2007 - Annual Report

Abstract

The Institute hosted an international conference and five workshops this year. These include the Indo UK Conference on Number Theory, ISEA Course on Security, Meeting on Modeling Infectious Diseases, ATM Workshop on Algebraic Topology, Annual Foundation School in Mathematics and the first K. S. Krishnan Discussion Meeting on Frontiers in Quantum Science. Further the Institute organized the Albert Einstein Annus Mirabilis Centennial Public Lectures, featuring talks by Nobel Laureates Professor Anthony Leggett and Professor Zhores I. Alferov, and the eminent theoretical physicist, Professor E. C. George Sudarshan. The Institute have served as members in the sectional committees of the academies, in award committees and in the board of studies in Mathematics and Physics of HBNI. The Subashis Nag Memorial lecture is an annual event where a course of lectures are given by an eminent personality on a subject related to the work of (Late) Professor Subashis Nag. This year the lectures were delivered by Professor M.S. Narasimhan. Other annual events were also held successfully, like the Institute seminar week, where almost all the faculty members, PDFs and JRFs gave 20 minute talks on their work to the other members of the Institute. This report was compiled through the efforts of a Annual Report Committee comprising of Drs. Sudeshna Sinha, V. Arvind, Gautam Menon, and the Librarian Dr. Paul Pandian. Also thanks to Drs. Amritanshu Prasad, G. Date, Kapil Paranjape and M.V.N. Murthy for their assistance.