Two-day National Workshop on ‘Impact of Mathematics in Medical Era’ (NWIMME-2023)  

The Department of Mathematics organized a two-day National Workshop on ‘Impact of Mathematics in Medical Era’ (NWIMME-2023) on 14 and 15 September 2023. The workshop started with prayer. Dr. K. Sathiyanathan, Head of the Department of Mathematics, welcomed the gathering. Swami Buddhidananda, Ramalrishna Mission Vidyalaya (Deputy Controller of Examination, Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda Educational and Research, Coimbatore), formally inaugurated the workshop and blessed the gathering. Dr. M. Sethuraman, Head of the Department of Physics, felicitated the programme. Dr. Debabrata Datta, Department of Information Technology, Heritage Institute of Technology, Kolkata, who was the chief guest of the day, gave the special address on the occasion.

A total of six sessions were conducted, as detailed below:

• Session I: PDE-based Medical Imaging Segmentation and Geometric Active Contours by Dr. Debabrata Datta.

• Session II: Mathematics Behind Machine Learning Algorithms for Medical Images by Dr. Debabrata Datta.

• Session III: Implementation towards Image Processing and Machine Learning (Lab Session) by Dr. Debabrata Datta.

• Session IV: Medical Image Processing using Python by Dr. R. Sridhar, Director (Unaided Wing).

• Session V: Monte-Carlo Simulation and its Application to Medical Images by Dr. Debabrata Datta.

• Session VI: Artificial Neural Networks and Their Applications by Dr. K. Madhialagan, Assistant Professor, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore.

The valedictory function was held on September 15, 2023. Dr. S. Santhosh Kumar, organiser of NWIMME-2023, elaborated on the report of the workshop. Totally, 94 participants participated and benefited.