https://www.siam.org/rss-feed/siam-news/issue-archive/volume-48-number-05-june-2015SIAM News Rss Issue Archive Feeden-USCopyright 2026Tue, 23 Jun 2026 00:16:20 Zhttps://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/a-minimalist-minimizes-an-integral/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/a-minimalist-minimizes-an-integral/Mark Levi presents a solution that is shorter than Johann Bernoulli’s famous optics-based idea of minimizing an integral.Mon, 01 Jun 2015 15:27:00 ZMark Levihttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/aaas-the-siam-community/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/aaas-the-siam-community/At its 2015 meeting in San Jose, California, the American Association for the Advancement of Science recognized AAAS fellows elected in 2014.Mon, 01 Jun 2015 15:54:00 Zhttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/european-students-gather-at-tu-delft-for-krylov-day/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/european-students-gather-at-tu-delft-for-krylov-day/On February 2, the SIAM Student Chapter at TU Delft held a one-day workshop on Krylov subspace methods.Mon, 01 Jun 2015 13:49:00 Zhttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/new-mathematics-for-extreme-scale-computational-science/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/new-mathematics-for-extreme-scale-computational-science/Ulrich Rüde explains the underperformance of many novel algorithms and the creative research necessary to design efficient HPC software.Mon, 01 Jun 2015 19:03:00 ZUlrich Rüdehttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/numerical-notation-systems-as-cultural-artifacts/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/numerical-notation-systems-as-cultural-artifacts/Ernest Davis reviews Numerical Notation: A Comparative History, by Stephen Chrisomalis.Mon, 01 Jun 2015 14:42:00 ZErnest Davishttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/obituaries-michael-jd-powell/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/obituaries-michael-jd-powell/Michael James David Powell, who passed away on April 19, helped establish numerical analysis as a major discipline.Mon, 01 Jun 2015 13:50:00 ZArieh Iserleshttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/on-markov-decision-processes/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/on-markov-decision-processes/Sequential planning under uncertainty is a basic optimization problem that arises in many different settings.Mon, 01 Jun 2015 19:37:00 ZNicole Bäuerle, Viola Riesshttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/should-your-research-be-on-youtube/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/should-your-research-be-on-youtube/This year's SIAM Conference on CSE featured a new attraction: SIAM Communication Doctors.Mon, 01 Jun 2015 16:26:00 ZRachel Levyhttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/the-moody-s-mega-math-challenge-marks-10th-year/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/the-moody-s-mega-math-challenge-marks-10th-year/SIAM provides students with math modeling experience via the Moody’s Mega Math (M3) Challenge, which celebrated its 10th anniversary.Mon, 01 Jun 2015 14:06:00 ZRachel Levyhttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/us-national-academies-elect-new-members/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/us-national-academies-elect-new-members/Among the most important honors accorded to scientists and engineers in the U.S. is election to the National Academies of Engineering and Sciences.Mon, 01 Jun 2015 15:09:00 Zhttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/