https://www.siam.org/rss-feed/siam-news/issue-archive/volume-45-number-05-june-2012SIAM News Rss Issue Archive Feeden-USCopyright 2026Fri, 19 Jun 2026 10:16:52 Zhttps://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/2013-budget-requests/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/2013-budget-requests/Budgets, especially the president’s budget for an upcoming fiscal year, always reflect a bit of wishful thinking.Sat, 02 Jun 2012 00:00:00 ZJames Crowleyhttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/an-uncertain-prognosis-for-medicare-auctions/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/an-uncertain-prognosis-for-medicare-auctions/An auction design by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services awards contracts for durable medical goods.Sat, 02 Jun 2012 00:00:00 ZErica Klarreichhttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/berkeley-tops-competition-for-simons-institute-in-theoretical-cs/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/berkeley-tops-competition-for-simons-institute-in-theoretical-cs/Richard Karp is the founding director of the Simons Institute for the Theory of Computing at UC Berkeley.Sat, 02 Jun 2012 00:00:00 ZGail Corbetthttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/elliptic-curve-groups-and-their-cryptographic-applications/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/elliptic-curve-groups-and-their-cryptographic-applications/James Case reviews "Elliptic Tales: Curves, Counting, and Number Theory," by Avner Ash and Robert Gross.Sat, 02 Jun 2012 00:00:00 ZJames Casehttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/mathematics-as-narrative/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/mathematics-as-narrative/Philip Davis reviews Circles Disturbed: The Interplay of Mathematics and Narrative.Sat, 02 Jun 2012 00:00:00 ZPhilip J. Davishttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/nas-elects-new-members/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/nas-elects-new-members/John Bell, Wendell Fleming, and Ruth Williams were elected to the U.S. National Academy of Sciences.Sat, 02 Jun 2012 00:00:00 Zhttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/probing-the-deep-mathematics-of-nonlinear-inverse-problems/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/probing-the-deep-mathematics-of-nonlinear-inverse-problems/ Inverse problems are about deciphering indirectly measured data of an unknown quantity, such as the inner structure of a patient.Sat, 02 Jun 2012 00:00:00 ZSamuli Siltanenhttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/reu-students-apply-wavelets-to-boston-s-pothole-challenge/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/reu-students-apply-wavelets-to-boston-s-pothole-challenge/Like every city, Boston has its springtime traditions: the beginning of baseball season, the Boston Marathon...and potholes.Sat, 02 Jun 2012 00:00:00 ZDana Mackenziehttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/what-lasts/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/what-lasts/At Oxbridge, the standard nickname for Oxford and Cambridge, things last a long time.Sat, 02 Jun 2012 00:00:00 ZLloyd N. Trefethenhttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/