Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Chennai

The Institute of Mathematical Sciences
TypePublic
Established1962 (1962)
DirectorVajravelu Ravindran
Location
Chennai
,
Tamil Nadu
,
India

12°59′39″N 80°14′49″E / 12.994219°N 80.247075°E / 12.994219; 80.247075
CampusUrban
Websitewww.imsc.res.in

The Institute of Mathematical Sciences (IMSc) (sometimes also referred to as Matscience) is a research centre located in Chennai, India.[1][2] It is a constituent institute of the Homi Bhabha National Institute.[3]

IMSc is a national institute for fundamental research in frontier disciplines of the mathematical and physical sciences: theoretical computer science, mathematics, theoretical physics, and computational biology. It is funded mainly by the Department of Atomic Energy.[4] The institute operates the Kabru supercomputer.[5]

History

The institute was founded by Alladi Ramakrishnan in 1962 in Chennai.[6] It is modelled after the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, New Jersey, United States. It went through a phase of expansion when E. C. G. Sudarshan in the 1980s and R. Ramachandran in 1990s were the directors. The current director of the institute is V.Ravindran.[7]

Academics

The institute has a graduate research program to which a group of students are admitted each year to work towards a Ph.D. degree. IMSc hosts scientists at the post-doctoral level and supports a visiting scientist program in areas of research in the institute.[1]

Campus

Main Building, Taramani, campus

Located in South Chennai, in the Adyar-Taramani area, the institute is on the Central Institutes of Technology (CIT) campus.[7] The institute maintains a student hostel, flatlets for long-term visitors, married students and post-doctoral fellows, and the institute guest house.[7] IMSc has its own faculty housing in Tiruvanmiyur near the seashore.[7]

Notable people

  • Ramachandran Balasubramanian, mathematician[8]
  • Ganapathy Baskaran, physicist[9]
  • Indumathi D., physicist[10]
  • Rajiah Simon, physicist[11]
  • Radha Balakrishnan, physicist
  • C. S. Yogananda, mathematician[12]

References

  1. ^ a b R. Jagannathan, The Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Resonance (January 1999) vol. 4, no. 1, pp. 89-92, Complete Article.
  2. ^ Muthiah, S. (23 May 2005). "Ekamra Nivas to university". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 15 September 2006. Retrieved 23 January 2011.
  3. ^ "HBNI - The Beginning". www.hbni.ac.in. Archived from the original on 10 August 2022. Retrieved 20 July 2023.
  4. ^ http://www.imsc.res.in/~office/officeinfo/ Official disclosure under RTI Act (2005).
  5. ^ "TOP500 List - June 2004". TOP500. June 2004. Archived from the original on 18 December 2018. Retrieved 18 December 2018.
  6. ^ "Alladi Ramakrishnan centenary conference in December". The Hindu. 30 August 2023. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 20 November 2023.
  7. ^ a b c d "About IMSc | The Institute of Mathematical Sciences". www.imsc.res.in. Archived from the original on 1 July 2023. Retrieved 25 July 2023.
  8. ^ "PM honours 4 N-scientists with lifetime achievement awards". rediff.com. 15 January 2013. Retrieved 4 March 2015.
  9. ^ Lambert, Lisa. "Eight New Distinguished Research Chairs Join PI". Perimeter Institute. Archived from the original on 22 May 2012. Retrieved 25 April 2012.
  10. ^ Freidog, Nandita Jayaraj, Aashima (27 August 2019). "Meet the Indian scientist who wants to capture one of the universe's smallest particles". Quartz India. Retrieved 20 July 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  11. ^ "Fellow: Professor Rajiah Simon". Indian National Science Association. Archived from the original on 27 February 2020. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
  12. ^ Ramachandran, R. (August 1991). ""AR1991.pdf"" (PDF). The Institute of Mathematical Sciences. Archived (PDF) from the original on 23 April 2024. Retrieved 23 April 2024.
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