Towards a European Net Campus for Industrial Mathematics

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Towards a European Net Campus for Industrial
Mathematics

• Matti Heilio
• Lappeenranta University of Technology, Finland
• ECMI 2004

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Interactive environments and online education

• evolution of educational materials
• from textbook to interactive cross media learning
  environments
• challenge in educational research
• new paradigm of learning processes

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Upper hand of the web

• easy access and portability
• flexible updates, dynamic edition
• benefits of multi/hypermedia
• links, references, help/find facilities,
  quiz-structures, pedagogic checkpoints,
  animations, interactive exercises
• remote lectures, videoconference etc

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Tomorrows textbook

• cross media combining printed text, CD/DVD/video
  and a web-environment
• university-publishing industry collaboration
  needed
• a product renewing itself dynamically
• web section is close to the real-time activities
  in research laboratory

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Industrial mathematics web

• small nodes of excellence
• pooling of special expertise
• distributed multicampus audience
• industrial RD personnel as users
• special topics
• new emerging themes

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Virtual communities

• network access and flexible media tools make it
  possible to create a net community - multicampus
  audience
• the use of distributed knowledge base of experts
  in teaching and consulting
• specialized course themes
• tailored courses for special sectors

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European eLearn initiative?

• European Netcampus on Industrial Mathematics
• menu of professional level courses
• current eLearning technologies
• access to integrated library of software
• adequate network support

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Features

• development of software for publishing
  interactive web-documents
• remote access tests/development of proto-level
  mathematical software
• pilot study on production model
• collaboration with ePublishing industry

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The goal, a vision

• 10-20 universities
• other partners?
• 20-30 course environments
• 1-3 per producer unit
• topics in modelling, numerics and scientific
  computing
• revision and support plan for 5 years

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Long term scenario

• RD units and SME research engineers seen as
  users/clients
• repository of courses, training environment,
  tools to assist in RD-processes
• Model A. Subcription based access
• Model B. Agreement with a publisher involved in
  e-publishing.

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Jonas Mockus Graduate Studies and Research
Collaboration in the web

• Theory, Software and Applications
• Home Work Guide
• Personal Videoconferencing
• Prof Jonas Mockus, Kaunas
• http//soften.ktu.lt/mockus/

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Topics

• A Set of Examples of Global Optimization
• A set of Examples of Discrete Optimization,
  Dynamic Programming, and Linear Programming
• A Set of Optimization Software Systems

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Video-conferencing

• An example of video-conferencing
• Broadcating from Kaunas
• Receiving in Vilnius Technical University

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School Scheduling

• Optimizing Profiled School Shedule
• An example of Bayesian Heuristic Approach

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Optimal Packing

• 3D-packer
• An example of optimal packing by heuristics