This status report features the most recent developments in the field, spanning a wide range of topical areas in the computer simulation of condensed matter/materials physics. Both established and new topics are included, ranging from the statistical mechanics of classical magnetic spin models to electronic structure calculations, quantum simulations, and simulations of soft condensed matter. The book presents new physical results as well as novel methods of simulation and data analysis. Highlights of this volume include various aspects of non-equilibrium statistical mechanics, studies of properties of real materials using both classical model simulations and electronic structure calculations, and the use of computer simulation in teaching.

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Introduction.- Fast Coarsening and Steady States in a Low-Dimensional Driven System.- A Nonequilibrium Lattice Gas of Two-species: Monte Carlo Investigations. - Stochastic Growth in a Small World.- Flicker Noise in a Model of Coevolving Biological Populations.- Physical and Computational Aspects of Density Functional Spin Dynamics.- Multi-hole Tunneling between Charge Domains in Doped Antiferromagnets.- Decoherence in Quantum Spin Systems.- Finite Temperature Simulation Based on Lanczos Algorithm for Low-Dimensional Quantum Systems.- Quantum Phase Transitions of Quasi-One-Dimensional Heisenberg Antiferromagnets.- Quantum Computing Simulation using the Auxiliary Field Decomposition.- Quenched Disorder Distributions in Three-Dimensional Diluted Ferromagnets.- Weak Universality of Spin Glasses in Three Dimensions.- Critical Exponents of the Two Dimensional Melting.- Numerical Study of Critical Exponents for Kosterlitz-Thouless Transition Systems.- Critical Wetting and Interface Localization: Delocalization Transition in a Double Wedge.- Effect of Packing Parameter on Amphiphilic Self-Assembly.- The Droplet Evaporation/Condensation Transition in a Finite Volume.- Configurational Bias Monte Carlo Applied to Lipid Membranes in the Semi-grand Ensemble to Speed Up Mixing.- Folding Polymer Chains.- Polymer Collapse in High Dimensions: Monte Carlo Simulation of Lattice Models.- Computer Simulation of Polymers: Physics and Methods from Specific to Universal.- Using Simulations to Teach Statistical Physics.- Visualization of Melting Simulations.- Network Algorithms and Critical Manifolds in Disordered Systems.- Random Graphs as Building Blocks for a Network Model.- Adaptive Integration Method.- Generalized Probability-Changing Algorithm.- Lattice Instabilities of Perovskite Oxides from First Principles.- Monte CarloSimulations of Metal Monoatomic Layers.- Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Nanoindentation.