This September, for the third year in a row, the COST Conference on Mathematics for Industry in Switzerland will be hosted by the Institute of Applied Mathematics and Physics, the Institute of Data Analysis and Process Design and the School of Management and Law at the Zurich University of Applied Sciences ZHAW in Winterthur, Switzerland. The focus of the event this year will be on the impact of artificial intelligence (AI) in industry and finance.
The COST Action MI-NET supports the initiative by sponsoring the conference as in previous years. In 2016 and 2017, the conferences have brought together academics, young researchers, students, and engineers from industry. Therefore, they had a chance to get an overview, to discuss applications, implementations, and existing challenges of the latest technologies.
The conference has grown from 60 participants in 2016 to over 190 participants in 2017. This second year has seen participants from all-over Switzerland, including the French and Italian speaking parts. 50% of our speakers came from within Switzerland, with the remaining 50% from mostly European countries.
In recent years artificial intelligence has gained widespread importance and can be seen in many different fields, ranging from self-driving cars to customer recommendation systems. Therefore, such conferences can cause a notable impact on different fields of industries because researchers and engineers attending events can find solutions to their challenges, and start collaborations more efficiently.
Researchers from different fields have found together and connected with the industry. Several new COST initiatives have been supported by those researchers in fields such as statistics and energy.
Consequently, MI-NET has had great impact on the distribution of “Mathematics for Industry” across Switzerland and future research as well as co-operations in that area.
Author: Pocevicius Matas
MI-NET 