Abdus Salam School of Mathematics
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The Abdus Salam
School of Mathematics Sciences, also known as School of Mathematical Sciences, abbreviated as ASSMS, is an academic and technologically advanced research institute of the Government College University
at Lahore
, Punjab province of Pakistan
. Partnered with Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission
(PAEC), the institute is named after world renowned and prominent scientist and physicist
(theoretical
) Abdus Salam, dedicated to the advanced of Mathematics and, contributing in Mathematical physics.
(PINSTECH). Salam, an alumnus of the Department of Mathematics of the Government College University, played a major role in updating the University's educational curriculum and also taught Mathematics there.
In 2003, an advice taken from PAEC
's Asghar Qadir
, the Government of Punjab, created and led the establishment of center of excellence for the Mathematical Sciences, under the auspicious of Government College University. The institute became country's largest post-doctoral and mathematical research institute and has been named as world's one of the most premier institute. While, its faculty is from Foreign countries, particularly from Eastern Europe
, the institute managed the world conferences on the theme "21st Century Mathematics".
Abdus Salam
Mohammad Abdus Salam, NI, SPk Mohammad Abdus Salam, NI, SPk Mohammad Abdus Salam, NI, SPk (Urdu: محمد عبد السلام, pronounced , (January 29, 1926– November 21, 1996) was a Pakistani theoretical physicist and Nobel laureate in Physics for his work on the electroweak unification of the...
School of Mathematics Sciences, also known as School of Mathematical Sciences, abbreviated as ASSMS, is an academic and technologically advanced research institute of the Government College University
Government College University
Government College University, Lahore is a co-educational public university located on The Mall in Lahore, Pakistan...
at Lahore
Lahore
Lahore is the capital of the Pakistani province of Punjab and the second largest city in the country. With a rich and fabulous history dating back to over a thousand years ago, Lahore is no doubt Pakistan's cultural capital. One of the most densely populated cities in the world, Lahore remains a...
, Punjab province of Pakistan
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
. Partnered with Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission
Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission
The Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission, , is an administrative governmental and autonomous science and technology governmental department of Pakistan, responsible for development of nuclear energy and development of nuclear power sector in Pakistan...
(PAEC), the institute is named after world renowned and prominent scientist and physicist
Physicist
A physicist is a scientist who studies or practices physics. Physicists study a wide range of physical phenomena in many branches of physics spanning all length scales: from sub-atomic particles of which all ordinary matter is made to the behavior of the material Universe as a whole...
(theoretical
Theoretical physics
Theoretical physics is a branch of physics which employs mathematical models and abstractions of physics to rationalize, explain and predict natural phenomena...
) Abdus Salam, dedicated to the advanced of Mathematics and, contributing in Mathematical physics.
Overview
Professor Abdus Salam, Pakistan's only Nobel Laureate, played an influential role in Pakistan's Science policy, as he was responsible for the establishment of numbers of research educational institutes in his country, particularly the prominent institute, the Pakistan Institute of Nuclear Science and TechnologyPakistan Institute of Nuclear Science and Technology
The Pakistan Institute of Nuclear Science and Technology, or commonly known as "PINSTECH", is a multi-program science and technology national research institute managed by the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission. The PINSTECH offers a post-graduate and post-doctoral research in the field of nuclear...
(PINSTECH). Salam, an alumnus of the Department of Mathematics of the Government College University, played a major role in updating the University's educational curriculum and also taught Mathematics there.
In 2003, an advice taken from PAEC
Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission
The Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission, , is an administrative governmental and autonomous science and technology governmental department of Pakistan, responsible for development of nuclear energy and development of nuclear power sector in Pakistan...
's Asghar Qadir
Asghar Qadir
Asghar Qadir , HI, SI, FPAS, is a renowned Pakistani mathematician and a prominent cosmologist, specialized in Mathematical physics and Physical cosmology. He is considered as one of the top mathematicians in Pakistan...
, the Government of Punjab, created and led the establishment of center of excellence for the Mathematical Sciences, under the auspicious of Government College University. The institute became country's largest post-doctoral and mathematical research institute and has been named as world's one of the most premier institute. While, its faculty is from Foreign countries, particularly from Eastern Europe
Eastern Europe
Eastern Europe is the eastern part of Europe. The term has widely disparate geopolitical, geographical, cultural and socioeconomic readings, which makes it highly context-dependent and even volatile, and there are "almost as many definitions of Eastern Europe as there are scholars of the region"...
, the institute managed the world conferences on the theme "21st Century Mathematics".