Shirshendu Chowdhury

Assistant Professor
Dept: Mathematics and Statistics (DMS)
E-mail: shirshendu [at] iiserkol.ac.in
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Research Interest:
Linear and Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations, Fluid Mechanics, Compressible Navier-Stokes equations, Viscoelastic flow of Maxwell and Jeffreys fluid, Control Theory, Control of PDE (In particular Controllability, Stabilizability, Optimal control problem for Compressible Navier-Stokes equations, FitzHugh-Nagumo equation and Viscoelastic fluid model).
Academic Background:
- Ph.D. (Mathematics), TIFR CAM, Bangalore (Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai), 2013, Dissertation Title: Control of Linearized Compressible Navier-Stokes Equations
- M.Sc. (Mathematics), TIFR CAM, Bangalore (Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai), 2008
- B.Sc (Mathematics), Serampore College (University of Calcutta), 2005
Positions:
- Assistant Professor, IISER Kolkata (current)
- Assistant Professor in Mathematics, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India. (2016 - 2017)
- Inspire Faculty in Mathematics, Indian Institute of Science Education And Research, Kolkata, India. (2015 - 2016)
- Post Doc Fellow, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Centre for Applicable Mathematics, Bangalore, India. (2014 - 2015)
- IFCAM post doc fellow, Institut de Mathématiques de Toulouse, Université Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France (2013 - 2014)
Awards and Honors:
- INSPIRE Faculty Award from Department of Science & Technology (2015)
- Harish Chandra Memorial Award from Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai (2014)
Selected Publications:
- Chowdhury, Shirshendu; Biswas, Mrinmay and Dutta, Rajib. 2020."Approximate controllability of the FitzHugh-Nagumo equation in one dimension." J. Differential Equations, 268, 3497-3563
- Chowdhury, Shirshendu and Ervedoza, Sylvain. 2019."Open loop stabilization of incompressible Navier-Stokes equations in a 2d channel using power series expansion." J. Math. Pures Appl., 9, 301-346
- Chowdhury, Shirshendu; Maity, Debayan; Ramaswamy, Mythily and Raymond, Jean-Pierre. 2015." Local stabilization of the compressible Navier-Stokes system, around null velocity, in one dimension.." J. Differential Equations , 259, 371-407
- Chowdhury, Shirshendu; Mitra, Debanjana; Ramaswamy, Mythily and Renardy, Michael. 2014."Null controllability of the linearized compressible Navier Stokes system in one dimension.." J. Differential Equations, 257, 3813-3849
- Chowdhury, Shirshendu; Ramaswamy, Mythily and Raymond, Jean-Pierre. 2012."Controllability and stabilizability of the linearized compressible Navier-Stokes system in one dimension." SIAM J. Control Optim., 50, 2959-2987
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