Facets 2018
A two-day mathematics program
#This is the 2018 edition of the institute's outreach program for advanced undergraduate (BSc third year) and postgraduate (MSc) students of mathematics.
However, anybody with an interest and some background in college level mathematics (from student to senior professor) is welcome to apply to participate. In particular, summer interns, research scholars, and postdocs in any scientific or engineering discipline (with some interest and aptitude for mathematics) are encouraged to apply.
What's planned
#- Come and interact with professional mathematicians working at the cutting edge of research.
- Let them share with you the excitement of mathematical discovery.
- Learn about careers in Mathematics.
- Find out how mathematics is used in real life.
- Return inspired to learn more.
The speakers
#- Amritanshu Prasad, IMSc
- Aaloka Kanhere, Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education (Mumbai)
- Balaji K, Adobe Research (Bangalore)
- Nemani Suryanarayana, IMSc
- Rahul Siddharthan, IMSc
- Sivaguru R, TIFR Centre For Applicable Mathematics (Banglaore)
- Sushmita V, IMSc
Schedule
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| 09:15 - 09:30- | Registration- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - |
| 09:30 - 11:00- | Symmetry and Geometry
Amritanshu Prasad, IMSc- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - |
| 11:00 - 11:30- | Tea / Coffee- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - |
| 11:30 - 13:00- | Symmetry ad Duality
Suryanarayana Nemani, IMSc- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - |
| 13:00 - 14:00- | Lunch- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - |
| 14:00 - 15:30- | Riemann sphere and Möbius transformations
Sushmita Venugopalan, IMSc- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - |
| 15:30 - 16:00- | Tea / Coffee- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - |
| 16:00 - 17:00- | Mathematics in culture
Aaloka Kanhere, HBCSE- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - |
|- - - - | 6th July 2018- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - |
| 09:30 - 11:00- | Does it matter how we add numbers?
R. Sivaguru, TIFR CAM- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - |
| 11:00 - 11:30- | Tea / Coffee- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - |
| 11:30 - 13:00- | A Tour of Machine Learning Advances, Opportunities and Challenges
Balaji Krishnamurthy, Adobe Systems- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - |
| 13:00 - 14:00- | Lunch- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - |
| 14:00 - 15:00- | Probability and sequences: from coin tosses to DNA
Rahul Siddharthan, IMSc- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - |
| 15:00 - 15:30- | Tea / Coffee- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - |
| 15:30 - 17:00- | Panel Discussion on Careers Involving Mathematics
The session will be chaired by K.N.Raghavan, professor of Mathematics at IMSc.
The panelists are:
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1. Aaloka Kanhere (HBCSE)-
2. R. Sivaguru (Mathematics, TIFR CAM)-
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3. Balaji Krishnamurthy (Adobe Systems)-
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4. Ganesh Ramachandran (Physics, IMSc)- - |
The program is free of cost. Lunch and snacks will be provided.
However, participants have to make their own arrangements for travel and accommodation.
How to Participate
#Applications are now closed.
We received over 600 application of which we can only select 180! Selected applicants have been emailed.