MCQMC 2014 Travel Support

该项目资助美国研究人员参加将于2014年4月6日至11日在比利时鲁汶举行的第十一届科学计算蒙特卡罗和准蒙特卡罗方法国际会议的旅费。会议将考虑伪随机数生成的先进方法，低差异点集的构建，算法的复杂性，粒子方法，罕见事件模拟，马尔可夫链蒙特卡罗和蒙特卡罗方法的应用。将有关于多层蒙特卡罗和全球敏感性指数的辅导课。蒙特卡罗（MC）方法是一种使用随机数生成器的计算机模拟方法。这个名字是在20世纪40年代由原子研究人员命名的，他们把他们的模拟方法比作在赌场里记分以了解一些赔率。蒙特卡罗方法被用于科学和工程的每个分支，因为它们允许使用蛮力计算机能力来解决过于复杂而无法用数学方法解决的问题。准蒙特卡罗（QMC）方法用策略选择的随机数代替模拟的随机数。不让任何意外发生，就有可能大大提高准确性。MC和QMC方法被广泛应用于制作动画电影和其他图像的计算机图形学，用于控制风险的计算金融，用于将真实结果与偶然波动分开的统计推断以及许多其他领域。QMC的大部分顶级工作是在欧洲、亚洲、加拿大和澳大利亚完成的。这次会议将汇集来自世界各地的主要研究人员来分享成果。该项目将支持美国研究人员参加此次知识交流的差旅费。其中一名研究人员是一位美国专家，他正在做一个重要的演讲。这些基金的主要资助对象是美国数学科学领域的年轻研究人员，包括博士生、博士后和初级教授。进一步的最新情况将通过会议网站：http://mcqmc2014.cs.kuleuven.be/提供

The project funds the travel expenses of US-based researchers to the Eleventh International Conference on Monte Carlo and Quasi-Monte Carlo methods in Scientific Computing, to be held in Leuven, Belgium, April 6--11 2014. The meeting will consider advanced methods for psuedo-random number generation, construction of low discrepancy point sets, complexity of algorithms, particle methods, rare event simulation, Markov chain Monte Carlo and applications of Monte Carlo methods. There will be tutorial sessions on multilevel Monte Carlo and on global sensitivity indices.The Monte Carlo (MC) method is a computer based simulation using random number generators. The name was given by atomic researchers inthe 1940s who likened their simulation methods to keeping score in a casino in order to learn some odds. Monte Carlo methods are used in every branch of science and engineering because they allow brute force computer power to be used on problems that are too complicated to solve mathematically. Quasi-Monte Carlo (QMC) methods replace simulated random numbers by strategically chosen ones. By leavingless to chance, large improvements in accuracy are possible. MC and QMC methods are widely applied in computer graphics to make animated movies and other images, in computational finance to control risks, in statistical inference to separate real findings from chance fluctuations, and in many other areas. Much of the top QMC work is done in Europe, Asia, Canada and Australia. This conference will bring together leading researchers from around the world to share results. The project will support travel expenses of US based researchers to participate in this exchange of knowledge. One of the researchers is a US-based expert giving a major talk. The majority of the funds are for young US-based researchers in the mathematical sciences, including PhD students, postdocs, and junior professors.Further updates will be made available via the conference website: http://mcqmc2014.cs.kuleuven.be/