The 69th European Study Group with Industry, will be held from April 20 to April 24 2009 at the 
Center for Mathematics of the University of Coimbra 
(Department of Mathematics, 
Faculty of Sciences and Technology of the  
University of Coimbra). The purpose of these meetings is to streghthen the 
links between Mathematics and Industry by using Mathematics 
to tackle industrial problems which are proposed by industrial partners.
This meeting is part of the series of European Study Groups and will count with the participation of several 
European experts with a large experience in this type of events.
More information on study groups and related aspects is available at the 
International Study Groups  website, 
the Smith Institute 
and the European Consortium for Mathematics in Industry. 
For a fairly comprehensive list 
of problems and respective reports which have appeared in previous study groups see 
here. 
Study group
At the beginning of the week, a representative from each company presents their 
industrial problem to the participating mathematicians. The academic participants, who are a diverse group of 
people with expertise in the mathematical sciences, including PhD students, postdoctoral fellows and professors, allocate themselves to a 
group, each of which works in one of the proposed problems with the  industrial partner. The work will be developed full-time over the next days. 
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
cooresponding firm. Apart from the results obtained during the study
group, this may contain suggestions for further collaboration.
Information for companies
If you think that your company might have something to gain from
discussing a problem with us, do not hesitate to contact us. 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 such a problem. Almost 
all industrial problems have some mathematical aspect to them, although the mathematics is not always recognisable at first. 
Indeed, from our own experience, some of the most successful study group problems were not well-defined in mathematical 
terminology at the start of the study group.
The fee for a firm to present a problem at the study group will depend on 
the size of the enterprise as defined by the EU.
For more information on past study groups, including a description of some of the problems which have been presented at 
previous meetings, see: Past Study Groups.
Workshop in Industrial Mathematics
Prior to the meeting there will be a three-day workshop on industrial
mathematics that will take place at the Centre of Mathematics of the
University of Porto. The meeting will consist of short courses and
contributed short talks with the purpose of promoting interactions
between the industrial and mathematics communities. More information may
be found here.
Organizers
Sponsors