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Welcome to the course! The schedule for the course can be found in TimeEdit.
Teachers
Course coordinator: Alexei Heintz, heintz{at}chalmers.se
Teaching assistants in statistics: Felix Held, felix.held {at}chalmers.se
Course literature
Presentations at lectures and literature (mainly research
papers) for individual projects.
Titles
of the projects with areas of applications specified will
come a couple of days before the course start.
English-Swedish mathematical dictionary
Program
The main idea of this course is that you should practice the role as mathematics/statistics consultants for industrial and research-related projects. The main part therefore consists of working on your projects within small groups of 3-4 people, meeting with your external partners and with the course coordinator as necessary.
Students will build working group of 3-4 people. Working
groups will be assigned with projects from the available list
by the course coordinator according to groups preferences and
experiences.
Chalmers introduces learning of ethical problems in
engineering within the course. It will include 2-3 hours
lectures on the topic and a workshop on this topic at the end of
the course. Working groups will make short presentations about
ethical questions in the relation with their work on their
project and will take part in the follow up discussion
with other groups. Some printed material on the topic will
be supplied by the course coordinator.
Main areas of applications and methods for the projects are:
- Image processing for material science
- Deterministic data analysis and parametrization
- Stochastic data analysis and parametrization
- Discrete and continuous optimization
- Classical mechanics models, ODE
- Microfluidics for biological applications.
- Simulation of transport processes in industry.
- Optimization and control of various systems.
- Simulation of mass and heat transport in heterogeneous media
Projects list:
ASTRA Zeneca: Particle shape simulation in pharmaceutical
materials
ASTRA Zeneca: TDA and PCA classification of pharmaceutical
powders
ASTRA Zeneca Hyperspectral image fusion_03
Equilab_Detecting_patterns_in_horse runs
Essity: Modelling free surface flows
Essity: Modelling and simulating superabsorbents
Fluicell: Cells positioning image analysis.
Fluicell: Cells movement and division image analysis.
Statistics for doctors 1: Statistics of shortened sick leave for
patients with depression
Statistics for doctors 2: Statistics of treating patients with
alcohol over consumption.
TETRA PACK: Optimal estimation and Kalman filtering for
optimization of parameters.
Volvo Cars: Naturalistic driving scenarios for validation of
autonomous vehicles
Jeppessen: Aircraft Maintenance Scheduling
Projects descriptions will be available for students registered at the course as Activity documents in PING PONG.
Weekly program
| Week |
Day |
Time |
Contest |
| 1(45) |
Tuesday |
10-12 |
Introduction to the course. Aim and
purpose. Presentation of the projects. Lecture on ethics in engineering. |
| 1(45) |
Thirsday |
10-12 |
Lecture on ethics in engineering. |
| 2(46) |
Meetings with partners. Start of project work. Write project plan according to instructions here | ||
| 3(47) | Project work | ||
| Wednesday November 21 |
Hand in project plan (preferably earlier) | ||
| 4(48) |
Project work | ||
| 5(49) |
Project work | ||
| 6(50) |
Thirsday December 13 |
10:00-13:00 |
Workshop on ethics for approximately 6-7
groups. It is compulsory to take part in one of scheduled workshops, alternatively write en essay on the topic instead. |
| 7(51) |
Tuesday December 18 |
Deadline for preliminary report. Instructions how to
write a report are here. Feedback at the week 8. |
|
| 8(2) |
Project work | ||
| 8(2) |
January 8 |
10:00-12:00 |
Possible oral presentations of projects. |
| 8(2) |
January 10 |
9:00-12:00 13:00-15:00 |
Oral presentations of projects. Compulsory
for members of presenting groups. Workshop on ethics for 3 more groups. MVL14 It is compulsory to take part in one of scheduled workshops or alternatively to write en essay on the topic instead. |
| 9(3) |
January 16 |
9:00-12:00 14:00-15:00 |
Oral presentations of projects. Compulsory
for members of presenting groups. Oral presentation for TetraPack group. MVL14 |
| 9(3) |
January 17 |
Deadline for handing in written report. | |
Course requirements
The learning goals of the course can be found in the course
plan.
To pass the course you must
- Hand in a project plan for your project according to
instructions.
- Hand in a preliminary report according to instructions for
feedback
- Present your project results in an oral presentation (about
20 min)
- Report your project in a scientific report according to instructions.
- Take part in the presentation and discussion at the workshop
on ethical problems in engineering. Alternatively students
absent in the city at the time of the workshop can write an
individual essay on the topic.
Examination
The course is passed when all course requirements are met (see
above).
Grades will be given based mainly on the final project report
and on the feedback from the industrial partners,
but oral presentations, participation in the workshop on ethics
in engineering and work during the project will also be weighed
in.
The report should be a full high-quality report written in
English according
to instructions.
Examination procedures
In Chalmers Student Portal you can read about when exams are given and what rules apply on exams at Chalmers. In addition to that, there is a schedule when exams are given for courses at University of Gothenburg.
Before the exam, it is important that you sign up for the
examination. If you study at Chalmers, you can do this from the
Chalmers Student Portal, and if you study at University of
Gothenburg, you sign up via GU's
Student Portal.
At the exam, you should be able to show valid identification.
After the exam has been graded, you can see your results in Ladok by logging on to your Student portal.
At the annual (regular) examination:
When it is practical, a separate review is arranged. The date of
the review will be announced here on the course homepage. Anyone
who can not participate in the review may thereafter retrieve
and review their exam at the Mathematical
Sciences Student office. Check that you have the right
grades and score. Any complaints about the marking must be
submitted in writing at the office, where there is a form to
fill out.
At re-examination:
Exams are reviewed and retrieved at the Mathematical
Sciences Student office. Check that you have the right
grades and score. Any complaints about the marking must be
submitted in writing at the office, where there is a form to
fill out.
Old exams