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Mathematical Modeling in Industry XI
A Workshop for Graduate Students
August 8-17, 2007


Organizers:
Richard J. Braun Mathematical Sciences, University of Delaware
Fernando Reitich Mathematics, University of Minnesota
Arnd Scheel IMA, University of Minnesota

Description

The IMA is holding a 10-day workshop on Mathematical Modeling in Industry. The workshop is designed to provide graduate students and qualified advanced undergraduates with first hand experience in industrial research.

Format

Students will work in teams of up to 6 students under the guidance of a mentor from industry. The mentor will help guide the students in the modeling process, analysis and computational work associated with a real-world industrial problem. A progress report from each team will be scheduled during the period. In addition, each team will be expected to make an oral final presentation and submit a written report at the end of the 10-day period.

Projects and Industry Mentors

There will be 6 teams participating in the workshop.

Team Mentors Affiliation Topic
1 Natalia M. Alexandrov NASA Supersonic design
2 Radu V. Balan Siemens Corporate Research 802.11 WLAN MAC layer modeling
3 Gary B. Green The Aerospace Corporation Associating earth-orbiting objects detected by astronomical telescopes
4 John R. Hoffman Lockheed Martin High dimensional, nonlinear, non-convex optimization problems in the area of aircraft and vehicle design
5 Mark A. Stuff General Dynamics Size and shape comparisons from noisy, unlabeled, incomplete configurations of landmarks in three-dimensional space
6 Lisa Zhang Lucent Technologies, Bell Laboratories Wavelength assignment and conversion in optical networking

Team 1
Mentor: Natalia M. Alexandrov (NASA)

Progress Report (pdf)
Progress Report (ppt)
Final Report (pdf)
Qiang Chen Department of Mathematical Sciences University of Delaware
Derek Jordan Dalle Department of Mathematics University of Minnesota Twin Cities
Chad Michael Griep Department of Mathematics University of Rhode Island
Jingwei Hu Department of Mathematics University of Wisconsin
Jahmario Lemonte Williams Department of Mathematics and Statistics Mississippi State University
Zhenqiu Xie Department of Mathematics Purdue University
Team 2
Mentor: Radu V. Balan (Siemens Corporate Research)

Slides (pdf)
Slides (ppt)
Final Report (pdf)
Lisa Driskell Department of Mathematics Purdue University
Yejun Gong Department of Mathematical Sciences Michigan Technological University
Xueying Hu Department of Mathematics University of Michigan
Rashi Jain Department of Mathematical Sciences New Jersey Institute of Technology
Mechie Nkengla Department of Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science University of Illinois
Team 3
Mentor: Gary B. Green (The Aerospace Corporation)

Slides (pdf)
Final Report (pdf)
Haseena Ahmed Department of Mathematics Iowa State University
Prince Chidyagwai Department of Mathematics University of Pittsburgh
Kun Gou Department of Mathematics Texas A & M University
Yun Liu Department of Mathematics University of Minnesota Twin Cities
Timur Milgrom Department of Mathematical Sciences Clemson University
Vincent Quenneville-Belair Department of Mathematics and Statistics McGill University
Team 4
Mentor: John R. Hoffman (Lockheed Martin)

Slides (pdf)
Final Report (pdf)
Michael Case Department of Mathematical Sciences Clemson University
Jeffrey Haack Department of Mathematics University of Wisconsin
MoonChang Kim Department of Mathematical Sciences Seoul National University
Mandar Kulkarni Department of Mathematics University of Alabama at Birmingham
Darin Mohr Department of Mathematics University of Iowa
Helmi Temimi Department of Mathematics Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Team 5
Mentor: Mark A. Stuff (General Dynamics)

Slides (pdf)
Final Report (pdf)
Suman Balasubramanian Department of Mathematics and Statistics Mississippi State University
Ying Wai Fan Department of Mathematics and Computer Science Emory University
Yuen Yick Kwan Mathematics Purdue University
Josef Aaron Sifuentes Compuational And Applied Mathematics Rice University
Jinglong Ye Department of Mathamatics and Statistics Mississippi State University
Weifeng Zhi Department of Mathematics University of Kentucky
Team 6
Mentor: Lisa Zhang (Lucent Technologies, Bell Laboratories)

Final Report (pdf)
Progress Report (pdf)
Progress Report (ppt)
Brendan Farrell Applied Mathematics University of California
Yi Huang Liquid Crystal Insitute Kent State University
Mark Iwen Department of Mathematics University of Michigan
Ting Wang Department of Mathematics University of Michigan
Jintong Zheng Department of Mathematics University of Delaware

Schedule

Week 1: Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday | Sunday | 
Week 2: Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | 
  Wednesday, August 8
All Day Workshop Outline: Posing of problems by the 6 industry mentors. Half-hour introductory talks in the morning followed by a welcoming lunch. In the afternoon, the teams work with the mentors. The goal at the end of the day is to get the students to start working on the projects.   EE/CS 3-180
9:00a-9:30a Coffee and Registration   EE/CS 3-176
9:30a-9:40a Welcome and Introduction Douglas N. Arnold (University of Minnesota), Richard J. Braun (University of Delaware), Fernando Reitich (University of Minnesota), Arnd Scheel (University of Minnesota) EE/CS 3-180
9:40a-10:00a Team 1: Supersonic design Natalia Alexandrov (NASA Langley Research Center) EE/CS 3-180
10:00a-10:20a Team 2: 802.11 WLAN MAC layer modeling Radu V. Balan (Siemens Corporate Research, Inc.) EE/CS 3-180
10:20a-10:40a Team 3: Associating earth-orbiting objects detected by astronomical telescopes Gary B. Green (The Aerospace Corporation) EE/CS 3-180
10:40a-11:00a Break   EE/CS 3-176
11:00a-11:20a Team 4: High dimensional, nonlinear, non-convex optimization problems in the area of aircraft and vehicle design John R. Hoffman (Lockheed Martin) EE/CS 3-180
11:20a-11:40a Team 5: Size and shape comparisons from noisy, unlabeled, incomplete configurations of landmarks in three-dimensional space Mark A. Stuff (Michigan Technological University) EE/CS 3-180
11:40a-12:00p Team 6: Wavelength assignment and conversion in optical networking Lisa Zhang (Lucent Technologies Bell Laboratories) EE/CS 3-180
12:00p-1:30p Lunch   Lind Hall 400
1:30p-4:30p Afternoon - start work on projects
Break-out Rooms  
Team 1 - LindH 401
Team 2 - LindH 436
Team 3 - LindH 409
Team 4 - LindH 400
Team 5 - LindH 216
Team 6 - LindH 403
  Thursday, August 9
All Day Students work on the projects. Mentors guide their groups through the modeling process, leading discussion sessions, suggesting references, and assigning work.

Team 1 - LindH 401
Team 2 - LindH 436
Team 3 - LindH 409
Team 4 - LindH 400
Team 5 - LindH 216
Team 6 - LindH 403

  Break-out Rooms  
  Friday, August 10
All Day Students work on the projects. Mentors guide their groups through the modeling process, leading discussion sessions, suggesting references, and assigning work.

Team 1 - LindH 401
Team 2 - LindH 436
Team 3 - LindH 409
Team 4 - LindH 400
Team 5 - LindH 216
Team 6 - LindH 403

  Break-out Rooms  
  Saturday, August 11
All Day Students and mentors work on the projects.

Team 1 - LindH 401
Team 2 - LindH 436
Team 3 - LindH 409
Team 4 - LindH 400
Team 5 - LindH 216
Team 6 - LindH 403

  Break-out Rooms  
  Sunday, August 12
All Day Students and mentors work on the projects.

Team 1 - LindH 401
Team 2 - LindH 436
Team 3 - LindH 409
Team 4 - LindH 400
Team 5 - LindH 216
Team 6 - LindH 403

  Break-out Rooms  
  Monday, August 13
9:30a-9:50a Team 6 Progress Report   EE/CS 3-180
9:50a-10:00a Team 3 Progress Report   EE/CS 3-180
10:10a-10:30a Team 2 Progress Report   EE/CS 3-180
10:30a-11:00a Break   EE/CS 3-176
11:00a-11:20a Team 4 Progress Report   EE/CS 3-180
11:20a-11:40a Team 5 Progress Report   EE/CS 3-180
11:40a-12:00p Team 1 Progress Report   EE/CS 3-180
12:00p-2:00p Picnic   UofM East River Flats Park  
  Tuesday, August 14
All Day Students and mentors work on the projects.

Team 1 - LindH 401
Team 2 - LindH 436
Team 3 - LindH 409
Team 4 - LindH 400
Team 5 - LindH 216
Team 6 - LindH 403

  Breakout Rooms  
  Wednesday, August 15
All Day Students and mentors work on the projects.

Team 1 - LindH 401
Team 2 - LindH 436
Team 3 - LindH 409
Team 4 - LindH 400
Team 5 - LindH 216
Team 6 - LindH 403

  Breakout Rooms  
  Thursday, August 16
All Day Students and mentors work on the projects.

Team 1 - LindH 401
Team 2 - LindH 436
Team 3 - LindH 409
Team 4 - LindH 400
Team 5 - LindH 216
Team 6 - LindH 403

  Breakout Rooms  
  Friday, August 17
9:00a-9:30a Team 5 Final Report   EE/CS 3-180
9:30a-10:00a Team 1 Final Report   EE/CS 3-180
10:00a-10:30a Team 4 Final Report   EE/CS 3-180
10:30a-11:00a Break   EE/CS 3-176
11:00a-11:30a Team 2 Final Report   EE/CS 3-180
11:30a-12:00p Team 6 Final Report   EE/CS 3-180
12:00p-12:30p Team 3 Final Report   EE/CS 3-180
12:30p-2:00p Pizza party   Lind Hall 400

Application Procedure (deadline has passed)

Graduate students and advanced undergraduates are invited to apply. An application form must be submitted to the IMA. In addition, two letters of recommendation are required; one must be from the student's advisor, director of graduate studies, or department chair. Prerequisites vary and depend on the project, but computational skills are important.

The IMA will cover local living expenses and will offer to pay airfare for the math modeling participants. Selection criteria will be based on background and statement of interest, as well as geographic and institutional diversity. Women and minorities are especially encouraged to apply. Applications must be completed by April 15, 2007 for full consideration. Early submissions are encouraged. Successful applicants will be notified by April 30, 2007.

For a complete application, please fill out the application form and have two letters of recommendation sent to "Math Modeling Committee" at mm-applications@ima.umn.edu. Plain text or pdf are prefered.

LIST OF CONFIRMED PARTICIPANTS

Name Department Affiliation
Haseena Ahmed Department of Mathematics Iowa State University
Natalia Alexandrov Langley Research Center NASA Langley Research Center
Douglas N. Arnold Institute for Mathematics and its Applications University of Minnesota
Radu V. Balan   Siemens Corporate Research, Inc.
Suman Balasubramanian Department of Mathematics and Statistics Mississippi State University
John Baxter Institute for Mathematics and its Applications University of Minnesota
Richard J. Braun Department of Mathematical Sciences University of Delaware
Michael Case Department of Mathematical Sciences Clemson University
Qiang Chen Department of Mathematical Sciences University of Delaware
Prince Chidyagwai Department of Mathematics University of Pittsburgh
Derek Jordan Dalle Department of Mathematics University of Minnesota
Lisa Driskell Department of Mathematics Purdue University
Ying Wai Fan Department of Mathematics and Computer Science Emory University
Brendan Farrell Department of Applied Mathematics University of California
Yejun Gong Department of Mathematical Sciences Michigan Technological University
Kun Gou Department of Mathematics Texas A & M University
Gary B. Green   The Aerospace Corporation
Chad Michael Griep Department of Mathematics University of Rhode Island
Jeffrey Haack Department of Mathematics University of Wisconsin
John R. Hoffman Tactical Systems Lockheed Martin
Jingwei Hu Department of Mathematics University of Wisconsin
Xueying Hu Department of Mathematics University of Michigan
Yi Huang Liquid Crystal Institute Kent State University
Mark Iwen Department of Mathematics University of Michigan
Rashi Jain Department of Mathematical Sciences New Jersey Institute of Technology
MoonChang Kim Department of Mathematical Sciences Seoul National University
Mandar Kulkarni Department of Mathematics University of Alabama at Birmingham
Yuen Yick Kwan Department of Mathematics Purdue University
Yun Liu Department of Mathematics University of Minnesota
Timur Milgrom Department of Mathematical Sciences Clemson University
Darin Mohr Department of Mathematics University of Iowa
Mechie Nkengla Department of Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science University of Illinois
Vincent Quenneville-Belair Department of Mathematics and Statistics McGill University
Fernando Reitich School of Mathematics University of Minnesota
Arnd Scheel Institute for Mathematics and its Applications University of Minnesota
Chehrzad Shakiban Institute of Mathematics and its Application University of Minnesota
Josef Aaron Sifuentes Department of Computational and Applied Mathematics Rice University
Mark A. Stuff Michigan Tech Research Institute Michigan Technological University
Helmi Temimi Department of Mathematics Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Ting Wang Department of Mathematics University of Michigan
Jahmario Lemonte Williams Department of Mathematics and Statistics Mississippi State University
Zhenqiu Xie Department of Mathematics Purdue University
Jinglong Ye Department of Mathematics and Statistics Mississippi State University
Lisa Zhang Bell Laboratories Lucent Technologies Bell Laboratories
Jintong Zheng Department of Mathematics University of Delaware
Weifeng Zhi Department of Mathematics University of Kentucky

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