Mathematics Adapting to a Changing World
Conference Programme and Abstract Book
Science and technology play an increasingly important role in supporting the defence and security industries. Mathematics is fundamental to these two disciplines, providing a framework for understanding and solving the varied and complex problems faced, and to model systems and scenarios. These models are then used to estimate system performance, find weaknesses in real systems, and suggest improvements.
This conference brings together a wide variety of mathematical methods with defence and security applications. The programme will include keynote speakers, presentations and poster sessions, as well as refreshment breaks for informal discussions. It is aimed towards mathematicians, scientists and engineers from both industry and academia, in addition to government and military personnel who have an interest in how mathematics can be applied to defence and security problems.
This will be the sixth Mathematics in Defence and Security, conference albeit the first with ‘Security’ explicitly mentioned in the title; the previous conferences each attracted over 100 delegates from a wide range of organisations including Dstl, QinetiQ, AWE, BAE Systems, Thales, Rolls Royce, the IMA, the MoD, academia and international parties.
In response to the Covid-19 situation, this event will be held virtually via Zoom Webinar. Our intention is that the scientific programme will remain very similar to that of an in-person event.
Keynote Speaker
Dr Ned Allen (Former Lockheed Martin Chief Scientist)
Invited Speakers
Dr Sophie Carr (Bays Consulting)
Phillippa Spencer (DSTL)
Dr Marc Widdowson (Director of Amarna Ltd)
Proceedings Papers
The Unit Re-balancing Problem
Robin Dee, Armin Fügenschuh (Brandenburgische Technische Universität Cottbus-Senftenberg), George Kaimakamis (Hellenic Army Academy)
A Deep-Learning Approach for Through-The-Wall Radar Tracking in 3D
Gabriele Incorvaia, Oliver Dorn (The University of Manchester)
Predicting the Descent into Extremism and Terrorism
Richard Lane, W.J. Holmes, C.J. Taylor, H.M. State-Davey, A.J. Wragge (QinetiQ)
Modelling and Efficient FEM for Thermo-Mechanical Problems in High Explosives
Kieran Quaine (Heriot-Watt University), Heiko G. (University of Edinburgh), Jakob S. (British Antarctic Survey)
Detection of Fleeting Radio Signals in a Congested Spectrum
David J. Sadler (Roke Manor Research Ltd)
A Mathematical Model and Analysis of the Onset and Growth of Shear Bands
David G. Torkington (Heriot-Watt University)
X-Ray Tomographic Non-Destructive Testing of Manufactured Components using Bimodal Convolutional Deep Belief Network for Sinogram Enhancement
Emilien Valat, Thomas Blumensath, Katayoun Farrahi (University of Southampton)
Blockchain-based System for IoT Devices using Post-Quantum Cryptography
Bakhtiyor Yokubov, Dr. Lu Gan (Imperial College London) Dr. Cong Ling (Brunel University London)
Registration
Registration for this event is closed
Organising Committee
Edward Rochead (Dstl) Chair
Kevin Wagstaff (Dstl)
Richard Hoyes (Dstl)
Alexandra Tzella (University of Birmingham)
Holly Jones (Bays Consulting)
Ned Allen (Lockheed Martin)
Further Information
For further information please contact the IMA Conferences Department
E-mail: conferences@ima.org.uk
Tel: +44 (0) 1702 354 020,
Address: Institute of Mathematics and its Applications, Catherine Richards House, 16 Nelson Street, Southend-on-Sea, Essex, SS1 1EF, UK.