c_658916-l_1-k_isp-grant-application-form-ethiopia-2018-2020

To increase the contribution of research and postgraduate education in Mathematical Sciences both at the national level as well as at the global level by building the capacity of the Dep

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Grant application for 2018-2020

Research Groups and Scientific Networks

The application should be submitted as email attachment with a scanned/photographed copy of the first signed page Enclosures have to be attached as well Read the separate document Guidelines for Enclosures and Budget for more information The blue underlined words in this document will provide you with specific instructions when you hover your mouse over them

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Activity code ETH-01

City: Addis Ababa Post/zip code: Country: Ethiopia

E-mail address(es): tilahunabebaw@yahoo.com OR tilahun.abebaw@aau.edu.et

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Name of Research Group/Network

Approved by the Department: ………/Dr Tadesse Abdi Date: September 4, 2017 Signature by Head of Department/Name in printing:

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City: Addis Ababa Date: September 4, 2017

Applicant’s signature

To increase the contribution of research and postgraduate education in Mathematical Sciences both at the national level as well as at the global level by building the capacity of the Department of Mathematics, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia

Specific objectives for 2018-2020:

To increase the number and quality of Mathematics instructors in Ethiopian Universities

by helping 5 to 8 PhD candidates to graduate every year

To increae research output of the Department by assisting academic staff members and graduate students to publish 5 to 10 of their works reputable international journals and conference proceedings each year

To establish new research areas in Applied Mathematics at the Department, which are relevant in solving practical problems in the country

Expected outcomes of the research activity:

- Scientific Results:

Atleast 15 publications and 4 working reports

- Graduations:

At least 10 Masters theses and at least 15 PhD dissertations in the grant Period

- Dissemination (publications/conference contributions, etc.):

At least One staff member participating in the graduate program and 1 PhD student from each research group will participate in a regional workshop or international conferences and present their research results per year

- Scientific exchange:

At least one scientist (from collaborators) from abroad in each area of the proposed components will visit the Department per year and at least 1 senior staff and 1 PhD student will participate in a regional or international workshop from each component per year

- Interactions with government and society:

Results that will be obtained by applied research areas will be communicated to

the government and society and workshops will be organized for such purpose

- Other:

b) Give a summary of the research plan/network program

Give a maximum half a page summary of the proposed activity with emphasis on the research plan, sufficiently concrete and informative to give the reader a fair understanding

Atleast 15 in-house PhD students will defend their disertation and graduate by the end of

2020 and another 12 new PhD students will be enrolled to the program by the end of 2018;

to the separate gender application

It is an unfortunate fact that women in Africa are afforded little opportunity to engage in

institutions of higher learning and this has continued to create a negative impact on the

development of the African society The reason is simple; without women participation, there is a very restricted pool of talent to draw from This project recognizes this and is committed to do its part to change this trend Therefore it is one of the goals of this project to increase the enrollment

of female students in institutions of higher education The project aims to achieve this through the following concrete actions with focused determination

1 Identify, and mentor undergraduate female students in some selected Ethiopian Universities who have a talent and love for mathematics In each of the participating Universities, a mathematician with a proven record of mentorship and willingness to take interest in long-term career advancement of female students will be designated (in collaboration with the Department of Mathematics, Addis Ababa University) for recruitment of talented female students for graduate studies

2 Provide additional stipend to strong female students who are already in the graduate program to help them focus more on their studies

3 To increase awareness of career opportunities in mathematics, the project will encourage attendance as well as participation of female mathematics students in conferences that focus on the role of mathematics in nation building through advancing science and

technology This will be done by providing the necessary information and monetary support for conference expenses

4 Work in close consultation with the Gender Equality office at Addis Ababa University to explore more creative ways to increase women participation in higher education and

especially in Mathematics

Comment on the current gender balance in perspective of previous years efforts:

The Number of female PhD students increased from none to five and the number of female MSc students has remarkably increased in the previous grant period due to the emphases give by the University (as they give female scholarships every year)

Reasons for current gender distribution:

There are lots of reasons for the case; like cultural, societal, etc and there is a lack of potential candidates to pursue graduate training, as females are not encouraged to do mathematics and lack of role models in the area Currently there are only two females with

3 Specifications of costs 2018-2020 (Please, carefully read and follow guidelines for Budget, and, if applicable, conditions and instructions for Research Groups’ overhead costs)

3 Conferences/ Workshops

The Department will support students and staff members from the project to participate in regional and in international workshops/Conferences and present their research results PhD students are eligible for the support if they have new research results to be presented

in the form of poster or oral presentation and approved by their advisors and endorsed by the Department Graduate Committee (DGC) Staff members will eligible for the support only if they can prove that they will give oral presentation of new research results and this

is approved by DGC and they cannot get financial support from the organizers or any other source The support that will be provided for conference participants can be full financial support which means: Round trip Air tickets, Accommodations and Daily Allowances (Per-Diems) only or partial financial support, that is, only one or two of the above three The support will be given based on the university financial rule for each country and the budget

allocated for these purposes is 510,000 SEK

4 Ssupport to students: We have a plan to support up to 15 PhD and 10 MSc students for a

maximum of ten months each year The beneficiary students will be selected based on the criteria set by the Department DGC and the eligible students are students only from year one to year four of their PhD study and year one and two on MSc students by set criteria

The budget allocated for this item is 840,000 (SEK)

5 Fellowships for trainings:

One of the main focus of the department is to build its capacity in Applied Mathematics and the Department has identified Swedish Ubiversities as collaborators and is ready to start sandwich PhD trainings.Two Sandwich PhD Students will travel to Sweden; each for 6 months for three years In Addition to this, each year three PhD students will be supported for three months visits each in collaborating universities to have experiences and the

budget allocated for these visits is 1,218,000 SEK

PhD PhD PhD PhD PhD PhD PhD PhD PhD PhD PhD PhD PhD PhD PhD

4) Starting year on current degree study 5) Tentative title of thesis / subject 6) Expected year of graduation 7) Whether staff member or not 8) a) Local (L) or Sandwich (S) student; b) Direct or Indirect benefit of ISP support (D/I)?

2 Mohammed Sani

Abdela(M), 2012

PhD Stochastic Optimization of Elliptic PDE systems under Chance Contrained State Varables

6 Eyerusalem

Woldeyohannes (F), (2013) PhD Modular forms representable as Eta forms 2017 No Local Direct

7 Girum Aklilu (M), 2013 PhD Theories in BRK-Algebra 2017 Yes Local Direct

9 Yetwale Hailu (M), 2013 PhD Optimal Impulsive Control Applied to

Behavioural Change Model of Meningitis in Ethiopia

2018 Yes Local Direct

12 Solomon Tesfaye Bekele (M),

13 Demissie Ergabus Birmechu

(M), 2015 PhD Results Related to Hamburger’s

14 Feyissa Kebede Bushu (M),

2015 PhD Maximization and Minimization of functional

associated to Solutions of Differential on the classes of rearrangments

2019 No Local Indirect

15 Mulugeta Alemayehu Dagnew

(M), 2015 PhD Analysis of direct boundary domain

integral equations for mixed BVP with variable coefficient

2019 No Local Indirect

16 Tewelde Gebreegziabher

Tesfay (M), 2015 PhD Dirichlet series with Funational

Equations and Arithmetic Identities 2019 No Local Indirect

18 Birhanu GebreHanna (M),

21 Goitom Wellu Hagos (M),

Indicate which contacts with scientists working in the field of the proposed activities are

established or planned (at your own university/institute, nationally, regionally, or internationally)

The present and expected benefits of these contacts should be further described in the Research description (Enclosure 1)

a) List already established scientific contacts/collaboration that were engaged in active collaboration with your research group/network in 2015-2017

M Professor Shiferaw Berhanu Temple University, USA

M Professor Sergey E Mikhailov University of Brunel, UK

M Professor Ahmed Mohammed Ball State University, USA

F Professor Paola Goatin INRIA Sophia Antipolis, FRANCE

M Professor Rikard Bogvad Stockholm University, Sweden

M Professor Eberhard Becker University of Kaiserslautern, Germany

M Assoc.Prof. Fredrik Berntsson Linkoeping University, Sweden

M Professor Rachid Ouifki University of Stellenbosch, South Africa

M Professor Abdulkadir Hassen Rowan University, USA

M Professor Melkamu Zeleke William Paterson University in Wayne, USA

M Assoc.Prof. Mehammed Tessema Spelman College, USA

M Professor Daniel Robertz RWTH Aachen University, Germany

M Assoc.Prof. Abebe Geletu Technical University of Ilmenau, Germany

M Professor Habtu Zegeye University of Botswana, Botswana

M Assoc.Prof. Seyoum Getu Howard University, USA

M Professor Giovanni Porru University of Cagliari, Italy

M Professor Torbjörn Larsson Linkoping University, Sweden

F Professor Ann-Brith Strömberg Chalmers University of Technology

M Professor Michael Patriksson Chalmers University of Technology

F Assoc.Prof. Elizabeth Wulcan Chalmers University of Technology

funding for 2018-2020

Specify other funding obtained in 2015-2017, and other foreseen sources of funding for 2018-2020, from national as well as from other sources List each source on a separate row, and give the amount for each year on separate rows Estimate the amount in USD (currency conversion can be done at www.xe.com)

a) List relevant facilities and infrastructure available to the group

For equipment, give type and name of the manufacture of main items and other

articles Start with your most important equipment Please, note if the equipment is not functioning properly and why

Equipment type, model, and name of manufacturer Year

acquired Fully functional, yes/no If no, indicate why

(Insert more rows as needed, or just write below the table)

b) List below main equipment needed in the near future, with justification Specify to the degree possible

6 Laptops, 20 Desktop Computer and computer accessories

8 Environmental impact

Information is required about measures taken to reduce environmental impacts following the Environmental Impact Assessment for ISP as submitted to Sida in August 2009 (available on request)

Provide a summary of the progress so far in the current agreement period (2014-2017), or latest years for new applicants

1) Give a summary of the major achievements in the period, including results of scientific

research activities Place the achievements and results in relation to the objectives in the original proposal (if applicable) Not only major changes are interesting, but also small changes that may lead to larger changes over time

Objective 2 of the previous proposal:

To increase research output of the department by assisting academic staff members to publish at least 5 of their works reputable international journals and conference

proceedings

A total of iover 20 reseach results have been published by students and staff member of the Department in the previous grant period

The main objectives proposed for the previous grant period have been achieved and one of the main reasons for these was the very strong support from ISP

- Why, or why not, results have been achieved Comment on the (limiting or favorable)

conditions for reaching the results

- What needs to be adjusted in order to increase the likelihood to reach the objectives

2) Give a summary of the staff structure, students active and degrees awarding, dissemination, meetings, outreach, and visits to and from your group/network (scientific exchange) for the previous granting period

Staff PhD or equivalent Other academic Technicians/Secretary

Students/degrees PhD or equivalent MSc/Mphil/Lic BSc thesis

(Not filled by new applicants)

1 Semu Mitiku Kassa and Teklay Hailay Tsegay; An iterative method for tri-level

quadratic fractional programming problems using fuzzy goal programming

approach; J Ind Eng Int DOI 10.1007/s40092-017-0224-8

2 Abay M Kassa, and Semu M Kassa: Deterministic Solution Approach for Some

Classes of Multilevel programs with Multiple Followers Journal of Global

No Yes Yes

2 Digital Object Identifier (www.doi.org) – to be provided if available

8 T.H Meche, M.G Sangago and H Zegeye, Iterative Methods for a Fixed Point of Hemicontractive-type Mapping and a Solution of a Variational Inequality Problem, Creative Math Inf 25(2016), No 2, 175-188 (> 50%)

9 S.T Woldeamanuel, M.G Sangago and H Zegeye, Approximating a common fixed point of finite family of asymptotically quasi-nonexpansive mappings in Banach spaces, Afrika Matematika, 27(2016), Issue 5, pp 949–961 (> 50%)

10 S.T Woldeamanuel, M.G Sangago and H Zegeye, An Algorithm for Approximating a Common Fixed Point of a Finite Family of Lipschitz Pseudocontractive Multi-valued Mappings, Adv Fixed Point Theory 6(2016), No

1, 67-93 (25- 50%)

11 Abay Molla Kassa & Semu Mitiku Kassa, A branch-and-bound multi-parametric programming approach for non-convex multilevel optimization with polyhedral constraints; Journal of Global Optimization J Glob Optim (2016) 64:745–764 DOI 10.1007/s10898-015-0341-0 (> 50%)

12 LEGESSE L OBSU, ANNE MEURER, SEMU M KASSA AND AXEL KLAR, MODELLING PEDESTRIANS’ IMPACT ON THE PERFORMANCE OF A ROUNDABOUT Neural, Parallel, and Scientific Computations 24 (2016) 317-334 (25- 50%)

13 Daniel Berhanu, Hunduma Legesse; Arithmetical properties of hypergeometric Bernoulli numbers, ScienceDirect, Indagationes Mathematicae 28, 84–90 (2016) (25- 50%)

14 Addisalem Abathun, Rikard Bøgvad, Asymptotic Distribution of Zeros of a Certain Class of Hypergeometric Polynomials, Computational Methods and Function Theory (2016), Volume 16, Issue 2, pp 167–185, DOI: 10.1007/s40315-015-0131-1 (25- 50%)

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15 K Venkateswarlu, Litegebe Wondie and Zelalem Teshome (2015) Functionals in R-vector Spaces International Journal of Algebra, Vol 9, , no 10, 487 – 494

No Yes Yes