https://www.siam.org/rss-feed/siam-news/issue-archive/volume-49-number-06-julyaugust-2016SIAM News Rss Issue Archive Feeden-USCopyright 2026Tue, 23 Jun 2026 04:22:06 Zhttps://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/2016-siam-student-paper-prize/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/2016-siam-student-paper-prize/Fatma Terzioglu received the 2016 SIAM Student Paper Prize. Here she shares a little about her research and interests.Thu, 21 Jul 2016 07:00:00 Zhttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/annual-siam-membership-report/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/annual-siam-membership-report/As of December 31, 2015, SIAM had 14,549 members from countries. 34% of SIAM members reside outside the United States.Thu, 21 Jul 2016 13:00:00 Zhttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/car-parts-neutrons-and-bridges/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/car-parts-neutrons-and-bridges/William Regli muses on misconceptions of problem-driven and use-inspired research and outlines some of DARPA’s programs.Thu, 21 Jul 2016 07:00:00 ZWilliam Reglihttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/discussing-the-proof-of-the-global-attractor-conjecture/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/discussing-the-proof-of-the-global-attractor-conjecture/A recent workshop explores the Global Attractor Conjecture, which involves an important class of ordinary differential equation models. Thu, 21 Jul 2016 07:00:00 ZElizabeth Gross, Matthew Johnston, Nicolette Meshkathttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/fighting-terrorism-with-mathematics/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/fighting-terrorism-with-mathematics/Stephen Tench analyzes datasets of terrorist-driven events to predict future attacks, using terrorism in Northern Ireland as an example. Thu, 21 Jul 2016 07:00:00 ZStephen Tenchhttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/game-theory-and-uncertainty-quantification-for-cyber-defense-applications/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/game-theory-and-uncertainty-quantification-for-cyber-defense-applications/To address cybersecurity challenges, researchers adopt game theory-based mathematical modeling approaches.Thu, 21 Jul 2016 07:00:00 ZSamrat Chatterjee, Mahantesh Halappanavar, Ramakrishna Tipireddy, Matthew Osterhttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/matlab-creator-cleve-moler-visits-texas-am-university/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/matlab-creator-cleve-moler-visits-texas-am-university/The Texas A&M University Chapter of SIAM welcomed MATLAB creator Cleve Moler to campus for a workshop and presentation.Thu, 21 Jul 2016 07:00:00 ZSourav Duttahttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/nautical-numbers/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/nautical-numbers/Ernie Davis reviews "Nathaniel Bowditch and the Power of Numbers" by Tamara Plakins Thornton.Thu, 21 Jul 2016 07:00:00 ZErnest Davishttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/obituaries-jim-douglas-jr/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/obituaries-jim-douglas-jr/Jim Douglas Jr., professor emeritus of computational mathematics at Purdue University, passed away on April 27.Thu, 21 Jul 2016 07:00:00 ZDouglas N. Arnold, Gregery T. Buzzard, Bradley J. Lucierhttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/rwth-aachen-university-s-siam-student-chapter-hosts-jeopardy-night/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/rwth-aachen-university-s-siam-student-chapter-hosts-jeopardy-night/The RWTH Aachen University Chapter of SIAM (Aachen, Germany) held its first Science Jeopardy Night in April.Thu, 21 Jul 2016 07:00:00 ZJulian Köllermeierhttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/siam-fellows-honored-in-white-house-ceremony/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/siam-fellows-honored-in-white-house-ceremony/SIAM Fellows Simon Levin and Michael Artin received the 2015 National Medal of Science during a White House ceremony.Thu, 21 Jul 2016 07:00:00 ZLina Sorghttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/siam-welcomes-its-newest-student-chapters-072016/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/siam-welcomes-its-newest-student-chapters-072016/SIAM welcomes chapters from Universidad Técnica Federico Santa Maria, the University of Limerick, and the University of New Mexico.  Thu, 21 Jul 2016 12:30:00 Zhttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/some-light-geometry/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/some-light-geometry/Mark Levi presents two geometrical curiosities, one involving zero work and the other involving (almost) zero words.Thu, 21 Jul 2016 07:00:00 ZMark Levihttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/surprises-of-the-faraday-cage/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/surprises-of-the-faraday-cage/Nick Trefethen challenges Richard Feynman's well-known analysis of the Faraday cage effect and exponential shielding.Thu, 21 Jul 2016 07:00:00 ZLloyd N. Trefethenhttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/the-fenics-project/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/the-fenics-project/Robert Kirby discusses the FEniCS project, a Python program that uses a domain-specific language to lessen the gap between machines and PDEs.Thu, 21 Jul 2016 07:00:00 ZRobert C. Kirbyhttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/the-first-central-valley-regional-siam-student-chapter-conference/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/the-first-central-valley-regional-siam-student-chapter-conference/The student chapter at the University of California, Merced hosted "The First Central Valley Regional SIAM Student Chapter Conference."Thu, 21 Jul 2016 07:00:00 Zhttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/