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EDUCATION
- The University of Texas at Austin, Texas, USA
Ph.D., Physics, May 2004
Dissertation: ``Numerical Studies of the Standard Nontwist Map and
a Renormalization Group Framework for Breakup of Invariant Tori''
Supervisor: Philip J. Morrison
- Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India
M.Sc., Physics, May 1996
EMPLOYMENT AND TEACHING EXPERIENCE
- Joint Faculty, International Centre for Theoretical
Sciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Bangalore, India:
October 2008 - present
- Fellow, Center for Applicable Mathematics, Tata Institute
of Fundamental Research, Bangalore, India: July 2007 - present
- Postdoctoral Fellow, Mathematical Sciences Research
Institute (MSRI), Berkeley, California, USA: January - May 2007
- Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Mathematics,
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA: August -
December 2006
- Instructor: Math 233 ``Multivariable Calculus,'' Fall
2006
- Postdoctoral Fellow, Statistical and Applied Mathematical
Sciences Institute (SAMSI), Durham NC, USA: January 2005 - August
2006
- University of Texas, Austin, Texas, USA
- Graduate Research Assistant, Institute for Fusion
Studies: June 2000 - May 2004
- Assistant instructor: August 1999 - May 2000
- Teaching Assistant: August 1996 - August 1999
PUBLICATIONS
Refereed -
- A. Apte, ``Renormalization group operators for maps and universal
scaling of universal scaling exponents,'' Physica D 240 317-322
(2010)
- A. Apte, D. Auroux, Mythily Ramaswamy, ``Variational data
assimilation for discrete Burgers equation,''
Electronic Journal of Differential Equations, Conference 19
15-30 (2010)
- A. Apte, C.K.R.T. Jones, A. M. Stuart, and J. Voss,
``Data Assimilation: Mathematical and Statistical Perspectives,''
Int. J. Numer. Methods in Fluids 56, 1033 (2008)
- A. Apte, C.K.R.T. Jones, and A. M. Stuart,
``A Bayesian approach to Lagrangian data assimilation,''
Tellus A 60, 336-347 (March 2008)
- T.B. Krause, P.J. Morrison, and A. Apte,
``A unique approach to the Darwin approximation,''
Phys. Plasmas bf 14 102112 (October 2007)
- A. Apte, M. Hairer, A. M. Stuart, and J. Voss,
``Sampling the posterior: an approach to non-Gaussian data
assimilation,''
Physica D 230, 50-64 (June 2007)
- K. Fuchss, A. Wurm, A. Apte, and P.J. Morrison,
``Breakup of shearless meanders and `outer' tori in the standard
nontwist map,''
Chaos 16, 033120 (September 2006)
- A. Apte, R. de la Llave, and E. Petrisor,
``Comment on `Reconnection scenarios...,' Chaos Solitons and
Fractals 14, 117 (2002),''
Chaos Solitons and Fractals 27, 1115 (2006)
- A. Wurm, A. Apte, K. Fuchss and P.J. Morrison,
``Meanders and reconnection-collision sequences in the standard
nontwist map,''
Chaos 15, 023108 (June 2005)
- A. Apte, R. de la Llave, and N.P. Petrov,
``Regularity of critical invariant circles of the standard non-twist
map,''
Nonlinearity 18, 1173-1187 (May 2005)
- A. Apte, A. Wurm, and P.J. Morrison,
``Renormalization for breakup of invariant tori,''
Physica D 200, 47-59 (January 2005)
- A. Wurm, A. Apte, and P.J. Morrison,
``On reconnection phenomena in the standard nontwist map,''
Brazilian Journal of Physics 34, 1700-1706 (December 2004)
- A. Apte, A. Wurm, and P.J. Morrison,
``Renormalization and destruction of
tori in the
standard nontwist map,''
Chaos 13, 421-433 (June 2003)
submitted / in preparation -
- Md. Nurujjaman, S. Shivamurthy, A. Apte, T. Singla,
P. Parmananda, ``Effect of discrete time observations on
synchronization in Chua model and applications to data
assimilation,'' submitted to Chaos
- A. Apte, C.K.R.T. Jones, ``Saddles and centers: effects of
nonlinearity on data assimilation,'' in preparation
PUBLICATIONS
Non-refereed, proceedings, reports -
- A. Apte, Ravi Nanjundiah, Vijay Chandru, Roddam Narasimha,
Spenta Wadia, ``Report of the ICTS program `Scientific discovery
through intensive exploration of data','' Submitted to the
Scientific Advisory Committee to the Prime Minister of India, April
2011, and a shortened version to Current Science
- A. Apte, C.K.R.T. Jones, and A. M. Stuart, ``A Bayesian approach
to Lagrangian data assimilation: Langevin sampling and model
error,'' Proceedings of the International Conference on Recent
Developments in Nonlinear Systems and Dynamics, Bharathidasan
University, Tiruchirapalli, India, February 2008
- A. Apte, ``Wave-mean-flow interaction in Oldroyd-B fluid,''
Proceedings of the 2003 Program in Geophysical Fluid Dynamics
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA 02543 USA
http://gfd.whoi.edu/proceedings/2003/PDFvol2003.html
SYNERGETIC ACTIVITIES
- Co-organizer, ``Homi Bhabha Birth Centenary Symposium on
Hyperbolic PDE and Related Topics,'' TIFR-CAM, Bangalore, India,
July 2009
- Co-convener, ``Scientific discovery through intensive data
exploration,'' Jawaharlal Nehru Center for Advanced Scientific
Research, Bangalore, India (
30 speakers,
50
participants); 02 - 11 Feburary 2011
- Co-organizer, ``Monsoon School on Mathematical and Statistical
Foundations of Data Assimilation, and International Conference on
Data Assimilation,'' TIFR Centre for Applicable Mathematics and the
Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India (
20
speakers,
40 participants); 04 - 23 July 2011
PRESENTATIONS
Invited talks, colloquia, seminars -
- Workshop on ``Generalized Hamiltonian structure of differential
equations and dissipative dynamical systems,'' University of Kent,
UK, June 2011
- Colloquium, Raman Research Institute, Bangalore India, April
2011
- Round Table Meeting on Weather and Climate Modelling, Centre for
Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC), Bangalore India, February
2011
- National Conference on Nonlinear Sciences and Dynamics,
Tiruchirapalli, India, January 2010
- Indo-French Workshop on Applied Mathematics, Indian Institute of
Science, Bangalore India, December 2010
- Perspectives in Nonlinear Dynamics PNLD 2010, Bangalore India,
July 2010
- European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2010, session on
``Data assimilation and inverse problems in the presence of
nonlinearities,'' Vienna Austria, May 2010
- International Conference on Turbulence, Indian Institute of
Technology Kanpur, India, December 2009
- II Indo-Brazil Symposium in Mathematics, TIFR Centre for
Applicable Mathematics, Bangalore India, December 2009
- Colloquium, Institut de Mathematiques de Toulouse, Universite
Paul Sabatier, France, June 2009
- Colloquium, Department of Mathematics, Universidad Nacional de
Colombia, Bogota Colombia, May 2009
- National Conference on Nonlinear Sciences and Dynamics,
Kolkata, India, March 2009
- Colloquium, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India,
February 2009
- Junior DA Researchers Day, University of Reading UK, December
2008
- Bangalore Probability Seminar, Indian Institute of Science,
Bangalore India, November 2008
- International Conference on Nonlinear Dynamical Systems and
Turbulence, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India, July 2008
- Colloquium, Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai, May 2008
- National Seminar on ``Generalizations and Approxomations in
Mathematics,'' Visva-Bharati University, India, March 2008
- Colloquium, Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research, India,
March 2008
- Colloquium, Indian Institute of Technology, Chennai, India,
March 2008
- Symposium in honour of 60th birthday of Professor S.G. Dani,
Bangalore, India, December 2007
- Seminar at National Aeronautics Laboratory, Bangalore India,
October 2007
- Workshop on ``Environmental Modeling and Data Assimilation,''
University of Warwick, Coventry, UK, November 2007
- Seminar at Institute for Plasma Research, Ahemedabad, India,
February 2007
- Seminar at Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Chennai, India,
February 2007
- Seminar at TIFR Center, Bangalore, India, February 2007
- Workshop on ``Mathematics of Data Assimilation,'' University of
Warwick, Coventry, UK, May 2006
- Department of Mathematics and Mechanics seminar, Instituto de
Investigaciones en Matemáticas Aplicadas y en Sistemas (IIMAS),
UNAM, Mexico City, Mexico, November 2004
- Plasma Theory Group seminar, Los Alamos National Laboratory,
November 2004
- Working Dynamical Systems seminar, University of Texas, Austin
TX, October 2004
Contributed talks -
- Conference ``Geometric Methods for Infinite-Dimensional
Dynamical Systems,'' Brown University, Providence, RI, USA, November
2011
- SIAM Conference on Applications of Dynamical Systems, Snowbird
Utah, USA, May 2011
- Workshop on ``Stochastic Differential Equation
Models with Applications to the Insulin-Glucose System and Neuronal
Modelling,'' Middlefart, Denmark, August 2008
- National Conference on Nonlinear Sciences and Dynamics,
Ahemedabad, India, January 2008
- International Conference ``Chaos, Complexity and Transport:
Theory and Applications,'' Marseille, France, June 2007
- SIAM Conference on Applications of Dynamical Systems, Snowbird
Utah, USA, May 2007
- SIAM Conference on Applications of Dynamical Systems, Snowbird
Utah, USA, May 2005
Lecture series -
- DST SERC school in nonlinear dynamics, IISER, Pune India,
December 2011
- Workshop on PDE and related analysis, Institute Mathematics
Initiative of Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore India,
September 2009
- ``Applications of Hamiltonian dynamical systems,''
Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogota Colombia, May 2009
- ``Data assimilation: statistical and deterministic approaches,''
Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogota Colombia, April-May 2009
- Indo-German Workshop-cum-Lecture Series on ``Computational
Models and Methods Driven by Industrial Problems,'' Indian Institute
of Technology Madras, Chennai, India, November 2008
- DST-SERC School on Nonlinear Dynamics, Indian Institute of
Science, Bangalore India, July 2008
Graduate level teaching -
- 2009 Fall and 2010 Fall: ``Ordinary differential equations''
- 2008 Spring and 2008 Fall: ``Classical
mechanics''
Popular science / expository lectures -
- Workshop on ``Design and Analysis of Algorithms,'' Nitte
Meenakshi Institute of Technology, Bangalore India, October 2009
- Bishop Cotton College, Bangalore India, October 2009
- St. Joseph College, Bangalore, India, January 2009
- Christ College, Bangalore, India, September 2008
- Government Science College, Bangalore, India, March 2008
- Maharani Ammani College, Bangalore, India, February 2008
Posters -
- Conference on Nonlinear Dynamics: Integrability and Chaos,
Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirapalli, India, February 2008
- Nonlinear Evolution Equations and Dynamical Systems (NEEDS),
L'Ametlla de Mar, Spain, June 2007
- SIAM Conference on Applications of Dynamical Systems,
Snowbird UT, May 2007
- Workshop on Data Assimilation, SAMSI, May 2006
- SIAM Conference on Applications of Dynamical Systems,
Snowbird UT, May 2005
- Sherwood Fusion Theory Conference, Missoula MN, April 2004
- Annual meeting of the APS Division of Plasma Physics,
Albuquerque NM, October 2003
- SIAM Conference on Applications of Dynamical Systems,
Snowbird UT, May 2003
- Sherwood Fusion Theory Conference, Corpus Christi TX,
April 2003
- Annual meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics, Dallas
TX, November 2002
- Annual meeting of the APS Division of Plasma Physics, Orlando
FL, October 2002
- Sherwood Fusion Theory Conference, Rochester NY, April 2002
PROJECTS AND FELLOWSHIPS
- ``Wave-mean-flow interactions in Oldroyd-B fluid.'' Project
completed as a Fellow at the Summer Program in Geophysical Fluid
Dynamics, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute, Woods Hole MA, August
2003 - Supervisor: Oliver Bühler, Courant Institute, NY
- ``A search for CH stars in globular clusters.'' E. Ambrose,
A. Apte, T. Krause, M. Wolf; Project for the ``Observational
Astronomy'' class at UT Austin, Summer 2001.
- ``Entropy of
supersymmetric theory and its
relation to black holes.'' Qualifier seminar, UT Austin, December
1998; Collaborator: Li Jiang; Supervisor: Willy Fischler
- ``Entropy changes during nucleosynthesis in the early
universe.'' Project at the Vacation Students' Programme at Inter
University Center for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA),
Pune, India, August 1994; Supervisor: N.C. Rana, IUCAA
SERVICES
- Referee for Chaos, Communications in
Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simulation, Discrete and
Continuous Dynamical Systems, Physica D, Physical
Review, Journal of Earth System Science, and Current
Science
- Elected as Membership Coordinator (1999-2000), Food Buyer
(Summer 2000), and Director (Fall 2000) of Laurel House Cooperative,
Austin TX
- Judge for Texas State Science Fair, Austin TX, 1999
- Workshop leader in ``Holding office hours and dealing with
student problems'' and ``Sharing concerns'' sessions and participant
in ``Experienced TAs and AIs and UT undergraduate students'' session
of Fall 1999 and Summer 2000 International Teaching Assistants'
Workshop, University of Texas, Austin
LANGUAGES
Marathi (native), English (near-native), Hindi and Spanish (fluent)