This preparatory workshop is part of the upcoming International Centre for Theoretical Sciences (ICTS) program "A School on Gradient Flows" scheduled for 31 August–11 September 2026. For details, see the ICTS program page.
The goal of this workshop is to provide participants with the foundational background needed to engage effectively with the ICTS program. The workshop will cover essential material from the following topics.
Convex Analysis
Functional Inequalities
Calculus of Variations
Probability essentials
Introduction to Optimal Transport
Introduction to Gradient Flows
Data Assimilation and Inverse problems
Adi Adimurthi, IIT Kanpur and TIFR CAM Bengaluru
Amit Apte, IISER Pune
Tuhin Ghosh, HRI Prayagraj
Harsha Hutridurga, IIT Bombay
Debabrata Karmakar, TIFR CAM Bengaluru
Suresh Kumar, IIT Bombay
Saikat Mazumdar, IIT Bombay
Parthanil Roy, IIT Bombay
Barun Sarkar, IIT Madras
Swarnendu Sil, IISc Bengaluru
Venue: All lectures will be held in Room 114, Department of Mathematics, IIT Bombay
Organisers: Harsha Hutridurga and Saikat Mazumdar. Please feel free to contact us for further details or additional information.
The list of outstation PhD and Postdoc participants can be found here.
The list of local participants can be found here.
This workshop is supported by funds from the Institute of Eminence (IoE) grant of IIT Bombay and the Department of Mathematics, IIT Bombay.