Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Chennai

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The Institute of Mathematical Sciences
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Type Public
Established1962;62 years ago (1962)
Director V. Ravindran
Location
Chennai
,
Tamil Nadu
,
India

12°59′39″N80°14′49″E / 12.994219°N 80.247075°E / 12.994219; 80.247075
Campus Urban
Website www.imsc.res.in

The Institute of Mathematical Sciences (IMSc) (sometimes also referred to as Matscience) is a research centre located in Chennai, India. [1] [2] It is a constituent institute of the Homi Bhabha National Institute. [3]

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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. [4] The institute operates the Kabru supercomputer. [5]

History

The institute was founded by Alladi Ramakrishnan in 1962 in Chennai. [6] It is modelled after 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.Ravindran. [7]

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

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Main Building, Taramani, campus

Located in South Chennai, in the Adyar-Taramani area, the institute is on the Central Institutes of Technology (CIT) campus. [7] The institute maintains a student hostel, flatlets for long-term visitors, married students and post-doctoral fellows, and the institute guest house. [7] IMSc has its own faculty housing in Tiruvanmiyur near the seashore. [7]

Notable people

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