#SWI2019

Study Group Mathematics with Industry 2019

The  Study Group Mathematics with Industry 2019 was held from 28 January to 1 February 2019. Topics went from traffic lights to towing tanks, from chips to carbon filters and from force plates to 3D prints in concrete. Sixty mathematicians gathered at Wageningen University & Research to solve six questions from companies – in one week.

 

What is SWI?
The Study Group Mathematics with Industry (SWI) is a combined industrial–academic week-long workshop sponsored by NWO. Roughly seventy mathematicians work in groups on problems submitted by companies. Companies present a selection of problems on Monday. The participants devote the entire week to studying these problems in smaller groups, and presents their results on Friday.

Fruitful collaborations
SWI is ideal for companies that are new to cooperation with academia. The event is often a first step towards a fruitful long-term collaboration between companies and academia.

Participate: SWI 2020
SWI 2020 will be held at Fontys in Tilburg from 27 January to 31 January 2020. If you wish to contribute a problem to SWI 2020, please contact the organization committee through swi2020@fontys.nl. We will then contact you to discuss the details of the suggested problem and whether it is suitable for SWI. Discussions about suggested problems have turned out to be very fruitful for companies. After the discussion about a suggested problem, a formal decision about acceptance will made by the SWI organization committee.

Topics SWI 2019
The topics of SWI 2019 were

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SWI 2019
SWI 2019 was held at congress center WICC in Wageningen, from 28 January to 1 February 2019.

Costs
The costs of participating as a company are €1750. In addition, a representative of your company is expected to be available at various moments during the week.

Social media: #SWI19
We invite you to start following the Linkedin-page of the Studygroup. News will be published there, as well as on this website.

List of Participants
The names of participants are mentioned on the “list of participants” on this website. If you are a participant and don’t want to be mentioned on this list, please contact the organizers.

Social media: #SWI2020
We invite you to start following the Linkedin-page of the Studygroup. News will be published here, as well as on this website.

Welcome
Would you like to apply your knowledge in the following studygroup, SWI 2020? All mathematicians, completing PhDs and above, are welcome to participate. Are you a student and would you like to participate? Please send an email to swi202@fontys.nl.

Costs
Participation is free of charge, including the lunches and dinners mentioned in the program. If needed, accommodation (also free of charge) will be arranged for participants.

Topics
The topics of SWI 2019 were

Monday
09.30 – 10.00Registration with coffee & teaWICC, Kleine Veerzaal
10.00 – 10.15Welcome
10.15 – 10.40Presentation Bruil
10.40 – 11.05Presentation Synopsys
11.05 – 11.30Presentation Marin
11.30 – 11.45coffee & tea
11.45 – 12.10Presentation Sweco
12.10 – 12.35Presentation KWR Water
12.35 – 13.00Presentation Hendrix Genetics
13.00 – 14.00Lunch
14.00 – 17.00Group discussion with company representavis
17.00 – 18.00Drinks

 

Tuesday
09.00 – 17.15Group DiscussionsWICC
10.30 – 10.45Coffee & tea
12.30 – 13.30Lunch
13.30 – 17.15Group Discussions
15.00 – 15.15Coffee & tea

 

Wednesday
09.00 – 17.15Group DiscussionsWICC
10.30 – 10.45Coffee & tea
12.30 – 13.30Lunch
13.30 – 17.15Group Discussions
15.00 – 15.15Coffee & tea
19.00 – 21.30Workshop dinner

 

Thursday
09.00 – 17.15Group DiscussionsWICC
10.30 – 10.45Coffee & tea
12.30 – 13.30Lunch
13.30 – 18.00Group Discussions
15.00 – 15.15Coffee & tea
18.00 – 21.00Pizza & preparation of final presentation

 

Friday
09:00 – 09:30Coffee & teaWICC
09:30 – 10:00Presentation and discussion BruilWICC, Kleine Veerzaal
10:00 – 10:30Presentation and discussion SynopsysWICC, Kleine Veerzaal
10:30 – 11:00Presentation and discussion MarinWICC, Kleine Veerzaal
11:00 – 11:20Coffee and teaWICC
11:20 – 11:30Presentation follow-up opportunitiesWICC, Kleine Veerzaal
11:30 – 12:00Presentation and discussion SwecoWICC, Kleine Veerzaal
12:00 – 12:30Presentation and discussion KWR WaterWICC, Kleine Veerzaal
12:30 – 13:00Presentation and discussion Hendrix GeneticsWICC, Kleine Veerzaal
13:00 – 14:00Closing and lunchWICC

 

SWI 2019 in the media

February 2019

Article by H2O: Wiskundigen voorzien KWR van oplossing (misschien)
Story about the week by Bruil: De connectie tussen wiskunde en beton
SWI2019 on You Tube, made by WUR (see above)
Press release by WUR: Studiegroep Wiskunde met de Industrie kraakt bedrijfsproblemen
Newsitem by Innovation Origins: Wiskundigen kraken bedrijfsproblemen: van verzadiging waterfilters tot het gewicht van een kalkoen
Newsitem in Resource: Using math to weigh turkeys

January 2019
Newsitem in Resource: Wegen van kalkoen blijft handwerk

December 2018
Newsitem on Nationale Onderwijsgids: Diervriendelijk wegen van kalkoenen en andere wiskunde problemen
Newsitem on Innovation Origins: Hoe weeg je een kalkoen? Wiskunde als oplosser van dagelijkse vraagstukken

Questions?
For questions about the 2019 Studygroup Mathematics with Industry, please contact Jaap Molenaar, chairman of the local organization committee in Wageningen, by email.

Companies that wish to propose a problem for SWI 2020 are kindly requested to contact Bram van den Broek, chairman of the local organization committee at Fontys in Tilburg, by email.

Mathematicians that wish to participate in the SWI 2020 event, or need further information, are kindly requested to send an email to b.vandenbroek@fontys.nl.

Social Media
We invite you to follow the Linkedin-page of the Studygroup Mathematics with Industry.

Local Organization Committee SWI 2019

Jaap Molenaar (chairman)Hans StigterGeorge van VoornLia Hemerik
 
Karel KeesmanJos HagemanGuus ten BroekeGerard van Willigenburg

 

Secretariat

Dinie Verbeek

 

 

SWI 2019 News

  • Proceedings of SWI 2019 are available online

    09-01-2020 - Both the scientific and popular proceedings of SWI 2019 are available through the SWI 2019 proceedings page.

  • SWI2019 on YouTube

    05-02-2019 - Wageningen University & Research made a great video about the Study Group Mathematics with Industry 2019: it catches the vibe of the week. WUR also published a press release on the results.

  • SWI 2019 in Resource

    29-01-2019 - The kick off of the Study Group SWI 2019 was on Monday January 28. Roelof Kleis, journalist at Resource, wrote an artikel about the week. It can be found here (in Dutch): https://resource.wur.nl/nl/wetenschap/show/Kalkoenen-wegen-met-wiskunde.htm

  • All six topics available

    07-01-2019 - The descriptions of all six topics for the 2019 Study Group Mathematics with Industry are now available. We still have a limited number of places available for people who are interested in putting their mathematical knowledge into practice. Join us!

  • SWI 2019: Water, turkeys, traffic control and more

    12-12-2018 - The 2019 Study Group Mathematics with Industry proudly presents the six accepted topics for SWI 2019. The topics cover a wide range of applications, and include controlling traffic in the city of the future, prediction of print success for concrete 3D printing, turkey body weight prediction, the numerical towing tank, latency prediction for on-chip communication,Read more