https://www.siam.org/rss-feed/siam-news/issue-archive/volume-46-number-09-november-2013SIAM News Rss Issue Archive Feeden-USCopyright 2026Tue, 16 Jun 2026 23:31:32 Zhttps://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/a-scorching-summer-school-in-shanghai/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/a-scorching-summer-school-in-shanghai/The 2013 Gene Golub SIAM Summer School took place July 22 to August 2 in a very hot Shanghai. Sat, 02 Nov 2013 00:00:00 ZJing Leng, Charles Puelz, Leo Taslamanhttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/energy-efficient-building-design/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/energy-efficient-building-design/At AN13, control theorist John Burns discussed opportunities to apply mathematical principles to energy-efficient building design.Sat, 02 Nov 2013 00:00:00 ZBarry A. Ciprahttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/multiscale-modeling-of-foams/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/multiscale-modeling-of-foams/Foams are everywhere, but devising mathematical and numerical models for evolving foams is daunting.Mon, 04 Nov 2013 00:00:00 ZRobert Saye, James Sethianhttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/obituaries-yuri-vasilyevich-prokhorov-1929-2013/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/obituaries-yuri-vasilyevich-prokhorov-1929-2013/Yuri Vasilyevich Prokhorov was born in December of 1929 and died in July 2013 at the age of 83.Sat, 02 Nov 2013 00:00:00 ZS. R. Varadhanhttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/smells-like-a-traffic-jam/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/smells-like-a-traffic-jam/Katsuhiro Nishinari, a self-described “jam-ologist” at the University of Tokyo, spoke about traffic at this year’s Annual Meeting.Sat, 02 Nov 2013 00:00:00 ZDana Mackenziehttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/the-remarkable-career-of-a-pioneering-computational-scientist/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/the-remarkable-career-of-a-pioneering-computational-scientist/Margaret Butler, the first woman named a fellow of the American Nuclear Society, passed away on March 8, 2013.Sat, 02 Nov 2013 00:00:00 ZGail Pieper, Lois Curfman McInneshttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/