  In the study of the process of cosmic structure formation numerical
simulations are crucial tools to interface observational data to theoretical
models and to investigate issues otherwise unexplored. Enormous advances have
been achieved in the last years thanks to the availability of sophisticated
codes, now allowing to tackle the problem of cosmic structure formation and
subsequent evolution by covering larger and larger dynamical ranges. Moreover,
computational cosmology is the ideal interpretative framework for the
overwhelming amount of new data from extragalactic surveys and from large
sample of individual objects. The Workshop Novicosmo 2008 "The Impact of
Simulations in Cosmology and Galaxy Formation' held in SISSA was aimed at
providing the state-of-the-art on the latest numerical simulations in Cosmology
and in Galaxy Formation. Particular emphasis was given to the implementation of
new physical processes in simulation codes, to the comparison between different
codes and numerical schemes and how to use best supercomputing facilities of
the next generation. Finally, the impact on our knowledge on the Physics of the
Universe brought by this new channel of investigation has also been focused.
The Workshop was divided in three sections corresponding (roughly) to three
main areas of study: Reionization and Intergalactic medium; Dark and Luminous
matter in galaxies; Clusters of galaxies and Large scale Structures. This paper
will provide i) a short resume' of the scientific results of the Workshop ii)
the complete list of the talks and the instructions on how to retrieve the .pdf
of the related (powerpoint) presentations iii) a brief presentation of the
associated Exhibition "Space Art"
