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Deadline 2017 – see isp.uu.se/documents ISP Uppsala Universitet Box 549 SE-751 21 Uppsala, Sweden Fax +46 18 471 3495 isp@isp.uu.se 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 Organization Program Activity code Chemistry Other ETH-01 Mathematics Physics Applicant (Research group leader/Network coordinator: title, given name, family name) Dr Tilahun Abebaw Kebede Address Department/unit: Mathematics University/institute: Addis Ababa University Street (visiting address): Arat Kilo P.O Box number: 1176 Post/zip code: City: Addis Ababa Country: Ethiopia E-mail address(es): tilahunabebaw@yahoo.com OR tilahun.abebaw@aau.edu.et Website:www.aau.edu.et Telephone and telefax Office Home Mobile Fax +251111239461 +251911063510 Name of Research Group/Network City: Addis Ababa Approved by the Department: ………………………………/Dr Tadesse Abdi Date: September 4, 2017 Signature by Head of Department/Name in printing: 2018 2019 2020 Total Summary of budget request (SEK) Equipment/spare parts/service 80,000 80,000 80,000 240,000 Consumables/literature/field work 30,000 30,000 30,000 90,000 Conferences/workshops 170,000 170,000 170,000 510,000 Exchange visits by cooperating scientists 140,000 140.000 140,000 420,000 Fellowships for training: 422,000 398,000 398,000 1,218,000 Support to students 320,000 260,000 260,000 840,000 Costs for audit, Overhead and RG meeting 99,400 91,000 124,000 314,400 Network (only) administration costs Total 1,261,400 1,169,000 1,202,000 3,632,400 The following enclosures are submitted Yes / No City: Addis Ababa 1) Research plan/network program X Date: September 4, 2017 2) Logical Framework Matrix 3) Application for improving gender balance 4) Fellowship application(s) Applicant’s signature 5) Applicant’s CV X 6) Publications/Theses/Abstracts X 7) Other (Specify:………………………………………… ) 1 (25) Deadline 2017 – see isp.uu.se/documents Summary of proposed research/network activity (Full details should be given in Enclosures 1 and 2 Please, carefully read and follow guidelines) a) Give an overview of objectives, planned outputs and expected outcomes Provide a summary of objectives, planned outputs and expected outcomes based on what is given in Enclosure 1 (Sections a - c), and formalized in the Logical Framework Matrix in Enclosure 2 Provide your answers under the below headings Overall objective (impact) and relevance of the activity: 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: 2 (25) Deadline 2017 – see isp.uu.se/documents 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 of which research questions are addressed, including the methodology, and the hypotheses to be tested Please note that this is a summary of Enclosure 1, Sections a - e Summary: Please see the enclosure for detail explanations c) Give a summary of the postgraduate education plan Give a maximum half a page summary of the proposed activity with emphasis on the education plan Please note that this is a summary of Enclosure 1, Section i Summary: Two students will persue sandwich PhD in collaborations with Linkoping University and Chalmers University of Technology; 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; Atleast 8 masters students will be enrolled each year for Masters thesis option d) Give a summary of the gender perspective on the research and education plans Summarize the information given on gender balance as well as strategies and measures to achieve gender balance given in Enclosure 1, section f Provide your answers under the below headings NOTE: If you apply for extra gender funds (Enclose 3) you don’t need to fill in this part, just refer 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 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 longterm 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 Provide additional stipend to strong female students who are already in the graduate program to help them focus more on their studies 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 3 (25) Deadline 2017 – see isp.uu.se/documents 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 a PhD degree in Mathematics in Ethiopia Planned strategy to achieve gender balance (if not already the case): Please see 2d above Concrete measurements to achieve gender balance: At least one female PhD candidate will be recruited in each area of the proposed research activities and at least 4 female MSc students will be supported to work MSc theses each year in the grant period e) Provide a number of keywords Keywords: 4 (25) Deadline 2017 – see isp.uu.se/documents Specifications of costs 2018-2020 (Please, carefully read and follow guidelines for Budget, and, if applicable, conditions and instructions for Research Groups’ overhead costs) 3a) Specification of costs in 2018 Specification of Costs in 2018 Equipment/spare parts/service 6 Laptop computers Computer Accessories Consumables/literature/field work Subscription of speciallized journals and mathematical reviews Costs (SEK) 6 x 10000 20,000 Total 20,000 Purchase of Text Books 10,000 Total Conferences/workshops a) To be visited 2 regional and 3 international workshops/Conferences 170,000 b) To be arranged Total Exchange visits by cooperating scientists Four visiting scientists from abroad will visit the Departmenteach each for 4X35,000 one month Total Fellowships for training/exchange a) North-South (2x6 x 21,500) + 2 sandwich PhD students will travel to Sweden for 6 months Total (SEK) 60,000 20,000 80,000 20,000 3 local PhD students will travel to visit their co-supervisors each for three months b) South-South 2 graduate students to participate in regional workshops each for two weeks Support to students 15 local PhD students will be supportd for 10 months 8 local M.Sc students will be supportd for 10 months Activities for improving gender balance 2 local female M.Sc students will be supported for 10 months 3x3 x10,000 +30,000 120,000 (2 x 7000) + (2 x 5000) Total 15x1,200x10 8x750x10 Total 2x1000x10 60,000 Total 10,000 TOTAL 24,000 (2x10,000) A workshop will be organized to create awareness about female students Network administrative costs Overhead cost (10%) Audit costs Audit Costs Insert more rows as needed, or just write below the table) 5 (25) 10,000 30,000 170,000 170,000 140,000 140,000 278,000 422,000 180,000 60,000 240,000 20,000 60,000 80,000 89400 10,000 1,261,400 Deadline 2017 – see isp.uu.se/documents 3b) Specifications of costs in 2019 Specification of Costs in 2019 Equipment/spare parts/service 10 Desktop computers Computer Accessories Consumables/literature/field work Subscription of speciallized journals and mathematical reviews Purchase of Text Books Conferences/workshops c) To be visited 2 regional and 3 international workshops/Conferences d) To be arranged Exchange visits by cooperating scientists Four visiting scientists from abroad will visit the Departmenteach each for one month Fellowships for training/exchange c) North-South 2 sandwich PhD students will travel to Sweden for 6 months 3 local PhD students will travel to visit their cosupervisors each for three months d) South-South Support to students 15 local PhD students will be supportd for 10 months 8 local M.Sc students will be supportd for 10 months Activities for improving gender balance Costs (SEK) Total (SEK) 10 x 6000 60,000 20,000 20,000 Total 80,000 20,000 20,000 10,000 Total 170,000 Total 4X35,000 Total 140,000 (2x6 x 21,500) + (2x10,000) 278,000 3x3 x10,000 +30,000 120,000 Total 15x1,200x10 8x750x10 2 local female M.Sc students will be supported for 10 months 2x1000x10 Total Network administrative costs Overhead cost (10%) Audit costs Audit Costs 10,000 TOTAL (Insert more rows as needed, or just write below the table) 6 (25) 10,000 30,000 170,000 170,000 140,000 398,000 180,000 60,000 240,000 20,000 20,000 81,000 10,000 1,169,000 Deadline 2017 – see isp.uu.se/documents 3c) Specifications of costs in 2020 Specification of Costs in 2020 Equipment/spare parts/service 10 Desktop computers Computer Accessories Consumables/literature/field work Subscription of speciallized journals and mathematical reviews Purchase of Text Books Conferences/workshops e) To be visited 2 regional and 3 international workshops/Conferences f) To be arranged Exchange visits by cooperating scientists Four visiting scientists from abroad will visit the Departmenteach each for one month Fellowships for training/exchange e) North-South 2 sandwich PhD students will travel to Sweden for 6 months 3 local PhD students will travel to visit their cosupervisors each for three months f) South-South Support to students 15 local PhD students will be supportd for 10 months 8 local M.Sc students will be supportd for 10 months Activities for improving gender balance Costs (SEK) Total (SEK) 10 x 6000 60,000 20,000 20,000 Total 80,000 20,000 20,000 10,000 Total 170,000 Total 4X35,000 Total 140,000 (2x6 x 21,500) + (2x10,000) 278,000 3x3 x10,000 +30,000 120,000 Total 15x1,200x10 8x750x10 2 local female M.Sc students will be supported for 10 months 2x1000x10 Network administrative costs Overhead cost (10%) Reference group meeting participation costs Total Total Two people will participate in the reference group meeting Audit costs 2x15,000 TOTAL (Insert more rows as needed, or just write below the table) 7 (25) 10,000 30,000 170,000 170,000 140,000 398,000 180,000 60,000 240,000 20,000 20,000 84,000 30,000 10,000 1,202,000 Deadline 2017 – see isp.uu.se/documents 3d Justification of budget items For each budget item, please write a motivation to justify the need and the cost The budget below is to indicate the plan for the years 2018-2020 Equipments to be purchased: The Computers in the graduate lab of the Department are getting old and outdated and there is a need to buy new computers and laptops to some PhD students It is also needed to buy comuter accesseries for some of the computers so that they can be upgraded The budget allocated for this purpose for the whole grat period is 240,000 SEK Consumables/ Literatures: The students and researches need to have access to recent reseach results and they need to have access for research juournals So we want to subscribe journals and buy books for the gradute programs The Budget Allocated for this purpose is 90,000 SEK 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 (PerDiems) 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 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) 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 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 8 (25) Deadline 2017 – see isp.uu.se/documents Excahnge Visits by Cooperating Scientists: The Department has plann to host the visit of more than 12 collaborating professors to teach various courses for the PhD students in different areas as well as advising the PhD candidates The total budget allocated for these purpose is 420,000 SEK The university is taking at least 10% of local transfers as overhead The budget allocated for overhead, Auditing and Reference Group meetings is 314,000SEK Staff and students in the group/network List staff and students planned to be actively involved in the proposed activity a) List staff in the group/network Staff members who also are active students are to be listed ONLY under students Networks list members of Board on Management Committee, node coordinators etc Note that support staff (Supp.) comprises all non-academic and undergraduate staff engaged, e.g laboratory assistants, technicians, secretaries, etc Gender Given name, family name F/M Position held / Function Staff qualifications PhD Other Supp Ac M M F M M M M M M M M M M M F Coordinator Department Head PhD PhD PhD PhD PhD PhD PhD PhD PhD PhD PhD PhD PhD PhD PhD Tilahun Abebaw Taddese Abdi Addisalem Abathun Berhanu Bekele Berhanu Guta Hunduma Legesse Mengistu Goa Nega Arega Samuel Asefa Semu Mitiku Kassa Tadesse Bekashie Tesfa Biset Tsegaye Gedif Zelalem Teshome Yirgalem Tsegaye (Insert more rows as needed, or just write below the table) b) List students in the group/network (If already known) Students to be included should be those that benefit directly of the ISP support (fellowships) or indirectly by using consumables and equipment provided through the ISP support For each student, provide the following information: 1) Gender (female/male; F/M) 2) Full name 3) Target degree (PhD/MPhil/MSc) Indicate deputy leader/coordinator, if applicable 9 (25) Deadline 2017 – see isp.uu.se/documents 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)? F/ Name, Gender, Starting Targ Thesis/Subject Grad Staff L/S M Years on Current degree et year (Y/N) D/I degr ee S olomon Belete (M), 2013 PhD Comptation of Orders in Unit groups of finite 2017 No Local Direct M ohammed Sani Abdela(M), 2012 PhD 2017 No Local Direct Z enebe Wogederesegn (M), 2012 2017 No Local Direct 2017 No Local Direct Tibebu Worku (M), 2013 T E yerusalem Woldeyohannes (F), (2013) G irum Aklilu (M), 2013 M ulugeta Abate (M), 2013 Y etwale Hailu (M), 2013 PhD Analysis of boundary-domain integrodifferential equations for BVPs with variable coeffcient in 2D PhD A SAGBI bases for some ksubalgebras of a polynomial ring PhD On Course work PhD Modular forms representable as Eta forms PhD Theories in BRK-Algebra PhD On Course work PhD Optimal Impulsive Control Applied to 2017 2017 No No Local Local Indirect Direct 2017 2017 2017 Yes No No Local Local Local Direct Direct Direct 10 A tile Nega Begashaw (M), PhD On Course work 2018 No Local Indirect 2018 Yes Local Direct 12 S olomon Tesfaye Bekele (M), PhD Mathematical Analysis of plant herbivore interaction Spatially and Temporaly in the Ethiopian climate PhD On Course work 2018 No Local Indirect 2019 No Local Indirect 14 F eyissa Kebede Bushu (M), PhD Maximization and Minimization of functional 2019 No Local Indirect 15 M ulugeta Alemayehu Dagnew PhD Analysis of direct boundary domain (M), 2015 integral equations for mixed BVP with variable coefficient Gebreegziabher PhD Dirichlet series with Funational 16 T ewelde Tesfay (M), 2015 Equations and Arithmetic Identities 17 Mesfin Masre(M), 2016 e PhD On Course work 18 B irhanu GebreHanna (M), PhD On Course work 2019 No Local Indirect 2019 No Local Indirect 2020 2020 No No Local Local Indirect Indirect 19 20 21 PhD On Course work PhD On Course work PhD On Course work 2020 2020 2020 Yes No No Sandwich Local Local Direct Indirect Indirect PhD On Course work 2020 No Local Indirect D awit Solomon(M), 2013 2014 11 M analelbish Debalike Asfaw (F), 2014 Behavioural Change Model of Meningitis in Ethiopia 2014 13 D emissie Ergabus Birmechu PhD (M), 2015 2015 22 2016 B iressaw Chali (M), 2016 A ddis Belete Zewde (M), 2016 G oitom Wellu Hagos (M), 2016 J emal Yesuf Mohammed (M), rings( for the coputation of periods for 2D Linear systems) Stochastic Optimization of Elliptic PDE systems under Chance Contrained State Varables Results Related to Hamburger’s Theorem associated to Solutions of Differential on the classes of rearrangments 10 (25) Deadline 2017 – see isp.uu.se/documents 2016 23 M afuz Humer worku (M), 2016 24 N atnael Nigussie Goshu (M), 2016 25 T homas Berhanu Disasa(M), 2016 PhD On Course work 2020 No Local Indirect PhD On Course work 2020 No Local Indirect PhD On Course work 2020 No Local Indirect 11 (25) Deadline 2017 – see isp.uu.se/documents Scientific contacts/cooperation 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 For each collaborator, provide the following: a) Gender (female/male; F/M) b) Title c) Full name d) Affiliation e) Country Gender Title Full name Affiliation and country (F/M 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 Assoc.Prof M Fredrik Berntsson Linkoeping University, Sweden M Professor Rachid Ouifki University of Stellenbosch, South Africa M Professor Abdulkadir Hassen Rowan University, USA William Paterson University in Wayne, USA M Professor Melkamu Zeleke Assoc.Prof M Mehammed Tessema Spelman College, USA M Professor Daniel Robertz RWTH Aachen University, Germany Assoc.Prof M Abebe Geletu Technical University of Ilmenau, Germany M Professor Habtu Zegeye University of Botswana, Botswana M Professor Oumer Yaynie Murray State University, USA Assoc.Prof Seyoum Getu M Howard University, USA M Professor Giovanni Porru University of Cagliari, Italy M Professor Akalu Tefera M Professor Torbjörn Larsson Linkoping University, Sweden F Professor Ann-Brith Strömberg Chalmers University of Technology M Professor Michael Patriksson Chalmers University of Technology Assoc.Prof Elizabeth Wulcan F Chalmers University of Technology a) List scientific contacts for collaboration you intend to establish with your research group/network in 2018-2020 For each collaborator, provide the following: 1) Gender (female/male; F/M) 2) Title 3) Full name 4) Affiliation 12 (25) Deadline 2017 – see isp.uu.se/documents 5) Country Gender F/M Title Name Affiliation Country 13 (25) Deadline 2017 – see isp.uu.se/documents Other funding received (besides from ISP) 2015-2017, and available and foreseen funding for 2018-2020 Specify other funding obtained in 2015-2017, and other foreseen sources of funding for 20182020, 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) Other funding (besides from ISP) obtained in 2015-2017 Source Grant period/ mmyy-mmyy Totalt Grant, USD (Insert more rows as needed, or just write below the table) b) Other available or foreseen funding for 2018-2020 Source Grant period/ mmyy-mmyy Total Grant, USD Simon’s Foundation May 2018 – April 2023 450,000 (Insert more rows as needed, or just write below the table) 14 (25) Deadline 2017 – see isp.uu.se/documents Main equipment available 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 Dell 990 Desktop Computers (20) Dell 745 Desktop Computers (10) Sony VLC Projector (4) Toshiba Laptops (4) Scanner HP 5530 EPSON LCD Projector (4) New Old old old old New Yes Yes No, Lamps must be changed No, must be repaired Operating system Problem Yes (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 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) a) Indicate which of the following measures your group/network has already implemented to reduce negative environmental impact Does your group/organization: Yes No A strategy to reduce negative environmental impact caused by travelling and X transportation? The use e-meeting techniques? X A strategy to reduce the use of electric power? X Considering environment impact criteria in procurement? X Practicing sorting of waste categories for recycling? X A system for scrapping decommissioned equipment? X A management system for chemical and hazardous waste? X Internal discussion of how any negative environmental impact of your activities can X be reduced? Engagement in external activities – in research, dissemination and/or society X outreach – on how negative environmental impacts may be reduced? b) Comment on the no-answers in the previous question, if any What are the reasons why some measures have not been implemented? Are there plans to do it in the future? Are there structural obstacles, such as regulations or lack of regulation/technology, etc.? Also comment on the practicing of measures in general to reduce negative environmental impact 15 (25) Deadline 2017 – see isp.uu.se/documents Summary of results for previous agreement period 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 Also include comments and analysis of: - How far your group has come in fulfillment of the stated objectives Objective 1 of the previous proposal: To increase the number and quality of Mathematics instructors in Ethiopian Universities by helping 3 to 5 PhD candidates to graduate every year The Number of total PhD graduates from the program now has reached over 17 and they is a very good achievement and one of the main reasons for this was ISP support to the project 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 Objective 3 of the previous proposal: - To establish new research areas in Applied streams at the department, which are relevant in solving practical problems in the country The Department has started collaboration for Sandwich PhD trainings with Linkoping University in Applied Mathematics - Whether the results achieved were in line with expected/planned outcomes Motivate your answer 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 16 (25) Deadline 2017 – see isp.uu.se/documents Staff Number of staff 2017 PhD or equivalent Female Male 15 Other academic Female Male 16 Technicians/Secretary Female Male Students/degrees Number of students 2017 Number of degrees 2014-2017 PhD or equivalent Sandw Local F M F M 1 17 MSc/Mphil/Lic Sandw Local F M F M BSc thesis students F M Specification of awarded degrees 2014-June 2017 Gender, First name, Family name, Degree, Title of thesis (full abstract in Enclosure 6) Gender First name, Family name Wondimu Woldie Kassu Degree Title of thesis PhD Iterative Approximation of Fixed Points of ρnonexpansive Multivalued Mappings in Modular Function Spaces PhD M Nasir Asfaw Kelifa Haider Ebrahim Yesuf M Ataklti Araya Teklehaymanot PhD M Natea Hunde PhD M Tesfale Hadush PhD F M M Addisalem Abathun PhD Dawit Cherenet PhD Sebsibie Teferi Woldeamanuel PhD M Tamirat Temesegen PhD M Sebsibew Atikaw PhD M Litgeb Wondie PhD M F Abraham Hailu Smegnish Demelash PhD MSc M Samuel Assefa Fufa PhD M Yibeltal Yitayew Tessema PhD M Tesfa Biset Kassie PhD M Legesse lemecha Obsu PhD M Ketsela Hailu Demissie PhD M M PhD Asymptotic Zeros of Hypergeometric Bernoulli Polynomials Heck Correspondence for Automorophic Integrals with Infinitely Many Poles ON ENTIRE SOLUTIONS OF QUASILINEAR ELLIPTIC EQUATIONS The Real Holomorphy Ring and Sums of Powers in Rational and Elliptic Function Fields over The Field of Real Numbers Approximating Common Solutions of Variational Inequality, Equilibrium and Fixed Point Problems Zeros of Generalized Hypergeometric Polynomials Skew Boolean Modules Approximation of Fixed Points of Some Nonlinear Mappings in Banach Spaces Analysis of Boundary-Domain Integral Equations for Variable Coefficient BVPs in 2D On Decomposition of D-modules and Bernstein-Sato polynomials for Hyperplane Arrangements On The Theory of Abstract R-Vector spaces over a commutative regular ring On Applications of FBI transforms to wave front sets On the Length of D-modules over Hyperplane Arrangments in Space ON THE MÖBIUS FUNCTION OF POINTED PARTITIONS AND EXPONENTIAL POINTED STRUCTRES On CERTAIN GENERALIZED PRIME IDEALS IN BOOLEAN LIKE SEMI RINGS A singular Boundary Value Problem for a Degenerate Elliptic Partial Differential Equations Macroscopic Traffic Flow Modeling On Roundabouts and Optimization Modules over Boolean Like Semi-Ring of Fractions 17 (25) Deadline 2017 – see isp.uu.se/documents M M M M Hunduma Legesse Mesfin Masre Getnet Worku Teklay Hailay PhD MSc MSc MSc Fractional Hypergeometric zeta functions On the Extension of Ramsy Theory Minimal Representation of Pairs of Polytopes Fuzzy Goal Programming Aproach for trilevel nonlinear programming (Insert more rows as needed, or just write below the table) Publications in scientific journals 2014-June 2017 Author(s) (Year) Title Journal, ISSN-number, Vol., Pages, DOI Indicate how large a part of the work was performed at home University (50%) Was ISP support acknowledged (Yes/No) (Not filled by new applicants) Yes Yes No Yes Yes 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 Abay M Kassa, and Semu M Kassa: Deterministic Solution Approach for Some Classes of Multilevel programs with Multiple Followers Journal of Global Optimization, 68:729–747 [J Glob Optim (2017)] doi:10.1007/s10898-017-0502-4 (25- 50%) Habtu Zegeye, Tesfalem Hadush Meche and Mengistu Goa Sangago; Algorithms of Common Solutions for a Fixed Point of Hemicontractive-type Mapping and a Generalized Equilibrium Problem; International Journal of Advanced Mathematical Sciences, 5 (1) (2017) 20-26 (>50%) Ataklti Araya, Ahmed Mohammed, On bounded entire solutions of some quasilinear elliptic equations, Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications Volume 455, Pp 263-291, (>50%)http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jmaa.2017.05.035 (>50%) Shiferaw BERHANU AND ABRAHAM HAILU, CHARACTERIZATION OF GEVREY REGULARITY BY A CLASS OF FBI TRANSFORMS,Recent Applications of Harmonic Analysis to Function Spaces, Differential Equations, and Data Science, Novel Methods in Harmonic Analysis, Volume 2 Pp 451-482, Applied and Numerical Harmonic Analysis, DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-55556-0_2 (>50%) Digital Object Identifier (www.doi.org) – to be provided if available 18 (25) Deadline 2017 – see isp.uu.se/documents H Zegeye, W.W Kassu and M.G Sangago, Common Fixed points of a finite family of multi-valued ρ-nonexpansive mapping in modular function spaces, Commun Optim Theory 2016(2016), Article ID 15 (>50%) S.T Woldeamanuel, M.G Sangago and H Zegeye, Strong Convergence Theorems for a Fixed Point of a Lipschitz Hemicontaractive Multi-valued Mappings, Linear and Nonlinear Analysis 2(2016)., No 1, 87-100 (>50%) 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%) 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 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J Glob Optim DOI 10.1007/s10898-015-0341-0 (25- 50%) Yes 22 Ashenafi Teklay Woldemariam, Semu Mitiku Kassa (2015) Systematic evolutionary algorithm for general multilevel Stackelberg problems with bounded decision variables (SEAMSP) Ann Oper Res 229:771–790 DOI 10.1007/s10479- 19 (25) Deadline 2017 – see isp.uu.se/documents 015-1842-4 (>50%) 23 Semu Mitiku Kassa, Senelani D Hove-Musekwa; ”Optimal Control of allocation of Yes 24 Abay Molla Kassa, Semu Mitiku Kassa; “ Approximate solution algorithm for multi- Yes 25 Maria Laura Delle Monache, Legesse Lemecha Obsu, Paola Goatina, Semu Mitiku Yes 26 Yibeltal Yitayew Tessema, Berhanu Bekele B and K Venkateswarlu, Ideals in the No monetary resources in HIV-Infected Communities”; Optimal Control, Applications and Methods, [Optim Control Appl Meth.] Vol 35: pp 627–646 (2014) DOI: 10.1002/oca.2088 (25-50%) parametric non-convex programming problems with polyhedral constraints”; An International Journal of Optimization and Control: Theories & 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- 29 July 2016, Department of Mathematics, University of Padova Samuel Asefa Fufa, On Exponential Pointed Structures, Combinatorics2016, May 29-June 4, 2016, Maratea (Potenza), Italy Samuel Asefa Fufa, AEC - Algorithmic and Enumerative Combinatorics Summer School 2015, July 27-31 2015, RISC Hagenberg, JKU, Austria Semu Mitiku Kassa, Optimal Resource Allocation for Infectious Diseases Prevention Programs, “MATHEMATICAL AND COMPUTATIONAL EPIDEMIOLOGY ERICE 2015” 30 AUGUST – 5 SEPTEMBER 2015 Hunduma Legesse Geleta, Fractional hypergeometric zeta functions, Automatic sequences, Number Theory and Aperiodic Order, 28 - 30 October 2015 Technical University Delft, the Netherlands Tamirat Temesgen Dufera, Analysis of Boundary-Domain Integral 20 (25) Form: oral/poster Oral Invited yes/no Yes Oral No Poster Oral Oral No Yes No Oral No Deadline 2017 – see isp.uu.se/documents Equations for Variable-Coefficient Drichlet BVP in 2D, IMSE 2014, 21 - 25 July 2014, KIT - Karlsruhe, Germany Tsegaye G Ayele, Analysis of Extended two-operator BoundaryOral Domain Integral Equations for a variable Coefficient Dirichlet BVP, IMSE 2014, 21 - 25 July 2014, KIT - Karlsruhe, Germany Samuel Asefa, On the M\''obius Function of Pointed Graded Lattice Poster and Exponential Pointed Structures Algorithmic and Enumerative Combinatorics Summer School (AEC), Austria, August 16-23, 2014 Sebsibe Teferi Woldeamanuel, Strong Covergence Theorems for Oral Common fixed point of a finite family of Multivalued Mappings, 33rd Conference of Southern Africa Mathematical Sciences Association- SAMSA 2014, November 24 - 28, 2014, Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe (Insert more rows as needed, or just write below the table) No No No List conferences/workshops/courses/meetings organized by you 2015-June 2017 Name of event, Venue, Dates No of participants Mathematics for the Advancement of Science and Technology, Adama, Ethiopia, April 28-27, 2017 130 (Insert more rows as needed, or just write below the table) Have regular, scientific seminars been held at the institution? If yes, state at which academic level (BSc, MSc, PhD) and how frequent Name of seminar series Level and Frequency (Insert more rows as needed, or just write below the table) Describe any interaction (meetings, participation in committees, etc.) with government/society/industry/NGOs in the country, in the region or in global conventions, etc Including unpublished reports to authorities, media exposure and public lectures etc Were the outreach activities on your initiative or by invitation? Give account for any tangible or expected effects of outreach activities, including possibilities for policy influence 21 (25) Deadline 2017 – see isp.uu.se/documents (Insert more rows as needed, or just write below the table) Number of visits by scientist and fellows from your group 2014-June 2017 To countries in the region 1 month No of visits Total (Partly) on ISP money To Sweden 1 month No of visits No of months 2 9 To other countries 1 month No of visits No of months 30 23 Specify all visitors from your group during 2014-June 2017 Berhanu Guta (M) paid a visit to Sweden, June 2017 The visit was funded by ISP Biressaw Chali (M) paid a visit to Sweden, June 2017 The visit was funded by ISP Tadesse Abdi (M) paid a visit to Sweden, June 2017 The visit was funded by ISP Tilahun Abebaw (M),paid a visit to Stockholm University, Sweden, October-November 2015 and June 2017 The visit was funded by ISP Mohammed Sani (M), paid a research visit to Technische Universität Ilmenau, Germany, November-December, 2015, The visit was funded by ISP Garedew Worku (M) Visited Linkoeping University, April- June, 2016, the visit was funded by ISP Tilahun Abebaw (M) visited Stockholm University, Sweden May, 2016, the visit was funded by ISP Dr Berhnau Bekele (M) Visited TU-Dortmund, Germany July 2016 and the visit was funded by ISP Sebsibew Atikaw (M) visited Stockholm University, Sweden April- May, 2016, the visit was funded by ISP 10 Tilahun Abebaw (PhD), (Male), Stockholm University, Sweden (February, 2014) 22 (25) Deadline 2017 – see isp.uu.se/documents 11 Tamirat Temesgen (PhD Student)(Male), Research visit to University of Brunel, UK (July – October), fully supported by Addis Ababa University, SIDA Project 12 Legesse Lemecha (PhD student), (Male), Research visit to TU Kaiserslautern, Germany ( February – August, 2014), fully supported by DAAD 13 Samuel Assefa (PhD student), (Male), Philipps- Universität Marburg, Germany (January – April, 2014), fully supported by ISP 14 Hailu Bikila (PhD Student) (Male), Research visit to TU Kaiserslautern, (January – February 2014), fully supported by ISP 15 Ketsela Hailu (PhD Student) (Male), Research visit to TU Kaiserslautern, (January – February 2014), fully supported by ISP 16 Sebsibe Teferi (PhD Student) (Male), Research visit to TU Kaiserslautern, Germany (January – February 2014), fully supported by ISP 17 Yonas Abebe (PhD Student) (Male), Research visit to TU Kaiserslautern, Germany (January – February 2014), fully supported by ISP 18 Tesfa Biset Teferi (PhD Student) (Male), Research visit to Ball State University, USA (February – May 2014), fully supported by ISP 19 Kassahun Workalemahu (PhD Student) (Male), Research visit to University of Stellenbosch, South Africa (February – May 2014), fully supported by ISP 20 Natea Hunde (PhD Student) (Male), Dortmund University, Germany, July-September, 2014, supported by SIDA project (Insert more rows as needed, or just write below the table) Number of visits by scientist and fellows to your group during 2014-June 2017 To countries in the region 1 month No of visits Total (Partly) on ISP money To Sweden 1 month No of visits 6 No of months To other countries 1 month No of visits 3 No of months 2 Specify all visitors to your group 2014-June 2017 Rikard Bogvad(Male) (Professor), Stockholm University, Sweden, Teaching and Advising, January 2016 and July 2016, Fully supported by ISP Paul Vaderlind(Male) (Professor), Stockholm University, Sweden, Teaching and Advising, January 2016, Fully supported by ISP Boris Shapiro(Male) (Professor), Stockholm University, Sweden, PhD Examiner, June 2016, Fully supported by ISP Elsabeth Wulcan (Female), Chalmers University of Technology, PhD Examiner, June 2016, Fully supported by ISP Ahmed Mohammed (Male) (Professor), Ball State University, USA, Teaching and Advising, 23 (25) Deadline 2017 – see isp.uu.se/documents Parially supported by ISP, June –July, 2016 Shiferaw Berhahu (Male) (Professor), Temple University, USA, Teaching and Advising, Fully supported by ISP ,June-August, 2016 Partially Supported by ISP Melkamu Zeleke (Male) (Professor), William Paterson University in Wayne, USA, Teaching and Advising, partially supported by ISP, January 2016 Abdulkadir Hassen (Male) (Professor), Rowan University, USA, Teaching and Advising August 2015 Partially Funded by ISP and December 2015 fully funded by AAU Habtu Zegeye (Male) (Professor), University of Botswana, Botswana, Teaching and Advising, May and December 2016 10 Mohammed Tessema (Male) (Associate Professor), Spelman College Atlanta GA, USA, Teaching and Advising July-August 2016, Parially Supported by ISP 11 Giovanni Porru (Male) (Professor), University of Cagliari, Italy Teaching and Advising May 2016, Fully Supported by ISP 12 Wandra Ogana (Male) (Professor) University of Kenya, July 2016, Fully Supported by ISP 13 Rikard Bogvad(Male) (Professor), Stockholm University, Sweden, Teaching and Advising, January 2015, Fully supported by ISP 14 Ahmed Mohammed (Male) (Professor), Ball State University, USA, Teaching and Advising, Parially supported by ISP, June –July, 2015 15 Shiferaw Berhahu (Male) (Professor), Temple University, USA, Teaching and Advising, Fully supported by ISP ,June-August, 2015 and December 2015, Partially Supported by ISP 16 Melkamu Zeleke (Male) (Professor), William Paterson University in Wayne, USA, Teaching and Advising, fully supported by ISP, May 2015 17 Abdulkadir Hassen (Male) (Professor), Rowan University, USA, Teaching and Advising August 2015 Partially Funded by ISP and December 2015 fully funded by AAU 18 Habtu Zegeye (Male) (Associate Professor), University of Botswana, Botswana, Teaching and Advising, December 2015 19 Akalu Teferra(Male) (Professor), Grand Valley State University Allendale, MI,, USA, May, partially Support by ISP 20 Mohammed Tessema (Male) (Associate Professor), Spelman College Atlanta GA, USA, Teaching and Advising August 2015, Parially Supported by ISP 21 Rikard Bogvad (Professor), Stockholm University, Sweden, Teaching and Advising, December 2014, Fully supported by ISP 22 Ahmed Mohammed (Professor), Ball State University, USA, Teaching and Advising, Parially supported by ISP, June –July, 2014 23 Shiferaw Berhahu (Professor), Temple University, USA, Teaching and Advising, Parially supported by ISP ,June-August, 2014 24 Melkamu Zeleke (Professor), William Paterson University in Wayne, USA, Teaching and Advising, Parially supported by ISP, January 2014 25 Abdulkadir Hassen (Professor), Rowan University, USA, Teaching and Advising May 2014 for Fiftten Days Fully Funded by ISP and August 2014 for one month Fully funded by ISP 26 Habtu Zegeye (Professor), University of Botswana, Botswana, Teaching and Advising, January 2014, Partially funded by ISP 27 Oumer Yayenie (Professor), Murray State University, USA, July-August, Fully Support by ISP (Insert more rows as needed, or just write below the table) Logical Framework Matrix 24 (25) Deadline 2017 – see isp.uu.se/documents In the matrix you insert the long-term overall objective of you research activity as well as your specific objectives, as stated in Enclosure 1 You also fill out outputs and outcomes for each specific objective with indicators measuring the progress and performance, as well as assumptions, sources of data and the strategy to collect it The template is partly pre-filled at the Outcome and Performance indicator level, to provide you with an example This can be changed or substituted as you see fit Overall objective (Impact): To increase the contribution of research and higher education in basic sciences to sectors i development by [Title of Research Group/Network Activity] Types of Outputs Outcomes Performance Indicator of Outcome Data Sour Specific Objective 1: To increase the production, quality and relevance of scientific results Master and PhD students graduate from the programs Numbers of master’s and doctoral theses defended, number of publications Collaboration with scientists regionally and in the North Number and duration of exchange visits, number of students trained with partners, and number of co-publications Use of research results from supported activities Number of recorded instances of use (including in teaching); number of external assignments; number of patents Production of research results relevant to development Use of results by industry, collaboration with industry, etc Funding is well managed, used Fulfilment of budget, transparency and correctness of local and reported, scientifically and account, completeness of scientific reporting economically Specific Objective 2: To attract sufficient financial support, other than from ISP, to ensure long-term stability Funding from others sources than ISP Amount of funding received from specified sources, and duration of funding Specific Objective 3: To attract more female students /staff and improve the participation of women in the research p Female students enrol for MSc/PhD in the group/department Female staff members/students Share of female staff members/students represented in are represented in institution/department/group boards, committees or working institution/department/group groups boards, committees or working groups Number and share of female students enrolling at MSc, PhD level in the group/department 25 (25)