Study Group – Information for academia

Benefits

• The Study Group will offer an opportunity to apply your mathematical expertise to a problem of direct societal relevance. The format will allow for new collaborations and connections with other working mathematicians from academia, industry, and governmental agancies.

Participation

• Who can participate?
  • PhD students, postdocs and faculty working in mathematics.
  • We welcome participants from any european university.
• This workshop will be part of a PhD course spanning three weeks (5 credits).
  • Week 1 (August 13-19): Read material on the problem provided by the team leader. Give a presentation on the material at the end of the week.
  • Week 2 (August 20-24): Work with the team at the workshop.
  • Week 3 (August 27-31): Write a report on the findings of the team (one report per team).
• We will form teams for each of the problems during May and June. In order to be part of this process, please email the following to karljo@kth.se
  • CV
  • List of research interests
  • The problem(s) of interest for you.
• Application deadline: June 7.