The 64th European Study Group with Industry
Apr 7, 2008 - Apr 11, 2008
Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh
Organisers
| Name | Institution |
|---|---|
| Lacey, Andrew | Heriot-Watt University (Marine and Tidal) |
The Study Group will follow the usual format of presentations from industry introducing problems on the first day, followed by intensive work on the problems by groups during the next three days and presentations by the academics on the final day. A report on each problem will be prepared after the meeting.
This Study Group event is organised in conjunction with The Smith Institute.
Supported by:
EPSRC
The London Mathematical Society
The Institute of Mathematics and its Applications
Links to related websites
Industrial Mathematics - Knowledge Transfer Network
Mathematics in Industry Information Service (MIIS)
Arrangements
Participation
The Study Group workshop will begin on Monday 07 April, finishing after lunch on Friday 11 April 2008. Registration is now closed. If you have already been in discussion with The Smith Institute or a local Organiser regarding presentation of a problem, please indicate this on the relevant section of the registration form.
Venue and Travel
The event will be held at Heriot-Watt University (HW), Edinburgh. The campus is on the western edge of the city, near the airport, with excellent public transport to and from Edinburgh city centre. The easiest way to get to HW from the airport is by taxi at a cost of about £10.00. There is no direct bus from the airport to HW. If you arrive by train or coach in central Edinburgh, there are a number of buses that will take you directly to the campus. Click here for information about HW and a campus map. For instructions on how to reach HW by various forms of transport and directions to the campus, please click here.
Accommodation
Single study-bedrooms have been reserved at Heriot-Watt University for the nights of Sunday 6 to Thursday 10 April. All rooms have a private shower and toilet and a telephone. The telephone will access incoming calls. You are required to buy a telephone card from Reception in order to make outgoing calls. Each room also has an internet point should you wish to bring your laptop, although there is a charge for this service.
On arrival, go to the main University and Conference Centre Reception in the James Watt Centre which is manned 24 hours. You may check into your room from 14.00 on the day of arrival. Your room must be vacated by 10.00 on the day of departure. There is a £20.00 charge for any bedroom key not returned to Reception by 11.00 on the morning of departure. Please note that if you do not check out by noon, you will be charged for a full night of accommodation. If you are not leaving immediately, luggage may be left temporarily in the baggage room at James Watt Centre Reception.
Registration
Participants arriving on Sun 6 April will be able to register from 19.00 until 20.00 in the College Lounge at HW. A hot buffet supper will be available between 19.00 and 21.00. If you are unable to attend this supper you may register on Monday 07 April in Room EM2.44, the main seminar room which will be used for the duration of the workshop. Please note that there is no registration fee for this workshop.
Problems
We have 6 problems to work on. Please click here for detailed information about the problems confirmed to date.
Computer Facilities
As indicated above, internet points are available in the study bedrooms. If you do not have an internet cable with you, these can be purchased from the University shop. We have also arranged email and internet access in some of the central PC Caledonia computer labs and the Library. For those bringing laptops, HW wireless zones are signposted throughout the university. Further information about accessing PC Caledonia and the temporary wireless network will be given at Registration.
Meals and Refreshments
On the evening of Sun 6 April, between 19.00 and 21.00, a hot buffet supper will be provided in the College Lounge at Heriot-Watt. ICMS staff will be present between 19.00 and 20.00 to register participants for the workshop. Following the supper, the bar will remain open in the College Lounge until 23.00.
Breakfast will be provided in the Middle Floor Dining Room, 07.30 until 09.00, for resident participants for the duration of their stay. A finger buffet lunch will be provided for all Study Group participants in Room EM3.36 weekdays only. Evening meals will be provided from Mon to Wed evening inclusive in the Middle Floor Dining Room, 18.00 to 20.00. For residents at HW, a voucher will be issued when checking into your accommodation. This voucher will entitle residents to breakfast and the evening meal and must be shown to catering staff at each meal. Non-residents who wish to have an evening meal at HW should obtain a voucher from ICMS staff at Registration.
There will be a wine reception in the College Lounge at 17.30 on Mon 7 April.
On Thurs 10 April, 19.30 for 20.00, there will be a workshop dinner in Scholars Restaurant at HW to which all participants are invited. Dress informal.
Financial Matters
Study Group funding will cover the cost of single en-suite bed and breakfast accommodation at Heriot-Watt from Sun 6 April to Thurs 10 April inclusive, the lunches Mon-Fri and the evening meals Mon-Wed on campus. The Mon evening wine reception and the Thurs evening workshop dinner will also be covered by the workshop grant.
Participants are expected to cover their own travel expenses.
There is no registration fee for this workshop.
Programme
On Sunday 6 April there will be a Registration Buffet in the College Lounge at 19.00. Hot food will be available from 19.00 to 21.00.
Monday 7 April
07.30 - 09.00 | Breakfast in Middle Floor Dining Room |
09.00 - 09.45 | Registration |
09.45 - 10.00 | Opening Remarks in Room EM2.44 |
10.00 - 10.30 | National Grid |
10.30 - 11.00 | E.ON |
11.00 - 11.30 | Coffee, tea and biscuits in Room EM3.36 |
11.30 - 12.00 | Reliable Data Systems |
12.00 - 12.30 | The Actuarial Profession |
12.30 - 14.00 | Lunch in Room EM3.36 |
14.00 - 14.30 | Unilever |
14.30 - 15.00 | Motorola |
15.00 - 15.30 | Formation of working groups |
15.30 - 16.00 | Coffee, tea and biscuits in Room EM3.36 |
16.00 - 17.30 | Work on Problems |
17.30 - 19.00 | EJAM Drinks Reception in the College Lounge |
19.00 - 20.00 | Dinner in the Middle Floor Dining Room. |
Tuesday 8 April
07.30 - 09.00 | Breakfast in Middle Floor Dining Room |
09.00 - 10.30 | Work on Problems |
10.30 - 11.00 | Coffee, tea and biscuits in Room EM3.36 |
11.00 - 12.30 | Work on Problems |
12.30 - 13.30 | Lunch in Room EM3.36 |
13.30 - 15.30 | Work on Problems |
15.30 - 16.00 | Coffee, tea and biscuits in Room EM3.36 |
16.00 - 17.00 | Jens Gravesen (Technical University of Denmark) Room EM2.44 |
18.00 - 20.00 | Dinner in the Middle Floor Dining Room. |
Wednesday 9 April
07.30 - 09.00 | Breakfast in Middle Floor Dining Room |
09.00 - 10.30 | Work on Problems |
10.30 - 11.00 | Coffee, tea and biscuits in Room EM3.36 |
11.00 - 12.30 | Work on Problems |
12.30 - 13.30 | Lunch in Room EM3.36 |
13.30 - 15.30 | Work on Problems |
15.30 - 16.00 | Coffee, tea and biscuits in Room EM3.36 |
16.00 - 17.00 | Round-up of progress so far - Room EM2.44 |
18.00 - 20.00 | Dinner in the Middle Floor Dining Room. |
Thursday 10 April
07.30 - 09.00 | Breakfast in Middle Floor Dining Room |
09.00 - 10.30 | Work on Problems |
10.30 - 11.00 | Coffee, tea and biscuits in Room EM3.36 |
11.00 - 12.30 | Work on Problems |
12.30 - 13.30 | Lunch in Room EM3.36 |
13.30 - 15.30 | Work on Problems |
15.30 - 16.00 | Coffee, tea and biscuits in Room EM3.36 |
19.30 | Pre-dinner drinks followed by Workshop Dinner in Scholars Restaurant |
Friday 11 April
07.30 - 09.00 | Breakfast in Middle Floor Dining Room |
09.15 - 10.45 | Final presentations in Room EM2.44 |
10.45 - 11.15 | Coffee, tea and biscuits in Room EM3.36 |
11.15 - 13.00 | Final presentations in Room EM2.44 |
13.00 - 14.00 | Lunch in Room EM3.36 |
14.00 | Meeting ends |
Participants
| Name | Institution |
|---|---|
| Allerton, Tom | E.ON |
| Allwright, David | Smith Institute |
| Andrade, Violeta | Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México |
| Apple, Rosemary | University of Edinburgh |
| Armour, Tristram | Smith Institute |
| Avramidis, Thanos | University of Southampton |
| Banas, Lubomir | Heriot-Watt University |
| Bauer, Robert M | OCIAM, University of Oxford |
| Bird, Caroline | Welsh Assembly Government |
| Blount, Maurice | DAMTP, University of Cambridge |
| Blyth, Mark | University of East Anglia |
| Bond, Philip | OCIAM, University of Oxford |
| Brown, Melvin | Smith Institute |
| Byatt-Smith, John | University of Edinburgh (Marine and Tidal) |
| Carr, Jack | Heriot Watt University |
| Cawthorn, Chris | DAMTP, University of Cambridge |
| Chan, Kwan Yee | University of Manchester |
| Dellar, Paul | OCIAM, University of Oxford |
| Dewynne, Jeff | Universities of Oxford & Wollongong |
| Dias, Benjamin | Unilever UK |
| Duursma, Gail | University of Edinburgh |
| Edwards, Caroline | Smith Institute |
| Fei, Yu | Heriot-Watt University |
| Fiedler, Juliusz | University of Warsaw |
| Fischer, Tom | University of Wuerzburg |
| Gil, Jose L | Smith Institute |
| Gravesen, Jens | Technical University of Denmark |
| Hartley, Bridget | National Grid |
| Hazelwood, Vera | Smith Institute |
| Hewett, David | OCIAM, University of Oxford |
| Hewitt, Ian | University of Oxford |
| Hicks, Peter | University of East Anglia |
| Hjorth, Poul G | Technical University of Denmark |
| Howell, Peter | OCIAM, University of Oxford |
| Howison, Sam | OCIAM, University of Oxford |
| Jones, Huw | Genesis Faraday |
| Kearney, James | University of Salford |
| Kulesza, Kamil | Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences |
| Lacey, Andrew | Heriot-Watt University (Marine and Tidal) |
| Lachish, Oded | DIMAP, University of Warwick |
| Leese, Robert | Smith Institute |
| Licea, Daniela | Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México |
| MacLaurin, James | University of Oxford |
| McBurnie, Sarah | University of Oxford |
| Nonnenmacher, Achim | EPFL (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology) |
| Ockendon, John | OCIAM, University of Oxford |
| Pachon, Ricardo | University of Oxford |
| Parau, Emilian | University of East Anglia |
| Patel, Dhanesh | Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda |
| Patidar, Sandhya | Loughborough University |
| Pilat, Szymon | University of Warsaw |
| Piwarska, Karina | University of Warsaw |
| Porter, Mason | University of Oxford |
| Pototsky, Andrey | Loughborough University |
| Purvis, Richard | University of East Anglia |
| Reboux, Sylvain | University of Nottingham |
| Sheen, Jill | South West of England Regional Development Agency |
| Shenton, Richard | Reliable Data Systems International Ltd |
| Slim, Anja | University of British Columbia |
| Smith, Honora | University of Southampton |
| Somani, Sapna | Royal Academy of Engineering |
| Stewart, Andrew | University of Oxford |
| Szotten, David | University of Manchester |
| Tambue, Antoine | Heriot-Watt University |
| Taroni, Michele | University of Oxford |
| Wang, Shuo | University of Birmingham |
| Whittaker, Robert | OCIAM, University of Oxford |
| Wilson, R Eddie | University of Bristol |
| Wood, David | University of Warwick |
| Zyskin, Maxim | University of Texas |