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Minisymposium: 10 Years of Portuguese Study Groups with Industry

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Progress in Industrial Mathematics at ECMI 2016 (ECMI 2016)

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This minisymposium provided an overview of the implementation and evolution of European Study Groups (ESGI) in Portugal, describing our experience and some industrial problems dealt with, the challenges that had to be overcome and examples of successful and less successful stories.

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Cruz, M., Freitas, P., Tavares, J.N. (2017). Minisymposium: 10 Years of Portuguese Study Groups with Industry. In: Quintela, P., et al. Progress in Industrial Mathematics at ECMI 2016. ECMI 2016. Mathematics in Industry(), vol 26. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-63082-3_82

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