ESGI - 155th European Study Group with Industry

Leiria | Portugal | 1-5 JULY 2019

A study group is a week-long workshop bringing together mathematicians and companies.

A number of challenges will be presented by companies. In the first day academic participants allocate themselves to a group, each of which works in one of the challenges along with the corresponding industrial partner. On the last day, each group will make a presentation of the results obtained and make suggestions for further work. After the study group, a report on each problem will be sent to the corresponding company which may contain suggestions for further collaboration.

More information on study groups and related aspects is available at the International Study Groups website and the European Consortium for Mathematics in Industry. For a list of previous ESGI in Portugal please visit the PT-MATHS-IN website.

International Workshop FromINDUSTRY – preESGI 2019

Local: Centre for Rapid and Sustainable Product Development, Polytechnic of Leiria (CDRSP-IPLeiria), Marinha Grande

On April 3, 2019 | 17:00 to 19:00

International Workshop FromACADEMY – preESGI 2019

Local: Centre for Rapid and Sustainable Product Development, Polytechnic of Leiria (CDRSP-IPLeiria), Marinha Grande

On November 28, 2018 | 16:30 to 19:30

Companies

Companies have the possibility to benefit from the insights gained through mathematical analysis of their problems. The ESGI are ideal for companies that are new to cooperation with the academia.

We will be more than happy to visit you, at no cost and without any need for an immediate commitment, for an initial discussion about formulating a problem. Almost all industrial problems have some intrinsic mathematical aspect, although the mathematics is not always recognisable at a first glance. Indeed, from our own experience, some of the most successful study group problems were not well-defined in mathematical terminology at the beginning of the study group.

If you think that your company might have something to gain from discussing a problem with us, do not hesitate:

The confidentiality of the data provided is guaranteed.

The costs of participating as a company will depend on the size of the enterprise.

academics

Study groups provide a unique opportunity for academics to work with industry to come up with new ideas and potential solutions for real world problems.

Academic participants (students, researchers, professors) with expertise in mathematical fields such as Operations Research, Optimization, Statistics, Numerical Analysis, Computer Sciences, Physics, Finances, Data Analysis, among others, are welcome.

There is no fee for academic participants.

[Registration is now available below]

students

Student participation (BSc, MSc or PhD) is strongly encouraged and it may be possible to cover the participation expenses of some students.

If you want to apply for financial support, please contact the organizing committee, attaching a motivation letter and a short CV.

Challenges

Here you can see the challenges that will be analysed during the 155th ESGI week.

CHALLENGE 1 | Fravizel - www.fravizel.com

A slab of stone is fed to a pneumatic crushing machine equipped with a moving hammer head. After every hit of the hammer, the crushed stone is analysed in terms of the cross section of the fragments. If a fragment has an area greater than a prescribed maximum value the hammer should move to its position and hit it again. The challenge is to optimize the crushing process in terms of speed by minimizing the time required for the hammer to change position between two hits.

CHALLENGE 2 | Moldetipo - www.moldetipo.pt

Plastic injection molding is vastly used in today’s manufacturing industry. In injection molding process, the cooling channel performance is one of the most crucial factors because it has significant effect on both production rate and the quality of the plastic part. In order to reduce the cycle time and control the uniform distribution of temperature, it is necessary to create conformal cooling channels which conform to the shape of the mold cavity and core. The challenge is to create a mathematical model for automatic generation of optimized conformal cooling channels according to the part profile to ensure faster cooling and uniform heat extraction through the part.

CHALLENGE 3 | Poço – Equipamentos Industriais, SA - www.eip.pt

The challenge is to develop a mathematical model which allows to calculate in a transparent and clearly away the variable amount of fees that each Company has to pay to the Portuguese Social Security in order to take into account its contribution to add value. The model proposed won’t change the general value currently calculated considering 23.75% x Global Salaries. It will distinguish Companies that add value and contribute to improve the competitiveness and productivity not only of Portuguese Companies but also of Portugal.

Challenges on previous editions of ESGI, realized in Portugal

www.spm.pt/PT-MATHS-IN/esgi-portugal

PROGRAMME

♦ Local of the Opening Session and Industrial Problems Presentation:

Resinagem Building, Marinha Grande, July 1st, 9:30.

♦ Local of the Working Sessions for Solving Problems (1-5 July):

Leiria Health School, Campus 2, Polytechnic Institute of Leiria.

ACCOMODATION

We suggest you to look there for accommodation in Leiria.

Here is a list of some hotels in Leiria and the special prices per day for the event (from 1st of July to 5th of July).

Rates are per room and per night and include accomodation and breakfast.

Hotel São Luís
(www.saoluishotel.com)
+351 244 848 370
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Single room: €40
Double/twin room: €50
Triple room: €70

Also include parking (if available at the moment).

Hotel Tryp Leiria
(www.trypleiria.com)
+351 244 249 900
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Single room: €63
Twin room: €73

Hotel D. Dinis
(www.hotelddinis.pt)
+351 244 815 342
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Single room: €40
Twin room: €50

Hotel Leiria Classic
(www.hotelleiriaclassic.pt)
+351 244 812 802
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Single room: €35
Double/Twin room: €45

Hotel Eurosol
(www.eurosol.pt/pt/hotel/eurosol-leiria-jardim-2)
+351 244 849 849
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Single room: €50.03
Twin room: €60.82

It is also possible for participants in the event, if available at the moment, to stay at accomodation of the Polytechnic of Leiria in the:

Pousadinha José Saramago
Single room: €24
Double room: €32

Rates do not include breakfast.
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For reservation of the Pousadinha contact the local organization, sending an email to: esgi@ipleiria.pt

registration

♦ Please complete and submit the application form below until 28th of june, 12 AM.

participants

♦ Aldina Correia (ESTG – Politécnico do Porto & CIICESI, Portugal)

♦ Ali Moghanni (University of Coimbra & CMUC, Portugal)

♦ Ana Borges (ESTG – Politécnico do Porto & CIICESI, Portugal)

♦ Ana Mendes (ESTG – Politécnico de Leiria, Portugal)

♦ António Silva (CDRSP, Portugal)

♦ Artur Mateus (ESTG – Politécnico de Leiria & CDRSP, Portugal)

♦ Augusto Eusébio (ESTG – Politécnico de Leiria, Portugal)

♦ Cândida Malça (Politécnico de Coimbra, Portugal)

♦ Conceição Nogueira (ESTG – Politécnico de Leiria & CMAT, Portugal)

♦ Diogo Lobo (Universidade de Coimbra & Centre for Mathematics, Portugal)

♦ Eliana Costa e Silva (ESTG – Politécnico do Porto & CIICESI, Portugal)

♦ Eunice Oliveira (ESTG – Politécnico de Leiria, Portugal)

♦ Fábio Duarte (ESTG – Politécnico do Porto, Portugal)

♦ Fábio Gameiro (CDRSP, Portugal)

♦ Fátima de Almeida (ESTG – Politécnico do Porto, Portugal)

♦ Fernando Sebastião (ESTG – Politécnico de Leiria & LSRE-LCM, Portugal)

♦ Geoffrey Mitchelk (Politécnico de Leiria & CDRSP, Portugal)

♦ Hakim Bagua (University of Djelfa, Algeria)

♦ Hillal Elshehabey (IST – Universidade de Lisboa & CEMAT, Portugal)

♦ Isabel Cristina Lopes (ISCAP – Politécnico do Porto & LEMA & CEOS.PP, Portugal)

♦ Joaquim Correia (Universidade de Évora, Portugal)

♦ João Brites (CDRSP, Portugal)

♦ João Gil (CDRSP, Portugal)

♦ João Vitorino (Politécnico de Leiria, Portugal)

♦ Jorge Cunha (CDRSP, Portugal)

♦ Jorge Fatelo (ESTG – Politécnico de Leiria, Portugal)

♦ José Moniz Fernandes (Universidade de Cabo Verde, Cabo Verde)

♦ Leonel Vicente (ESTG – Politécnico de Leiria, Portugal)

♦ Luiz Fonseca (CDRSP, Portugal)

♦ Manel B. Cruz (ISEP – Politécnico do Porto & LEMA & PT-MATHS-IN, Portugal)

♦ Margarida Franco (CDRSP, Portugal)

♦ Maryam Ghalati (CDRSP, Portugal)

♦ Miguel Gaspar (CDRSP, Portugal)

♦ Mina Saee (University of Coimbra & CMUC, Portugal)

♦ Nelson Martins-Ferreira (ESTG – Politécnico de Leiria & CDRSP, Portugal)

♦ Nuno Alves (ESTG – Politécnico de Leiria & CDRSP, Portugal)

♦ Nuno Lopes (ISEL – Politécnico de Lisboa, Portugal)

♦ Oussama Rehim (University of Djelfa, Algeria)

♦ Olivier Rodrigues Gouveia (Politécnico de Leiria, Portugal)

♦ Paula Faria (ESTG – Politécnico de Leiria & CDRSP, Portugal)

♦ Paulo Freitas (CDRSP, Portugal)

♦ Pedro Campos (Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal)

♦ Raquel Barreira (Politécnico de Setúbal & CMAFcIO & INCITE, Portugal)

♦ Renato Batista (CDRSP, Portugal)

♦ Ricardo Enguiça (ISEL – Politécnico de Lisboa, Portugal)

♦ Rui Borges Lopes (Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal)

♦ Rui Fonseca-Pinto (ESTG – Politécnico de Leiria & ciTechCare, Portugal)

♦ Sílvia Barbeiro (Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal)

♦ Svilen Valtchev (ESTG – Politécnico de Leiria, Portugal)

♦ Vicente Caneiro (CDRSP, Portugal)

♦ Vladyslav Shram (Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute, Ukraine)

Local Organizing Committee

♦ Centre for Rapid and Sustainable Product Development, Polytechnic Institute of Leiria (CDRSP-IPLeiria), Marinha Grande

♦ Mathematics Department, School of Technology and Management (ESTG), Polytechnic Institute of Leiria

In collaboration with the Portuguese Network for Mathematics in Industry and Innovation (PT-MATHS-IN).