Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Chennai

The Institute of Mathematical Sciences (IMSc) (sometimes also referred to as Matscience) is a research centre located in Chennai, India.[1][2]

The Institute of Mathematical Sciences
TypePublic
Established1962
DirectorV. Arvind
Location
Chennai
,
Tamil Nadu
,
India

12.994219°N 80.247075°E / 12.994219; 80.247075
CampusUrban
Websitewww.imsc.res.in

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.[3] The institute operates the Kabru supercomputer.[4]

History

The institute was founded by Alladi Ramakrishnan in 1962. Its motivation has been 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. Arvind.

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. The Institute maintains a student hostel, flatlets for long-term visitors, married students and post-doctoral fellows, and the institute guest house. IMSc has its own faculty housing in Tiruvanmiyur near the seashore.

References
  1. 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. Retrieved 23 January 2011.
  3. http://www.imsc.res.in/~office/officeinfo/ Official disclosure under RTI Act (2005).
  4. "TOP500 List - June 2004". TOP500. June 2004. Retrieved 18 December 2018.
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