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Wiskunde Toegepast: Studiegroep met de Industrie

33rd European Study Group with Industry



This site advertises a week where mathematics and industrial problems meet, applying mathematics in real world problems. In the week 14-18 September 1998 we will host a Study Group with Industry in the Netherlands. This programme is initiated by ITW Industrial and Applied Mathematics and is supported by ECMI (the European Consortium for Mathematics in Industry) and by the Technology Foundation STW, in a joint programme with SWON, called Wiskunde Toegepast.

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What is the Study Group?


Background

At the University of Oxford a small group of mathematicians started in the sixties to organize meetings where industrial scientist met academics working in (applied) mathematics. These "Oxford weeks" have grown to a large gathering on a yearly basis of mathematicians and other academics working on problems brought to them by people from the outside world. Mostly industrialist but sometimes people from governmental institutions or other. These European Study Groups with Industry are organized by different universities in the UK and similar weeks have been organised in Australia (MISG), the States (RPI Workshop) and other countries.

The problem providers

Research workers from industrial and commercial concerns are invited to present one of their current technical problems for study in working sessions with leading specialists from the academic community. Problems may come from a wide variety of subject areas, but should be amenable to mathematical modelling and analysis. In a week of brainstorming and mathematical modelling there is usually enough time to generate and reject many ideas for solving the problem, and usually some of the idea's are checked in more detail. The real research may only start afterwards, for which useful contacts are made with the acedemics to work together if needed.

The problem solvers

What motivates mathematicians to participate in the Study Group? We find it stimulating to work for/with/from "real world problems". The meeting helps to further establish links between industry and academia and in particular to encourage the greater use of mathematical modelling in industry.

Success factors

The success of a study group can be attributed to a number of reasons, for example:
* they help foster contacts between academia and industry, sometimes leading to research contracts, * they frequently lead to challenging new research areas, which have a direct bearing on physical problems,
* they are an excellent source of research topics for graduate students (as well as academics),
* they allow companies to become acquainted with students and evaluate them for future employment,
* the obvious reasons of the company wanting a problem solved,
* pleasure of working with enthusiatic colleagues.

The participants are free to join any of the problem sessions or serve more projects with their expertise.

Alongside the problem-solving activities, expository lectures covering some important areas of modern applicable mathematics will be given during the afternoons.

Problem examples
Some examples from previous meetings include powder painting, paper cutting, bond sweeteners, mobile phone radio propagation, food freezing and thawing, bubble bursting in glass, paint evaporation and ink drying.

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Links to other Study Groups

Reports on problems tackled at previous study groups can be found in
For more information on this particular study group or for registration forms, see Contact adresses

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Organisers

Steering committee
Prof dr ir C.J. van Duijn, CWI, hansd@cwi.nl
Dr ir B.W. van de Fliert, RUL, fliert@wi.leidenuniv.nl
Prof dr P.W. Hemker, CWI, pieth@cwi.nl
Prof dr R.M.M. Mattheij, TUE, mattheij@win.tue.nl
Dr J. Molenaar, TUE, jaapm@win.tue.nl

Coordinators
Prof dr R.J.M.M. Does, UvA, rjmmdoes@wins.uva.nl
Prof dr A. van Harten, UT, a.vanharten@sms.utwente.nl
Drs M.T. de Jong, STW, marijke@stw.nl
Prof dr C.A.J. Klaassen, UvA, chrisk@wins.uva.nl
Drs J. Niessen, STW/NWO, jac@stw.nl, niessen@nwo.nl
Dr ir C Roos, TUD, c.roos@twi.tudelft.nl
Prof dr ir H.C.A. van Tilborg, TUE, henkvt@win.tue.nl
Prof dr ir O.J. Vrieze, U Maastricht, oj.vrieze@math.rulimburg.nl


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