11. Multidisciplinarity in the Training Program

The complementarity and multidisciplinarity of the teams are reflected in several respects : the teams/satellites have pronouncedly different profiles concerning the 3 principial approaches of applied mathematics , i.e. modeling, analysis, numerics .

Also, the teams tackle different tasks in the frame of the 4 different subgroups of the 16 research topics as is shown in the "collaboration graph".

The multidisciplinarity of HYKE goes beyond different fields of mathematics by including aspects of physics and engineering in the training on modeling/applications. Many HYKE members have a degree or education also in physics, (mechanical and chemical) engineering or other fields and the different applications like semiconductors, plasmas, traffic flow, etc, reflect this "variety in the unity" of sciences that intersect with the HYKE programme.

International mobility within this network is a perfect tool to obtain complementary training to solve hard mathematical problems as well as working on very complex modeling problems and performing demanding computer simulations. Finally, the exchange of post doctoral visitors should also improve the communication between teams that are focusing on different aspects of one problem (like modeling-analysis-computation-industrially oriented applications), or that are applying the same methodology in different fields. Hence, the post-docs will play an important bridging role for exploiting the interdisciplinarity of this network. Relations with industrial projects reflecting the multidisciplinarity will be organized within the IAB, the Relations with industry advisory board (see C.12).

Another aspect of the training programme will be applications for grants in the accompanying measures to foster also soft skills . The CO, all TOs and the TC will be in charge of stimulating such activities.

The HYKE community is also involved in projects exploiting the new IT technology for systematic education purposes, like e.g. the French-Indian Cyberuniversity . This kind of training via the internet will be explored and e.g. a space on the preprint server will be reserved to lecture notes for free access.