Institute for Mathematics and its Applications

University of Minnesota

114 Lind Hall

207 Church Street S.E.

Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455

Web: http://www.ima.umn.edu | Email: ima-staff@ima.umn.edu | Telephone: (612) 624-6066 | Fax: (612) 626-7370
Schedules available at http://www.ima.umn.edu/happening

Wednesday, August 6, 2008

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.

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9:00a-9:30a Coffee and Registration

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9:30a-9:40a Richard J. Braun, University of Delaware; Fadil Santosa, University of Minnesota
Welcome and Introduction

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9:40a-10:00a Christopher Bemis, Whitebox Advisors
Team 1: Modeling, simulation, and the analysis of a financial derivative

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10:00a-10:20a Olus N. Boratav, Corning
Team 2: Stability of extending films

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10:20a-10:40a J. Michael Gray, Medtronic; Robert Shimpa, Medtronic
Team 3: Ribbon formation for electrical interconnection

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10:40a-11:00a Break

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11:00a-11:20a Thomas Grandine, Boeing
Team 4: Loft-free unlofting methods for geometric design

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11:20a-11:40a Anthony José Kearsley, National Institute of Standards and Technology
Team 5: Optimal calibration in chemical spectroscopy

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11:40a-12:00p Chai Wah Wu, IBM
Team 6: Performance and robustness study of peer-to-peer networks

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12:00p-1:30p Lunch

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1:30p-4:30p Afternoon - start work on projects

Break-out Rooms MM8.6-15.08

Thursday, August 7, 2008

All Day Students work on the projects. Mentors guide their groups through the modeling process, leading discussion sessions, suggesting references, and assigning work.

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Friday, August 8, 2008

All Day Students work on the projects. Mentors guide their groups through the modeling process, leading discussion sessions, suggesting references, and assigning work.

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Saturday, August 9, 2008

All Day Students and mentors work on the projects.

Break-out Rooms MM8.6-15.08

Sunday, August 10, 2008

All Day Students and mentors work on the projects.

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Legend:

MM8.6-15.08: Mathematical Modeling in Industry XII - A Workshop for Graduate Students;