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tex/slides.tex

 \documentclass[18pt]{beamer}
 \usepackage{defs}
 \usepackage{templates/beamerthemekit}
+\titleimage{titleimage_wp_slides.png}
 
 \title{Multilevel Monte Carlo Applications}
 \subtitle{Review of implementation and results}
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         \titlepage
     \end{frame}
 
+    \input{src/abstract}
+
     \begin{frame}{Outline}
         \tableofcontents
     \end{frame}
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 %    \input{src/outlook}
 
     \begin{frame}{References}
-        \bibliographystyle{acm}
-        \tiny{\bibliography{lit}}
+%        \bibliographystyle{acm}
+%        \tiny{\bibliography{lit}}
     \end{frame}
 
     \section*{Backup}

tex/src/abstract.tex

+\begin{frame}{Abstract}
+
+    \textit{Multilevel Monte Carlo methods have gained much popularity in
+    recent years.
+    Their ability to estimate expectation values on high dimensional
+    probability spaces have made them the method of choice for computing
+    expected solutions of PDEs with random coefficients.
+    Furthermore, their non-intrusive implementation schemes have
+    allowed them to build on existing theory and software.}
+
+    \vspace{0.2cm}
+
+    \textit{In this talk, we present a short overview on the method, the used
+    heuristics and present our applications on elliptic, parabolic
+    and hyperbolic PDEs with different sources of randomness.
+    We want to finish the talk by presenting numerical results and
+    giving an outlook on further applications for wave propagation
+    and nonlinear parabolic PDEs.}
+
+\end{frame}
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