Tuesday, Sept 29
9:00-9:10: Organizers
9:10-9:25: Introduction Thom Mason (Director, LANL), Pat Fitch (Deputy Director Science, Technology & Engineering, LANL)
9:25-9:40: Stories of Ulam Rebecca Ulam Weiner (NYPD Deputy Commissioner of Intelligence and Counterterrorism)
9:40-10:05: History of Monte Carlo and High Performance Computing Nic Lewis (LANL Historian)
10:05-10:50: A Monte Carlo Primer Alyson Wilson (William & Mary)
10:50-11:30: Break
11:30-12:00: Neutral and Charged Particle Transport, Mike Rising (LANL)
12:00-12:30: Radiative Transfer, Todd Ubatsch/Matt Cleveland (LANL)
12:30-2:00: Lunch
2:00-2:30: Monte Carlo in Molecular Structure/Function Karissa Sanbonmatsu (LANL & Columbia University)
2:30-3:00: Monte Carlo‘s Algorithmic Fame, Bill Press (UT Austin)
3:00-3:45: Break
3:45-5:00 Panel Discussion - Past Successes of Monte Carlo
Moderator: Jim Gubernatis/Chris Fryer (LANL)
Sallie Keller (University of Virginia)
Marv Adams (TAMU - TBD)
Karl van Bibber (UC Berkeley)
Tom Booth (LANL - TBD)
Art Forster (LANL)
6:00-8:00 Bradbury Science Museum (refreshments)
6:00-6:30 Tour Bradbury
6:30-8:00 Night With A Nerd: "Canfield Solitaire through a Monte Carlo Lens", Joel Kulesza (LANL)
Wednesday, Sept 30
9:00-9:30: Monte Carlo for National Security Charlie Nakhleh (LANL)
9:30-10:00: Nuclear Many-Body Theory Stefano Gandolfi (LANL)
10:00-10:30: Turbulence Karthik Duraisamy (U Michigan)
10:30-11:15: Break
11:15-11:45 Nuclear Energy John Wagner (Director, INL)
11:45-12:15 Fusion/ICF, Mark Herrmann (LLNL) TBD
12:15-2:00 Lunch
2:00-2:30 MC and Binary Progenitors Floor Broekgaarden (UC San Diego)
2:30-3:00 Monte Carlo in AI - (TBD)
3:00-3:45 Break
3:45-5:00 Panel - Future of Monte Carlo for Particle Transport
Moderator: Avneet Sood (LANL)
Patrick Brantley (LLNL)
Arjan Koning (IAEA)
Colin Josey (LANL)
Sara Pozzi (U Michigan)
6:00-8:00 Informal Discussions - Bathtub Row Brewing Co-op (Los Alamos)