{"id":914,"date":"2025-07-25T10:32:11","date_gmt":"2025-07-25T10:32:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/nawaf-bou-rabee\/?p=914"},"modified":"2025-10-15T10:36:19","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T10:36:19","slug":"join-us-in-vienna-for-the-stochastic-computation-workshop-at-focm-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/nawaf-bou-rabee\/join-us-in-vienna-for-the-stochastic-computation-workshop-at-focm-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Stochastic Computation Workshop at FoCM 2026 \u2013 Vienna, Austria"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>\ud83d\udcc5 Dates:<\/strong> July 13\u201315, 2026<br \/>\n<strong>\ud83d\udccd Location:<\/strong> Vienna, Austria<br \/>\n<strong>\ud83d\udd17 <a href=\"https:\/\/focm2026.univie.ac.at\/?page_id=1515\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Workshop Information<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udfb2 I&#8217;m excited to be co-organizing the <strong>Stochastic Computation Workshop<\/strong> at <em>FoCM 2026<\/em>, alongside <strong>Mireille Bossy<\/strong> and <strong>David Cohen<\/strong>: two outstanding researchers with deep expertise in the field. The workshop will take place July 13-15 in Vienna, Austria.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ll focus on recent developments at the intersection of stochastic processes and numerical analysis, with topics including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Markov Chain Monte Carlo<\/li>\n<li>Numerical methods for SDEs and SPDEs<\/li>\n<li>Diffusion-based generative modeling<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Here is the list of confirmed speakers.<\/p>\n<h3>Semi-plenaries<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Charles-Edouard Br\u00e9hier \u2014 Universit\u00e9 de Pau et des Pays de l\u2019Adour (LMAP)<\/li>\n<li>Andreas Eberle \u2014 University of Bonn, Institute for Applied Mathematics<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>20 talks (alphabetical order by last name)<\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li>Jason Altschuler \u2014 University of Pennsylvania, Statistics &amp; Data Science<\/li>\n<li>Benjamin Gess \u2014 TU Berlin &amp; MPI MiS Leipzig<\/li>\n<li>M\u00e1t\u00e9 Gerencs\u00e9r \u2014 TU Wien, Institute of Analysis &amp; Scientific Computing<\/li>\n<li>Michaela Hitz \u2014 University of Klagenfurt, Department of Statistics<\/li>\n<li>Benjamin Jourdain \u2014 \u00c9cole des Ponts ParisTech (CERMICS)<\/li>\n<li>Kristin Kirchner \u2014 TU Delft &amp; KTH Royal Institute of Technology<\/li>\n<li>Ben Leimkuhler \u2014 University of Edinburgh, Mathematics<\/li>\n<li>Chengcheng Ling \u2014 University of Augsburg, Mathematics<\/li>\n<li>Sifan Liu \u2014 Duke University, Statistical Science<\/li>\n<li>Gabriel Lord \u2014 Radboud University, Mathematics<\/li>\n<li>Sara Mazzonetto \u2014 Institut de Math\u00e9matiques \u00c9lie Cartan Lorraine, Universit\u00e9 de Lorraine<\/li>\n<li>Pierre Monmarch\u00e9 \u2014 Universit\u00e9 Gustave Eiffel (LAMA)<\/li>\n<li>Andreas Neuenkirch \u2014 University of Mannheim, Stochastic Numerics<\/li>\n<li>Grigorios Pavliotis \u2014 Imperial College London, Mathematics<\/li>\n<li>Daniel Rudolf \u2014 Universit\u00e4t Passau, Mathematical Data Science<\/li>\n<li>Molei Tao \u2014 Georgia Institute of Technology, School of Mathematics<\/li>\n<li>Gilles Vilmart \u2014 University of Geneva, Section of Mathematics<\/li>\n<li>Andre Wibisono \u2014 Yale University, Computer Science &amp; Statistics\/Data Science<\/li>\n<li>Xiaojie Wang \u2014 Central South University, School of Mathematics &amp; Statistics<\/li>\n<li>Jonathan Weare \u2014 New York University, Courant Institute<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>There will also be a <strong>poster session<\/strong> (up to 15 posters), and we strongly encourage PhD students and early-career researchers to apply.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re working in stochastic computation or nearby areas, I hope you\u2019ll consider joining us. It\u2019s going to be a great chance to share ideas, connect with others in the community, and enjoy everything that FoCM, and Vienna in July, has to offer.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hope to see you there!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\ud83d\udcc5 Dates: July 13\u201315, 2026 \ud83d\udccd Location: Vienna, Austria \ud83d\udd17 Workshop Information \ud83c\udfb2 I&#8217;m excited to be co-organizing the Stochastic Computation Workshop at FoCM 2026, alongside Mireille Bossy and David &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/nawaf-bou-rabee\/join-us-in-vienna-for-the-stochastic-computation-workshop-at-focm-2026\/\" class=\"\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2614,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-914","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-events"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Stochastic Computation Workshop at FoCM 2026 \u2013 Vienna, Austria - Nawaf Bou-Rabee<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/nawaf-bou-rabee\/join-us-in-vienna-for-the-stochastic-computation-workshop-at-focm-2026\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Stochastic Computation Workshop at FoCM 2026 \u2013 Vienna, Austria - Nawaf Bou-Rabee\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"\ud83d\udcc5 Dates: July 13\u201315, 2026 \ud83d\udccd Location: Vienna, Austria \ud83d\udd17 Workshop Information \ud83c\udfb2 I&#8217;m excited to be co-organizing the Stochastic Computation Workshop at FoCM 2026, alongside Mireille Bossy and David &hellip; 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