Study Group Programme

8:00  – 9:00  

Registration
Venue:  School of Computational and Applied Mathematics,
First Floor, Senate House
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9:00  – 9:30

Official Opening and Welcome
Venue:   CAM Honours Computer Laboratory
Chair:     David Mason
Welcome address:  Professor Helder Marques, Dean of Science

9:30  –12:30

Problem Presentations (30 minutes)
Chair:   Neville Fowkes

• Predicting and mitigating the effects of airblasts in mines
  Richard Stacey

• Prediction of fracturing and dynamic failure of the roof in tabular stopes in a platinum mine
  Richard Stacey

• Liquid hold-up in a diffuser
  Richard Loubser

• Morning tea
• Chair: Montaz Ali
• Spinners detection
  Sebastien Leempoel

• Propositions assignment
  Sebastien Leempoel

• Wastage minimization of aluminium lengths in window and door industry
  Carl and Reiner Runge

• Airline schedule assignment and construction       
  Alan Watson

12:30  – 13:00

Identification of Study Groups
Chair:    David Mason
Formation of Study Groups
Room allocation

13:00  – 14:00

Lunch

14:00  – 16:00

Study Group meetings

16:00  – 16:30

Afternoon tea

16:30  – 18:30

Study Group meetings

19:00  – 20:00

Dinnner

Tuesday 14 January to Thursday 16 January 2014

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  – 17:30

Study Group meetings

17:30  – 18:30

Tuesday and Wednesday
Progress reports by Student Moderators on the work of the day (10 minutes)
Venue:   CAM Honours Computer Laboratory
Chair:     Masood Khalique  (Tuesday)
Jim McKenzie    (Wednesday)
Thursday
Preparation for report back session to Industry on Friday morning

19:00  – 20:00

Dinner

Friday 18 January 2014

9:00  – 12:30

Report back session to Industry
Moderators report on progress and recommendations  (30 minutes)
Chair: Dhanesh Patel
Venue:   CAM Honours Computer Laboratory

• Predicting and mitigating the effects of airblasts in mines
• Prediction of fracturing and dynamic failure of the roof in tabular stopes in a platinum mine
• Liquid hold-up in a diffuser
• Morning tea
• Chair: Tim Myers
• Spinners detection
• Propositions assignment
• Wastage minimization of aluminium length in window and door industry
• Airline schedule assignment and construction

12:30 – 13:00

Closing Ceremony
Chair:    David Mason
Award of the Half-Wits Mug

13:00 – 14:00

Lunch

14:00

Prepare for departure