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Study Group Programme

 

Study Group Programme

Monday 10 January to Friday 14 January 2011

 

Monday 10 January 2011

8:00 – 9:00

Registration
Venue: School of Computational and Applied Mathematics, First Floor, Senate House

9:00 – 9:30

 

 

 

 

Official Opening and Welcome
Venue: Senate House 3118
Chair: David Mason
Welcome address: Professor Yunus Ballim
Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic)

9:30 – 10:30

Session A
Chair: Colin Please
Venue: Senate House 3118

9:30 – 10:00

Problem 1. Coal mine pillar extraction
Halil Yilmaz

10:00 – 10:30

Problem 2. Rising water table and seismicity
Halil Yilmaz

10:30 – 11:00

Morning tea: CAM Common Room

11:00 – 12:30

Session B:
Chair: Montaz Ali
Venue: Senate House 3118

11:00 – 11:30

Problem 3. Optimization model for campus parking space allocation
Aderemi Adewumi

11:30 – 12:00

Problem 4. Optimal assignment of blood in blood banking system
Aderemi Adewumi
12:00 – 12:30

Problem 5. Mathematical combination problem pertaining to bio-refineries
Steve Davis
12:30 – 13:00

Problem 6. Mobile device detection based on user agent strings
Ishmail Dhorat
13:00 – 14:00 Finger lunch: CAM Common Room
14:00 -14:30 Problem 7: Soccer Ball
Dennis Tshabalala
14:30 – 16:00 Study Group work
16:00 – 16:30 Afternoon tea: CAM Common Room
16:30 – 17:30 Study Group work
17:30 – 18:30

Progress Report on Monday’s work
Chair: Sarah Mitchell
Venue: Senate House 3118
18:30 – 20:00 Dinner: Wits Theatre, lower level
Tuesday 11 January 2011  
8:30 – 10:30 Study Group work
10:30 – 11:00 Morning tea: CAM Common Room
11:00 – 13:00 Study Group work
13:00 – 14:00 Finger lunch: CAM Common Room
14:00 – 16:00 Study Group work
16:00 – 16:30 Afternoon tea: CAM Common Room
16:30 – 17:30 Study Group work
17:30 – 18:30

Progress Report on Tuesday’s work
Chair: Graeme Hocking
Venue: Senate House 3118
18:30 – 20:00 Dinner: Wits Theatre, lower level
Wednesday 12 January 2011  
8:30 – 10:30 Study Group work
10:30 – 11:00 Morning tea: CAM Common Room
11:00 – 13:00 Study Group work
13:00 – 14:00 Finger lunch: CAM Common Room
14:00 – 16:00 Study Group work
16:00 – 16:30 Afternoon tea: CAM Common room
16:30 – 17:30 Study Group work
17:30 – 18:30

Progress Reports on Wednesday’s work
Chair: Tim Myers
Venue: Senate House 3118
18:30 – 20:00

Dinner: Wits Theatre, lower level
Special guests
Thursday 13 January 2010  
8:30 – 10:30 Study Group work
10:30 – 11:00 Morning tea: CAM Common Room
11:00 – 13:00 Study Group work
13:00 – 14:00 Finger lunch: CAM Common Room
14:00 – 16:00 Study Group work
16:00 – 16:30 Afternoon tea: CAM Common Room
16:30 – 18:30 Preparation for report back session to Industry on Friday morning
18:30 – 20:00 Dinner: Wits Theatre, lower level
Friday 15 January 2011  
 

Moderators report back to Industry on progress and recommendations, followed by comments by Industrial Representatives
9:00 – 10:30

Session A
Chair: Masood Khalique
Venue: Senate House 3118
9:00 – 9:30 Problem 3. Optimization model for campus parking space allocation
9:30 – 10:00 Problem 4. Optimal assignment of blood in blood banking system
10:00 – 10:30 Problem 5. Mathematical combination problem pertaining to bio-refineries
10:30 – 11:00 Problem 7: Soccer Ball
11:00 – 12:30

Session B
Chair: Montaz Ali
11:00 – 11:30 Problem 1. Coal mine pillar extraction
11:30 – 12:00 Problem 2. Rising water table and seismicity
12:00 – 12:30 Problem 6. Mobile device detection based on user agent strings
12:30 – 13:00

Closing Ceremony
Venue: Senate House 3118
Chair: David Mason
Award of the Half – Wits Mug
Closing remarks
13:00 – 14:00 Finger lunch: CAM Common Room

 

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