Centre for Mathematical Sciences (Kerala)

For establishments with a similar name, see Centre for Mathematical Sciences (disambiguation).

Centre for Mathematical Sciences
Location
Kerala
,
India
LanguageEnglish

Centre for Mathematical Sciences (CMS), with campuses at Thiruvananthapuram and Pala in Kerala, India, is a research level institution devoted to mathematics and other related disciplines like statistics, theoretical physics, computer and information sciences. The centre was incorporated in 1977 as a non-profit scientific research and training centre under the Travancore-Cochin Literary, Scientific and Charitable Societies Registration Act XII of 1955. The driving force behind the establishment of the centre was Prof. Aleyamma George, who had been Professor and Head of the Department of Statistics of University of Kerala. Since 2006, the centre is a Department of Science and Technology (India) (DST), Government of India, New Delhi Centre for Mathematical Sciences and is fully financed by DST, New Delhi.[1]

The centre is headed by a chairman, a position currently held by Dr. A Sukumaran Nair, a former vice-chancellor of Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, and a Director a position now held by Dr. A.M. Mathai, emeritus professor of mathematics and statistics, McGill University, Canada. The activities of the Thiruvananthapuram Campus are coordinated by Dr. K. S. S. Nambooripad.[1]

The centre has started doing good work in its early years itself.[2] At present, several research teams are operating in the centre like Astrophysics Research Group, Fractional Calculus Research Group, Special Functions Research Group, Statistical Distribution Theory Research Group, Geometrical Probability Research Group, Stochastic Process Research Group, and Discrete Mathematics in Chemistry Research Group.[1]

  1. ^ a b c "Comprehensive overview on management, faculty, research guides, and research fellows of CMS" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 July 2011. Retrieved 29 May 2010.
  2. ^ Kapur, J.N. (1992). "Development of mathematical sciences in India during the twentieth century" (PDF). Indian Journal of History of Science. 27 (4): 390–409. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 March 2012. Retrieved 29 May 2010. (see p.402, item 5)