A Message From Mike Frisch
22 March 2003

On behalf of everyone here at Gaussian, Inc., I am very proud to announce Gaussian 03. This latest version of Gaussian provides a wide variety of new and enhanced modeling capabilities which increase both the range of chemical problems and the size of molecular systems that can be studied.

Gaussian 03 brings a substantial maturing of features introduced in earlier versions (such as the ONIOM facility and the program’s linear scaling techniques), increasing their applicability and efficiency. It also expands the range of properties that can be predicted, in both the gas phase and in solution. Finally, it introduces several new capabilities, now ready for initial use (e.g., periodic boundary conditions, ADMP molecular dynamics). In keeping with our commitment to scientific openness, all of the methods in Gaussian 03 are published in the literature.

Gaussian, Inc. is the product of active, ongoing collaborations between our scientists and academic research groups throughout the world. In this way, Gaussian brings together people and ideas in order to create new methods which advance the state-of-the-art of electronic structure theory and make its capabilities available to researchers in Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Biochemistry, Materials Science and related fields.

Over 60 scientists made substantial contributions to Gaussian 03. Photographs of Gaussian, Inc. scientists and the leaders of contributing academic research groups appear on this page (and biographies of many active contributors appear on our People page). All of us thank you for your support of Gaussian, and we wish you success in your own research endeavors.

Photos, starting at the upper left, moving across and then down: Carlo Adamo (L’École Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Paris), Vincenzo Barone (Università Napoli di Federico II), Roberto Cammi (Università degli Studi di Parma), James R. Cheeseman (Gaussian, Inc.), Ödön Farkas (Eötvös Loránd University), James B. Foresman (York College of PA), Douglas J. Fox (Gaussian, Inc.), James S. Hess (Gaussian, Inc.), Srinivasan S. Iyengar (Indiana University), Krishnan Raghavachari (Indiana University), John A. Montgomery Jr. (Gaussian, Inc.), Keiji Morokuma (Emory University), Hiroshi Nakatsuji (Kyoto University), J. Vincent Ortiz (Kansas State University), George A. Petersson (Wesleyan University), Michael A. Robb (King’s College, London), H. Bernhard Schlegel (Wayne State University), Gustavo E. Scuseria (Rice University), Jacopo Tomasi (Università di Pisa), Gary W. Trucks (Gaussian, Inc.), Gregory A. Voth (University of Utah), Thom Vreven (Gaussian, Inc.), Vyacheslav G. Zakrzewski (Kansas State University).