A minisymposium of this subject matter was organized at ECMI2021. A longer article by the 6 speakers is being prepared, this is an introduction and extended abstract. There are good reasons for increasing collaboration between ECMI and Africa. Apart from a few locations industrial mathematics in Africa is rare and […]
Read moreThe South African MISG 2021 will be held online this year, between Mon. 1st – Fri. 5th February. To register go to https://www.wits.ac.za/events-archive/conferences/mathematics-in-industry-study-group/misg-2021/
Read moreLappeenranta University of Technology LUT is a partner and co-organizer in the Inverse Problems Africa event IPA2020 that is going to be in October 2020 in Kigali, Rwanda. This conference series was initiated in Bahir Dar Ethiopia 2012, followed by IPA 2015 in Dar es Salaam Tanzania and IPA 2017 […]
Read moreLUT Department of Mathematics and Physics has ongoing cooperation with Linköping University in an Africa-project. LiU has long-standing presence in supporting mathematics educational development and building research capacity in Eastern Africa, a shared interest with LUT. The LiU activities are funded by Sida (Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency) and the […]
Read moreBy Jean Rizk Volunteering to help African postgraduates with their dissertations is one of the best life decisions I’ve made. What a tremendous and humbling experience! I’m a 3rd year PhD student in Statistics at University of Limerick, Ireland. I’m currently writing this piece from Cameroon, a tropical country in […]
Read moreThe second and final in the series describing the experiences of new researchers to Ireland comes from Laure Ngouanfo. I am Laure Ngouanfo, a research assistant in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics, at the University of Limerick, working on a project with Chair of Statistics on Prof Cathal Walsh on […]
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Africa needs technological development including modernization of higher education. Challenging problems persist: civil infrastructure, food production and agricultural practices, logistic chains, public health and sanitation, environmental hazards, energy scarcity. Reforms in industrial processes through engineering skills are pivotal for sustainable development. The knowledge that ECMI represents could provide welcome and […]
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