The 5th Industrial Fluid Properties Simulation Challenge has been announced. Objective: The objective of this Challenge of the IFPSC is to test the ability of computer modeling (any method) to predict 1-Octanol-Water Partition (ko/w) and Infinite-Dilution Activity Coefficients (gam-inf). Prediction of 1-Octanol-Water Partition Coefficients (which, admittedly, has been widely studied by non-molecular simulation computational methods) is viewed as a stepping stone to a more difficult problem, such as a case where a third component is present at a high enough level to influence the mutual solubilities of the other two. Timeline: April 7, 2008 - Problem announced September 30, 2008 - Entries due November 2008 - Champions announced More info: http://fluidproperties.org/fifth-simulation-challenge ======================================================== The Industrial Fluid Properties Simulation Collective is an international collaboration between industry, academia, and national labs aimed facilitating and promoting the use of molecular modeling and simulation methods for the prediction of fluid properties. discuss-ifpsc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx is an email list for discussing issues related to the Industrial Fluid Properties Simulation Collective...fluidproperties.org If you are not subscribed, you can do so by sending email to discuss-ifpsc-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'subscribe' in the Subject field You can unsubscribe by sending email to discuss-ifpsc-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject. These and other types of changes (switch to digest mode, get RSS feed, etc.) can also be made here: //www.freelists.org/list/discuss-ifpsc Online, searchable archives of this list are available at //www.freelists.org/archives/discuss-ifpsc