GmbH, Berlin Adam Kolkiewicz, University of Waterloo Frances Y. Kuo, University of New South Wales Christian Lécot, Université de Savoie, Chambéry Pierre L¿Ecuyer, Université de Montréal (Chair and organizer) Jun Liu, Harvard University Peter Mathé, Weierstrass Institute Berlin Makoto Matsumoto, Hiroshima University Thomas Müller-Gronbach, Otto von Guericke Universität Harald Niederreiter, National University of Singapore Art B. Owen, Stanford University Gilles Pagès, Université Pierre et Marie Curie (Paris 6) Klaus Ritter, TU Darmstadt Karl Sabelfeld, Weierstrass Institute Berlin Wolfgang Ch. Schmid, University of Salzburg Ian H. Sloan, University of New South Wales Jerome Spanier, University of California, Irvine Bruno Tuf n, IRISA-INRIA, Rennes Henryk Wozniak ¿ owski, Columbia University. v vi Preface The local arrangements (program production, publicity, web site, registration, social events, etc.