https://www.siam.org/rss-feed/siam-news/issue-archive/volume-45-number-08-october-2012SIAM News Rss Issue Archive Feeden-USCopyright 2026Tue, 23 Jun 2026 00:04:40 Zhttps://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/a-guided-tour-of-dms-nsf-programs-for-math-scientists/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/a-guided-tour-of-dms-nsf-programs-for-math-scientists/Henry Warchall, deputy director of the Division of Mathematical Sciences at the NSF, discussed funding at AN12.Tue, 02 Oct 2012 00:00:00 Zhttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/birth-of-a-literary-genre/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/birth-of-a-literary-genre/James Case reviews three books by three different authors that constitute the "great equations" genre.Tue, 02 Oct 2012 00:00:00 ZJames Casehttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/fifteen-ways-to-fool-the-masses-when-presenting-your-work-in-uq/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/fifteen-ways-to-fool-the-masses-when-presenting-your-work-in-uq/Uncertainty quantification for complex systems is quite a competitive area, and presenting research can be tricky.Tue, 02 Oct 2012 00:00:00 ZMax Gunzburgerhttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/math-of-planet-earth-2013/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/math-of-planet-earth-2013/You have probably heard that 2013 is the year of Mathematics of Planet Earth, but do you know what that means?Tue, 02 Oct 2012 00:00:00 ZJames Crowleyhttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/math-of-planet-earth-2013-set-to-debut-at-jmm/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/math-of-planet-earth-2013-set-to-debut-at-jmm/The launch of Mathematics of Planet Earth 2013 is slated for January at the Joint Math Meetings in San Diego.Tue, 02 Oct 2012 00:00:00 Zhttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/my-poincar233-recollected/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/my-poincar233-recollected/Philip Davis reflects on Jeremy Gray’s biography of Poincaré, which took him back to his early studies.Tue, 02 Oct 2012 00:00:00 ZPhilip J. Davishttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/nsf-postdoctoral-research-fellowships-in-the-math-sciences/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/nsf-postdoctoral-research-fellowships-in-the-math-sciences/The NSF released an updated solicitation for its Mathematical Sciences Postdoctoral Research Fellowships program.Tue, 02 Oct 2012 00:00:00 Zhttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/obituaries-royal-bruce-kellogg/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/obituaries-royal-bruce-kellogg/Royal Bruce Kellogg passed away at the age of 81, soon after he was diagnosed with a brain tumor.Tue, 02 Oct 2012 00:00:00 ZDouglas N. Arnold, Susanne C. Brenner, Martin Styneshttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/probabilistic-uq-for-pdes-with-random-data/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/probabilistic-uq-for-pdes-with-random-data/Three factors have contributed to the explosive growth in the emerging field of modern UQ.Tue, 02 Oct 2012 00:00:00 ZOliver G. Ernst, K. Andrew Cliffehttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/simulation-based-volcanic-hazard-assessment/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/simulation-based-volcanic-hazard-assessment/Experts have begun supplementing their understanding of volcanic hazards with realistic geophysical flow simulations.Tue, 02 Oct 2012 00:00:00 ZElaine Spiller, Abani Patra, E. Bruce Pitman, Eliza Calder, Susie Bayarri, James O. Berger, Robert Wolperthttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/the-impact-of-carbon-dioxide-sequestration-on-shallow-groundwater/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/the-impact-of-carbon-dioxide-sequestration-on-shallow-groundwater/A CO2 sequestration site in Chimayo, New Mexico, was examined for site-specific impacts of shallow groundwater.Tue, 02 Oct 2012 00:00:00 ZHari Viswanathan, Zhenxue Dai, Christina Lopano, Elizabeth Keating, J. Alexandra Hakala, George D. Guthrie, Rajesh Pawarhttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/thinking-of-graduate-school-check-out-nsf-fellowships/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/thinking-of-graduate-school-check-out-nsf-fellowships/Many students graduating with baccalaureate degrees contemplate graduate studies, but funding can be an obstacle.Tue, 02 Oct 2012 00:00:00 ZMeredith Berthelson, Jennifer Slimowitz Pearlhttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/what-s-so-special-about-complex-variables/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/what-s-so-special-about-complex-variables/SIAM President Nick Trefethen believes that the subject of complex variables gets too little attention in our curricula.Tue, 02 Oct 2012 00:00:00 ZLloyd N. Trefethenhttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/