International Conference on Mathematics and Computational Methods Applied to Nuclear Science and Engineering (M&C 2025)
Schedule Timeline

Sunday — April 27, 2025

MCNP6® New Features, Algorithms, and Workflows

Lawrence A

Python Tools for Monte Carlo: OpenMC and MontePy

Horace Tabor

Griffin Workshop

Lawrence B

Scientific Machine Learning for Nuclear Engineering Applications Workshop

Lawrence A

Exhibit Set Up from 2:00–5:00 pm

Platte River Room

Registration/Help Desk open from 3:00–7:00 pm

Mezzanine Foyer

Student Welcome and Q&A

Molly Brown

Opening Reception

Platte River Room

Exhibit open from 6:00-8:00 pm

Platte River Room

Monday — April 28, 2025

Registration/Help Desk open from 7:30 am–4:00 pm

Mezzanine Foyer

Exhibit open from 7:30 am–4:00 pm

Platte River Room

Morning Coffee Service from 7:30–8:00 am

Platte River Room

Opening Plenary

Confluence Ballroom

Networking Break from 9:30–10:00 am

Platte River Room

Deterministic Transport for Reactor Physics

Lawrence A

Monte Carlo Coupling and Temperature Treatments

Lawrence B

Sensitivity Analysis and Uncertainty Quantification: I

Horace Tabor

Special Session on Stochastic Geometry and Particle Branching Processes: I

E.P. Ensley B

Verification, Validation, and Benchmark Experiment Design: I

E.P. Ensley A

Attendee Lunch from 11:40 am–1:00 pm

Confluence Ballroom

Deterministic Acceleration Methods

Lawrence A

Monte Carlo Cross Section Generation

Lawrence B

Sensitivity Analysis and Uncertainty Quantification: II

Horace Tabor

Special Session on Stochastic Geometry and Particle Branching Processes: II

E.P. Ensley B

Verification, Validation, and Benchmark Experiment Design: II

E.P. Ensley A

Networking Break from 2:40–3:15 pm

Platte River Room

Applying a Critical Lens to AI Methods in Nuclear Engineering

Molly Brown

Neutron Diffusion Methods

Lawrence A

Monte Carlo Variance Estimation and Sampling

Lawrence B

Radiative Transfer Methods: I

E.P. Ensley A

Sensitivity Analysis and Uncertainty Quantification: III

Horace Tabor

Special Session on Stochastic Geometry and Particle Branching Processes: III

E.P. Ensley B

Tuesday — April 29, 2025

Registration/Help Desk open from 7:30 am–4:00 pm

Mezzanine Foyer

Exhibit open from 7:30 am–4:00 pm

Platte River Room

Morning Coffee Service from 7:30–8:00 am

Platte River Room

Cross Sections and Homogenization: I

Lawrence A

High-Performance Computing

E.P. Ensley B

Modeling and Simulation for Fusion Neutronics

Molly Brown

Monte Carlo Time Dependence and Kinetics

Lawrence B

Radiative Transfer Methods: II

E.P. Ensley A

Sensitivity Analysis and Uncertainty Quantification: IV

Horace Tabor

Networking Break from 9:40–10:00 am

Platte River Room

Cross Sections and Homogenization: II

Lawrence A

Monte Carlo Software

Lawrence B

Performance VS Portability

Molly Brown

Sensitivity Analysis and Uncertainty Quantification: V

Horace Tabor

Verification, Validation, and Benchmark Experiment Design: III

E.P. Ensley A

Lunch with Keynote Speaker from 11:40 am–1:00 pm

Confluence Ballroom

Challenges in Software Development for Nuclear Applications

Molly Brown

Charged Particle Transport

Lawrence A

Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence: I

Horace Tabor

Monte Carlo Functional Expansion Tallies and Sampling

Lawrence B

Nuclear Data and Nuclear Data Evaluations: I

E.P. Ensley B

Special Session on GPU Computing

E.P. Ensley A

Networking Break from 2:40–3:15 pm

Platte River Room

Deterministic Transport Methods: General

Lawrence A

Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence: II

Horace Tabor

MCD Career Retrospectives: Compiling a Successful Career in MCD

Molly Brown

Monte Carlo Reactor Analysis

Lawrence B

Nuclear Data and Nuclear Data Evaluations: II

E.P. Ensley B

Special Session on Random Ray Transport

E.P. Ensley A

Wednesday — April 30, 2025

Registration/Help Desk open from 7:30 am–4:00 pm

Mezzanine Foyer

Exhibit open from 7:30 am–1:00 pm

Platte River Room

Morning Coffee Service from 7:30–8:00 am

Platte River Room

Circulating-Fuel Reactors

E.P. Ensley B

Depletion Analysis Methods: I

Molly Brown

Ray Effects and Angular Discretizations

Lawrence A

Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence: III

Horace Tabor

Monte Carlo Methods

Lawrence B

Multi-Scale, Multi-Physics Simulations: I

E.P. Ensley A

Networking Break from 9:40–10:00 am

Platte River Room

Advanced Reactor Design and Analysis: I

E.P. Ensley B

Depletion Analysis Methods: II

Molly Brown

High Fidelity and Quantum Algorithms for Radiation Transport

Lawrence A

Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence: IV

Horace Tabor

Multi-Scale, Multi-Physics Simulations: II

E.P. Ensley A

Special Session on Research Activities of the Center for Exascale Monte Carlo Neutron Transport (CEMeNT): I

Lawrence B

Lunch on your own from 11:40 am–1:00 pm

TBD

Advanced Reactor Design and Analysis: II

E.P. Ensley B

Computational Fluid Dynamics and Thermal Hydraulics

Horace Tabor

Depletion Analysis Methods -- Sensitivity and Uncertainty Analysis

Lawrence A

Multi-Scale, Multi-Physics Simulations: III

E.P. Ensley A

Special Session on Research Activities of the Center for Exascale Monte Carlo Neutron Transport (CEMeNT): II

Lawrence B

Networking Break from 2:40–3:15 pm

Platte River Room

Depletion Analysis Methods: III

Lawrence A

Multi-Scale, Multi-Physics Simulations: IV

E.P. Ensley A

Special Session on Adjoint Methods

Horace Tabor

Special Session on Research Activities of the Center for Exascale Monte Carlo Neutron Transport (CEMeNT): III

Lawrence B

Banquet

Confluence Ballroom AB

Thursday — May 1, 2025

CANCELLED - USGS TRIGA Reactor Tour

Meet in the Westin lobby by 8:00am - the busses will be departing promptly by 8:20am