Organized by the Centre for Mathematical and Statistical Sciences (CMSS) in collaboration with the Kerala State Council for Science, Technology and Environment (KSCSTE), and Kerala Forest Research Institute (KFRI), Peechi, Kerala.

Applications are invited to the all-India SERB School on Matrix Methods and Fractional Calculus; 30 seats; all expenses met by SERB (DST); closing date of applications: 26th February 2014

ELIGIBILITY: Young faculty below 35 years of age, post-doctoral fellows, research scholars, M.Phil students, and if seats are available then a few M.Sc graduates and final year M.Sc students will be admitted.

Minimum qualification: B.Sc (with Mathematics as a subject), M.Sc degree or final year in M.Sc program in Mathematics/ Statistics/ Theoretical Physics/ Theoretical Computer Science. Desirable: exposure to basic probability and statistics and good background in calculus.

Topics to be covered: Vector-Matrix differential operators, Jacobians of matrix transformations, functions of matrix argument, multivariate analysis; fractional calculus, fractional differential equations and applications; generalized inverses and patterned matrices; systems of equations, linear and non-linear analysis, see details below.