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The Institute of Mathematical Sciences (IMSc ) (sometimes also referred to as Matscience ) is a research centre located in Chennai , India.[1] [2]
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 [ edit ]
The institute was founded by Alladi Ramakrishnan in 1962. 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. Arvind.
Academics [ edit ]
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]
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.[citation needed ]
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