CCL: water melting simulation

[Yao-Ying Chien <chieny**msu.edu>]

 Sent to CCL by: Yao-Ying Chien [chieny!^!msu.edu]
 Hi,
I am interested in water melting simulation (from ice to water;
 (would
 be nice if ) then water to ice). It  must have been done extensively. I
 did a quick search in SCI, but got (too) many returns. Read a few of
 them, but could not pin point who are the first ones simulated water
 melting successfully. Could you please point me the right keywords for
 the literature search? Pointers to Review papers or Web sites are
 great!
 Names of pioneers who failed but laid the foundation for others to
 succeed are welcome too.
A scientist I ran into 2 years ago at ACS meeting told me a Japanese
 scientist has done it on supercomputer. Could you please tell me the
 name of the Japanese scientist, or  the year, to help me narrow down
 the
 literature search?
A scientist mentioned that MD can do it. Is that so? My intuition is
 that some quantum level simulation may involve.
Basically, I wish to see motion pictures when water melts (and
 hopefully
 become ice again). How the 1st few ice molecules decide to break their
 H-bonds to form a cluster of water molecules. And  why  do they break--
 does  it  require some form of "seed" in the neighborhood to
 initiate
 the process? Does the same "seed" initiate the freezing as
 well? Any
 evidences to support or against the observations (or the predictions)
 in
 the simulations?
 Thanks,
 Yao-Ying Chien