https://www.siam.org/rss-feed/siam-news/issue-archive/volume-48-number-06-julyaugust-2015SIAM News Rss Issue Archive Feeden-USCopyright 2026Tue, 23 Jun 2026 00:16:19 Zhttps://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/a-multifaceted-multilevel-exploration-of-the-physics-of-sports/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/a-multifaceted-multilevel-exploration-of-the-physics-of-sports/James Case reviews Sports Physics, the result of a conference on the physics of sports held in April 2012.Wed, 15 Jul 2015 13:29:00 ZJames Casehttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/bgce-prize-finalists-in-the-spotlight-at-cse15/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/bgce-prize-finalists-in-the-spotlight-at-cse15/CSE15 hosted a student paper competition sponsored by the Bavarian Graduate School of Computational Engineering.Wed, 15 Jul 2015 17:50:00 ZHans-Joachim Bungartz, Ulrich Rüde, Regina Ammer, Tobias Neckelhttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/data-science-what-is-it-and-how-is-it-taught/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/data-science-what-is-it-and-how-is-it-taught/The term “big data” has become ubiquitous. People who can wrangle big data are called data scientists. But what is data science?Wed, 15 Jul 2015 18:29:00 ZHans De Sterck, Chris Johnsonhttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/letter-to-the-editor-why-have-siam-journal-papers-grown-so-long/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/letter-to-the-editor-why-have-siam-journal-papers-grown-so-long/Nick Trefethen muses on the increased length of SIAM journal articles, and questions whether the growth is beneficial or detrimental.Wed, 15 Jul 2015 20:03:00 ZLloyd N. Trefethenhttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/louis-nirenberg-and-john-nash/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/louis-nirenberg-and-john-nash/Louis Nirenberg and John Nash were jointly honored with the 2015 Abel Prize on May 19. Shortly after, Nash was killed in a car accident.Wed, 15 Jul 2015 18:36:00 Zhttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/quick-find-a-solution-to-the-brachistochrone-problem/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/quick-find-a-solution-to-the-brachistochrone-problem/The brachistochrone problem asks us to find the “curve of quickest descent,” so it would be fitting to have the quickest solution. Wed, 15 Jul 2015 20:36:00 ZMark Levihttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/siam-at-the-national-math-festival/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/siam-at-the-national-math-festival/SIAM recruited over sixty volunteers to help the National Museum of Mathematics at the inaugural National Math Festival in Washington, D.C.Wed, 15 Jul 2015 14:50:00 ZByong Kwon, Rachel Levyhttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/symposium-yields-insights-on-big-data-and-predictive-computational-modeling/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/symposium-yields-insights-on-big-data-and-predictive-computational-modeling/Computational scientists in physics, chemistry, biology, and engineering have been experiencing their own big data revolution.Wed, 15 Jul 2015 19:31:00 ZPhaedon-Stelios Koutsourelakis, Nicholas Zabaras, Mark Girolamihttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/the-art-of-knowing-when-and-how-to-apply-linear-algebra-in-the-real-world/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/the-art-of-knowing-when-and-how-to-apply-linear-algebra-in-the-real-world/Kevin Hutson reviews When Life Is Linear: From Computer Graphics to Bracketology by Tim Chartier.Wed, 15 Jul 2015 20:21:00 ZKevin Hutsonhttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/unprecedented-turnout-in-salt-lake-city-as-cse-conference-marks-15th-year/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/unprecedented-turnout-in-salt-lake-city-as-cse-conference-marks-15th-year/CSE15, at the Salt Palace Convention Center in Salt Lake City, Utah, was the largest SIAM conference to date.Wed, 15 Jul 2015 15:13:00 ZLois Curfman McInnes, Hans De Sterck, Chris Johnsonhttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/