Problem descriptions

Here are the study group problems from 2018/2019, as presented at the MathSys RSG workshop on Feb 05 2019

• Research Study Group A - Researchfish
  Exploratory analysis of research data and outputs
  Colm Connaughton (Maths & Complexity), Vera Hazelwood (Researchfish)
  Students: Trent Barnard, Leander Cascorbi, Charlie Pilgrim, Huaying Qiu, Stas Zhydkov
• Research Study Group B - Rutherford Appleton Lab and NASA JPL
  Data analytics approach to extreme events in space weather
  Sandra Chapman (Physics), Malcolm Dunlop (RAL)
  Students: Jack Cowlard, Kendal Foster, George Watkins, Yuanyi Zhu
• Research Study Group C - Institute of Tropical Medicine
  Modelling the best use of sleeping sickness diagnostics under existing and emerging tools
  Kat Rock (Maths & SBIDER), Philippe Büscher (ITM)
• Students: Richard Fox, Callum Jones, Chatchuea Kimchaiwong, Paul Kent, Peter Strong
• Research Study Group D - West Midlands Regional Genetics Laboratory
  Single cell transcriptomic analyses
  Sascha Ott (Computer Science), Sam Clokie (WMRGL)
  Students: Huda Huda, Helen Le, Matthew Macpherson, Alexis Mercadal Ramirez

Assessment

Assessment of the RSGs will be primarily group based and will include teamworking skills as part of the assessment criteria. Details of assessment criteria can be found in the files linked below. These are the actual forms which will be used by the assessors so please read them.

• Participation and contribution to overall execution of project (individual assessment): 25% + pass/fail hurdle.
• Poster presentation (group poster assessment): 25%
• Written report (group report assessment): 50%