Vibhav Kamath of M.Tech, 2nd year, is in the winning team in the Strategic Innovation Game (SIG), held by E garage, on 19.01.11 at IITB. The game involved a simulation based software that allows participants to form virtual companies and run it just like running normal companies by making appropriate operational decisions like Production and Production Efficiency, Marketing, Finance, Human Resources, Sales, Reports, and Stock market.

Title: Stochastic approximation - convergence and stability.
Speaker: Sameer Kamal, School of Technology and Computer Science, TIFR, Mumbai.

Time and Date: 4.00 pm, Wednesday February 9, 2011
Venue: Room 103 (ground floor), Mechanical Engineering

Abstract:

Title         : Rank-1 Two-player Games: A Homeomorphism and a Polynomial Time Algorithm.
Speaker : Ruta Mehta, Computer Science and Engineering, IIT Bombay

Time       : 3:30pm, Friday February 4, 2011
Venue    : Room 217, Mechanical Engineering

Dr. N.Hemachandra appointed as Professor in Industrial Engineering and
Operations Research with effect from 21 January 2011.

Prof N. Hemachandra (IEOR) has been appointed as Convenor of IEOR in October 2010 and has taken over 
from Prof Narayan Rangaraj (IEOR) on 24 January 2011.

Research Scholar Ketki Kulkarni participated in the Inter IIT Sports Championships held at IIT Delhi in December 2010. She won the silver medal in Tennis and the bronze medal in Table Tennis tournaments.

Title: Design insights for warehouse systems using autonomous vehicle technology

Speaker: Debjit Roy, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Time and Date: 3:30pm, Friday January 28, 2011
Venue: Room 217, Mechanical Engineering