AACIMP 2012 program is divided into following streams:
Operational Research
Nowadays operational research is one of the most actual and rapidly developing fields of contemporary mathematics. In the modern sense of the term, operational research is an extensive area that corresponds to complex of quantitative methods used for finding and justification of optimal decisions in all spheres of human activity. Operational research is used extensively in economics, industry, social science, and other areas. Summer School students will get acquainted with advanced researches and breakthroughs in contemporary operational research within the OR-stream. This year one of the actual areas of OR will be chosen as a focus of stream, as it was at AACIMP-2011. Most courses of the stream will be devoted to this area.
Mobile Software Development
The world is getting flatter and more mobile. Desktops increasingly are being replaced by laptops, tablets and smartphones. The stream will provide an exceptional opportunity to get familiar with tools and techniques that will be in high demand in the nearest future.
Participants of the stream will become part of an international team that will be working for 2 weeks to create a cross-platform game that can be played the same on iOS or Android devices, smartphones and tablets alike. The stream will consist of lectures from experienced European professional software developers, tutorials and plenty of hands-on activities that will ensure that the participants will learn a lot about professional software development and creating games.
Expected minimal qualifications:
- Working Javascript knowledge (The course assumes people can write and read JS code)
- Familiarity with HTML/CSS
- Has used Version Control tools before (SVN, CVS,Git)
Desired, but not required:
- Developed applications for mobile devices
- Comfortable using at least one IDE (Netbeans, Eclipse, etc)
- Developed games before
- Has used online project management tools before (redmine, pivot tracker, trac, etc)
Non-technical expectations from participants:
Friendly, willing to learn and help others to learn, good team player.
Neuroscience
The stream is devoted to the problems of up-to-date computational researches of human nervous system.
When studying the brain, for the first time in science history specialists are facing a unique situation - the complexity of studied object equals the complexity of researcher. We try to examine brain by means of our own brains in other words we are accomplishing the investigation of the investigator. The challenge is that we might analyze the nerve tissue without having the opportunity of synthesizing all these data to a new knowledge, thus the only way to synthesize these data is to do it out of our brain. This approach to nerve tissue research named “Computational Neuroscience” represents the newest field of Neuroscience research.
Advanced Energy
The development of energy studies becomes more and more important nowadays. Energy, being the most important resource makes modern life possible. It is an essential element of productivity, growth and quality of life. With global energy consumption projected to rise more than 50% by 2035, future prosperity depends on new ways to meet the world's energy needs. From flat-panel displays to solar PV inverters, new technologies are moving the world forward. These energy solutions will need to be cost effective and price competitive, applicable on a wide scale, and secure in their sources - "advanced energy."