVIDIA Pascal P100 GPUs).
* Significantly updated optimizer description in manual, including excited state optimization.
* Added description of using Intel MKL with non-Intel compilers in manual.
* Added description of MPIEXEC and MPIEXEC_NUMPROCS_FLAG to manual for systems where MPI runner is non-standard.
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* Updated labs with correct pseudopotentials, basis set files.
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* Many updated error messages and warnings.
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### Known problems
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* AFQMC without MKL will fail, e.g. short-afqmc-N2_vdz-4-1 test fails.
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### NEXUS updates
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* Improved selection algorithm to obtain optimally tiled supercells.
* Support for parallel pw2qmcpack workflows.
* Support for HPC resources at the Leibniz Supercomputing Center.
* Better consistency checks for the Structure class.
* Bugfix: forbid job bundling for simulations that depend on each other.
* Bugfix: correctly select low spin polarization in primitive and tiled (net_spin="low" option).
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## [3.0.0] - 2017-01-30
### Notes
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We are adopting [Semantic Versioning ](http://semver.org ) with this
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release. It is the first to be made from the git repository on GitHub,
and the first named release since 2016-06-02 and subversion
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revision 6964.
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A potentially severe bug is fixed for periodic wavefunctions in this version,
in addition to many usability improvements and bugfixes. All users are
strongly recommended to upgrade.
NEXUS updates are listed after QMCPACK updates.
### QMCPACK updates
* IMPORTANT BUGFIX: Real-valued wavefunction code would occasionally make a numerically
unstable choice for constructing real-valued periodic wavefunctions, leading to
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large variances and poor energies. Algorithm for constructing
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wavefunctions improved.
* Fully parallel pw2qmcpack.x for QE 5.3, enables conversion of large
wavefunctions and use of same parallel setup as pw.x runs.
* Full testing of Quantum Espresso workflows (pw.x -> pw2qmcpack.x ->
qmcpack). Specify directory containing QE binaries via QE_BIN during configuration.
* Added open boundary conditions tests using QE wavefunctions,
as might be used for molecular work. Requires QE_BIN and computes
trial wavefunction on the fly.
* Added DMC, optimizer and additional system tests.
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* Added unit tests using the Catch framework.
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* Plane wave wavefunctions can be evaluated in plane waves, use "pw"
as determinantset type. Slow, but useful for checking spline accuracy. Tests added.
* Complex implementation on GPUs, supports arbitrary twists and
complex phase wavefunctions as per CPU code.
* Flux estimator correct for complex wavefunctions.
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* Mixed precision CPU implementation, activated via -DQMC_MIXED_PRECISION=1.
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* Double precision GPU implementation, complementing existing
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mixed precision implementation, activated via -DQMC_MIXED_PRECISION=0.
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* GAMESS CI converter improved.
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* C++11 detection and support.
* Initial release of new optimizer, requires C++11 (contact Eric Neuscamman).
* Initial release of orbital-based AFQMC code, requires C+11 and MKL (contact Miguel Morales).
* Fine grained timers implemented, activated via -DENABLE_TIMERS=1.
* Improved Intel math and vector math library support. MKL and MKL VML more easily
supported with GCC as well as Intel compilers.
* Many code updates to eliminate CLANG warnings.
* Configure scripts, printed headers, manual updated for git. Git
version printed during configure and on standard output.
* Source files headers updated to consistently show UIUC/NCSA open source
license and list development history.
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* Numerous manual updates.
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* Updated QMCPACK tutorial laboratories.
* Many small bug fixes, improvements and optimizations.
### NEXUS updates
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* General
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* Nexus output now tracks time instead of poll number.
* Reported memory use now includes child processes.
* Workflow generator
* Major new capability to generate simple to complex workflows involving QE, VASP, and QMCPACK.
* Aim is to allow single notebook/worksheet describing all simulation workflows needed in a project.
* Users can succinctly create any subchain of the workflow: relax->scf->nscf->orbital_conv->qmc.
* Additional elements can be added to workflow chains over time as needed.
* Scans of structural parameters and input parameters at any level of the chain are possible.
* No programming constructs are required (for/if, etc).
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* Directory substructure is automatically generated in the case of scans.
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* Native support for visualizing workflows via pydot is provided.
* Documentation for this feature is pending.
* Quantum Espresso workflows
* Support for vdW functional input.
* Fixes to SCF->NSCF workflows for QE 5.3.0+.
* Support for automatic restarts of SCF runs.
* Native support for workflows involving post-processing tools
* pp.x, dos.x, bands.x, projwfc.x, cppp.x, pw_export.x supported.
* Postprocessing and summary of Lowdin charge data from projwfc.x.
* QMCPACK workflows
* Fixes for QE/VASP structural relaxation -> QMCPACK workflows.
* Fixed job bundling of twist averaged runs.
* Support for partitioned sposet input.
* Supercomputing environments
* Native support for several supercomputing environments located at Sandia Nat. Labs.
* Atomic structure manipulation
* Ability to find optimal supercells, similar to getSupercell tool.
* Robustness fixes to tiling operations.
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* Tools
* qmca
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* Fix for twist averaging with user-provided weights.
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* qmcfit
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* New command line tool for jack-knife fitting of QMCPACK data.
* Timestep extrapolation currently supported.
* General binding/equation of state fitting pending.
