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Bursary Sketches - Computing and Mathematics
Analysis in Asymmetric Metric Spaces 
Julia Collins & Dr Zimmer, Mathematical Sciences, Bath
What if the distance between x and y, is not the same as the distance between y and x? Julia Collins addressed this problem during her project on asymmetric metric spaces at the Mathematical Sciences Department, University of Bath. (preprint available)
URB/01953/G
Integrated mathematical and experimental study of tumor and endothelial cell migration
Ashley Brookes’s project in the Nuffield Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences at Oxford integrated mathematical and experimental approaches in a study of tumour cell migration. The aim was to determine whether a mathematical model would adequately describe the behaviour of migrating cells. The profile and speed of a moving front of cells stained with fluorescent dye were established experimentally and compared with predicted results generated by a mathematical model. Ashley obtained data for normal and cancerous cell lines.
URB/01973/G
Mathematical modelling of protein reactions within microfluidic devices
Jana Oszaghova, worked on a collaborative project between the Mathematics and Electronics Departments at Southampton University. Jana worked to develop mathematical models for the function of a microfluidic device being developed to identify proteins in a sample, as for example, in forensic applications. The project considered sample behaviour within the device; in terms of fluid flow and binding to surface-bound chemicals.
URB/02108/G
Fitting long-tailed probability distributions from censored data
Working in the Mathematics Department at Imperial College; Chong Yee Wong investigated different probability models for large-scale operational losses to financial institutions, to establish how easily the models fit the data, and whether they give good prediction for extreme loss scenarios.
URB/01933/G
Last Updated Thu, 30 November 2006