Organized in cooperation with the Radon Institute (RICAM) of the Austrian Academy of Sciences and the JKU institutes of Analysis and Financial Mathematics and Applied Number Theory, the 15th Annual International Conference on Monte Carlo and Quasi-Monte Carlo Methods in Scientific Computing (MCQMC) was held at the JKU between July 17 and 22, 2022. The term Quasi-Monte Carlo methods refers to methods in which quasi-random sequences of points based on highly sophisticated and aptly constructed modeling environments are used to perform simulations in order to extract quantitative information from a wide variety of application areas. These methods are used in, for example, the areas of physics, chemistry, finance, computer graphics, and machine learning.

Some 250 researchers and end-users representing 23 nations came together at the JKU’s inspiring campus to share the latest developments in the field of high-dimensional simulation using (quasi-) Monte Carlo methods.

MCQMC conferences take place every two years and by holding the conference in Linz, the JKU and RICAM join the list of prominent venues that include the University of Oxford, Stanford University, and the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia. The decision to hold the conference in Linz did not go unappreciated by conference organizers Prof. Aicke Hinrichs, Priv.-Doz. Peter Kritzer, and Prof. Friedrich Pillichshammer, who consider this to be recognition of their work in SFB "Quasi-Monte Carlo Methods: Theory and Application", funded by the FWF and the Upper Austrian government, and under the overall direction of Prof. Gerhard Larcher.