Mathematical Optimization and Control for Industrial and Societal Challenges in Sub-Saharan Africa
About the Workshop
The main objective of the workshop is to explore how mathematical optimization and control theory can be applied to solve real-world challenges in logistics infrastructure, financial inclusion, and environmental management. It aims to equip postgraduate students and early-career researchers with both foundational knowledge and practical tools, while also building lasting research partnerships.
Participation: The workshop brings together researchers, postgraduate students and industry practitioners from institutions across Sub-Saharan Africa and the UK.
Key Themes
- Foundations of Combinatorial Optimization & Metaheuristics
- Stochastic Control Theory
- PDE-Constrained Optimization
Programme
The four-day programme is now available. It combines morning short courses on the three workshop themes with participants' talks, plenary lectures, industry sessions and a social programme. See the full day-by-day schedule, or download the programme as a PDF. Titles, abstracts and speaker biographies for every session are on the abstracts page.
Workshop Booklet
The workshop booklet contains the welcome message, general information on the venue and social programme, the detailed daily schedule with talk titles and session chairs, speaker biographies, and the abstracts of all talks and posters.
Confirmed Guest Speakers
- Prof. Seithuti P. Moshokoa (Keynote Speaker) - Tshwane University of Technology, South Africa
- Prof. Mapundi K. Banda - University of Pretoria, South Africa
- Prof. Jacomine Grobler - Stellenbosch University, South Africa
- Prof. Olivier Pamen - University of Liverpool, UK
- Prof. Stanisław Migórski - Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Poland
- Dr. Lateef Jolaoso - University of Hertfordshire, UK
Thank You to Our Sponsors
The organisers acknowledge the financial support of the International Centre for Mathematical Sciences, Edinburgh, UK. We also gratefully acknowledge the generous support of our other sponsors: the Centre of Excellence in Mathematical and Statistical Sciences (CoE-MaSS), the IMU Commission for Developing Countries, and the Institute for Mathematical Sciences and Applications (IMSA).
