Department of Mathematics at Cochin University of Science and Technology
The combined Department of Mathematics and Statistics came in to existence
in November 1976, with the major objective of developing it to a Centre of
Excellence in this region in mathematical sciences and applications and to
provide facilities for training, study and research in these areas. This Department
was bifurcated to form an independent Department of Mathematics on 1st January,
1996. The Department conducts two Masters Degree programmes, one in Mathematics
and another in Operations Research and Computer Applications, an M.Phil. Programme
in Mathematics and Ph.D. programmes. The students of the M.Sc. (O.R. and C.A)
programme find employment in software development centres and R & D institutions.
Students of M.Sc. (Mathematics) generally take up teaching positions or opt
for research. The Department has produced about 60 Ph.D.s and has published
about 270 research papers in refereed journals. Apart from giving instruction
in post graduate courses, the Department has from the very begining taken
the leadership in promoting research in mathematics and its applications,
especially in this part of the country. This was realized in a two-fold way
one, by guiding young researchers to do their doctoral work and two, by conducting
extension programmes which will improve the instruction at the P.G. level
in colleges and encourage youngsters to take up research. Thrust areas of
research are Stochastic Control theory, Retrial Queues, Mathematical Finance,
Graph Theory, Combinatorial Convexity Theory, Algebra, Fuzzy Mathematics,
Wavelet Analysis, Operator Theory, Fractal Geometry, Topology, Topological
Dynamics and Fluid Mechanics. The department has been receiving a library
grant from NBHM since 1991. The department library has about 7500 books and
subscribes 12 Indian and 3 foreign journals, Mathematical Reviews and Mathscinet.
Also, the department has been co-ordinating the Mathematical Olympiads and
related training programmes for school children with the assistance of NBHM
since 1990.
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