Conversation with M.S. Santhanam
I am delighted to introduce you to my guest on this episode : M S Santhanam
“Website of M. S. Santhanam.” Accessed September 5, 2023. http://sites.iiserpune.ac.in/~santh/.
Santhanam is a physicist and a professor in dept. of physics at Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Pune
He is a theoretical physicist, and his research interest include a variety of topics including chaos and nonlinear dynamics, quantum chaos, quantum computation and machine learning, statistical physics, complex networks, extreme events and complex systems.
In this episode we discussed
his biography
on how he developed interest in physics
his experience of studying at Hyderabad university
the ecosystem of the university
he also tells us about his experience on learning and doing research in Quantum classical correspondence, extreme event, data analysis leading to maching learning, nonlinear dynamics and complex systems
We discussed importance of physics and it role in society and how academics can contribute towards betterment of society
There is also an excellent segment in Tamil, in which Santhanam describes his research with an interesting analogy.
We also discussed about his interest in writing about science-society interface, and about politics
Santhanam wonderfully combines intuitive thinking of physics, with computation approaches to study many interesting problems in complex systems, and he elaborates on this aspect with excellent clarity
Santhanam and I work in the same department, and I have always found discussion with him both illuminating and interesting. I continue to learn a lot from him.
I am sure, all of you will enjoy this discussion.
Listen...as we humanize science...
Youtube audio :
https://youtu.be/CYCpZReTG2E?si=AF5mqfUcFVU0Vq_H
spotify :
https://open.spotify.com/episode/58UalL0PxzuKeIMaKg4UQv?si=5q0aclbCT4yct89hu9ZkuA
apple podcast :
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ep-19-conversation-with-m-s-santhanam-complex-system/id1687861465?i=1000626878424
References :
“M. S. Santhanam - IISER Pune.” Accessed September 5, 2023. https://www.iiserpune.ac.in/research/department/physics/people/faculty/regular-faculty/m-s-santhanam/329.
“M. S. Santhanam’s Articles in News Media.” Accessed September 5, 2023. http://sites.iiserpune.ac.in/~santh/pubs.html#secgeneral.
Pal, Ritam, Aanjaneya Kumar, and M. S. Santhanam. “Depolarization of Opinions on Social Networks through Random Nudges.” arXiv, February 24, 2023. https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2212.06920.
Physical Research Laboratory. “Home Page.” Accessed September 5, 2023. https://www.prl.res.in/prl-eng/home.
Santhanam, M. S., Sanku Paul, and J. Bharathi Kannan. “Quantum Kicked Rotor and Its Variants: Chaos, Localization and Beyond.” Physics Reports, Quantum kicked rotor and its variants: Chaos, localization and beyond, 956 (April 22, 2022): 1–87. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physrep.2022.01.002.
“University of Hyderabad.” Accessed September 5, 2023. https://uohyd.irins.org/.