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Graduate Student Workshop Programme

 

Wednesday 9 January to Saturday 12 January 2013

Wednesday 9 January 2013
8:00 – 9:00

Registration
Venue: School of Computational and Applied Mathematics
First Floor, Senate House
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9:00 – 9:15

Official Opening and Welcome
Venue: CAM Honours Computing Laboratory
Chair: David Mason
Welcome address: Professor Helder Marques,Assistant Dean Research, Faculty of Science
Facilitator: Neville Fowkes
Organisation of Workshop
9:15 – 10:40

Chair: Masood Khalique
Problem Presentations
20 minutes each presentation

  • Norman Owen-Smith: Management of rhino removals
  • Neville Fowkes: Greenhouse gas conversion
  • Neville Fowkes: Design of an ultrafiltration unit
  • Montaz Ali: Quadratic assignment problem.
10:40 – 11:00

Morning tea
Students asked to think on the problems and decide on one.
11:00 – 11:15

Chair: Neville Fowkes
Identification of Study Group
Formation of Study Groups and Room allocation
11:15 – 13:00

Study Group meetings
Students work under supervision
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch
14:00 – 16:00 Study Group meetings
16:00 – 16:30 Afternoon tea
16:30 – 18:00 Study Group meetings
18:00 – 19:00 Dinner
19:00 Free evening
Thursday 10 January and Friday 11 January 2013
8:30 – 9:00

Study Group meetings
Planning the work for the day
9:00 – 10:30

Study Group meetings
10:30 – 11:00 Morning tea
11:00 – 13:00 Study Group meetings
13:00 – 14:00

Lunch
14:00 – 16:00 Study Group meetings
16:00 – 16:30 Afternoon tea
16:30 – 18:00 Thursday
Progress reports (10 minutes each)
Venue: CAM Honours Computing Laboratory
Chair: Neville Fowkes
  • Management of rhino removals
  • Greenhouse gas conversion
  • Ultrafiltration unit
  • Quadratic assignment problem
16:30 – 18:00

Friday
Study Group meetings
18:00 – 19:00 Dinner
19:00 Free evening
Saturday 12 January 2013
8:30 – 10:00

Study Group meetings
Preparation of presentations
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10:00 – 10:30 Morning tea
10:30 – 13:00

Formal presentations of results (30 minutes)
Chair: Neville Fowkes

  • Management of rhino removals
  • Greenhouse gas conversion
  • Design of an ultrafiltration unit
  • Quadratic assignment problem
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch
14:00 – 16:00 Preparation for MISG problems
16:30 – 16:30 Afternoon tea
16:30 – 17:30 Preparation for MISG problems
17:30 – 18:00 Closing
18:00 – 19:00 Dinner
19:00 Free evening
Sunday 13 January 2013
Free day  
11:00 – 13:00 Brunch
17:00 – 19:00

Dinner

 

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