https://www.siam.org/rss-feed/siam-news/issue-archive/volume-49-number-02-march-2016SIAM News Rss Issue Archive Feeden-USCopyright 2026Tue, 23 Jun 2026 00:05:12 Zhttps://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/advance-grants-narrowing-the-gender-gap-in-stem-fields/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/advance-grants-narrowing-the-gender-gap-in-stem-fields/SIAM President Pam Cook has worked to advance diversity and enhancing opportunities for women in the mathematical sciences.Tue, 01 Mar 2016 16:46:00 ZHeather Walling Dotyhttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/addressing-challenges-in-reduced-order-modeling/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/addressing-challenges-in-reduced-order-modeling/The predictive capability of computational models allows simulation to replace physical experimentation in many scenarios.Tue, 01 Mar 2016 20:09:00 ZKevin Carlberghttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/cambridge-hosts-20th-anniversary-meeting-of-ukie-siam-section/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/cambridge-hosts-20th-anniversary-meeting-of-ukie-siam-section/The 20th meeting of the SIAM United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland (UKIE) Section took place on January 7. Tue, 01 Mar 2016 14:45:00 ZNicholas J. Highamhttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/classroom-notes-symmetric-matrices-and-a-little-work/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/classroom-notes-symmetric-matrices-and-a-little-work/Mark Levi presents four observations that occurred to him a few years ago after teaching a linear algebra course.Tue, 01 Mar 2016 15:03:00 ZMark Levihttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/comparing-notes-on-computing-across-the-curriculum/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/comparing-notes-on-computing-across-the-curriculum/At the 2016 Joint Mathematics Meetings this January, SIAM hosted a panel in collaboration with the AMS and the MAA.Tue, 01 Mar 2016 17:25:00 ZKathleen Kavanagh, Jeffrey Humpherys, Eric Kostelich, Suzanne Weekes, Lee Ziahttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/computational-modeling-of-convection-in-the-earth-s-mantle/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/computational-modeling-of-convection-in-the-earth-s-mantle/Louis Moresi’s earlier article prompted a deeper look at models of Earth, and more specifically, into Earth’s mantle.Tue, 01 Mar 2016 21:29:00 ZWolfgang Bangerth, Juliane Dannberg, Rene Gassmöller, Timo Heisterhttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/hot-hands-streaks-and-coin-flips-how-the-new-york-times-got-it-wrong/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/hot-hands-streaks-and-coin-flips-how-the-new-york-times-got-it-wrong/Dan Gusfield points out how two recent New York Times articles misinterpreted elementary concepts in probability and statistics.Tue, 01 Mar 2016 17:06:00 ZDan Gusfieldhttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/julia-a-fast-language-for-numerical-computing/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/julia-a-fast-language-for-numerical-computing/Alan Edelman, cofounder of programming language Julia, outlines the high-performance, dynamic features of the language for technical computing.Tue, 01 Mar 2016 20:19:00 ZAlan Edelmanhttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/large-scale-inversion-in-exploration-seismology/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/large-scale-inversion-in-exploration-seismology/By studying seismic data's dynamic and kinematic properties, researchers can infer large-scale variations on a local scale.Tue, 01 Mar 2016 18:50:00 ZTristan van Leeuwenhttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/letter-to-the-editor-and-the-mathematics-is-incorrect/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/letter-to-the-editor-and-the-mathematics-is-incorrect/Read a letter to the editor reacting to The Models are Incomplete, the Intuitions are Unreliable, published in the December 2015 issue of SIAM News.Tue, 01 Mar 2016 16:59:00 ZJonathan Barzilaihttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/math-within-march-madness/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/math-within-march-madness/Tim Chartier explores the mathematics behind hits, rebounds, points, times, and the odds of winning, just in time for March Madness.Tue, 01 Mar 2016 16:59:00 ZTim Chartierhttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/new-initiative-focuses-on-computational-science-and-advanced-computing/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/new-initiative-focuses-on-computational-science-and-advanced-computing/The Obama Administration and federal agencies thrust computational science and advanced computing into the spotlight.Tue, 01 Mar 2016 16:34:00 ZMiriam Quintalhttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/optics-and-photonics-workshop-at-the-siam-annual-meeting/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/optics-and-photonics-workshop-at-the-siam-annual-meeting/The “NSF-SIAM Optics and Photonics Workshop” will take place on July 11, 2016 as part of the 2016 SIAM Annual Meeting in Boston. Tue, 01 Mar 2016 16:18:00 ZShari Moskowhttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/pent-up-using-pentagons-to-tile-a-plane/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/pent-up-using-pentagons-to-tile-a-plane/Tilings, or tessellations, refers to a branch of discrete geometry that involves covering the plane (or space) with shapes, and without overlaps.Tue, 01 Mar 2016 17:14:00 ZCasey Mann, Jennifer McLoud-Mann, David Von Derauhttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/see-light-move-compressed-sensing-and-the-world-s-fastest-2-d-camera/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/see-light-move-compressed-sensing-and-the-world-s-fastest-2-d-camera/In this article, Hans Kaper explores compressed sensing in digital cameras. He explains how physics can be used to reduce or eliminate shutter lag,...Tue, 01 Mar 2016 21:43:00 ZHans Kaperhttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/will-ai-make-jobs-obsolete/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/will-ai-make-jobs-obsolete/James Case reviews Martin Ford's Rise of the Robots: Technology and the Threat of a Jobless Future.Tue, 01 Mar 2016 16:40:00 ZJames Casehttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/