Maintained by  Karl Entacher 

Summary of MCM2001

The 3rd IMACS Seminar on Monte Carlo methods was held in Salzburg, Austria, Faculty of Natural Sciences, September 10-14, 2001, jointly organized by the Departments of Mathematics and Scientific Computing and IMACS.

The week was overshadowed by the terroristic attacks in the US. All pariticipants were deeply shocked by the tragic events. Our thoughts were with all people suffering from these bad happenings.

The purpose of the seminar was to provide a forum for the presentation of recent advances in the analysis, implementation and applications of Monte Carlo simulation techniques and, in particular to stimulate the exchange of information between specialists in these areas.

The topics of the conferecne cover both, theoretical developments such as: random numbers, quasi-MC methods, numerical MC methods, statistical analysis, variance reduction, perturbation techniques, MC error analysis;

and application fields like: particle transport, reliability analysis, quantum mechanics, statistical physics, simulation of random processes and fields, financial applications . . .

INVITED SPEAKERS

Stefan Heinrich (Universität Kaiserslautern)

Art B. Owen (Stanford University)

Michael Schreiber (TU Chemnitz)

Wolfgang Wagner (WIAS Berlin)

HONORY LECTURE

Ilya M. Sobol' (Russian Academy of Sciences)

SPECIAL SESSIONS AND THEIR ORGANIZERS

A. Dubus, M. Marseguera and E. Zio: "Monte Carlo in Particle Transport"

P. Hellekalek : "Random Numbers in Monte Carlo and Cryptography"

A. Keller: "Monte Carlo Methods in Computer Graphics"

H. Kosina and M. Nedjalkov : "Monte Carlo in Semiconductor Devices and Structures"

G. Larcher and P. L'Ecuyer : "Monte Carlo and Quasi-Monte Carlo Methods in Financial Mathematics"

E. Novak : "Tractability of Integration"

S. Ogawa : "Dynamical Systems and QMCM in Numerical Solution of Differential Equations"

K. Sabelfeld : "Stochastic models of turbulent transport"

M. Schreiber : "MCS in Solid State Physics an Material Sciences"

V.N. Alexandrov and C.J.K. Tan: "Monte Carlo Methods for Linear Algebra and Applications "

P. Whitlock : "Quantum Monte Carlo Methods"

INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM COMMITTEE:

Robert Beauwens (Universite Libre de Bruxelles)

Kurt Binder (University of Mainz)

Russel E. Caflisch (UCLA)

Ivan T. Dimov (Bulgarian Academy of Sciences)

Alain Dubus (Universite Libre de Bruxelles)

George S. Fishman (University of North Carolina)

Alan Genz (Washington State University)

Stefan Heinrich (University of Kaiserslautern)

Peter Hellekalek (University of Salzburg)

Carlo Jacoboni (University of Modena)

Pierre L'Ecuyer (University of Montreal)

Gerhard Larcher (University of Linz)

Christian Lecot (Universite de Savoie)

Marzio Marseguerra (Politecnico di Milano)

William R. Martin (University of Michigan)

Harald Niederreiter (National University of Singapore)

Shigeyoshi Ogawa (Kanazawa University)

Karl Sabelfeld (WIAS-Berlin)

Gerhart I. Schuëller (University of Innsbruck)

Ilya M. Sobol' (Russian Academy of Sciences)

Jerome Spanier (Claremont Graduate Univ.)

Paula A. Whitlock (Brooklyn College)

Henryk Wozniakowski (Columbia University)

Peter Zinterhof (University of Salzburg)

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

Karl Entacher (Salzburg University of Applied Sciences & Technologies)

Wolfgang Ch. Schmid (University of Salzburg)

Andreas Uhl (University of Salzburg)

Conference Secretary: Anita Ruckerbauer (mcm2001@cosy.sbg.ac.at)

IMPORTANT DATES

April 27, 2001

Deadline for submission of extended abstracts (1000 words) and special session material

June 15, 2001

Notification of acceptance -- rejection

Sept. 10--14, 2001

Conference

Oct. 26, 2001

Deadline for submission of full papers for conference proceedings (to be published as special issue of IMACS journal Mathematics and Computers in Simulation)

CONFERENCE REGISTRATION FEE

IMACS Members:

before July 27: EURO 250,-

later: EURO 285,-

Non IMACS Members:

before July 27: EURO 265,-

later: EURO 300,-

Registration includes welcome reception, coffee breaks, lunches, conference material, ..., and a conference dinner in Klessheim Palace, a beautiful Baroque palace near Salzburg.

FURTHER INFORMATION

For informations, check out the conference web-site. To be on the mailing list and get further information, please send a card or an e-mail message to the address listed below.

CONFERENCE ADDRESS

MCM2001
Department of Mathematics
University of Salzburg
Hellbrunnerstr. 34
A-5020 Salzburg

mail:

mcm2001@cosy.sbg.ac.at

fax:

++43 (0)662 6389 5309

Auspices: The International Association for Mathematics and Computers in Simulation