Tutorials

The following pages describe how to perform a variety of tasks using PLUMED 2

Belfast tutorial: Analyzing CVs This tutorial explains how to use plumed to analyze CVs
Belfast tutorial: Adaptive variables I How to use path CVs
Belfast tutorial: Adaptive variables II Dimensionality reduction and sketch maps
Belfast tutorial: Umbrella sampling Umbrella sampling, reweighting, and weighted histogram
Belfast tutorial: Out of equilibrium dynamics How to run a steered MD simulations and how to estimate the free energy
Belfast tutorial: Metadynamics How to run a metadynamics simulation
Belfast tutorial: Replica exchange I Parallel tempering and Metadynamics, Well-Tempered Ensemble
Belfast tutorial: Replica exchange II and Multiple walkers Bias exchange and multiple walkers
Belfast tutorial: NMR constraints NMR constraints
Belfast tutorial: Steinhardt Parameters Steinhardt Parameters
Cambridge tutorial A short 2 hours tutorial that introduces Well-Tempered Metadynamics, Bias-Exchange Metadynamics and Replica-Average Metadynamics
Moving from PLUMED 1 to PLUMED 2 This tutorial explains how plumed 1 input files can be translated into the new plumed 2 syntax.
Munster tutorial A short 3 hours tutorial that introduces analysis, well-tempered metadynamics, and multiple-restraints umbrella sampling.

In addition, the following websites contain resources that might be helpful

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iDvZmbWE5ps A short video introduction to the use of multicolvars in PLUMED 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PxJP16qNCYs A short video introduction to the syntax of the PLUMED 2 input file
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metadynamics A wikipedia article on metadynamics