Summer Workshop in Mathematics (27 July - 1 August 2009)
IISER, Pune
Aim
The aim of the workshop is to motivate students to take up Mathematics for research. We have invited eminent mathematicians of our country to speak in this workshop. We also want to create awareness about Mathematics education, in general. Thus, keeping this in mind we have requested each mathematician to be available in the afternoon to interact with audience.
Organisation
Executive Organising Committee
Prof. R. Sujatha (TIFR, Mumbai)
Prof. L. Shashidhara (IISER, Pune)
Prof. R. Ramachandran (IISER, Pune)
Local Organising Committee :
Dr. Anupam Kumar Singh (IISER, Pune)
Dr. Rama Mishra (IISER, Pune)
Speakers :
Prof. Ramanan (CMI, Chennai) : Topology and Geometry
Prof. R. Sujatha (TIFR, Mumbai) : The Mysteries of the prime numbers
Prof. C. S. Dalawat (HRI, Allahabad) : Number Theory
Prof. Raja Sridharan (TIFR, Mumbai) : Algebra
Prof. R. Sridharan (CMI, Chennai) : Algebra
Prof. Siddhartha Bhattacharya (TIFR, Mumbai) : Maths and Google
Prof. Dinesh Thakur (University of Arizona) : Number Theory
Prof. S. A. Katre (University of Pune) : The Mobius Function
Prof. Siddhartha Gadgil (IISc, Bangalore) : One cannot hear the shape of a drum
Prof. P.N.Srikanth (TIFR center Bangalore)
Dr. Anupam Kumar Singh (IISER, Pune) : Algebra
Dr. Aniruddha Naolekar (IISER, Pune) : Algebraic Topology
Dr. Anita Naolekar (IISER, Pune) : Algebraic Topology
Dr. Ayan Mahalanobis (IISER, Pune) : Cryptography/Group theory
Dr. Rama Mishra (IISER, Pune) : Low dimensional Topology/knot theory
*Dr. Soumen Maity (IISER, Pune) : Discrete Mathematics/Combinatorics
Suhas Pandit (IISER, Pune) : Geometric Group theory
Dr. Pranay Goel (IISER, Pune) : Maths-Biology
* - yet to confirm See the abstract and title of some of the talks below in the section titled "Abstract of the Talks".
Prerequisite
We have requested all our speakers to keep the lectures elementary and target interdisciplinary audience. Hence, as such, there is no prerequisite for this workshop except enthusiasm and readiness.
Schedule
There will be usually two lectures (one hour each) in the morning and discussion sessions (compulsory to participate) in the afternoon. Complete schedule along with topic of the lectures will be announced later.
Participation
This workshop is mainly for students at IISER. We can accommodate about 10-15 students/teachers from Pune as well. Interested people (including IISER, students) who want to attend this workshop please send an email to Dr. Anupam Kumar Singh (email: anupamATiiserpuneDOTacDOTin) expressing their interest. No help, such as, TA/DA, transport, accommodation etc. is provided for the participation.
Titles and Abstract of the Talks :
"One can not hear the shape of a drum" by Professor Siddhartha Gadgil The notes produced by a drum depend on its shape and size. The isospectral problem asks whether two drums of different shapes can produce the same set of notes. In this talk, we present a simple example of such a pairs of drums (due to Buser, Conway, Doyle and Semmler). We also discuss some related mathematics, in particular the so called reflection principle.
"p-adic numbers" by Prof. C. S. Dalawat Around a hundred years ago, a new number system was discovered. it is called the system of p-adic numbers, and there is one such system for every prime number p. We will give an elementary introduction to these numbers and show what they good for.
"The Mobius Function" by Prof. S.A. Katre
"The Mysteries of the prime numbers" by Prof. R. Sujatha
"Pells Equation" by Prof. Raja Sridharan We will consider the Equation of Pell from a historical context and outline the historical contributions of the Indian Mathematicians to this topic and relate it to more recent Developments like the Units of Quadratic Fields, Pfister forms etc.
"Enumeration of some combinatorial patterns in Ancient India" by Prof. R. Sridharan
For any further Information visit the Website : http://www.iiserpune.ac.in/
Also this workshop has very little opening for candidates from outside IISER, so rush in for participation
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Know about Indian institute of Scientific Education and Research(IISER)
In an urge to continue with top class scientific education the government of India has started five institutes(IISER) where teaching and education are totally integrated with state-of-the-art research .These institutes are being established by the Government of India at Bhopal, Kolkata, Mohali, Pune and Thiruvananthapuram which pertain to the highest international caliber in both infrastructure and education.Each institutes provides education for Integrated Masters(after10+2) and Doctoral programs(PhD).
The selection and admission process is through the selection to KVPY or IITJEE.
For more info check out
http://www.iiser-admissions.in/index.php
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The selection and admission process is through the selection to KVPY or IITJEE.
For more info check out
http://www.iiser-admissions.in/index.php
Upcoming posts : Admission into IISER, Admission to IIST, Websites for research journals and more to add :)
Indi Proff
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http://junctiont.blogspot.com
Final year dissertation/project @ NIO, Goa
Every year National institute of Oceanography(NIO) conducts final year dissertation or project for students of B.Tech, M.Tech, M.Sc, B.Sc etc.
Research Areas:
A wide range of research areas are being conducted in this institute, please refer individual projects to find out the scientists and departments
Date of Application:
Applications for dissertation program can be sent any-time of the year, but period of dissertation should not cover any part of 1 May to 31 July (since this time is allotted for Summer training students)
Accommodation,Cost,Stipend:
No stipend provided for carrying out project training at NIO.Accommodation provided at a very nominal cost(say 15 to 20 rs per day).The cost of stay will be very cheap when compared to a Tourist who visits GOA
Selection procedure:
Dissertation programs are meant for the students to acquaint themselves with the oceanographic studies and research methods in any branch of oceanography (note that oceanography is a multidisciplinary subject). To apply for these programmes, follow the procedure given below:
1. Interested student should visits project and other pages and acquaint with the work being carried out at this institute. Establish a contact with suitable scientist/s with expression of interest in working for a short project/training under his/her guidance (the links to concerned scientists' biodata are available from their project pages), and obtain consent of the scientist in any written form (e-mail, post, fax).
2. The HoD/ Dean / Principal / Placement officer of the student’s institution should send a request letter addressed to Director, NIO, indicating student's interest in a specific branch of oceanography along with (i) brief CV of the student, and (ii) copy of the communication between the student and scientist at NIO. (Sample request letter)
Application with all above documents to be sent by POST ONLY to The In-charge, HRM-Students Wing, National Institute of Oceanography, Dona Paula-403 004, Goa.
Applications without consent of the NIO-scientist should not be sent as they have least opportunity of getting placement. Placement letter will be sent to the Departments/College, not directly to the student. Normally the placement letters are sent within 8 weeks after receiving the application at HRM. Therefore, the students should keep in touch with their department/institutions for placement letter. Preserve the placement letter carefully as without it a student cannot join for the project.
Important Notes:
DISSERTATION is for a student whose project should be more than THREE months and should form the part of student's course-curriculam.
Request letters for program (on official letterhead only, having all contact details) should be from HoD/Dean/Principal/Placement Officer and to be addressed to DIRECTOR. Just forwarding the request letter written by the student will not be considered.
Some of the projects done by previous students can be found in NIO website.
For more information on the institute, scientists and areas of
research visit : http://www.nio.org/
Indi Proff
Research Areas:
A wide range of research areas are being conducted in this institute, please refer individual projects to find out the scientists and departments
Date of Application:
Applications for dissertation program can be sent any-time of the year, but period of dissertation should not cover any part of 1 May to 31 July (since this time is allotted for Summer training students)
Accommodation,Cost,Stipend:
No stipend provided for carrying out project training at NIO.Accommodation provided at a very nominal cost(say 15 to 20 rs per day).The cost of stay will be very cheap when compared to a Tourist who visits GOA
Selection procedure:
Dissertation programs are meant for the students to acquaint themselves with the oceanographic studies and research methods in any branch of oceanography (note that oceanography is a multidisciplinary subject). To apply for these programmes, follow the procedure given below:
1. Interested student should visits project and other pages and acquaint with the work being carried out at this institute. Establish a contact with suitable scientist/s with expression of interest in working for a short project/training under his/her guidance (the links to concerned scientists' biodata are available from their project pages), and obtain consent of the scientist in any written form (e-mail, post, fax).
2. The HoD/ Dean / Principal / Placement officer of the student’s institution should send a request letter addressed to Director, NIO, indicating student's interest in a specific branch of oceanography along with (i) brief CV of the student, and (ii) copy of the communication between the student and scientist at NIO. (Sample request letter)
Application with all above documents to be sent by POST ONLY to The In-charge, HRM-Students Wing, National Institute of Oceanography, Dona Paula-403 004, Goa.
Applications without consent of the NIO-scientist should not be sent as they have least opportunity of getting placement. Placement letter will be sent to the Departments/College, not directly to the student. Normally the placement letters are sent within 8 weeks after receiving the application at HRM. Therefore, the students should keep in touch with their department/institutions for placement letter. Preserve the placement letter carefully as without it a student cannot join for the project.
Important Notes:
DISSERTATION is for a student whose project should be more than THREE months and should form the part of student's course-curriculam.
Request letters for program (on official letterhead only, having all contact details) should be from HoD/Dean/Principal/Placement Officer and to be addressed to DIRECTOR. Just forwarding the request letter written by the student will not be considered.
Some of the projects done by previous students can be found in NIO website.
For more information on the institute, scientists and areas of
research visit : http://www.nio.org/
Indi Proff
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