https://www.siam.org/rss-feed/siam-news/issue-archive/volume-49-number-05-june-2016SIAM News Rss Issue Archive Feeden-USCopyright 2026Tue, 23 Jun 2026 00:16:08 Zhttps://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/academia-and-industry-meet-at-emory-university-s-siam-student-meeting/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/academia-and-industry-meet-at-emory-university-s-siam-student-meeting/The Emory University Chapter of SIAM hosted “Math & Industry: Happily Ever After” this March.Wed, 01 Jun 2016 20:14:00 ZSofia Guzzettihttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/applied-algebra-and-geometry-a-siaga-of-seven-pictures-062016/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/applied-algebra-and-geometry-a-siaga-of-seven-pictures-062016/The last installment of our intro to the SIAGA journal explores Bézier curves, the Rubik’s Cube, and a Kummer surface. Wed, 01 Jun 2016 17:50:00 ZAnna Seigalhttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/climate-black-holes-and-vorticity-how-on-earth-are-they-related/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/climate-black-holes-and-vorticity-how-on-earth-are-they-related/What do climate, black holes, and vorticity have in common? They are all related through oceanic eddies.Wed, 01 Jun 2016 15:10:00 ZGeorge Hallerhttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/euler-in-the-age-of-enlightenment/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/euler-in-the-age-of-enlightenment/James Case reviews Robert Calinger's Leonhard Euler: Mathematical Genius in the Enlightenment.Wed, 01 Jun 2016 18:32:00 ZJames Casehttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/math-models-examine-the-effectiveness-of-car-sharing/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/math-models-examine-the-effectiveness-of-car-sharing/Car-sharing variability made it a perfect topic for the eleventh annual Moody's Mega Math (M3) Challenge.Wed, 01 Jun 2016 18:25:00 ZLina Sorg, Karthika Swamy Cohenhttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/network-data-dealing-with-incompleteness-and-bias/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/network-data-dealing-with-incompleteness-and-bias/Methods used to construct networks and the resulting bias and incompleteness draw limited attention.Wed, 01 Jun 2016 20:17:00 ZSucheta Soundarajan, Jeremy D. Wendthttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/new-york-city-students-get-a-glimpse-of-math-in-action/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/new-york-city-students-get-a-glimpse-of-math-in-action/The Moody's Mega Math Workshop helped students connect math to real-world issues.Wed, 01 Jun 2016 18:14:00 ZKarthika Swamy Cohenhttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/obituaries-david-stifler-johnson/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/obituaries-david-stifler-johnson/David Stifler Johnson, a leader in theoretical computer science, passed away on March 8, 2016, at age 70.Wed, 01 Jun 2016 17:56:00 ZMihalis Yannakakis, Cliff Steinhttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/particles-with-negative-mass-and-the-krein-moser-theory/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/particles-with-negative-mass-and-the-krein-moser-theory/Imagining objects with negative mass may seem like a scholastic exercise, but we're able to interpret some real physical phenomena.Wed, 01 Jun 2016 19:47:00 ZMark Levihttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/the-final-touch-solving-smale-s-17th-challenge-problem/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/the-final-touch-solving-smale-s-17th-challenge-problem/In 1998, Stephen Smale published a list of 18 challenge problems for the 21st century.Wed, 01 Jun 2016 19:21:00 ZJames Case, Michael Shubhttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/the-future-of-high-performance-scientific-computing-is-anything-but-clear/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/the-future-of-high-performance-scientific-computing-is-anything-but-clear/Cutting-edge scientific computing has relied for decades on what seems to be a never-ending parade of faster and faster computers.Wed, 01 Jun 2016 18:29:00 ZBruce Hendrickson, Sivan Toledohttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/tracing-genealogy-within-an-invasion-wave/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/tracing-genealogy-within-an-invasion-wave/Invasion waves arise in many systems, including wound healing and brain tumor expansion.Wed, 01 Jun 2016 17:39:00 ZKerry Landmanhttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/