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MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES FOUNDATION

www.mathscifound.org


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Mathematics in todays worldIs changing very fast.

It is increasingly blending with, contributing to &

is enriched by

Engineering

Medical Science

Computer Science

etc.


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The old ways of doing and thinking

mathematics are changing rapidly in theUSA and in Europe.

But India has not yet fully woken up to

winds of change.


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One of the pioneering universities that advocate

this new approach and encourage students to

think on their own is the University of Houston

(at Houston in Texas, USA),

Mathematics or between Mathematics anddisciplines like Physics, Computer Science, and

Medicine is not always distinct


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Graduate Studies (PhD) ProgrammeWith

Full Teaching Assistantships

AndFee Waiver

At

University of Houston

Houston, Texas, USA

(from second year)


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University Campus


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WHAT ARE THESE?Options Available With MATHEMATICS

Master of Science in Mathematics (MSM)

Master of Science in A lied Mathematics

(MSAM)with the following options

Computational Mathematics Option (CMO)

Financial Mathematics Option (FMO)

Mathematical Statistics Option (MSO)


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EligibilityUndergraduate Degree

With at least one of the followingsubjects

Mat emat csPhysics

Computer ScienceEngineering


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About the Programme

Students are first admitted to MSF where theyundergo rigorous training for one year.

ous on a m ss on assure upon success ucompletion of first year with MSF.

Full Teaching Assistantship and Tuition fee waiverat University of Houston.


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Admission Criteria

You should be bright, motivated and should like the subject

chosen (Mathematics/Physics/Computer Science) We do not expect or require you to be an expert in any area

Admission on the basis of a test followed by an interview.

The test requires a background of basic mathematics. the TOEFL and Subject GRE requirements has been waived

for our students. The General GRE needs to be cleared with

a minimum score of 1100 on the Verbal and Mathematical

sections.


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IMPORTANT INFORMATION 47 students who have done this course are already

either studying or have finished their studies atHouston.

You may apply using the online application

procedure, information on which can be obtained on


New session started from 19th July, 2010


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The Department of Mathematics at


The department is well funded, has excellent computing

resources and has a large group of research students and

faculty.

It is currently engaged in front rank research in variousareas of mathematics both pure and applied. It has

collaborations with NASA, the medical centre, the

petrochemical and aerospace industries.

Some of the faculty members of the

department are


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Roland Glowinski

Member of the French Academy of Sciences

Director of Center for Advanced Scientific Computation


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Martin Golubitsky

Immediate Past President of SIAM

(Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics;

the world's largest society for applied mathematicians)

Director of Mathematical Biosciences Institute


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Barbara Lee Keyfitz

Former Director of the Fields Institute(The Fields Institute is a center for mathematical research activity

a place where mathematicians from Canada and abroad, frombusiness, industry and financial institutions, can come together

to carry out research and formulate problems of mutualinterest.)

President-elect, International Council on Industrial and AppliedMathematics


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Neal Amundson

Member of The National Academy of Sciences

Member of American Academy of Arts & Sciences


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William Fitzgibbon

Dean of the College of Technology


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Some other renowned mathematicians at Houston are

Vern Paulsen & David Blecher- after whom is named the Blecher Paulsen Ruan Theory in C* Algebras

Min Ru

- Differential Geometry

Sunica Canic

-Differential Equations & Modeling

Mike Fields-Dynamical systems


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The mathematical research done at

Houston is comparable to the best in the

world.The faculty is very supportive and

students.

The atmosphere is very friendly - much

more than some of the institutes inIndia.


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The Department of Physics at


The Department of Physics at University of Houston has

faculty members that have been recognised on the national

and international level. They include

A member of the National Academ of Sciences and American

Academy of Arts and Sciences. Recipients of awards such as the National Medal of Science,

the Freedoms Foundation Award, the John Simon

Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Award, and others.

Five of the top fifty cited physicists in the world are at

University of Houston.


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The Department of Physics at


Students, postdoctoral fellows and faculty interact to

create a research-intensive atmosphere.

Collaborations are common with faculty in other

departments, the UH Cullen College of Engineering,

and outside the university with agencies such asNASA, and many U.S .and foreign universities.


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The Department of Computer Science

atUniversity of Houston

The Department of Computer Science at University

of Houston is engaged in front rank research in some

and applied research.

It has highly recognised and valued collaborativeprogrammes with medical and other centers all over

the USA .


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The Department of Computer Science

atUniversity of Houston

The department's teaching and research fields include

artificial intelligence computer networks

computer graphics and

vision

databases

The department maintains state of the art computer equipmentand students have access to over 100 workstations and to highperformance computing facilities

high-performancecomputing

software engineering

scientific computing and

visualization

biocomputing and

bioinformatics


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Jobs in the corporate world or the academic world are

becoming much easier if you have a PhD from a university like

Houston. All those who have graduated from the MSF

programme are doing very well:

1. Mrinal Raghupathi is working as an Assistant ProfessoratVanderbilt University, Nashville.

.

Analyst at MetLife, New York.

3. Aditya Agarwal is working as a Senior Financial Analyst

at Google, San Francisco Bay Area.

4. Ishaan Kapoor is working forExelon Corp. one of the

largest power generating and supplying companies in the

USA as Principal Structuring Analyst.


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The MSF Students are doing research in diverse fields like:

1. Saurabh Jain (Mathematics) has just completed a PhD in

applications of Harmonic & Wavelet Analysis to medical

and seismic data.

2. Yutheeka Gadhyan (Mathematics) is now pursuing research

Finance and Medicine.

3. Avinash Wesley (Computer Science) is now pursuing

research in Observational Psychology and Affective

Science.

4. Soniya Devi Yambem (Physics) is working in Biophysics

Physical Mechanisms of Biological Molecular Motors.


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Charu Hans is working in area of image processing.

Research Areas of Present Students

Joseph Mathew is working in area of image processing.

Me hna Mittals research area is function theor and o erator

Pankaj Kumar Singh is about to finish a project related to missing

data and then will start working in the area of signal

processing or related area.

theory.Natasha Sharmas research area is to understand the behavior of

the solutions of Partial Differential Equations using Finite

Element Methods .

Pallavi Aroras research area is Computational Fluid Dynamics.

Sneh Lata is working in operator theory which involves function

theory as well.


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Feedback from former studentsMy thesis advisor at the University of Houston was very

surprised to know that I did not receive my undergraduate

training in mathematics. Having learnt that I received almost allmy training in mathematics in one year at the MSF, his words

were, that year did a miracle

-Saurabh Jain

(MSAM(CMO); PhD completed at Houston)

Research in developing image processing

algorithms for seismic and medical

imaging applications.


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Feedback from former studentsI am working in the finance department of the search giantGoogle and I owe my success to MSF in ways more than one.

Some of my seniors have got a chance to work at big oil

companies like Shell, Halliburton and Schlumberger and MSF

efforts have played an important role in all these placements.

the amount I learned in just one year was, worth 2 years of hardwork and dedication.

-Aditya Aggarwal

(MSAM(CMO), Senior Financial Analyst, Google)Delhi University Topper of B.Sc.(H) Physics


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Feedback from former studentsI enjoyed each and every activity at MSF and found it the best

place in my academic life so far. The environment is very

conducive; teachers and staff are very supportive.The assignments and questions in class were really challenging

and interesting as most of them were unseen to us and were not

.

books, rather we had to think and get the solutions.

-Pankaj Kumar Singh

(MSM, 2006-07 ; PhD student at Houston)Research in Signals Processing


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Feedback from former students

I had a life time experience at MSF. I developed real interest in

Mathematics at MSF. I think it provides a very good platform for

students in India to pursue higher studies in Mathematics, which isunique in its own. I was there just for a year and I have learned so

much in that time. I think it's a great institute doing great job and I

.

- Upasana Kashyap

(MSM, 2003-04 ; PhD completed at Houston)

Publications in:

Journal of Functional Analysis

Journal of Pure and Applied Algebra

Transactions of the

American Mathematical Society


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For the first time studying became enjoyable. For three years Id

been taught the Delhi University way. Despite having some verygood teachers the course structure and the classroom

environment prevented any mathematical thinking from the

u . w .

- Anando Sen

(MSM, 2006-07 ; PhD student at Houston)

Working on localizing the Radon transform,

with applications to CT scans with

reduced exposure to radiation.


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Houston is a nice place to be if you want to do a good PhD.

There are scientists working in different fields and lots to choosefrom.


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(Completed PhD at Houston)

Worked on localizing the Radon transform,

with applications to CT scans with

reduced exposure to radiation.


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