The common bronzeback is a long, slender non-venomous snake that lives on trees. It shows adaptations in form and behaviour, allowing it to climb trees and leap across branches. Read more
Research highlights
Nature-inspired model optimizes efficiency in collective tasks
Taking inspiration from nature, IMSc researchers have developed a theoretical model that enables a group of search agents to find their target efficiently. Read more
Features
A carnival of kanitam
We trace the history of Kanita Kanagam, an IMSc outreach program which introduces school students to the playful and explorative nature of mathematics. Read more
Interviews
Rajesh Gopakumar: Stringing together the forces of nature
We speak to the theoretical physicist, Rajesh Gopakumar, about his early interests, connections between string theory and mathematics, and science policy. Read more
Campus Community
New faculty on the block!
Gopinath Mishra works on model-centric computation and has recently joined the Theoretical Computer Science group. Read more
Govind R recently joined the Theoretical Computer Science group, and his research interests are in formal methods. Read more
Samya Kumar Ray is a recent addition to the Mathematics group, whose research interests lie in classical and quantum noncommutative mathematics. Read more
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