https://www.siam.org/rss-feed/siam-news/issue-archive/volume-47-number-03-april-2014SIAM News Rss Issue Archive Feeden-USCopyright 2026Tue, 23 Jun 2026 04:22:16 Zhttps://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/become-a-siam-ambassador-042014/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/become-a-siam-ambassador-042014/Will you be traveling in the future? Consider sharing SIAM with your colleagues by becoming a SIAM Ambassador.Wed, 02 Apr 2014 00:00:00 Zhttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/earning-a-degree-this-year-take-advantage-of-siam-s-postgraduate-membership/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/earning-a-degree-this-year-take-advantage-of-siam-s-postgraduate-membership/If you are earning your degree this year and will no longer be a student, it’s important that you remain a part of the SIAM community. Wed, 02 Apr 2014 00:00:00 Zhttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/inaugural-siam-symposium-to-be-held-at-materials-research-society-s-fall-meeting/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/inaugural-siam-symposium-to-be-held-at-materials-research-society-s-fall-meeting/The SIAM Symposium on Computational Aspects of Materials Science will be part of the Materials Research Society's fall meeting.Wed, 02 Apr 2014 00:00:00 Zhttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/martin-gardners-mathematical-grapevine/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/martin-gardners-mathematical-grapevine/James Case reviews "Undiluted Hocus-Pocus: The Autobiography of Martin Gardner" and "Martin Gardner in the Twenty-First Century."Wed, 02 Apr 2014 00:00:00 ZJames Casehttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/math-of-planet-earth-takes-up-challenges-set-by-successful-predecessor/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/math-of-planet-earth-takes-up-challenges-set-by-successful-predecessor/With the human population having surpassed 7 billion, protecting the earth and its resources is a shared challenge.Wed, 02 Apr 2014 00:00:00 ZFred S. Robertshttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/maths-goes-underground/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/maths-goes-underground/This article is an adapted version of Chris Budd’s piece for the IMA about maths and the London Underground.Wed, 02 Apr 2014 00:00:00 ZChris Buddhttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/peridynamics-fracture-and-nonlocal-continuum-models/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/peridynamics-fracture-and-nonlocal-continuum-models/The dynamic fracture of brittle solids is a particularly interesting collective interaction connecting large and small length scales. Wed, 02 Apr 2014 00:00:00 ZQiang Du, Robert Liptonhttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/siam-blogs/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/siam-blogs/In order to create a space for open-ended dialogue online, SIAM launched SIAM Blogs late last year.Wed, 02 Apr 2014 00:00:00 Zhttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/siam-polyu-chapter-goes-live-at-international-computational-math-conference-in-hong-kong/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/siam-polyu-chapter-goes-live-at-international-computational-math-conference-in-hong-kong/The 2nd International Conference on Engineering and Computational Mathematics was held at Hong Kong Polytechnic University.Wed, 02 Apr 2014 00:00:00 ZHong Wanghttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/scidac-accelerating-scientific-discovery-transforming-computational-science/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/scidac-accelerating-scientific-discovery-transforming-computational-science/The DOE created SciDAC to address challenging large-scale scientific problems that are central to the DOE's mission.Wed, 02 Apr 2014 00:00:00 ZEduardo D’Azevedo, Esmond G. Ng, Stefan M. Wildhttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/seriously-fun-math/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/seriously-fun-math/Glen Whitney and Cindy Lawrence, directors of the National Museum of Mathematics in NYC, planned an exciting event.Wed, 02 Apr 2014 00:00:00 Zhttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/the-scientist-reporter-collaboration/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/the-scientist-reporter-collaboration/Communicating science, technology, engineering, and mathematics to the public is challenging but mandatory.Tue, 01 Apr 2014 17:31:00 ZRachel Levy, Flora Lichtman, David L. Huhttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/