The 23rd ECMI Modelling Week

European Student Workshop on Mathematical Modelling in Industry and Commerce

Wroclaw University of Technology, Poland, August 23-30, 2009


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Organized by:

Hugo Steinhaus Center
Institute of Mathematics and Computer Science (Instytut Matematyki i Informatyki)
Faculty of Fundamental Problems of Technology
Wrocław University of Technology

Local Organizing Committee:
Prof. Wojciech Okrasiński (contact person, email: Wojciech.Okrasinski pwr.wroc.pl)
Prof. Alex Weron
Prof. Agnieszka Jurlewicz
Mr. Janusz Gajda
(Note that "@"-signs in the email address is replaced by space on purpose for spam reasons)

The purpose of the student workshop is to train students in using mathematical modelling in development of technical systems and in economics.
Project work will done in groups of 4-6 students on industrial mathematics problems posed by supervisors from ECMI centers.
Each group consists of an international mix of students.
The projects will be concluded by oral presentations (on the last day of the Workshop) and written reports (deadline two months after the Workshop).


Reports

Group 1: Using oil booms to clean up large oil spills
Members: Rachel Deng, Sarah Eberle, Stefan Mühlböck, Tuomo Ojala, Sebastian Orzeł, Alemseged Gebrehiwot Weldeyesus
Instructor: Andreas Asheim

Group 2: How do bees breed?
Members: Jacqueline Utimana, Jordi Puigdellivol Freixa, Lukasz Płociniczak, Mykhaylo Yudytskiy, Olivier Corradi,Phil Trinh
Instructor: Martin Bracke

Group 3: How to enhance the exploratory power of Qlucore Omics Explorer?
Members: Sylvestre Burgos, Manh Hong Duong, Laura Friis Frølich, Daniel Høyer Iversen, Bogna Pawłowska, Matthias Voigt, Mikalai Zhudro
Instructor: Magnus Fontes

Group 4: How to climb a mountain?
Members: Marc-Nicolas Glöockner, Miłosz Marzec, Nicodemus Banagaaya, Rasmus Henningsson, Sina Meister, Till Schröoter
Instructor: Thomas Goetz

Group 5: Influence of physical and economical factors on electricity spot market price
Members: Hassine Baya, Chhitiz Buchasia, Martin Rykfors, Philip Anton de Saint-Aubain, Irene Vecchio, Ibrahim Wangwe, Esubalewe Lakie Yedeg
Instructor: Matylda Jabłońska

Group 6: Optimal strategies in the electricity market
Members: Hannes Andersson, Florian Dahms, Sigrid Grepstad, Olli-Pekka Hämäläinen, Alessandro Mattavelli, Jean-Yves Tissot
Instructor: Joanna Janczura

Group 7: How to connect two pipes of circular and rectangular profiles?
Members: Alemayehu Adugna Arara, Konstantin Ermakov, Maria Friedrich, Tjorben Gross, Markus Kollmann, Piotr Uść, Jonathan Wulcan
Instructor: Agnieszka Jurlewicz

Group 8: An inverse problem in biology: Estimating microbial production rates from nutrient concentration profiles in sea water
Members: Peter Arnesen, Arpan Ghosh, Muhammad Islahuddin, Cara Morgan, Marlena Sikora, Nadja Wirth
Instructor: Stefan Kindermann

Group 9: Ranking American Football Teams
Members: Raphael Ruben Kohler, Pablo Barbero, Qixiao Yu, Milana Gataric, Carsten Vogel, Kamil Bogus
Instructor: Mason Porter

Group 10: How to finish a cycling race in shortest possible time?
Members: Christopher Jonsson, Shilan Mistry, Przemyslaw Jurewicz, Nicole Noack, Jarno Rantala, Reena Undla
Instructor: Elisa Röhrig

Group 11: Improving the Efficiency of Allergy Tests
Members: Blessing Uzor, Nathaniel Egwu, Peter Romeo Nyarko, Henrik Alsing Pedersen, Stephen Edward Moore, Ekeoma Rowland Ijioma, Jakub Tomczyk
Instructor: Christian Zschalig


Photos


Schedule
Sunday, August 23rd
Arrival
16:00-17:00Lunch, Bar "Bifor", building B-4
17:00-.....Presentations by instructors, room 1.27, building C-13

Monday, August 24th - Friday, August 28th
09:00-18:00Group discussions, buildings C-13, C-11
10:45-11:00Coffee break
12:30-13:15Lunch
15:45-16:00Coffee break

Thursday, August 27th
afternoonExcursion

Saturday, August 29th
09:00-13:15Student presentations, room 1.27, building C-13
10:40-11:10Coffee break
13:15-14:00Lunch
14:00-18:30Free time for leisure
18:30-23:00Workshop Dinner, Bar "Bifor", building B-4

Sunday, August 30th
Departure

Registration

The costs are the following:

Bank data for conference fees:
Name of bank: Bank Zachodni WBK SA 16 O/Wrocław
Address of the bank: ul. Norwida 1/3, 50-373 Wrocław, Poland
Name of the bank account: Politechnika Wrocławska (Wroclaw University of Technlogy)
Account number: 37 1090 2402 0000 0006 1000 0434
SWIFT: WBK PPL PP
IBAN: PL 37 1090 2402 0000 0006 1000 0434
Please make sure to mention “ECMI 2009 – dydaktykaW11 – poz.8”

Remark: All dinners except the Workshop Dinner on Saturday, 29th August are at your own expense.

Students and instructors: please register with your local contact persons, who will contact the organizers:
Autonomous University of BarcelonaFrederic Utzet
Chalmers University of Technology, GöteborgHåkan Andreasson
TU DresdenAntje Noack
TU Eindhoven Martijn Anthonissen
University Joseph Fourier, GrenobleChristophe Prud'homme
University of JyvaskylaTimo Tiihonen
TU KaiserslauternThomas Goetz
Lappeenranta University of TechnologyMatti Heiliö
Johannes Kepler University LinzEwald Lindner
Lund UniversityAnders Heyden
Technical University of Denmark, LyngbyOve Skovgaard
University of MilanAlessandra Micheletti
University of Novi SadNatasa Krejic
University of OxfordHilary Ockendon
University of StrathclydeChris Coles
Tampere University of TechnologyRobert Piche
University of TartuPeep Miidla
Norwegian University of Science and Technology, TrondheimAnne Kværnø
Wroclaw University of TechnologyWojciech Okrasinski
National Institute of Applied Sciences, RouenJean Guy Caputo
Carlos III University of MadridJose Maria Gambi


Tourist info

WUT campus map
How to get there?
Map


Previous workshops

22nd Workshop, Eindhoven 2008
21th Workshop, Rouen 2007
20st Workshop, Lyngby 2006
19th Workshop, Barcelona 2005
18th Workshop, Lappeenranta 2004
17th Workshop, Bristol 2003
16th Workshop, Kaiserslautern 2002
15th Workshop, Klagenfurt 2001
14th Workshop, Lund 2000
12th Workshop, Trondheim 1999
11th Workshop, Milan 1998
10th Workshop, Dresden 1997
9th Workshop, Jyvaskula 1996
8th Workshop, Glasgow 1995
7th Workshop, Lyngby 1994
6th Workshop, Grenoble 1993
5th Workshop, Linz 1992
4th Workshop, Eindhoven 1991
3rd Workshop, Oxford 1990
2nd Workshop, Kaiserslautern 1989
1st Workshop, Bari 1988