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Monday, 15 January 2018

8:00 – 9:00

Registration
Venue: Mathematical Sciences Building West Campus Loading presentations in New Commerce Building, Room 4

9:00 – 9:15

Official Opening and Welcome
Venue: New Commerce Building, Room 4
Chair: David Mason
Welcome address: Professor Ebrahim Momoniat, Dean of Science

9:15 – 

10:30 – 11:00

Problem Presentations (up to 30 minutes each)
The order of the presentations has still to be decided

Chair: Montaz Ali

  • Diffuser tracer test interpretation
    Bryan Barker and Mathew Starzak
  • Stochastic block economic value modelling for generating probability stopes
    Tinashe Tholana
  • An algorithm for stope boundary optimization for underground mines
    Sihesenkosi Nhleko

Morning tea

Venue: Common Room,
Mathematical Sciences Building

Chair: Ashleigh Hutchinson

  • Mathematical modelling of methane gas extraction from Lake Kivu Denis Ndanguza

  • Application of airborne thermal imaging to wildlife management Barend Erasmus

  • Environmental monitoring Barend Erasmus

  • Spontaneous combustion of stock-piled coal Presenter to be decided

  • Climate change Francois Engelbrecht

12:30 – 13:00

Identification of Study Groups
Chair: Neville Fowkes
Formation of Study Groups Room allocation

13:00 – 14:00

Lunch
Venue: Common Room

Mathematical Sciences Building

14:00 – 16:00

Study Group meetings

16:00 – 16:30

Afternoon tea
Venue: Common Room

Mathematical Sciences Building

16:30 – 18:30

Study Group meetings

19:00 – 20:00

Dinner
Wits Club, Cape Dutch Cottages, West Campus

Tuesday 16 January - Thursday 18 January 2018

8:30 – 9:00

Study Group meetings Planning the work for the day

9:00 – 10:30

Study Group meetings

10:30 – 11:00

Morning tea

11:00 – 13:00

Study Group meetings

13:00 – 14:00

Lunch

14:00 – 16:00

Study Group meetings

16:00 – 16:30

Afternoon tea

16:30 – 17:30

Study Group meetings

17:30 – 18:30

Tuesday and Wednesday

Progress reports by Student Moderators on the work of the day (10--15 minutes)

Venue: New Commerce Building Room 4 Chair: Masood Khalique (Tuesday)

Neville Fowkes (Wednesday)
 

Thursday

No progress reports
Preparation for report back session to Industry on Friday morning

19:00 – 21:00

Dinner
Wits Club, Cape Dutch Cottages, West Campus

Friday, 19 January 2018

9:00 – 12:30

(10:30 –11:00)

Report back session to Industry
Moderators report on progress and recommendations (30 minutes)

The order of the presentations has still to be decided

Venue: New Commerce Building, Room 4 Chair: Masood Khalique

  • Diffuser tracer test
  • Stochastic economic modelling
  • Stope boundary optimization
  • Gas extraction from Lake Kivu

Morning tea
Chair: Ashleigh Hutchinson

  • Airborne thermal imaging of wildlife
  • Counting modern houses from lidar data sets
  • Spontaneous combustion of stock-piled coal
  • Climate change

12:30 – 13:00

Closing Ceremony Chair: David Mason

Award of the Half-Wits Mug

13:00 – 14:00

Lunch

14:00

Prepare for departure

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