The
week is part of the core program of all
specializations CSE, DMA and SPOR of our
Industrial and Applied Mathematics (IAM) master
program.
This
year the week takes place from Monday
November 7 till Friday November 11, 2011.
In this
week you work on an industrial problem, together
with your colleagues in a group. Each group gets
technical support from a staff member of our
faculty and is coached by a groupleader from our
Mathematics
for Industry program as well as by a
Student Advisor from STU.
In the evenings and nights you stay in the
holiday bungalow park ‘t
Wolfsven in Mierlo (Bospark 't Wolfsven,
Patrijslaan 4, 5731 XN Mierlo), where you can
prepare your own meals, eat together and spend
your free time together. Towels and bedding will
be provided, as well as some standard food
supplies. You should take care for your personal
items (clothes, hygiene, etc.) for the five days
and four nights. Please bring your luggage bag
with you to the university on Monday morning
(Nov. 7) . When preparing your luggage, please
remember that you will have to carry it to the
train station, and take it with you by bus to
the bungalow park.
You can reach the bungalow park by bus no. 24
from the train station (get off at "Camping
Wolfsven Mierlo", travel time about 30
min; please check on 9292ov).
Travel arrangements will be made.
The
preparation of the Modeling Week consists of two
workshops about communication skills. The
finalization of the Modeling Week consists in
writing a report (1 report per group) about the
problem and the group findings. You get the
credits if you participate in both the
preparation workshops and the week itself, and
if you finalize a report. You can download the
report templates in MS Word or LaTeX format.
To
participate
in
the
Modeling
Week
(2WH06)
it
is
necessary
to
register!
To
register please follow the link "Problem choice"
on the left. There you can express the
preference for one problem. Registration
deadline is Oct. 7th, 2011.
The
subject requires no specific prior knowledge. It
is structured into three main parts: the
preparation, the modeling week and the
finalization.
The
subject is offered by the Department of
Mathematics and Computer Science, coordinated by
dr. I.S. Pop (HG 8.62 - tel: 5516 –
I.Pop@tue.nl) and dr. ir. Martijn Anthonissen
(HG 8.33, tel. 4599 - m.j.h.anthonissen@tue.nl).
For more information please contact the
responsible teachers.
Main objectives
While completing the task, the students will:
- Get acquainted with
specifying a real-world problem, by means of
- finding out the background
of the problem, its history and causes;
- determining why the
problem-owner is interested in solving the
problem;
- determining what the actual
needs of the problem-owner are and what kind of
solution would be appropriate; ;
- finding out the facts and
data of the problem, as well as their accuracy;
- Learn capturing the essence
of a real-world problem;
- Learn to identify the
behavior and relation of the relevant elements
of the problem, to describe them in words, and
to translate them into a mathematical model;
- Become aware of the validity
of the mathematical model developed;
- Experience communication
with a problem-owner and presentation of
results;
- Experience how to plan a
project and deal with time constraints;
- Get familiar with working in
a team;
- Become aware of the
diversity in culture, attitude and character of
the people you are working with.
