8:55-9:00

Welcome

9:00-9:20

Generalized-ensemble simulations and cluster algorithms
Martin Weigel (University of Mainz)

9:20-9:40

Ageing and relaxations far from equilibrium in stochastic processes without detailed balance
Malte Henkel (CNRS - Nancy Universite)

9:40-10:00

Parallel  tempering algorithm for computer simulations of critical phenomena
Elmar Bittner (University of Heidelberg)

10:00-10:20

Coffee Break

10:20-10:40

Application of Classical Monte Carlo Techniques to Quantum Error Correction
Ruben S. Andrist (ETH Zurich)

10:40-11:00

Challenges and (some) solutions in MC simulations of particle physics
Kurt Langfeld (University of Plymouth)

11:00-11:20

Using DFT-based MC simulations to describe soft matter: exploring the thermodynamic stability of mesoscopic structures in amphiphilic membranes
Kostas Ch. Daoulas, Yuki Norizoe and Marcus Müller
(University of Göttingen)

11:20-11:40

Coffee Break

11:40-12:00

Problems of parallel off-lattice Monte-Carlo
Olaf Lenz, Friederike Schmid (University of Mainz)

12:00-12:20

MC4PT* Monte Carlo Simulation Environment for Particle Therapy Applications
Mario Javier Perez-Rivas (Siemens AG)

12:20-13:20

Lunch Break / Poster Session

Posters

Entanglements in globular polymer phases
Daniel Reith (University of Mainz)

Simulating the diffusion of particles through nano-pores
Po-Hsien Lee (Bioinformatic Center, University of Saarland)

Afternoon Talks

13:20-13:40

Demixing of compact polymers chains in three dimensions
Jesper Jesper Lykke Jacobsen (Laboratoire de Physique Théorique, École Normale Supérieure)

13:40-14:00

Self-entanglements in polymers and proteins: concepts and challenges
Peter Virnau and Daniel Reith (University of Mainz)

14:00-14:20

Reverse Monte Carlo for the analysis of Hi-C Data
Miriam Fritsche (University of Heidelberg and Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

14:20-14:40

Coffee Break

14:40:15:00

Monte Carlo Methods for Gene Regulation Networks
Lars Kaderali  (BIOQUANT)

15:00-15:20

Computer simulation of gene-genealogical models
Bernhard Mehlig (University of Gothenburg)

15:20-15:40

Investigating Linear and Circular DNA under Confinement
E. Werner, F. Persson, J. Tegenfeldt and B. Mehlig (University of Gothenburg)

15:40-16:00

Coffee Break

16:00-16:20

Free Energy Sequential Monte Carlo
Nicolas Chopin  (ENSAE)

16:20-16:40

Strategies for Parameter Uncertainty Analysis
J. Vanlier, C. A. Tiemann, J. A. L. Jeneson, P. A. J. Hilbers,
N. A. W. v. Riel (Eindhoven University of Technology)

16:40-17:00

Bayesian inference for general Gaussian graphical models with application to multivariate lattice data
Alex Lenkoski (University of Heidelberg), Adrian Dobra (University of Washington) and Abel Rodriguez (University of California, Santa Cruz)

19:00- ??:??

After Work Gathering: Kulturbrauerei Heidelberg