1974 - Annual Report

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Twelfth Anniversary Symposium: The TWELFTH Anniversary Symposium of the Institute was held from the 10th to the 12th January 1974. The symposium entitled ‘ Computational methods and numerical analysis ’ was inaugurated by Hon’ble Dr. V. R. Nedunchezhiyan, Minister for Education, Government of Tamil Nadu and Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Institute. Professor George Marsaglia, Director School of Computer Science, McGill University, Canada, delivered the first lecture of the symposinm. Lectures in the syposium were delivered by Professors Alladi Ramakrishnan, R. Vasudevan, K. R. Unni, N. R. Ranganathan. K. H. Mariwalla, V Radha- krishuan, K. Srinivasa Rao, Drs. R. Sridhar, Vimala Walter, S. K. Sen, Messrs. G. N. Keshava Murthy, M. R. Subrahmanya, K. Viswanathan, A. S. Adikesavan and Krishnaswami Alladi.

Sixth Seminar in Analysis: A two week Matscience Conference entitled 'Sixth Seminar in Analysis ’ was inaugurated by Professor K. R. Unni at Bangalore on the 11th February, 1974. Professor F. J. Noronha of the Bangalore University presided over the function. More than 25 participants from various institutions all over India participated in the Conference. The proceedings of the conference are in the process of being published as a Matscience Report.

Conference on Mathematics in Medicine and Biology: The conference on Mathematics in Medicine and Biology was held from the 21st to the 23rd February 1974 at Bangalore. The conference was inaugurated by Professor Alladi Ramakrishnan, Director, Matscience. This conference was the first of its kind in our country of an interdisciplnary nature. Mathematicians and physical scientists of various backgrounds came together with practising doctors with a view to define and explore areas of clinical interest where application of sophisticated mathematical and physical concepts can be of vital interest in diagnosis as well as therapy. About thirty participants from all over India including eminent doctors in various fields participated in the conference and about 25 of them presented their papers. There was a lot of exchange of ideas and information between the practising neurosurgeons and th« physical scientists who took part in the conference, The proceedings of the conference are in the process of being published as a Matscience Report.

Summer School on Green's Functions: A summer school for a week devoted to the study of Green’s functions in theoretical physics was inaugurated by Professor Alladi Ramakrishnan, Director of the Institute, on 22nd September 1974 at Mysore. More than 45 participants consisting of post-graduate teachers, research students and bright graduate students from various institutions and universities all over India attended the summer school- A special feature of this summer school was the participation of undergraduates and pre-doctoral students who have shown interest in creative work- They were given an opportunity to discuss the research problems in informal seminars supplementary to the main programme.