[discuss ifpsc] Re: discuss IFPSC

In the general statement:

 "The Industrial Fluid Properties Simulation Collective is an international 
collaboration between industry, academia, and national labs aimed facilitating and 
promoting the use of molecular simulation methods for the prediction of fluid 
properties."

we sell the field short by expressing a restriction to "molecular simulation methods".  True, 
parsing the words "molecular simulation" includes any kind of simulation, yet conventionally, 
methods and results based on computational quantum chemistry are not part of the field of "Molecular 
Simulation".  Even within the conventional definition, quantum chemistry is increasingly used to develop 
and improve forcefields.

I would prefer that the statement of purpose explicitly widens the purview to "the 
use of molecular modeling and simulation methods for the prediction of fluid 
properties."

Even better, I'd prefer that we modefied the name to the more accurate "Industrial 
Fluid Properties Prediction Collective" because, as the statement of purpose 
emphasizes, prediction is our goal...Phil

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