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Mathematical Sciences, University of Delaware |
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Mathematics, University of Minnesota |
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IMA, University of Minnesota |
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.
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.
| Team | Mentors | Affiliation | Topic |
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| 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) |
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| 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 | |
| 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) |
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| 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) |
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| 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) |
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| 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) |
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| 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) |
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| 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
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| 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 |
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 |
Break-out Rooms | |||
| Saturday, August 11 | |||||
| All Day | Students and mentors work on the projects.
Team 1 - LindH 401 |
Break-out Rooms | |||
| Sunday, August 12 | |||||
| All Day | Students and mentors work on the projects.
Team 1 - LindH 401 |
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 |
Breakout Rooms | |||
| Wednesday, August 15 | |||||
| All Day | Students and mentors work on the projects.
Team 1 - LindH 401 |
Breakout Rooms | |||
| Thursday, August 16 | |||||
| All Day | Students and mentors work on the projects.
Team 1 - LindH 401 |
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 | |||
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.
| Name | Department | Affiliation |
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| 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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