| Preface |
| Dedication |
| Historical Perspectives |
| The Heritage / J. E. Gubernatis |
| Genesis of the Monte Carlo Algorithm for Statistical Mechanics / M. N. Rosenbluth |
| Editor's Note to "Proof of Validity of Monte Carlo Method for Canonical Averaging" by Marshall Rosenbluth |
| Proof of Validity of Monte Carlo Method for Canonical Averaging |
| A Brief History of the Use of the Metropolis Method at LANL in the 1950s / W. W. Wood |
| The Development of Cluster and Histogram Methods / R. H. Swendsen |
| The Early Days of Lattice Gauge Theory / M. Creutz |
| Plenary Presentations |
| Biased Metropolis Sampling for Rugged Free Energy Landscapes / B. A. Berg |
| Overcoming the Limitation of Finite Size in Simulations: From the Phase Transition of the Ising Model to Polymers, Spin Glasses, etc. / K. Binder |
| Metropolis Methods for Quantum Monte Carlo Simulations / D. M. Ceperley |
| Biased Monte Carlo Methods / D. Frenkel |
| Simulating a Fundamental Theory of Nature / R. Gupta |
| Markov Chain Monte Carlo in the Analysis of Single-Molecule Experimental Data / S. C. Kou ; X. S. Xie ; J. S. Liu |
| The Metropolis Monte Carlo Method in Statistical Physics / D. P. Landau |
| How to Convince Others? Monte Carlo Simulations of the Sznajd Model / D. Stauffer |
| Non-Local Updates for Quantum Monte Carlo Simulations / M. Troyer ; F. Alet ; S. Trebst ; S. Wessel |
| Focused Presentations |
| Generalized Monte Carlo Methods for Classical and Quantum Systems / I. Andricioaei ; T. W. Whitfield ; J. E. Straub |
| Dilute Fermi Gases with Large Scattering Lengths: Atomic Gases and Neutron Matter / J. Carlson ; S.-Y. Chang ; V. R. Pandharipande ; K. E. Schmidt |
| Monte Carlo Sampling in Path Space: Calculating Time Correlation Functions by Transforming Ensembles of Trajectories / C. Dellago ; P. L. Geissler |
| Population Annealing and its Application to a Spin Glass / K. Hukushima ; Y. Iba |
| Path-Integral Renormalization Group Method / M. Imada ; T. Mizusaki ; S. Watanabe |
| Large Spins, High Order Interaction, and Bosonic Problems / N. Kawashima |
| Cluster Algorithms: Beyond Suppression of Critical Slowing Down / E. Luijten ; J. Liu |
| What is the Best Way to Simulate an Equilibrium Classical Spin Model? / J. Machta ; L. E. Chayes |
| Algorithms for Faster and Larger Dynamic Metropolis Simulations / M. A. Novotny ; A. K. Kolakowska ; G. Korniss |
| Metropolis Algorithms in Generalized Ensemble / Y. Okamoto |
| Quantum Monte Carlo Simulations of Nuclei and Nuclear Reactions / V. Pandharipande |
| Short Review of Recent Developments for Path Integral Techniques / C. Predescu ; J. D. Doll |
| Quantum Mode Coupling Theory and Path Integral Monte Carlo / E. Rabani |
| Density-of-States Based Monte Carlo Techniques for Simulation of Proteins and Polymers / N. Rathore ; T. A. Knotts IV ; J. J. de Pablo |
| The Directed-Loop Algorithm / A. W. Sandvik ; O. F. Syljuasen |
| Adaptations of Metropolis Monte Carlo for Global Optimization in Treating Fluids, Crystals, and Structures of Peptides and Proteins / H. A. Scheraga |
| Effective Hamiltonian Approach and the Lattice Fixed Node Approximation / S. Sorella ; S. Yunoki |
| Monte Carlo Methods for Dissipative Quantum Systems / J. Stockburger ; C. Theis ; H. Grabert |
| Exploring Energy Landscapes with Monte Carlo Methods / D. J. Wales ; J. Hernandez-Rojas |
| Transition Matrix Monte Carlo and Flat-Histogram Algorithm / J.-S. Wang |
| Phase Switch Monte Carlo / N. B. Wilding |
| New Cluster Algorithms Using the Broad Histogram Relation / C. Yamaguchi ; Y. Okabe |
| Posters |
| Quasi-Fixed Points in Non-Equilibrium Field Theory / G. Aarts |
| Improved Directed Loop Method for Quantum Monte Carlo Simulations |
| Fermion Monte Carlo Study of the Beryllium Atom / A. Aspuru-Guzik ; M. H. Kalos ; W. A. Lester Jr. |
| Chemical Reactions in Highly Non-Ideal Environments: Reactive Monte Carlo Simulations / J. K. Brennan ; C. H. Turner ; B. M. Rice ; K. E. Gubbins |
| Estimate of the Positron-Electron Annihilation Rate / S. Chiesa ; M. Mella ; G. Morosi |
| Metropolis with Noise: The Penalty Method / M. Dewing ; D. Ceperley |
| Exploring the Perovskite Landscape / M. A. Griffin ; M. A. Gomez |
| Dynamics of a Polymer Chain in a Melt / K. Hagita ; H. Takano |
| Confined Polymers in a Strip / H.-P. Hsu ; P. Grassberger |
| Simulation Methods for Self-Assembled Polymers and Rings / J. T. Kindt |
| Density of States Simulations of Proteins, Liquid Crystals, and DNA / E. B. Kim |
| Liquid-Solid Transition in Nuclei of Protein Crystals / A. Lomakin ; N. Asherie ; G. B. Benedek |
| Directed-Loop Equations for the 2D XY-Model with Ring Exchange in a Magnetic Field / R. G. Melko ; D. J. Scalapino |
| Scale Mixture Models with Applications to Bayesian Inference / Z. S. Qin ; P. Damien ; S. Walker |
| Monte Carlo Method for Real-Time Path Integration / D. Sabo ; D. L. Freeman |
| Neural Network Approach in Computer Simulations / R. S. Saksena ; J. F. Maguire ; L. V. Woodcock |
| Optimality of Wang-Landau Sampling and Performance Limitations of Flat Histogram Method / P. Dayal ; D. Wurtz ; S. Sabhapandit ; S. Coppersmith |
| Flat Histogram Methods for Quantum Systems |
| Variational Monte Carlo Study of a Spin-1/2 Heisenberg Antiferromagnet in Magnetic Fields / W.-G. Yin ; W. N. Mei |
| Exploring Protein Folding Free Energy Landscape: Replica Exchange Monte Carlo / R. Zhou |
| Registrants |
| Agenda |
| Author Index |
| Preface |
| Dedication |
| Historical Perspectives |
| The Heritage / J. E. Gubernatis |
| Genesis of the Monte Carlo Algorithm for Statistical Mechanics / M. N. Rosenbluth |
| Editor's Note to "Proof of Validity of Monte Carlo Method for Canonical Averaging" by Marshall Rosenbluth |
