Upcoming LPS Workshop:

• Lectures on Probability and Stochastic Processes

  Scope and Goal:

  India has a rich and long heritage in Probability Theory and Stochastic Processes. Indian researchers, working both within India and abroad, are making quality contribution to the subject individually as well as collaboratively. To sustain this effort it is imperative to expose the young research scholars of India to the latest techniques and advances in the subject as well as increase the interaction between researchers in India. To achieve this and create collaborative probability groups within India we believe there is a need to have annually organized workshops.
  Towards this, Lectures on Probability and Stochastic Processes (LPS), an annual workshop was started in the year 2006. It is designed to have two mini courses on topics of recent interest given by experts in the respective areas. These courses are expected to expose the participants to the important problems being considered in the current literature, as well as the available techniques to work with them. A large audience, which includes research scholars and young PhDs, from different institutes and universities of India, as well as few foreign participants, are invited to the workshop. It is expected that this gathering will initiate collaborative work across different research centres of India. To facilitate this activity, the workshop has sufficient time for sessions, where researchers can pose and discuss problems, which can be of interest to others in the audience.
  There is a huge potential of Probability Theory in solving problems from diverse scientific fields such as Statistical Physics, Networking and Electrical Engineering, Financial Mathematics, Mathematical Biology, Genetics, and Computer Science. The workshop tries also to invite people from these fields to initiate fruitful interdisciplinary research work, which can have practical applications outside the domain of Probability Theory.
  We are confident that this workshop series will continue to act as a forum to build a strong school of probabilists in India and further our long tradition of strong contributions to the subject.

   

  The Sixth LPS Workshop, December 16 - 20, 2011, ISI, Kolkata
  The sixth meeting will be held at the Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata in December 2011. The two mini courses will be given by
  
  
  • Pablo A. Ferrari, Instituto de Matemática e Estatística, São Paulo, Brazil and
  • Manjunath Krishapur, IISc, Bangalore.
  Please check the LPS VI web-page for more updates.
  

  Future Plans:

• The Seventh LPS Workshop, November 30 - December 4, 2012, ISI, Delhi
  The seventh meeting will be held at the Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi during November 30 - December 4, 2012. The two mini courses will be given by
  
  
  • Nina Gantert, University of Münster, Germany and
  • Anish Sarkar, ISI, Delhi.
  Please check this page for more updates later.
  
• The Eight LPS Workshop, December 20 - 24, 2013, ISI, Bangalore
  The eight meeting will be held at the Indian Statistical Institute, Bangalore in December 2013. The two mini courses will be given by
  
  
  • Vlada Limic, Universite de Provence, Marseille, France and
  • Vivek Borkar, IIT, Mumbai,