Vision
The Functional Programming (FP) Launchpad at IIT Madras aims to build research and educational capacity for crafting efficient, reliable and trustworthy software with mathematical guardrails. As AI coding agents make software increasingly accessible and enable its production at unprecedented scale, they also introduce far-reaching consequences for civic society. In this context, the centre is founded on the belief that discovering future software engineering best practices requires sustained feedback loops between research and real-world systems, as well as educational structures that cultivate a new generation of maintainers for foundational software.
People
Faculty
KC Sivaramakrishnan, Head, FP Launchpad · Assistant Professor, Computer Science and Engineering, IIT Madras
Ayon Chakraborty, Assistant Professor, Computer Science and Engineering, IIT Madras
Mukulika Maity, Assistant Professor, Computer Science and Engineering, IIT Madras
Kartik Nagar, Assistant Professor, Computer Science and Engineering, IIT Madras
Patanjali SLPSK, Assistant Professor, Wadhwani School of Data Science and AI, IIT Madras
Balaraman Ravindran, Professor and Head, Wadhwani School of Data Science and AI, IIT Madras
Chester Rebeiro, Professor, Computer Science and Engineering, IIT Madras
Gopalakrishnan Srinivasan, Assistant Professor, Computer Science and Engineering, IIT Madras
Advisory Board
Chris Casinghino, Software Engineer, Jane Street
Suresh Jagannathan, Professor, Purdue University
Ranjit Jhala, Professor, University of California, San Diego
Shriram Krishnamurthi, Professor, Brown University
Anil Madhavapeddy, Professor, University of CambridgeRishiyur Nikhil, CTO, Bluespec, Inc
Sriram Rajamani, Corporate Vice President, Microsoft ResearchSatnam Singh, Software Engineer, Harmonic
Nik Swamy, Senior Principal Researcher, Microsoft Research
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