Mathematical Problems in Industry (MPI)

MPI is a problem solving workshop that attracts leading applied mathematicians and scientists from universities, industry, and national laboratories. During the workshop, engineers and scientists from industry interact with the academic participants on problems of interest to their companies. In the past, these problems have included, but are not limited to

engineering and product design
process design and control
environmental remediation
scheduling and optimization
financial modeling

The challenge facing business and industry is to prosper in an era of rapid technological growth. Meeting the challenge requires continually improving productivity, resource management, and innovation, both to refine existing products and processes and to create new ones.

The MPI workshop is a resource that offers

clarification and formulation of a proposed or existing process
methods to solve problems of interest to industry
links with applied mathematicians and scientists from universities and national laboratories
access to advanced computing solutions and environments
fresh input of new ideas

While WPI has hosted MPI workshops several times in recent years (2003, 2005, and 2008), it is not a WPI workshop. The MPI workshop began at Rensselear Polytechnic Institue in 1985, and has be hosted by many other universities since its inception, beginning with the University of New Mexico in 1995. A list of dates and hosts since 2000 is provided below.

MPI 2009 was held at the University of Delaware from June 15-19, 2009.
MPI 2008 was held at Worcester Polytechnic Institute from June 16-20, 2008.
MPI 2007 was held at the University of Delaware from June 11-15, 2007.
MPI 2006 was held at Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering from June 12-16, 2006.
MPI 2005 was held at Worcester Polytechnic Institute from June 13-17, 2005.
MPI 2004 was held at the University of Delaware from June 21-26, 2004.
MPI 2003 was held at Worcester Polytechnic Institute from June 2-6, 2003.
MPI 2002 was held at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute from June 3-7, 2002.
MPI 2001 was held at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute from June 4-8, 2001.
MPI 2000 was held at the University of Delaware from June 5-9, 2000.

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