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Photos from MISGSA 2009

Professor Yunus Ballim (Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Academic) opening the Graduate Student Workshop on Saturday morning. Graduate students listen to Professor Ballim?s opening address at the Graduate Student Workshop on Saturday morning.
       
Professor David Sherwell and Professor Mapundi Banda listening to Professor Yunus Ballim?s opening address at the Graduate Student Workshop on Saturday morning. Graduate Student Workshop. Dr Jean Charpin (Facilitator, University of Limerick, Ireland) discusses the cooling of concrete with Honours students.
       
Graduate Student Workshop. Graduate students investigate the effect of a red traffic light on traffic flow. Professor Andrew Crouch, Dean of Science, opening the Mathematics in Industry Study Group on Monday morning.
       
Industry presentations on Monday morning. Simukai Utete of the CSIR makes the presentation on the problem ?Autonomous Robot Motion?. Industry presentations on Monday morning. Dr Onno Ubbink makes the presentation on the problem ?Pebble bed: reflector treatment and pressure velocity coupling?.
       
       
Dr Simukai Utete (Industry Representative) and Professor Mapundi Banda (Moderator) with the student team working on the problem ?Autonomous Robot Motion?. Members of the Study Group (Melisha Sathinaraen, Asha Tailor and Trishanta Padayachee) working on the problem ?Strategic placement of roadblocks in the fight against crime in South Africa?.
       
Professor Montaz Ali (Moderator) and the Study Group working on the problem ?Optimal mining replacement rate for underground tabular platinum reef deposits?. Professor Montaz Ali (Moderator) and the Study Group working on the problem ?Optimal mining replacement rate for underground tabular platinum reef deposits?.
       
Student members of the Study Group working on the problem ?Optimal mining replacement rate for underground tabular platinum reef deposits?. Professor Hilary Ockendon (OCCAM) at the board discusses the problem ?Pebble bed: reflector treatment and pressure velocity coupling? with Dr Jean Charpin (University of Limerick, Ireland).
       
Professor Hilary Ockendon from the Oxford Centre for Collaborative Applied Mathematics (OCCAM) working on the problem of traffic flow through a road block. Wednesday afternoon progress reports. Student Moderator Tanya La Foy reports on progress on the problem ?Strategic placement of roadblocks in the fight against crime in South Africa?.
       
Wednesday afternoon progress reports. Student Moderator Kerry-Anne Cawse presents progress on the problem ?Merging of image data from multiple sources?. Wednesday afternoon progress reports. Student Moderator Charles Fodya (University of Malawi) reports on progress on the problem ?Optimal mining replacement rate for underground tabular platinum reef deposits?
       
Professor Hilary Ockendon (Oxford Centre for Collaborative Applied Mathematics) and Dr Jean Charpin (University of Limerick, Ireland) discuss the problem ?Pebble bed: reflector treatment and pressure velocity coupling?. Morning tea with Professor Hilary Ockendon (OCCAM). Professor Ockendon explains the value of doing a higher degree and describes the challenges of an academic career.
       
Dinner on Thursday evening. Dr Antony Owinoh (Free University of Berlin, Germany) and University of the Witwatersrand graduate students Kerry-Anne Cawse and Louis du Plessis. Dinner on Thursday evening. Professor Andrew Crouch (Dean of Science, University of the Witwatersrand), Professor Hilary Ockendon (OCCAM) and Dr Jean Charpin (University of Limerick, Ireland). Dr Charpin was the facilitator of the Graduate Student Workshop.
       
Report back session to Industry on Friday morning. Professor Montaz Ali reports on the progress on the problem ?Optimal mining replacement rate for underground tabular platinum reef deposits?. Report back session to Industry on Friday morning. Dario Fanucchi reports on the progress on the problem ?Strategic placement of roadblocks in the fight against crime in a South African city?.
       
Report back to Industry on Friday morning. An Industry Representative from Gauteng Department of Community Safety and Moderator, Professor David Sherwell, listen to the progress report on the problem ?Strategic placement of roadblocks in the fight against crime in a South African city. Report back session to Industry on Friday morning. Dr Jean Charpin reports on the progress on the problem ?Pebble bed: reflector treatment and pressure velocity coupling?.
       
Professor Masood Khalique presents the Half-Wits mug to Professor Hilary Ockendon for the unintentional absurdity ?The problem is that a straight line can?t bend in the middle?. The Mathematics in Industry Study Group 2009.
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