Scilab @ MindSay

Last weekend I had the opportunity to meet Dr. Sanjiv Kumar from India's (and perhaps Asia's) largest university -- Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU). We discused the idea of settingup some organised activities to promote the usage of Scilab in India. there were lots of ideas and lots of suggestions and of course the feeling of having a lot of work to do.

Scilab is an amazingly rich software for doing mathematics. Comes from INRIA, Europe's most respected institute for research in computer science. Scilab (and FOSS) is the answer to the prayers of teachers and students of developing countries like India.

I wish IGNOU's initiative will be realised during my lifetime. I would be proud to have been a  part of that vision. If you are interested in joining in, just send me an email. Together, let us build a great India !

My next tutorial on Scilab will be held at National Institute of technology, Trichy, India on 27th december 2007. Details available at : http://algolog.teamfree.info/scilabtut.pdf    OR
you can always send me mail drparthaATgmailDOTcom ,  to get details.

See you in Trichy.

partha

Last month, i attended an absolutely marvelous event at IIT Bombay. This was a 2-day workshop on Scilab . Scilab is the free-software-open-source challenge to the expensive Matlab and friends. This is just the kind of solution which India needs. Pity that there was no one from my own college or from JNTU (thank God, they did not have to cast their pearls before s....s). It was an experience of a lifetime, meeting the developers of Scilab from INRIA, France (Partha did his post-dotoral resaerch there). Now Partha will create a CDROM based e-book, to teach graph theory, using the Metanet toolbox of Scilab. Graph theory is an important component of "discrete mathematics", which Partha teaches. Graph theory is a very important tool for computer scientists. the ebook will be an extension and sequel to my mathematics gurukul on the web.

If you need more info, or if you wish to join and contribute, just send an email to the Professor, at :  drpartha@gmail.com

Wish me good luck.

partha