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Faculty of Computer Science -
Department of Mathematics and Statistics,
Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Faculty
of Technology with the support of
the
TD 1409 MI-NET
Cost Action,
is pleased to announce
the
first
MI-NET
Modelling Week in Macedonia.
The aims of the Modelling
Week are:
widening, broadening and sharing knowledge
relevant to the Action’s objectives through
working on modern and actual problems which can be
solved with mathematics and mathematical
modelling.
This
Modelling
Week will have 4 main aims:
1) To
train students and early career researchers to
engage in study groups and similar activities.
2) To offer
broader skills training - team-working,
using of the
modelling methodology, writing of reports, and
enhancing communication/presentation skills.
3) To learn how
different branches of mathematics can be applied
in various industrial settings.
4)
The
students are meant to benefit from an
international exposure, where they discover the
multi-cultural and cross-national nature of
mathematics in general, and industrial
mathematics in particular.
The Modelling Week will be
under auspices of Prof. Blazo Boev, Rector of
the Goce Delcev University, Stip, Macedonia
Program Committee:
1.
Vineta Srebrenkoska, PhD – Macedonia
2.
Tatjana Atanasova – Pachemska, PhD – Macedonia
3.
Poul G. Hjorth, PhD – Denmark
4.
Wojciech Okrasinski, PhD – Poland
5.
Joerg Elzenbach, PhD – Germany
6.
Gregoris Makrides, PhD – Cyprus
7.
Biljana Jolevska – Tuneska, PhD – Macedonia
8.
Limonka Koceva Lazarova, PhD - Macedonia
Organizing Committee:
1.
Vineta Srebrenkoska – Macedonia
2.
Tatjana Atanasova – Pachemska – Macedonia
3.
Svetlana Risteska – Macedonia
4.
Igor Dimovski - Macedonia
5.
Marija Miteva – Macedonia
6.
Limonka Koceva Lazarova – Macedonia
7.
Riste Timovski - Macedonia
Modelling Week programme:
Monday
12 February 2018
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10.00 – 10.30
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Registration
of the participants
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10.30 – 11.30
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Welcome and presentation of the Action MI-NET and
presentation of the program of the
modeling week – plenary session with
guests and media
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11.30 – 13.00
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Problem Overviews –
Presentation of the problems. Definition of the
groups.
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13.00 – 14.30
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Lunch break
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14.30 – 16.00
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Common discussion. Work begins.
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16.00 – 16:30
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Coffee break
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16.30 – 18:00
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Work in progress
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19.30 – 21.30
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Social Evening
welcome party
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Tuesday 13 February 2018
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09.00 – 10.30
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Work in progress
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10.30 – 11.00
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Coffee break
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11.00 – 12.30
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Work in progress
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12.30 – 14.30
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Lunch break
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14.30 – 16.00
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Work in progress
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16.00 – 16.15
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Coffee break
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16.15 – 17.00
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Coordination and ideas exchange
/ discussion
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Free evening
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Wednesday
14
February 2018
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09.00 – 10.30
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Transportation to the Institute of Advanced
Composites and Robotics (IACR) in Prilep
for the participants who work on the
third problem and for other interested
participants
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09.00 – 10.30
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Work in progress for the participants who will not go
to IACR
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10.30 – 11.00
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Welcome and coffee break (in Prilep)/coffee break in
GDU, Stip
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11.00 – 12.30
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Demonstration of the labs and industrial problems (in Prilep) /
Work in progress in GDU, Stip
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12.30 – 14.30
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Lunch
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14.30 – 16:00
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Group working
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16.00 – 16:15
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Coffee break
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16.15 – 17.00
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Preparing for the presentations of ideas
and initial problems’ results and
solutions
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17:00 – 18:30
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Transportation from Prilep
to Stip
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Free evening
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Thursday
15
February 2018
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09.30 – 11.00
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Group working
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11.00 – 11.30
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Coffee break
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11.30 – 13.00
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Group working
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13.00 – 14.30
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Lunch break
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14.30 – 17.00
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Preparation of the presentations
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17.00 – 17.30
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Coffee break
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17.30 – 19:00
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Preparation of the presentations
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Free evening
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Friday
16
February 2018
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09.30 – 11.00
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Final group presentations
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11.00 – 11.30
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Coffee break
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11.30 – 13.00
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Final group presentations & Discussion
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13.00 – 14.30
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Lunch break
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14.30 – 15.00
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Final discussion, comments and initiative for future works
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The
work during the Modelling Week
is
structured to maximise time for networking and
informal discussions.
Proposed
problems list:
Problem 1
a)
Considering the modern way of life, where the
two parents usually work more than 8 hours
during the day and they usually spent much time
outside of the home, there is a neediness for
caring of the children in kindergartens, or in a
care centers for children. However, children as
a sensitive category have specific requirements
which depend of their age. They require
different approaches and care. Because of that
the kindergartens and day care centers face with
a problem when the employees should be organized
throughout the working day, or only partially
included in a certain period of the day.
Therefore, it is necessary to make a schedule of
employees in the kindergartens or in a day care
center for children. An optimization model
should be made, which will manage to deal with
the large number of children attending such
centers, on the one hand, and the employees on
the other. It is necessary to take into
consideration that groups should be formed
depending on the age of children. In addition,
it is good to be considered the case when there
are sick children in the group that requires
particular care from a caregiver or a medical
person.
The children with special needs should be
included in the regular groups, but in that case
a psychologist will be needed. The basic needs
of children should be considered: feeding,
sleeping, upbringing, learning. In the day
center, there are small children aged from 1 to
6 years who do not attend school, as well as
children from 6 to 10 years old who go to
school.
b)
Very similar is the problem in rest home. It is
needed an optimization method and model to
handle with the increasing demand of supplying
healthcare services to elderly. That means, by
using the limited number of caregivers and
making proper scheduling, as more as possible,
elder patients to be serviced. The main problem
here is scheduling patients (elderly people) to
the available caregivers. Scheduling is the
allocation of shared resources over time to
competing activities. ( L.K.Lazarova)
Problem 2:
The company A deals with retail trade, in chain
of supermarkets and a few warehouses. One of the
supermarkets is located in an area where there
are not many other markets of this type. Because
of that, in this supermarket very often are
generated crowds by the buyers on the cash
boxes. There are three cash-settling boxes in
this supermarket, but in some cases queues are
created from buyers. These queues and the
delaying on the cash boxes are reasons because
the byers are dissatisfied. The company does not
want to lose its customers and therefore is
considering improving the supermarket by
expanding the space. It is considering whether
it is necessary to include additional cash boxes
in order to reduce the waiting queues and, if it
is necessary, how many additional cash boxes
would achieve the desired goal. It is needed to
be determine the optimal number of cash boxes to
increase the efficiency of the customer service.
In addition, the problem in this company is the
way of
storage of products in the warehouse. How to
manage stocks in the warehouse. Which criteria
should be prioritized for entry and exit of
products from the warehouse? The model of
warehouse storage is needed.
(T.A.Pachemska)
Problem 3:
Optimization of the industrial processes for
production of advanced polymer composites by
implementation of the full factorial
experimental design.
The aim is to give the participants insight into
the production processes of the advanced
composites and optimization of the process
parameters to solve the problems with the
varying of the quality of the composites
structures. The participants follow a short
description about the production processes of
the advanced composites and applying of the
mathematical modeling for optimization of the
process parameters. After this, the production
processes will be demonstrated at the labs of
Institute of Advanced Composites and Robotics
(IACR). The participants will analyze the
different properties of the composite materials
in a group and they will prepare optimized
mathematical model which the best describes the
process.
(Vineta Srebrenkoska)
Application:
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A brief CV (with the indication of
MSc, PhD or other higher degrees).
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Motivation letter for participating in the
training school, which should indicate the
academic/professional status of the applicant.
If you are interested
for
participation,
you can enroll by one of these two ways:
1)
You can fill the application google form on this
LINK.
A brief CV and motivation letter should be named
with your first and last name.
2)
Or you can
send your application via e-mail to
Tatjana Atanasova - Pachemska
(tatjana.pacemska@ugd.edu.mk)
or Limonka Koceva Lazarova (limonka.lazarova@ugd.edu.mk)
and use the subject line: “Application COST
Modelling Week
MI-NET
2017”.
Who can
participate?
The
Modelling Week
is aimed towards Masters, PhD students, Early
Career Investigators (up to 8 years after their
PhD).
The number of
(sponsored) participants is limited
to 20.
Financial
support:
The applicants can be reimbursed
according to the COST Action guidelines.
The final grant
amount will be confirmed, depending on the
country of the trainees and on budgetary
considerations. Prior to the
Modelling Week,
each trainee will receive a grant letter
stipulating the fixed amount on his or her
grant. The grant is intended to cover the
majority of trainees’ travel, accommodation, and
subsistence during the
Modelling Week.
Trainees will be required to pay for their own
travel, accommodation, and subsistence prior to
receiving their grant.
Costs for accommodation, food, and travel will be reimbursed after the
workshop via the COST platform based on
receipts.
Deadline:
The deadline for
the submission of applications is
15
January 2018.
The notification of acceptance or rejection will
be sent by
20
January 2018
at the
latest.
We would
appreciate if you could forward this
announcement via e-mail to colleagues or
students who may be interested in participating.
More information available soon at:
http://mi-network.org/
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