https://www.siam.org/rss-feed/siam-news/issue-archive/volume-48-number-10-december-2015SIAM News Rss Issue Archive Feeden-USCopyright 2026Tue, 23 Jun 2026 04:22:17 Zhttps://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/annual-symposium-brings-together-siam-chapters-across-germany/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/annual-symposium-brings-together-siam-chapters-across-germany/The fourth symposium of German SIAM Student Chapters took place this past August in Trier.Tue, 01 Dec 2015 21:17:00 Zhttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/cardiovascular-blood-flow-simulation/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/cardiovascular-blood-flow-simulation/Cardiovascular blood flow simulations offer non-invasive means to quantify hemodynamics in the heart and major blood vessels. Tue, 01 Dec 2015 16:09:00 ZAlison L. Marsdenhttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/chris-budd-honored-with-obe/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/chris-budd-honored-with-obe/SIAM News editorial board member Chris Budd was made Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire.Tue, 01 Dec 2015 21:31:00 Zhttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/communicating-science-as-a-mass-media-fellow/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/communicating-science-as-a-mass-media-fellow/Applied mathematics graduate student Anna Lieb recaps her time as a SIAM-sponsored AAAS Mass Media Fellow.Tue, 01 Dec 2015 20:01:00 ZAnna Liebhttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/computational-plate-tectonics-and-the-geological-record-in-the-continents/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/computational-plate-tectonics-and-the-geological-record-in-the-continents/Earth’s surface is composed of a few slowly but continually-moving ‘rigid’ plates floating on a convecting, fluid interior.Tue, 01 Dec 2015 16:49:00 ZLouis Moresihttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/ethics-and-raw-data/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/ethics-and-raw-data/Ted Lockhart discusses the benefits and pitfalls of sharing raw data between scientists.Tue, 01 Dec 2015 20:50:00 ZTed Lockharthttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/gromov-s-non-squeezing-theorem-and-optics/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/gromov-s-non-squeezing-theorem-and-optics/In his "Mathematical Curiosities" column, Mark Levi discusses a remarkable theorem discovered by Gromov.Tue, 01 Dec 2015 20:58:00 ZMark Levihttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/letter-to-the-editor-dms-questions-its-impact-as-innovation-engine/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/letter-to-the-editor-dms-questions-its-impact-as-innovation-engine/Read a letter to the editor reacting to an article published in the October 2015 issue of SIAM News.Tue, 01 Dec 2015 17:40:00 ZPeter J. Thomashttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/obituaries-carla-dee-martin/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/obituaries-carla-dee-martin/The applied mathematics community suffered a major loss when Carla Dee Martin (nee Moravitz) was killed under tragic circumstances.Tue, 24 Nov 2015 18:38:00 Zhttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/regaining-control-in-our-electric-grid/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/regaining-control-in-our-electric-grid/The power grid in the U.S. and throughout the world is implementing new technologies to realize the “smart grid” vision. Tue, 01 Dec 2015 19:02:00 ZSean Meynhttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/the-models-are-incomplete-the-intuitions-are-unreliable/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/the-models-are-incomplete-the-intuitions-are-unreliable/Karl Kempf of Intel Corporation discusses the reliability and influence of intuition when making big-business decisions.Tue, 01 Dec 2015 19:39:00 ZKarl Kempfhttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/villanis-birth-of-a-theorem/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/villanis-birth-of-a-theorem/Robert McCann reviews Cedric Villani’s newly-translated book, Birth of a Theorem: A Mathematical Adventure.Tue, 01 Dec 2015 20:29:00 ZRobert McCannhttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/