The members of faculty, staff, and students of the Department of Computer Science and Automation have lost their most valuable colleague, Professor Priti Shankar who passed away on October 17, 2011, at the age of 64. She was an excellent researcher, extraordinary teacher, and an exemplary human being. The CSA department is starting this seminar series in honour of late Prof Priti Shankar. These monthly seminars cover a broad range of topics in Computer Science, by eminent personalities from academia and industry. The audience comprises of IISc students, alumni, and computer science students of other colleges in Bangalore. These seminars are intended to increase the interaction between students and eminent personalities from academia and industry.
The CSA department plans to start the series on March 3, being IISc founders day. Prof V. Rajaraman has agreed to inaugurate the series by delivering the first talk. The seminar will be held at CSA seminar hall between 4pm and 5:30pm. |
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| The earliest memory that I have of studying something I really enjoyed, is learning elementary school algebra from my mother. She was a school teacher, and taught mathematics and French in high school. The year was 1958, and we were about to move from Khadakvasla in Pune, to Jammu, as my father, an officer in the Indian army, was posted to Surankote, a small town on the border between India and Pakistan. I had to be coached for the next class, having missed six months of school. I remember the pleasure of being able to convert a problem into an abstract formulation, using variables for unknowns, and then actually getting the answer by solving simple equations. It appeared magical at that time. |
The Department of Computer Science and Automation (CSA) is a pioneering academic centre for higher education, research, and innovation in key areas of computer science. The vision of the department is to enable India's excellence in the world of computer science and automation. The driving mission for the department is to advance the frontiers of research in computer science and automation and offer world-class pedagogical and research experience to its students.
CSA is recognized as a Centre for Advanced Study by the University Grants Commission and has recently been awarded a FIST (Fund for Infrastructure in Science and Technology) grant by the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India.
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The CSA department will host monthly lecture in the honour of Prof. Priti Shankar.
The flag-off lecture will be delivered by Prof. V Rajaraman on 3rd March at 1100 hrs. |
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