A computational approach is presented for efficient solution of two-dimensional few-body problems, such as quantum dots or excitonic complexes, using the stochastic variational method. The computer program can be used to calculate the energies and wave functions of various two-dimensional systems. Program summary: Program title: svm-2d Catalogue identifier: AEBE_v1_0 Program summary URL: http://cpc.cs.qub.ac.uk/summaries/AEBE_v1_0.html Program obtainable from: CPC Program Library, Queen''s University, Belfast, N. Ireland Licensing provisions: Standard CPC licence, http://cpc.cs.qub.ac.uk/licence/licence.html No. of lines in distributed program, including test data, etc.: 5091 No. of bytes in distributed program, including test data, etc.: 130 963 Distribution format: tar.gz Programming language: Fortran 90 Computer: The program should work on any system with a Fortran 90 compiler Operating system: The program should work on any system with a Fortran 90 compiler Classification: 7.3 Nature of problem: Variational calculation of energies and wave functions using Correlated Gaussian basis. Solution method: Two-dimensional few-electron problems are solved by the variational method. The ground state wave function is expanded into Correlated Gaussian basis functions and the parameters of the basis states are optimized by a stochastic selection procedure. Accurate results can be obtained for 2–6 electron systems. Running time: A couple of hours for a typical system. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]