The Incredible PROGRAMME(IAYM) ends!!

As according to Wing Cmdr. Sharad chaturwedi,"All good things must come to an end",finally, the so-called IAYM Programme, comes to an end. But the memories and experiences it cherished, will never end in the MSF books, and in the minds of the 70 Students, the members of MSF, especially the mentors, the associates, and the assistants. The Programme provided a lot more than its expectations. The programme's main motive was to instill the spirit of Mathematics, the different way of learning things with an unusual learning environment, however it generated a lot more.

The students came with expectations of learning things, as it meant to be in a normal school or institute, but the environment which they recieved here, was completely out of the box. They learned how things should be learned, they learned to devise their own techniques and procedures for understanding things. The programme changed the level and way of thinking of every student who came here.
The presentations which took place the final day were Chandrayaan(School group), the Error Correction(College), the Circumference Of the Earth, and Search Engine(Eagle 1 Group). Each of the project mentioned above, brought new and innovative algorithms, techniques, and steps to solve any kind of problem mentioned above. The Chandrayaan School group showed their experiment of the projectile motion by inventing their launch pads and their original and unique technique of measuring range, height, angle, gravity, air drag etc. of the projectile. They showed that to do some new, innovative and brilliant, age do not matter. They came up with their skit of Maths communication project on Quadratic equations. Infact their use of knowledge with MATHEMATICA was impressive. Moving on to Error Correction, this group came up with their own algorithm and methods of determining and correcting errors in a transmitted message. The circumference Group came up with their method of measuring the circumference of earth, using the shadows measurement of any object at any two places. I will not move into the technicalities of the project. Overall, their show was very good. Last, but not the least, their was Search Engine's Eagle 1. The main purpose of the project was to just devise some simple techniques for building a search engine for images. The image searching was done using CBIR technique i.e. Content Based Image Retrieval System. The procedure included many steps like wavelet transformations, average & differencing, cluster formations etc.

All the presentations were awesome and fantastic. The cheer and charm of the occassion cannot be expressed in words, one had to be there to feel it.

In the beginning of the programme, Dr.Agarwal said one thing to all of us and the students," Even if you do not achieve any milestone in your project,but still you will return with around 71 friends and 14 non-friends. The course of the programme proved his saying, though the achievement was more of a "Sone pe Suhaga" kind, the students' face showed their happiness when being with friends, whom they did not even know, one month before, "THIS WAS THE MAGIC OF IAYM".
Finally the departing lecture of Dr. Dinesh Singh was a bonus. He talked about how he just came from Houston that morning, but still, inspite of the tiring flight, he managed to came to the DPS. He was astonished and excited to see the refreshing faces of the students and their mind-blowing presentations. He said that we students of India have the responsibility to give back India his glory in terms of his rich educational heritage. He requested the students to study at any college, any course, home or abroad, but they should come back to India, for making India better.

I want to write more, but lack of time prohibits me from doing this... Ahh.. We should not forget the beautiful and melodius song sung by Mr. Vijay Kumar jayanti Bhai Solanki(thats his full name) "Jab zero diya mere Bharat ne, Duniya ko tab ginti aayi...."

In the end, My word of in-expressible thanks to Dr. Sanjeev Agarwal, Dr. Amber Habib, Wing Cdr. Sharad Sir, Dr. Saha, Zia Sir, Cyed Sir, Anjani Sir, Jatin Sir, Niteesh Sir,the trio- Charu Mam, Shivani Mam, Manisha Mam, and my friends- Sanad and Sarvesh. AND DPS!!!

You can also look at this or related posts at my blog.
For the pictures of the programme, you can click here.

Thanks!!!!!!

Ajaz Ahmed

The Climax starts...

The so-awaited presentations ceremony started on june 26th. The students' hardwork and their invaluable ideas started to show up. The presentations were so divided, that they could be spread out two days: 26th and 27th of June. There were 11 groups. Every group had prepared one presentation on their main project and one on their Maths Communication. So Every group has to submit two presentations and two reports for the same mentioned earlier. Though many groups prepared their presentations and reports at the later stage, but still they managed to response back nicely. Their on-stage performance was perfect.

The presenations which took place that day include groups: Chandrayaan 1, Chandrayaan 2(College Groups), Encryption(College), Encryption(School), Error Correction(School), Jantar Mantar, Search Engine( Eagle 2).
Each group mentioned above came up with a different concept to be explained in their Maths Communication. They used MATLAB, MATHEMATICA, FLASH, MUPAD etc. in their presentations impressively, which is quite difficult to those students, who did not even know about these Softwares a month before. The students were simply brilliant and amzing in teir approach towards the subject. Some came up with a story, some came up with a game, some came up with a quiz and so on in their Maths comm. project to explain different concepts. This shows how Mathematics is linked with everyone and everything in this world. The day overall was a fantastic one. The whole day many students and some of the faculty clicked as many pictures as they could, as everyone of us knew that, how precious that moment and occasion was. Each one wanted to store these moments for their future. I think around 2000 or more pictures were clicked on the same day.
The programme left the students with cheer in their heart, and at the same time, a fear of leaving their friends on the last day. The students energy level showed their excitement. This can also be felt by the faces of students-cum-faculty members who were clicking snaps, capturing videos etc.

The day was very special to me, in particular, because I turned 20, the same day... Though I wanted to go home early, that day, still I was very happy to be a part of the occassion that day. I made a lot of friends and this memories which I gathered here will cherish me, in my future life, always. The Final day was not over.. it was the second last one... So, let us move to the final day, Thanks!!!

Check out the pictures of the programme here.
Take a look at my blog.

Ajaz Ahmed

Temperature twins

There should be some mathematics on this blog :-) I am still waiting for a solution to this question I asked in class: Modeling the earth as a sphere, and assuming temperature varies continuously on its surface, show there are two antipodal (i.e. opposite) points on the Earth's surface with the same temperature. (Two students came close but didn't push through to the end.)

Pictures of the Programme

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Students at the audi..

The auditorium

Today is 23rd June 2009, the programme has almost reached its end. The students have almost completed their preparations for their presentations.
Today, there was a small change in the schedule. Instead of the daily lecture at 9:30, students were shown an interesting movie, called 'Flatland'. The movie was an animated & fantastic story of figures of two dimensions. It showed the conflict between dimensions.
The motive behind the story was 'The thing you can't see, doesn't means that it does not exist'.

After that there was a tea break, then there was supposed to be a lecture
by Prof. Sanjay Jain on 'Origin of Life' at 10:30, but due to some reasons it was postponed to 11:30. Prof. Jain is a physicist working at the University of Delhi. Prof. Jain talked about the evolution of life on earth, that is the coming into being of the first single-celled organisms. He talked about the internal structure and the chemical composition of a cell or a bacterial cell specifically. The lecture was very informative and interesting though it stretched a little lot.

After his lecture, there was the lunch break. From 1:30 students followed their daily routine...

As the day followed a changed routine, the enthusiasm increased a lot. Moreover, when the students left to their homes, they shall think, 'Is there a 4th dimension?'- Flatland

Thanks...

To be continued....

Progress Report 18th June

Now the dates have been finalized for the interns to submit thei r project material. The instructions to the students are as follows:
1. Math Comm Projects to be submitted by Tuesday 23/06/2009.
2. Main Projects to be submitted by Wednesday 24/06/2009.
3. Both Reports should be given in soft copy.
4. For Math Comm, Main Script discussing the problem, Story Plot etc. to be given in crude form in detail and a small presentation to be showed on stage.
5. Their Main Project is important. They should concentrate on that. It must as complete as possible.
The students now have whole day long lab sessions. Now students are on the verge of completing their Projects. Students who don’t get chance of getting a computer in the lab are separately allotted MSF Laptops for continuing their work. The students have organized themselves and have assigned each other jobs within the group.

WEEKLY FEEDBACK FROM PARTICIPANTS

IAYM SUMMER INTERNSHIP PROGRAMME 2009
WEEKLY FEEDBACK FROM PARTICIPANTS
FOR THE PERIOD 01 TO 07 JUNE 2009

SUMMARY OF COMMENTS

Guest lectures should be introduced and their achievements highlighted.
Computer lab session most interesting part of the programme.
Lab session and lectures by Dr Dinesh Singh most interesting part of the programme. There is a vast ocean of knowledge waiting to be explored.
“The cherry on the ice cake are the tricks and paradoxes shared by Sanjeev Sir (also not to miss the delicious and yummy food). MSF teachers are very kind & helpful and we have learnt many new and wonderful things from them. They are full of knowledge”.
Answer to question,”What is the most interesting part of the programme”? “There is no such specific interesting part, because each and every part of the programme is very very interesting. MSF has provided us the platform we have been waiting for till now”.
Answer to question,”What is the least interesting part of the programme”? “You are to blame, as there is no part which is not interesting”.


Sharad Chaturvedi
Wg Cdr (retd)
Project Manager

SUMMARY OF COMMENTS GIVEN IN FEEDBACK BY PARTICIPANTS

IAYM SUMMER INTERNSHIP PROGRAMME 2009
SUMMARY OF COMMENTS GIVEN IN FEEDBACK BY PARTICIPANTS
FOR THE 2ND WEEK ENDING 14 JUNE, 2009

1. I really like the computer lab session, because we learn new & interesting things. This internship programme has really helped a lot in learning new and interesting things. It has helped us in remembering our basics. I would just like to have more time to work on our project rather than having just 2 hours at the end of the day.
2. The opportunity to interact with different students and working along with them is the most interesting part.
3. Lab session by Nitish Sir very interesting. The session with Sanjeev Sir on Saturday (group-wise discussion), which gave us a clear view of what exactly we have to do in our project, and proved very beneficial.
4. The lecture on probability was interesting, and in lectures by Dr Das, there was always something new to learn. We should have more lectures like the one Dr Jonaki Ghosh gave.
5. Lecture on functions was greatly appreciated, as concepts are never clear in that particular area. Queuing theory lecture was excellent. Lectures which include applications of theory we learn, would be appreciated.
6. The best part is that the teachers are very supporting & friendly and always trying to help us.
7. I am very happy & satisfied at IAYM. Good care is taken of students. Delicious food is provided, many new techniques are taught. The second week was quite informative and helpful regarding our Encryption project. Quite a lot of information was provided to us which really helped.
8. SELF-EVALUATION, getting exposed to facts & concepts I never bothered to ponder on.



Sharad Chaturvedi
Wg Cdr (retd)
Project Manager

Class room stills

Progress Report 17th June

In IAYM, Everything is going very fast and smooth. Students are now busy in making presentations which they have to show at the end of the programme and completing their projects.
Their mentors are helping them and training them in every aspect they require whether it be of any kind from technical programming to mathematical concepts, from logical reasoning to theoretical knowledge. In each project groups are working towards their goal. Many groups have created their presentations and many are busy working for it. I have seen that they are so determined and submerged in their tasks that they even forget to have tea and lunch and if remember they wind them up fast and come back for further work of their project. I must say that they have taken up this programme and the projects seriously and are striving to achieve things out of them.

Students' interest in IAYM



It is possibly the end of the third week of the programme, but at the same time students involvement and interest in the programme has increased to a great extent.
The students have started preparing presentations for their projects and also maths communication.
The ideas and thoughts of the students about their projects are simply fantastic and very innovative. The excitement among the students have encouraged them a lot to work harder, in their projects.
I have been looking over the preparation of many students, and I found that many are going to present their ideas through flash, many through powerpoint, some will use MATLAB. This kind of response of the students is quite exciting and encourageous to even the faculty members....

Looking over to the climax of the programme, I bet that, that would be more fantastic and more encouraging than our thoughts. All thanks to the managing commitee members and our lectures' efforts...

Search Engine Project

If any of the students working in the Search Engine project wants to make a GUI in MATLAB for a more professional presentation of their project, then they are invited to fix a time for a special lecture.

IAYM (Inviting All Young Minds) is a very unique and innovative programme for the talented students. The Journey of this programme had started in the month of March(like Planning and all stuff). There had been more discussion about the project for example how may project should be and what would be the name of the project.

Finally 6 project has been finalized.

Projects are:

1. Chandrayaan

2. Jantar mantar

3. Search Engine for Images

4. Projectile Motion

5. Encryption

6. Error Correction

There had been 72 students selected from all over India in which 36 from school and 36 from College level

Faculty members were overwhelmed by the response that we got. We have received over 350 applications from all over India. Students from over 75 different institutions and from 50 different courses of study have applied. The selection of the participants has been a heartbreaking task for us. We have increased the number of seats, but it has been impossible for us to accommodate many deserving applicants.

Keeping in mind the recommendation letters, the statement of purpose, the academic record, the constraints on hostel accommodation, diversity of courses and region of the students.

continued ….

Some pictures during the class sessions ...

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The MSF faculty has been too busy running the programme to update this blog regularly. One of our students, however, has been writing regularly on his blog. Check out his posts on http://nitinagrawalsblog.blogspot.com/

We invite our students to contribute to this blog and make something of it! Email us at iaym09.msf@gmail.com with your reference number and we will enable you to write posts on this blog.

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The chandrayaan people are now moving smoothly towards the goals set by our mentors.
College group will be working on two-body problem to discover the methods to fix an orbit around moon for a spacecraft/satellite.
School are in the process of discovering new activities depicting projectile motion and new ways to solve kepler's equation

IAYM 2009 Underway

IAYM 2009 is underway at Delhi Public School, R K Puram, New Delhi. There are 72 participating students from all over India, and 32 of these are staying at the DPS hostel. The programme began on June 1 and will conclude on June 27. During these 4 weeks, participants will work on projects related to the Chandrayaan space mission, the Jantar Mantar observatories, Search engines for images, Encryption, and Error correcting codes. They will also work on a project in Mathematics communication and attend classes and computer labs.

IAYM students at the inaugural session.