Abstract
This issue of Philosophical Magazine B gives an account of the 2nd Annual Meeting of the European Union (EU) funded Training and Mobility of Researchers (TMR) Network on ‘Ah Znitio Calculations of Magnetic Properties of Surfaces, Interfaces and Multilayers’. The main concern of this network is the application and development of ah-initio techniques for studying the magnetic properties of surfaces, interfaces and magnetic multilayers. This particular field of research has experienced an explosive growth during the past decade, being stimulated by fascinating new discoveries such as interlayer exchange coupling, giant magnetoresistance and magnetic dichroism, and by the prospect of important technical applications such as new magnetic reading heads, magnetic field sensors and magnetoelectronics.