Bridging the Gap between Mathematics, ICT and Engineering Research at Sheffield

这项建议涉及进一步加强从事工程、数学和信息与通信技术的研究人员之间的合作。它特别涉及那些跨越这些学科之间的边界的研究领域，以及那些建模和分析以一种相当孤立的方式发展起来的领域。拟议的研究活动集中在四个主题：不确定性，数据和性能分析，设计验证和多物理和多尺度建模。这些主题已被选定为那些在目前的研究实践中有确定的僵局和不足之处，学科之间的更大的合作可能会产生重大影响。他们还映射到谢菲尔德大学的既定学科优势。为了启动和维持这四个主题内和主题之间的研究合作，将采用一些不同的机制，每个机制都针对解决合作研究的公认障碍。这些措施包括短期借调到其他部门，泵启动奖，旗舰主题项目，主题研讨会和务虚会，参与和促进与工业界合作的机制，非专家和访问学者的会议赠款。

This proposal is concerned with further enhancing collaboration between researchers engaged in Engineering, Mathematics and Information and Communications Technologies. It particularly addresses those areas of research which sit astride the boundaries between these disciplines and those in which modelling and analysis have developed in a rather insular fashion. The proposed research activities are focussed on four themes: Uncertainty, Data and performance analysis, Design validation and Multi-physics and multi-scale modelling. These themes have been selected as being those in which there are identified logjams and deficiencies in current research practice for which greater collaborations between disciplines could have a major impact. They also map onto to established discipline strengths of The University of Sheffield. In order to initiate and sustain research collaboration both within these four themes and between themes, a number of different mechanisms will be employed, each of which is targeted at addressing recognised barriers to collaborative research. These include short-term secondments to other Departments, pump-priming awards, flagship theme projects, themed seminars and retreats, mechanisms for engaging and furthering collaboration with industry, conference grants for non-specialists and visiting scholars.