Participation in Industrial Panel (PD2): Establishing and Neutering Productive Collaborations

Success of mathematics in an industrial setting is frequently determined by the extent to which significant mathematical ideas are developed and disseminated through collaboration. In particular, adoption and deployment of those ideas often relies upon the level of confidence non-experts have in those ideas. Collaboration, both inside and outside companies, involving both academic and non-academic collaborators, has proven to be a useful tool for mathematical technology transfer for technical and non-technical reasons. The panelists will probe the ways in which collaboration has strengthened both their companies and the mathematical technologies which have helped to make those companies successful. Chair: Thomas A. Grandine, The Boeing Company, USA Panelists: Tor Dokken, SINTEF, Norway Lalitha Venkataramanan, Schlumberger-Doll Research, USA Charles Wampler, General Motors Corporation, USA