GCU ASSMS produce PhD in Mathematics

The GC University Lahore Abdus Salam School of Mathematical Sciences has produced Doctor of Philosophy in the field of Mathematics. Muhammad Imran completed his thesis on topics “Some new result in the theory of fractional second grade and ordinary oldroyd-b fluids’’ under the supervision of foreign mathematician Dr. Constantin Fetecau.

(26-04-2012)

GCU STUDENTS PLANTS 2000 SAPLINGS

The students and faculty members of GCU Lahore Botany Department planted 2000 saplings both at the main building of GCU and Kala Shah Kaku Campus as a part of tree plantation campaign initiated by the Punjab Forestry Department across the province. GCU Vice Chancellor Prof. (Meritorious) Dr. Muhammad Khaleeq-ur-Rahman; Izaz-i-Kamal and Punjab Director General Protocol Asjad Ghani Tahir inaugurated the plantation campaign by planting a sapling at GCU Bukhari Lawns.

Prof. (Meritorious) Dr. Muhammad Khaleeq-ur-Rahman; Vice Chancellor,

GC University Lahore inaugurating tree plantation campaign by planting a sapling.

Punjab Director General Protocol Asjad Ghani Tahir may also be seen in the picture.

Addressing the students on current situation of environmental deterioration, the Vice Chancellor said that the massive falling of tress in the past decades had endangered the biodiversity of the Country. He said that now mass plantation of tress is the best way to reduce pollution from the environment. He suggested that such trees are needed to be planted which can absorb pollution from the environment. He called on the GCU Botany Department students to ensure the conservation of saplings which they are planting during the one-day drive.

(11-04-2012)

GCU ASSMS produces two PhDs in Maths

The GCU Lahore Abdus Salam School of Mathematical Sciences has produced two Doctors of Philosophy in the field of Mathematics. Ghulam Farid and Muhammad Adil Khan completed their thesis on topics “Inequalities involving starshaped and related function” and ‘’Inequalities for bregman and burbea-rao divergences and related result’’ respectively under the supervision of Dr. Josip Pecaric.  Prof. (Meritorious) Dr. Muhammad Khaleeq-ur-Rahman; Vice Chancellor, GCU Lahore congratulated the scholars on completion of their PhD programme and urged them to continue research in their respective field. 

(11-04-2012)

ASSMS produces four PhDs in Mathematics

The GC University Lahore Abdus Salam School of Mathematical Sciences has produced four Doctors of Philosophy in the field of Mathematics. Muhammad Imran completed his thesis on “Properties of connected graphs related to metric and partition” while Nazreen Idrees, Afshan Sadiq and Junaid Alam Khan did research on “Algorithms of primary decomposition”, “Standard bases and primary decomposition in polynomial ring with coefficients in rings”, and “Sub-algebra bases in local rings and its efficient computation in polynomial rings” respectively under the supervision of Dr. Gerhard Pfister.  

GCU Vice Chancellor Prof. Dr. Ikramul Haq (SI) congratulated the students on the completion of their PhD programmes.

(16-03-2011)

World’s mathematicians join biggest-ever GCU ASSMS moot

Mathematicians from all over the world has gathered at ASSMS GC University Lahore for fertilization of new ideas through sharing of knowledge and interaction. European Mathematical Society President Prof. Dr. Marta Sanz-Solé was the chief guest at opening ceremony of the 5th World Conference on 21st Century Mathematics 2011. Above 200 research papers are scheduled to be presented at the five-day conference spread over 22 scientific sessions besides meetings and talks. Delegates from 40 countries including Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, England, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Hungary, Indonesia, Iran, Japan, Norway, Nepal, China, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovak Republic, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, Netherlands, Turkey, USA and Vietnam also attended the opening of the biggest ever international conference in Pakistan.

Participants with EMS President, Vice Chancellor GCU and DG ASSMS 

Addressing the opening ceremony of the conference, European Mathematical Society President Prof. Dr. Marta Sanz-Solé congratulated the GCU Abdus Salam School of Mathematical Sciences on organizing the fifth edition of a series of successful congresses, the World Conference on 21st Century Mathematics, under the auspices of the National Centre for Mathematics, the Higher Education Commission Pakistan, the European Mathematical Society, the Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics in Italy, the International Mathematical Union and UNESCO. She said that the Mission of such conference is to provide the Nation of Pakistan with the scientific base, innovation and workforce it needs to compete with the world in 21st century for a prosperous future. She said that Mathematics is the language of all natural sciences. Historically, she said, mathematics has played, and continues to play, a crucial role in the scientific, technological and cultural development of humanity. Mathematical theories underpin many of the most brilliant discoveries in physics, chemistry, life sciences, economics, etc. Mathematics is one of the fundamental sciences which drives most of the advances in applied science and in technology. It is also a crucial ingredient in industrial innovation. In these ways, mathematics brings economic wealth and development to society. Prof. Marta said that GCU ASSMS and some other top-class research centers outside Europe have been declared the Emerging Regional Centres of Excellence by EMS. She that the EMS strongly believes that the expertise and extensive connections of the large and diverse network it is representing, can be successfully used to reinforce these Emerging Regional Centres of Excellence in countries outside Europe. The idea is for the EMS to select, endorse and help a number of such centers to offer training to M Sc level to students in their region. Subsequently, the EMS would provide help to those who might wish to and who are capable of continuing their studies, either in their countries of origin or (partially or totally) in European research institutions. The EMS can also facilitate and collaborate in the organization of lectures and courses at the Emerging Centres of Excellence, given by leading researchers, and provide grants for members of the centres to attend conferences abroad.  We see several advantages of this project, among others.

Addressing the conference, GCU Vice Chancellor Prof. Dr. Khalid Aftab said that the conference would provide a platform to the mathematicians from all over the world to exchange ideas about mathematics, education and research and such an interaction can lead to fruitful long term collaborations which would be beneficial for the development of mathematics in Pakistan. He also termed the conference an opportunity for young Pakistani scholars to interact with well known mathematicians from abroad and learn from their knowledge and experiences. Prof. Aftab laid a stress on promoting research culture in the country’s universities, saying that it makes teaching-learning more effective. “It contributes in developing the culture of reading and writing, publication, paper presentation, using libraries and participating in workshops, conferences and seminars,” he added.

Addressing the ceremony, Dr. A. D. Raza Ch Director General GCU ASSMS credited the success of holding such huge gathering to the scientific committee of the conference chaired by Prof. Gert-Martin Greuel, the Director of the world-famous German Mathematics Research Centre, Oberwolfach. He told the conference that in years 2009-2010, the School students and faculties published more than 270 research papers in core areas of mathematics in good international journals and out of these 148 papers are also published by the PhD students. “The activities at ASSMS have provided a direct or indirect upward push for a large number of Pakistani mathematics institutions. This push resulted in a remarkable increase of graduate students in Pakistan as well as significant enhancement in the quality of research.

(10-02-2011)

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(02-08-2010)

ASSMS GC UNIVERSITY LAHORE puts Pakistani Mathematics on world map

The GC University Lahore Abdus Salam School of Mathematics Sciences (GCU ASSMS) put the Pakistani Mathematics on the World map, as the European Mathematical Society (EMS) has acknowledged the school as the Emerging Regional Center of Excellence (ERCE) for its contributions to research at the international level. The recognition implies that young scholars from the developing countries will receive support from the European Union (EU), UNESCO and other international organizations to enroll at GCU ASSMS for advanced studies in diverse areas of Mathematical Sciences. The European Mathematical Society will also get the School European funding for its further improvement and reinforcement. The Mathematical Society has expressed its desire to send their senior mathematicians to the GCU ASSMS for disseminating their knowledge to its faculty and students. The decision to acknowledge GCU ASSMS as the Emerging Regional Centre of Excellence came at a joint meeting of EMS Committee for Developing Countries (CDC) and UNESCO in Budapest. Only three institutions from all over the World are acknowledged by EMS as Emerging Regional Centers of Excellence. The other two are in India and Vietnam.

“The school has indeed put Mathematics on the map of Pakistan and the Pakistani Mathematics on the map of the world,” said the Higher Education Commission Executive Director Dr S Sohail H. Naqvi. He added that that he felt great pride at this prestigious achievement. However, EMS-CDC Vice Chairman and Institute de Mathematiques, Paris Prof. Michel Waldschmidt predicts that Mathematical Sciences have a bright future in Pakistan. He says that the EMS would also provide funds to GCU ASSMS for research, since teaching without any research is not at all desirable, even at graduate level. “If required, the bright students of the centre will be provided scholarships and other necessary support for research and doctorate programme in the institutions of the highest level in Europe,” said Waldschmidt. The EMS-CDC Vice Chairman said that he was a witness to the excellence of Abdus Salam School of Mathematical Sciences (ASSMS) as he had taught there for several months. He believes that Pakistani students are very bright, intelligent, enthusiastic and hardworking.

GC University Lahore Vice Chancellor Professor Dr Khalid Aftab addresses prize distribution ceremony of International Kangaroo Mathematics Contest organised by Abdus Salam School of Mathematical Sciences. The European Mathematical Society (EMS) has acknowledged the doctoral school as the Emerging Regional Centre of Excellence (ERCE) for its contributions to research and education at international level.			European Mathematical Society Committee for Developing Countries Vice Chairman Professor Michel Waldschmidt addressing at an international conference at GC University Lahore Abdus Salam School of Mathematical Sciences. The European Mathematical Society (EMS) has acknowledged the doctoral school as the Emerging Regional Centre of Excellence (ERCE) for its contributions to research and education at the international level.

Talking about the international recognition of ASSMS, GCU Vice Chancellor Professor Dr Khalid Aftab says that Mathematics has been a neglected area in Pakistan for quite a long time. In 2001, the Pakistani government realized for the first time, the very shortage of well-prepared mathematicians in Pakistan. Finally, the Punjab government established in 2003 a school of mathematical sciences under the aegis of Government College University Lahore to serve as a Centre of Excellence for Advanced Studies and Research in Mathematics. “The school was named after former Government College student and Nobel Laureate Dr Abdus Salam,” the Vice Chancellor added.

Prof. Khalid Aftab said that the school, in a short span of seven years, produced 46 PhD scholars in the fields of Mathematics who are serving at different universities and research centers in Pakistan and aboard. . “Only last year, the school produced 17 PhDs and 332 research papers got published in reputed international and national journals,” he said.

Dr. A. D. Raza Choudary Director General ASSMS said that every year hundreds of students apply for ASSMS PhD programme. However, a board of foreign professors selects only 20 to 25 students after a written test and interviews.  We select the best but due to a general weakness in the university education system in Pakistan, even the best students have poor background in several areas of basic university mathematics. To strengthen the foundations of our selected students, ASSMS requires an intensive 2 years course work from all the students admitted to its PhD program, the school director general said. He further said that the school is also concurrently working on promoting mathematics among the children and teenagers for which, it holds training camps every year. “These students were prepared to form the first team of Pakistani participating in the International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO) in 2005. Within a short span of two years, the Pakistani team went on to win the first medal at IMO 2007. ASSMS also started National Mathematics Olympiad (NMO). The school has hired Professors that have previously been coaches for international teams in Canada and Romania. IMO and NMO now prepare Pakistan’s most brilliant students for international competitions. To make an impact on the more average student, ASSMS initiated an annual “world competition” called Kangaroos of Mathematics. This competition was then handed over to Pakistan Kangaroo Commission. Last year, about 40 thousand students participated, and the Commission distributed medals and cash prizes to the winning students and teachers as a recognition of their efforts for the development of Mathematics.

(24-05-2010)

GC University Lahore offers a full time M.Phil/P.hD programs in Mathematical Sciences

Abdus Salam School of   Mathematical Sciences GC University Lahore offers a full time M.Phil/P.hD programs in Mathematical Sciences. Applications deadline is 12-06-2010. Please Click Here for details.

(12-04-2010)

GCU ASSMS awards three PhDs in Mathematics

GC University Abdus Salam School of Mathematical Sciences Lahore has awarded three PhD degrees in the fields of Mathematics. Asia Rauf, Safyan Ahmad and Muhammad Naeem defended their PhD theses successfully before a board of examiners comprising Peter Schenzel (Germany), Muhammad Anwar Rao (Pakistan), A.D Raza Choudary (Pakistan), Barbu Berceanu (Romania) and Juergen Herzorg (Germany). “The research papers of these students were published in worldwide prestigious journals such as Arch Math, Journal of Pure and Applied Algebra, Manuscripta Math (Springer), Bull Math, Soc. Sci. Math and Romaine and Communications in Algebra while their theses were evaluated by experts from Germany and Japan,” the school director said.

GCU Vice Chancellor Dr Khalid Aftab congratulated the students on completing their doctorate programme. He advised the students that PhD should not be their final goal, rather it should be the beginning of a new goal for them. He said that the GC U is truthfully standing to its commitment of providing good young scientists to the nation in order to compete with the rest of the world in the 21st Century.

(19-03-2010)

MATH EXPERTS INTERACT AT GCU

The three-day International Conference on Mathematical inequalities and applications concluded at Abdus Salam School of Mathematical Sciences of the Government College University here on Friday.

Around 200 mathematicians from 19 countries attended the conference in which 80 research papers were presented.

At the closing ceremony the international scientific committee of the conference announced three winners of young speakers prize.

They were PhD scholars Kristina Krulic from Croatia, and Naveed Latif and Muhammad Sarwar from the Charles University, Pratue and Muhammad Sal Moslehian from the University of Mashad, Iran.

ASSMS Director-General Dr. A. D. Raza Chaudhry, while addressing the concluding session, said the conference was a great academic success for Pakistan, which was attended by a large number of mathematical scientists from various parts of the world.

It provided a platform to the Pakistani researchers to interact with the best minds in the field of convex analysis.

At the same time, he said the foreign delegates had an opportunity to develop a very different image of scientific stories.

They also appreciated the role of the government, particularly the Higher Education Commission of Pakistan, in making the GCU Mathematical School a successful institution that is now recognized the world over.

Courtesy Dawn

(13-03-2010)

ASSMS GC UNIVERSITY LAHORE Holds INTERNATIONAL moot on MIA 2010

The international seven days conference on Mathematical Inequalities and Applications (MIA) 2010 began at the GC University Abdul Salam School of Mathematical Sciences. As many as 73 noted mathematicians from 15 countries including France, Germany, Russia, Romania, Georgia, Holland and Iran will present their papers at the conference organized by GCU Abdus Salam School in collaboration with the Higher Education Commission (HEC), UNESCO, International Mathematical Union (IMU) and ICPT, Italy. Addressing the inaugural ceremony, Prof. Josip Pecaric highlighted the importance of the conference and talent of Pakistani students. He has more than 800 research papers published in well reputed international journals and more than 40 books published.

Speaking on the occasion, Abdus Salam School of Mathematics Director General Dr A.D Raza Choudary said that the conference aims at providing very valuable opportunities for the Pakistani researchers to interact with a large number of experts from different parts of the world.

Later, as many as 11 research papers were presented on the first day of the conference. Lubos Pick from Charles University, Praha, Czech Republic and Muhammad Sal Moslehian of University of Mashhad, Iran presented their a papers on ‘Calderon type theorem for operators with non-standard end point behaviour’ and ‘Operator extensions for parallelogram’ respectively with A.D Raza Choudhry in the chair. Ivan Peric of University of Zagreb, Croatia briefed the participants about his latest research on ‘Euler Integral Identities and Chebyshev Systems’. Matloob Anwar and Waqas Nazeer of Pakistan presented their work on ‘On Logconvexity of difference of Inequalities’ and ‘Optimal Couples of Rearrangement invariant spaces for Riesaz Potential.’ Milica Klaricic Bakula and Anita Matkovic of University of Split, Croatia, Saqib Hussain and Sultan Hussain of COMSATS, Pakistan, Atiqur Rehman of GCU Lahore, and Boazidar Ivankovic of University of Zagreb, Croatia also presented their research papers on the first day.

The conference will remain in session till March 13.

(09-03-2010)