This month, CTCS (IIT Madras) & PIK present a webinar: 📢: Dynamics of modern power grids - A complex systems perspective 🎙️: Dr. Frank Hellman @various.complexities.eu, @pik-potsdam.bsky.social, Germany 📅: September 29 |⏰19:30 IST | 16:00 CEST, 🔗: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi... #ComplexSystems #phd

We discover that by variation of an additional parameter, a complex system undergoes a change from continuous to abrupt transition, involving an intricate metamorphosis of transition (published in @apsphysics.bsky.social). doi.org/10.1103/qn17... #IITMadras #research #ComplexSystems #bifurcations

Feel honored and humbled to be elected as a fellow of the Indian National Science Academy. Grateful to my current and past students and postdocs, IIT Madras, and my family for their continual support. insaindia.res.in/recent-elect... #Fellowship #INSA #IITMadras #Research #Science #Academia #India

Our new work by phoenix02.bsky.social‬ in JFM @universitypress.cambridge.org reveals a 52° phase lag between vortex shedding and maximum vortical interaction in turbulent combustors. Disrupting these interactions can suppress thermoacoustic instability. doi.org/10.1017/jfm.2025.1036#JFMF#ORNLNL

Our results with @pik-potsdam.bsky.social, uncover how phase space recurrence condenses prior to oscillatory instability, revealing power-law scaling to detect tipping points in complex systems, got published in @aip-publishing.bsky.social doi.org/10.1063/5.0267157 #ComplexSystem #Tipping #IITMadras

Excited to present our work at the Asia Oceania Geosciences Society 2025 in Singapore on the onset of monsoon as a phase transition using network science. More details can be found at arxiv.org/abs/2503.15148 #ClimateScience #NetworkScience #IndianMonsoon #ComplexSystems #PhD #conference

Congratulations to Nidhi, Aswin & Yogenraj on starting PhDs at TU Delft, Northwestern & IIT Madras respectively! Best wishes to Rohan on his new role at SpaceKaur, and to Ira (MS Purdue, Aero & Astro) & Ritu (MTech IIT Bombay). Proud to see them grow and move forward in their academic journey! #PhD

Excited to share our work in collaboration with @pik-potsdam.bsky.social and National Physical Laboratory, published in Scientific Reports. We show that early warnings are too late when parameters change rapidly. 10.1038/s41598-025-06525-5 #Tipping #EarlyWarningSignals #ComplexSystems #IITmadras

Had a great time at NODYCON NODYCON2025 presenting our recent results on metamorphosis of transitions to periodic oscillations. Thanks to Walter Lacarbonara & Muhammad Hajj for a fantastic event full of science & energy! #conference #Nonlineardynamics #stevens #springernature #cassyni #NYC

We are hiring! We have an opening for a project associate at the Centre of Excellence for studying critical transitions in complex systems at IIT Madras. To apply, send your CV to [email protected] #Freshershiring #deeplearning #Projectassociate #IITMadras #ComplexSystem #Climate

Our discovery on the impact of spatial extent of disordered dynamics on the nature of the transition in turbulent reactive flow systems got published in @aip-publishing.bsky.social. doi.org/10.1063/5.02... #chaos #turbulentcombustion #Tipping #Complexsystems #phasetransition #Phd #IITMadras

A gentle reminder - the seminar is scheduled for this evening at 20:30 IST. #NonlinearDynamics #ComplexSystems #webinarinvite #Zoomcodes #nodycon #APSphysics #Network #IITMadras #BU_Tweets #Physiology

Great to host Dr. Anagha Madhusudanan (IISc Bangalore), INSPIRE faculty. She presented her work on Navier-Stokes-based linear models for intermittent & viscosity-stratified flows. Wishing her all the best! #FluidDynamics #Research #IITMadras #IISc #professor #Academia #Aerospace

Humbled to become a board member of IN-SPACe (www.inspace.gov.in/inspace). It is an honor to be part of India’s vision to foster a space ecosystem through the private sector’s involvement. www.inspace.gov.in/inspace?id=i... #INSPACe #SpaceEcosystem #IndiaSpace #PrivateSector #Innovation #ISRO #IITM

🎉 Congratulations to Dr. Gaurav Chopra (Postdoc in our lab) on joining as Assistant Professor in the Department of Applied Mechanics at IIT Delhi! Wishing you all the best in your journey and research endeavors. #Academia #AppliedMechanics #Congratulations #IITMadras #Professor #research #phd #IITD

Our recent discovery, in collaboration with @pik-potsdam.bsky.social and published in PhysRevE, reveals a nonmonotonic emergence of order from chaos in turbulent thermo-fluid systems by characterizing system fluctuations through a complex networks framework! doi: doi.org/10.1103/Phys... #Complexity

This month, CTCS (IIT Madras ) & PIK present a webinar: 📢: The new field of network physiology: Building the Human Physiolome 🎙️: Prof. Plamen Ch. Ivanov, @bostonu.bsky.social, US 📅: May 29 | ⏰ 20:30 IST | 17:00 CEST, 🔗: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi... #Networkphysilogy #webinar #Humanphysiolome

Honored to host Shri Rajeev Jyoti, Fellow FINAE, FASI, FIETE, Director, TD, and Shri R V Kaushik, Deputy Director, TD from IN-SPACe. Great opportunity to showcase our lab facilities, demonstrate experiments, and engage in productive discussions. #INSPACe #research #IITMadras

In collab with @pik-potsdam.bsky.social, we uncover a pattern of synchronized extreme rainfall in the Indian Summer Monsoon—linked to the 2018 & 2019 Kerala floods. A step toward early warnings for extreme events! 🔗 doi.org/10.1063/5.02... #IITMadras #Climate #KeralaFloods #ComplexSystems

Wishing a warm farewell and all the best to Ms. Pranavya, who ignited our journey into chemical reaction research. We transition from citing the Belousov-Zhabotinsky reaction to reproduce it in our lab. Grateful for the energy, curiosity, and momentum you brought to the lab. #iitmadras #chemistry

Happy to share that Dr. Gaurav and Mrs. Shruti from our lab contributed to the discussions at the 2025 @egu.eu General Assembly in Vienna, presenting research on monsoon progression and cyclone dynamics using network theory. #ClimateScience #NetworkScience #Cyclones #IndianMonsoon #ComplexSystems

A gentle reminder - the seminar is scheduled for Monday (28/04/2025) evening at 19:30 IST. #research #zoom #complexsystems #nonlineardynamics #APSphyscs

A gentle reminder - the seminar is scheduled for Monday (28/04/2025) evening at 19:30 IST. #research #zoom #complexsystems #nonlineardynamics #APSphyscs

This month, CTCS (IIT Madras) & @pik-potsdam.bsky.social present a webinar: 📢:Emergent dynamics and transitions on multiplex networks 🎙️: Prof. G . Ambika, IISER, Thiruvananthapuram 📅: April 28 | ⏰ 19:30 IST | 16:00 CEST, 🔗:https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_lLsX2DQxRwaJF2ps4JrGsQ #phd

Farewell and best wishes to Sara M. Vallejo Bernal, visiting postdoc from the @pik-potsdam.bsky.social, Germany. We wish her all the best in her future endeavors and look forward to continued collaboration! #phd #research

This month, CTCS (IIT Madras) & @pik-potsdam.bsky.social present a webinar: 📢:Emergent dynamics and transitions on multiplex networks 🎙️: Prof. G . Ambika, IISER, Thiruvananthapuram 📅: April 28 | ⏰ 19:30 IST | 16:00 CEST, 🔗:https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_lLsX2DQxRwaJF2ps4JrGsQ #phd

🎓 Congratulations to Dr. Ramesh S. Bhavi on successfully defending his PhD! He’s joining ZEISS Semiconductor (Germany) as a System Engineer. His research led to the discovery of Canard explosions in turbulent thermo-fluid systems. Wishing him continued success!

A gentle reminder - the seminar is scheduled for this evening at 19:30 IST and 16:00 CET.

Pleasure of giving an invited talk at CNSD-2025, Bharathidasan University (BDU)! A fantastic platform to absorb ideas from physicists and apply them to combustors & climate systems. Great to see our students engage and gain exposure. Always excited to visit Tiruchirapalli!

This month, CTCS (IITM) & @pik-potsdam.bsky.social present a webinar: 📢: Exploiting delay-induced nonlinear dynamics for photonic reservoir computing, 🎙️: Prof. Kathy Lüdge, 📅: March 31 | ⏰ 19:30 IST | 16:00 CET, 🔗:https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_mc2hv482S7OnRo2QVMujMw

A gentle reminder - the seminar is scheduled for this evening.

Our study, published in Journal of Fluid Mechanics, demonstrates that cross-variable amplitude-frequency coupling unveils distinct spatial patterns of flame-acoustic interactions in turbulent thermoacoustic reactive flow systems. Read more: [https://doi.org/10.1017/jfm.2024.1235] #JFM

This month, CoE for CTCS at the IIT Madras & @pik-potsdam.bsky.social present a webinar on: 🧠: Epileptic Seizures – Critical Transitions in the Human Brain 🎙️: Prof. @KlausLehnertz, @unibonn.bsky.social 📅: Feb 24 | ⏰ 20:30 IST 🔗: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

It was a privilege to host Dr. Valerie Livina from National Physical Laboratory at IIT Madras. Our group had insightful discussions throughout the tutorial, lunch & dinner. We greatly appreciate her insights on tipping point analysis & early warning signals and look forward to future interactions.

Dr. Ankit Sahay embarks on his postdoc. Beyond research, he bridged generations in the lab, ensured that I took breaks, and helped his juniors avoid missteps. Mr. Mujahid, a tech enthusiast, quickly adapted and made impactful contributions. Wishing them success ahead! 🚀

Honoured to host Prof. Rajarshi Roy in our lab. Our students have engaging discussions over lunch, walks & dinner with him. We gained invaluable insights on effective writing of results to broader audience and spirituality. We cherish lessons on quantum superposition & reference frame forever!

Exciting news! 🎉 Our discovery of 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲 𝗻𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿 in a turbulent reactive flow system has been featured on the 𝗰𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 (pubs.aip.org/aip/cha/issu...) of 𝘊𝘩𝘢𝘰𝘴: 𝘈𝘯 𝘐𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘪𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘑𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘕𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘚𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 (Vol. 34, Issue 12, Dec 2024) and selected as an 𝗘𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗼𝗿'𝘀 𝗣𝗶𝗰𝗸! 🚀🔥

A gentle reminder - the seminar is scheduled for this evening.

We are excited to host Prof. Sarika Jalan from IIT Indore, for the upcoming CTCS Webinar, jointly organized by IIT Madras and @[email protected] on January 27. zoom link: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

In 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘅 𝘀𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺𝘀, nonlinearity induces 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗼𝘀, while self-organization leads to 𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗿. Our discovery (doi.org/10.1063/5.02...) reveals 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲 𝗻𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿 during emergence of order from chaos in a turbulent reactive flow system - a nonintuitive finding @aip.bsky.social

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