https://www.siam.org/rss-feed/siam-news/issue-archive/volume-47-number-09-november-2014SIAM News Rss Issue Archive Feeden-USCopyright 2026Fri, 19 Jun 2026 08:58:51 Zhttps://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/bill-davidon/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/bill-davidon/William Davidon was the author of the first paper in the first issue of the SIAM Journal on Optimization.Tue, 04 Nov 2014 00:00:00 ZGail Corbetthttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/emerging-disease-dynamics/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/emerging-disease-dynamics/The West African Ebola outbreak has inspired several new modeling analyses to understand the disease's dynamics.Tue, 04 Nov 2014 00:00:00 ZSherry Towers, Oscar Patterson-Lomba, Carlos Castillo-Chavezhttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/icerm-workshop-sets-out-opportunities-and-challenges-in-experimental-mathematics/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/icerm-workshop-sets-out-opportunities-and-challenges-in-experimental-mathematics/“Experimental mathematics” recently emerged as a competing paradigm for research in the math. sciences.Tue, 04 Nov 2014 00:00:00 ZDavid H. Bailey, Jonathan Borweinhttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/materials-from-mathematics/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/materials-from-mathematics/Like much of mathematics, the mathematical study of materials begins with Euler, or perhaps with Hooke’s models of crystals as periodic arrays of b...Tue, 04 Nov 2014 00:00:00 ZRichard D. Jameshttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/opportunities-at-the-mathematics-future-cities-interface/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/opportunities-at-the-mathematics-future-cities-interface/More than half of the world’s population lives in cities, a proportion that is estimated by the World Health Organization to reach 70% by 2050.Tue, 04 Nov 2014 00:00:00 ZPeter Grindrod, Desmond J. Higham, Robert S. MacKayhttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/periodic-table-of-the-finite-elements/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/periodic-table-of-the-finite-elements/The finite element method is one of the most powerful techniques for the simulation of the physical world.Mon, 03 Nov 2014 15:57:00 ZDouglas N. Arnold, Anders Logghttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/renew-your-membership-112014/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/renew-your-membership-112014/If your SIAM membership expires December 31, 2014, you will receive an email during the month of November. Wed, 05 Nov 2014 00:00:00 Zhttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/siam-sections-112014/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/siam-sections-112014/SIAM sections promote activity in the fields of applied mathematics and computational science within a geographical region.Wed, 05 Nov 2014 00:00:00 Zhttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/siam-welcomes-its-newest-student-chapters-112014/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/siam-welcomes-its-newest-student-chapters-112014/SIAM welcomes six new student chapters.Wed, 05 Nov 2014 00:00:00 Zhttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/shareability-networks/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/shareability-networks/The concept of “sharing economy” is rapidly taking hold in the context of urban transportation.Tue, 04 Nov 2014 00:00:00 ZPaolo Santihttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/