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Mathematics and Engineering at Work
Dawn OhlsonDirector, Educational AffairsThales UK Plc
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Background
University of OxfordMasters in Engineering & Computer Science
Racal Avionics/ThalesSummer Placements as Hardware EngineerGraduate position as Software EngineerSystems EngineeringProgramme & Bid ManagementStrategyDirector, Educational Affairs
All use Mathematics in a different way
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Who are Thales?
Australia10 locations
Latin America10 locations
North America30 locations
Europe220 locations
Middle East20 locations
Africa5 locations
Asia40 locations inc. 3 in Korea
68,000 people in 50 countries 8,800 people in the UK 2006 sales: €12.6bn
Core Businesses: Aerospace Defence Security
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S/W Engineering - Search and Rescue Steering Algorithms
Creeping Line Ahead Expanding Box Sector Search
And then sonobuoy drop patterns…
And then transition down to hover…
And anything else the customer wanted!
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θXwind
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Programme and Bid Management
Almost accountancy
Engineering Estimates
Progress reports for programmes ETCs - Estimates to complete (How much time will it take?) EACs – Estimate at completion (how much will we have
spent?) Earned Value (what is the work I have done to date worth?)
Recognise when it is wrong!
Sums not hard
– consequences of error are HUGE!
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Strategy
Strategic Business Planning process 10 year top level view 3 year view in detail
Consolidation of business position based on Investment from PV funding Potential sales/Probabilities of wins Engineering Estimates
Building castles on quick sand
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Model of Speech Production
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1ppnnnn spaes
Time domain equation
zEzpa1zSzAzS n
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Frequency domain equation
Speech is modelled as the output of a quasi-stationary all-pole filter excited by either white noise or a white periodic waveform
A(z)
PeriodicPulses
WhiteNoise
VoicedExcitation
UnvoicedExcitation
Vocal tract modelAmplitudeSource model
E(z)
Speech
S(z)
Thales Research - Speech coding
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Closing thoughts
Mathematics has underpinned a varied career
Mostly A-level type maths
Graduates joining Thales work on anything and everything.
Maths could be an attraction to Women