From complex architectural roofs to lightweight engineering structures, thin shells are everywhere in modern design. This blog post explores how advanced isogeometric and scaled-boundary methods can improve the numerical analysis of such structures while enabling flexible and efficient mesh generation.
Read moreECMI Modelling Week 2026 will take place from Sunday 21st to Saturday 27th of June, 2026, at the Centre for Mathematical Sciences, Lund University, Sweden.
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Operations Research (OR) helps make complex decisions by using mathematical models and methods to optimize processes. From production and logistics to investment decisions – Operations Research ensures that resources are used efficiently and overall operations are improved. In this way, OR enables companies and organizations to make faster, well-founded decisions that save time and money.
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At the Embedded World Exhibition and Conference in Nuremberg, the Fraunhofer Institute for Industrial Mathematics ITWM, together with the Rhineland-Palatinate Technical University Kaiserslautern-Landau (RPTU), is presenting a system that fundamentally accelerates the development of embedded AI applications: »Neural Architecture Search Engine (NASE)« with Hardware in the Loop.
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Rare diseases affect more people than one might think, but they are often difficult to diagnose. On average, it takes years for patients to receive a diagnosis. In this project, our researchers are working with the pharmaceutical company Chiesi to develop a mathematical support tool that will help doctors identify rare diseases more quickly and test for them in a targeted manner.
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In the »KIBi« project, we are working with our partners to develop an AI-supported process that automatically separates and characterizes aggregates in CT images, thereby simplifying and improving quality assurance and production control in the building materials industry. It is part of a special transfer program run by the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft and the German Research Foundation (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft DFG).
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Tire abrasion is one of the largest sources of microplastics in Europe, polluting the air, soil, and water. With the SUMERA project, the Fraunhofer Institute for Industrial Mathematics ITWM, with support from the state of Rhineland-Palatinate, is developing a digital model that comprehensively simulates tire abrasion for the first time and makes emissions predictable.
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We are recruiting! As part of UL’s Changemakers campaign, applications are invited for the following position. Professor in Applied Mathematics The University of Limerick (UL) seeks
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++ NEW++ We are pleased to announce that the early bird registration deadline for the ECMI 2026 conference has been extended to 02 March 2026.
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Why mathematics is more human than we think. A plea for the ethical use of formulas and models. One plus one is two. In a
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