https://www.siam.org/rss-feed/siam-news/issue-archive/volume-46-number-03-april-2013SIAM News Rss Issue Archive Feeden-USCopyright 2026Thu, 04 Jun 2026 11:14:49 Zhttps://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/applying-math-to-myth-helps-separate-fact-from-fiction/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/applying-math-to-myth-helps-separate-fact-from-fiction/Although the distinctions between them are not always sharp, myths differ from legends and folktales.Tue, 02 Apr 2013 00:00:00 ZPádraig Mac Carron, Ralph Kennahttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/cardiff-students-hold-first-siam-chapter-day/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/cardiff-students-hold-first-siam-chapter-day/The 1st SIAM Chapter Day at Cardiff University marked the formation of the 1st SIAM Student Chapter in Wales.Tue, 02 Apr 2013 00:00:00 ZAngela Mihaihttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/foxes-hedgehogs-and-the-art-of-prediction/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/foxes-hedgehogs-and-the-art-of-prediction/James Case reviews Nate Silver's "The Signal and the Noise: Why So Many Predictions Fail, but Some Don’t."Tue, 02 Apr 2013 00:00:00 ZJames Casehttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/living-proof-mbi-celebrates-the-future-of-biomathematics/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/living-proof-mbi-celebrates-the-future-of-biomathematics/As it reaches its tenth year, the Mathematical Biosciences Institute set its sights on the future of mathematical biology.Tue, 02 Apr 2013 00:00:00 ZBarry A. Ciprahttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/patternmaster-the-inner-world-of-a-mathematician/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/patternmaster-the-inner-world-of-a-mathematician/Tayna Moore discusses her career and the types of skills mathematicians regularly call on to do their work.Tue, 02 Apr 2013 00:00:00 ZTanya Moorehttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/questioning-big-data/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/questioning-big-data/Just about every U.S. federal agency that funds science currently supports at least one major national initiative on data.Tue, 02 Apr 2013 00:00:00 Zhttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/top-ten-reasons-to-not-share-your-code-and-why-you-should-anyway/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/top-ten-reasons-to-not-share-your-code-and-why-you-should-anyway/Randy LeVeque advocates for sharing the computer code used to produce tables or figures appearing in publications.Tue, 02 Apr 2013 00:00:00 ZRandall J. LeVequehttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/