Swami's Curriculum Vitae

Name:			Srinivasa  Swaminathan

Home Address:		911 Greenwood Avenue, Halifax, NS B3H 3L1.
			Phone: 902-423-4350;      e-mail: samathatha@yahoo.com

Office Address:		Department of Mathematics, Statistics and Computing Science,
			Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS B3H 3J5. Canada.
			Phone: 902-494-3864
			Fax:  902-494-5130          e-mail: swami@mathstat.dal.ca   
                                
Citizenship:		Canadian


Academic Training:

			Ph.D.	1957  University of Madras.   
				Thesis: Convergence structure in topological and uniform spaces.
				Jury(from the University of Paris) H.Cartan, G.Choquet, 
				M.Fréchet(Chairman).

			M.Sc.	1950  University of Madras.   
				Subjects: Topology, Abstract Algebra, Function Spaces,
				Probability and Quantum Mechanics.

			M.A.	1948  University of Madras. 
				Special subjects: Integral Functions and Hydrodynamics.


Academic Positions:

			1991-		Professor Emeritus, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS.
			1982-1991	Professor, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS.
			1968-1982	Associate Professor, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS.
			1966-1968	Visiting Assoc.Prof. University of Illinois at Chicago.
			1964-1966	Assistant Professor, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur.
			1959-1964	Lecturer, University of Madras.
			1957-1958	Post Doctoral Fellow, Institut Henri Poincaré, University of Paris.
			1953-1957	Senior Research Fellow	University of Madras.
			1950-1953	Lecturer, K.S.A.College, Madras.

Knowledge of Languages:

			French:			second language in junior college; 
						proficient in writing and fluent in speaking.
			German:			diploma(1947) University of Madras; can speak and write well.
			Russian:  		diploma(1960) YMCA, Madras .
			Italian & Spanish:		working knowledge to read math papers.
			Latin, Greek 
				& Sanskrit:  	Matriculation level.

Experience with computers:

			Familiar with Fortran and Pascal programming techniques and with math software
			such as TeX, AMS TeX, LaTeX, OzTeX and CMS TeX. I was a member of a team that 
			prepared software for electronic Yellow Pages in French.
			Also, I Was a member of the TeX committee of the Canadian Math Society
			(preparation of style files, production from postscript files at the Press, etc.)



Teaching Experience:


Courses taught at Dalhousie University: 

(a)			Calculus, first, second and third year 
			(Math 1000, 1010, 1100, 2000, 2500, 3000, 3500, 1280, 1290, 2480, 2490), 
			Linear Algebra(2030-2040), Set Theory(2540,3040), Metric spaces and Topology(3040)

(b)	 		Complex Variables (3080,4020), Differential Equations(3110-3120), 
			Applied Group Theory(Math3320/Phys4480), 
			Measure and Integration(4010), Abstract Algebra (3030),	
			Functional Analysis(4140,5140), GeneralTopology(4170), Statistics(1060), 
             		Computing Science(1400).

(c)			Have taught Pure and Applied Mathematics at Bachelor's and Master's levels according
			to the classical British standards in Indian Universities. 
			Examples of courses with texts used: Pure Geometry(Durell), Algebraic 
			Projective Geometry(Semple -Kneebone), Pure Mathematics(G.H.Hardy), Statics and
			Dynamics(Loney,Ramsey), Hydrostatics and Hydrodynamics (Besant & Ramsey),
			Higher Algebra (Barnard,Child), Topology(Newman, Patterson).

(d)			Have taught "Modern Mathematics for teachers" at summer schools: Set Theory(Kamke),
			Real Projective Plane(Coxeter), Topology(Bourbaki), Modern Algebra(van der Waerden),
			Probability (Cramer),  Galois theory in nine lectures,  Research Topics for Teachers,  
			Analytic theory of equations,  applications of mathematical ideas, etc.


Graduate Students supervised:

			Ph.D.	I.E.Blum(Dalhousie)  Supports of continuous functions and ideals in C(X),
			     	Rajiv Roy,(Dalhousie) Epigenetic models in mathematical biology(joint with R.Rosen)

			M.Sc.	R.K.Rai(Dalhousie)  Topological tensor products.
				P.J.Scott(Dalhousie) Theorems of Hahn-Banach type.
				I.E.Blum(Dalhousie)  Pseudocompact spaces.
				J.S.Ryba(Dalhousie)  Matroids and Duality.
				P.A.Pittas(Dalhousie)  Countable paracompactness.
				J.K.Kohli(Kanpur)  Indexed neighbourhood systems. 

			Honours 
			students: Leon Pereira,  Lie groups and algebras and their applications.
				  Sanjiv Samant,  Kronecker products for SO representations.


Sabbatical Leave and other visits:
 
			1976-77, University of Aarhus, Denmark and Royal Institute of Science, Stockholm.
			1983-84, M.I.T, Cambridge, Massachusetts.,and Australian National University, Canberra.
			1990-91, Université de Limoges and Université de Paris, France.
             		September-October, 2002, Thammasat University, Bangkok, Thailand.


Grants:

			NSERC 3-year operating grant  1969-1990.
			Fac. of Grad. Studies R & D. 1986-87, 1990-91.
			APICS grant for video of 'Ten equations that changed the world',1990-92.