2010/05/13
May 2010 News Bulletin
Welcome to the May 2010 issue of the bulletin of the Knowledge Transfer Network for Industrial Mathematics, providing information for industrial and academic collaborators on recent results, milestones and opportunities.
AT A GLANCE
Internships Expressions of Interest: seeking a partner for an Industrial Mathematics Internship
Study Group with Industry 2010 held
Four Industrial CASE Studentships awarded
Energy Systems Week, 24-27 May 2010, Cambridge
Underpinning Defence Mathematics Programme: Latest news
KTN Programme Manager shortlisted for Impact Award
Company partners sought to accelerate the deployment of secure and trustworthy information systems
European Strategy for Mathematics-in-Industry
Brochure of case studies from Industrial Mathematics
Become a STEM Ambassador
Risk Visualisation workshop, London, 11 May 2010
Mathematical Tools for Modelling Radar Performance, 18 May 2010, London
Scottish Technology Showcase 2010, 26 May 2010, Glasgow
Fortran in physics - Its legacy and its future? 7 June 2010, London
IMA Conference on Public Engagement, 8-9 June 2010, Manchester
9th Mathematics of Networks: Mobile Networks, 18 June 2010, St Andrew's
4th IMA Conference on Analysing Conflict Transformation, 28-30 June 2010, Oxford
Uncertainty in Computer Models 2010, 12-14 July 2010, Sheffield
Mathematics-in-Medicine Study Group, 6-10 September 2010, Glasgow
International Study Group dates 2010
Selected Industrial Mathematics news, May 2010
News and Events
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Internships Expressions of Interest: seeking a partner for an Industrial Mathematics Internship
Internship projects currently seeking PhD students are in the areas of:
- Selex Galileo (Edinburgh): To develop an image recovery algorithm using sparse data sets derived from 2D (passive) and 3D (active) single pixel cameras (SPC) or single point scanning systems.
- Liberty Syndicates (London): To help implement Solvency II Internal Model Standards to meet the Lloyd’s (Regulator) Dry Run deadlines for 2010. Solvency II is a risk based framework for all insurers based in the EU which will harmonise standards across the EU. Firms will develop a Calculation Kernel (stochastic model / DFA) within an Internal Model structure.
- Selex Galileo (Edinburgh): To undertake a fundamental mathematical study examining the topology of antenna radiation patterns with the objective of finding analytical low sidelobe distributions with given aperture geometry and dynamic range constraints.
- Thales (Crawley): To extend the foundations for the information-theoretic based analysis of the performance limits of radar systems to allow the same rigour to be applied to a wider range of practical radar problems.
- MBDA and Cambridge Correlators (Pontefract, West Yorkshire): To explore the possibilities of compact optical computers based on Fourier Power spectra correlation in unconventional fields of Computational Imaging, where the processing can compensate for the use of simple or sparse sensing to recover imagery at a quality, which would normally employ high resolution and high bandwidth imaging optics and detectors.
- Thales (Crawley): A rigorous analysis of clutter mapping of radar trackers, and for each potential solution, to consider efficient strategies for computation on real systems. Scientific computing is also required.
- Arm (Cambridge): Analysis of errors in next generation digital circuits including assisting to build suitable statistical error occurrence models, to develop a methodology for applying these models and to understand how those errors will be observed in the data set.
- 5one (London): The prediction of the movement and substitution of sales from product to product when changes in assortment are made to a category within a grocery retailer using Bayesian probability.
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Study Group with Industry 2010 held
The 73rd European Study Group with Industry was held at the University of Warwick in Coventry from 12th April to 16th April 2010, supported by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council and the KTN for Industrial Mathematics. Participating companies included 61-54 Design, AIR Worldwide, Lloyd's of London, Selex Galileo, Syngenta, TalkTalk and Teknova.
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Four Industrial CASE Studentships awarded
The Industrial Mathematics KTN is pleased to announce the four successful collaborations, in its 2010 competition for Industrial CASE Studentships. The successful collaborations were: ARUP and the University of Cambridge; AWE and the University of Oxford; GSK and the University of Glasgow; NAG and King's College London.
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Energy Systems Week, 24-27 May 2010, Cambridge
The Isaac Newton Institute is hosting an Energy Systems Week, 24-27 May 2010. The event is organised in association with the Newton Institute programme Stochastic Processes in Communication Systems, the Knowledge Transfer Network for Industrial Mathematics, and the Council for the Mathematical Sciences. This workshop will provide an introduction to current modelling challenges in power systems for the benefit of systems mathematicians. The week will begin with two days of technical tutorial talks from modelling experts already working in the field, followed by industrial problem-scoping and networking sessions.
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Underpinning Defence Mathematics Programme: Latest news
Academic partners are currently being sought for five UDM Internship projects to be hosted by Thales, Selex, MBDA and Cambridge Correlators. See the list of current Expressions of Interest for more details on the Industrial Mathematics Internships as they become available. Seventeen research proposals have been submitted and assessed in response to an open invitation to tender. As a result, MoD is in the process of placing three research contracts to develop underpinning mathematics techniques. The work under these contracts is scheduled to be completed by the end of 2010.
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KTN Programme Manager shortlisted for Impact Award
Dr Vera Hazelwood of the Industrial Mathematics KTN has been shortlisted for her role in expanding the Industrial Mathematics Internships programme for the "Newcomer of the Year" Impact Award, organised by PraxisUnico.
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Company partners sought to accelerate the deployment of secure and trustworthy information systems
In preparation for the launch of the £8M “Trusted Services” Technology Strategy Board competition in May 2010, the Computer Science Group at Aston University is seeking company partners for 1) a mainstream collaborative R&D proposal comprising three work packages, and 2) fast-track collaborative proposals in one or several of the R&D proposals.
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European Strategy for Mathematics-in-Industry
The European Science Foundation is seeking information on current activity on the interfaces between businesses and the university research base, as part of its ongoing Forward Look into future strategies for mathematics-in-industry at the European level.
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Brochure of case studies from Industrial Mathematics
The European Science Foundation is supporting a Forward Look project in Industrial Mathematics, and is compiling a set of success stories for the use of mathematics in industry.
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Become a STEM Ambassador
Volunteering as a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths) Ambassador is a chance to promote your skills to young learners, actively encourage them to enjoy STEM subjects, and inform them about the unique career opportunities that are available to them. Anyone who has a desire to inspire children and young people in STEM subjects can become an Ambassador. The main qualities that all Ambassadors share are enthusiasm and commitment, along with a passion for what they do.
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Risk Visualisation workshop, London, 11 May 2010
Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) and the Knowledge Transfer Networks for Industrial Mathematics and for Financial Services held a workshop as part of the activities of the Environmental Risk Management Special Interest Group (ERM-SIG). The topic of the workshop was Uncertainty and Risk Visualisation and the workshop was held at Lloyd's of London on the 11 May 2010.
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Mathematical Tools for Modelling Radar Performance, 18 May 2010, London
The University College London Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering is running a five-day course to be held at the on Fridays spread over 5 weeks: 18, 25 June and 2, 9 and 16 July 2010.
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Scottish Technology Showcase 2010, 26 May 2010, Glasgow
Scottish Enterprise are hosting Scotland’s only national cross-sectoral technology showcase, the Scottish Technology Showcase 2010, which is to be held in the Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre in Glasgow on 26 May 2010. The Scottish Technology Showcase is a free to attend event and will focus on four themes: digital economy, low carbon economy, health innovation and high value manufacturing.
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Fortran in physics - Its legacy and its future? 7 June 2010, London
The BCS Fortran Specialist Group and the Institute of Physics Computational Physics Group have organised a joint meeting at 10:00 on Monday 7 June 2010 in London.
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An IMA Conference on Public Engagement, 8-9 June 2010, Manchester
Mathematics is receiving an ever increasing public profile and so the need for professional engagement with the public in mathematics has never been greater. This conference aims to bring together people already active in public engagement with others who will become the next generation who want to be empowered to be the next ambassadors for change. Leading mathematics communicators will speak and then offer workshops to delegates.
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9th Mathematics of Networks: Mobile Networks, 18 June 2010, St Andrew's
The 9th Mathematics of Networks meeting will take place on the 18 June 2010 at the University of St Andrews.
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4th IMA Conference on Analysing Conflict Transformation, 28-30 June 2010, Oxford
The 4th IMA Conference on Mathematics in Analysing Conflict Transformation will take place on 28-30 June 2010 at St Anne’s College, Oxford.
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Uncertainty in Computer Models 2010, 12-14 July 2010, Sheffield
The Uncertainty in Computer Models 2010 (UCM 2010) Conference will take place in Sheffield between 12 and 14 July 2010 and is open to everyone interested in all aspects of model uncertainty, both theoretical and practical.
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Mathematics-in-Medicine Study Group, 6-10 September 2010, Glasgow
The next Mathematics-in-Medicine Study Group is to be held at Strathclyde University from 6-10 September 2010. Companies in the Health sector who want to collaborate with mathematicians in new ways may like to take the opportunity provided by the Mathematics-in-Medicine Study Group.
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International Study Group dates 2010
Study Groups with Industry are an internationally recognized highlight of UK applied mathematics. They have been held annually in the UK for over 40 years, and provide a forum for industrialists to work alongside established academic mathematicians, postdoctoral researchers and postgraduate students on problems of direct industrial importance. The schedule of future UK and international Study Groups for 2010 is provided.
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Selected Industrial Mathematics news, May 2010
Research and development information services news feeds selected for the Industrial Mathematics KTN: evolution, random number generation, Darwin's finches, a good night's sleep,...
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