Proceedings of the Eighth PIMS Graduate Industrial Math Modelling Camp

The annual PIMS Graduate Industrial Mathematics Modelling Camp (GIMMC) is held in one of the PIMS universities as part of the PIMS industrial programme. It is part of PIMS' commitment to providing training for young mathematical scientists who are either pursing careers in academia or in industry. The goal of the GIMMC is to provide experience in the use of mathematical modelling as a problem-solving tool for graduate students in mathematics, applied mathematics, statistics and computer science. In addition, it helps prepare the graduate students for the Industrial Problem Solving Workshop which takes place the week after GIMMC. At the workshop, students work together in teams under the supervision of invited mentors. Each mentor poses a problem arising from an industrial or engineering application and guides his or her team of graduate students through a modelling phase to a resolution. There were four problems posed, and a total of thirty-four students in attendance. The students came from across North America with seven from the United States. My sincere appreciation and gratitude goes to all the people involved in this workshop. In particular I would like to thank the organizers (, thirty-four graduate students and four mentors gathered at the University of Lethbridge for the Eighth Annual Graduate Industrial Mathematics Modelling Camp (GIMMC). The students came from all across Canada (from Newfoundland to Victoria) and the United States (from Massachusetts to California). Both students and mentors mentioned that the University of Lethbridge was an excellent venue for the event. Most of the participants arrived on Saturday, May 7, at the Calgary airport, and proceeded by bus to Leth-bridge. The next day (Sunday, May 8) began with presentations of problems by mentors. Shortly after this, students broke into four teams to tackle the problems. For three and a half days students, guided by mentors, worked on problems, until the final presentations on May 11. After that students went to Calgary for the MITACS meeting (May 11-14). Some of the groups mentioned that they continued to work on the problem during the MI-TACS meeting. Some time after the workshop, proceedings papers were submitted for review, and these papers form the rest of this document. A workshop could not be successful without the combined effort of many. First, we would like to thank mentors: Feedback from students indicated that the mentors were greatly appreciated for their efforts. For example: " Our mentor's passion in …