1st scientific advances report on WP2

1st scientific advances report: state of the art, research organisation and first results. Task 2.1 Refinement strategies for LR-splines (ESR8): First results on refinement strategies and linear independence. Task 2.2 Parametric modelling of complex shapes (ESR5): Analysis and construction of Gk splines on domains with arbitrary topology. Task 2.3 Integrating novel shape representations with Isogeometric Analysis (ESR11): CADfix-aligned T/LR-spline based IGA-BEM solver with applications in ship-system hydrodynamics. Task 2.4 Integration and evaluation of novel parametric modellers tools for design optimisation (ESR10): T-spline based parametric modellers that can handle smoothness, interpolation and shape-preservation constraints.