Interacting many-body systems are the main subjects of
research in theoretical condensed matter physics, and they
are the source of both the interest and the difficulty in
this field. In order to understand the macroscopic
properties of matter in terms of macroscopic knowledge, many
analytic and approximate methods have been introduced. The
contributions to this proceedings volume focus on the most
recent developments of computational approaches in condensed
matter physics. Monte Carlo methods and molecular dynamics
simulations applied to strongly correlated classical and
quantum systems such as electron systems, quantum spin
systems, spin glassss, coupled map systems, polymers and
other random and comlex systems are reviewed. Comprising
easy to follow introductions to each field covered and also
more specialized contributions,this proceedings volume
explains why computational approaches are necessary and how
different fields are related to each other.