https://www.siam.org/rss-feed/siam-news/issue-archive/volume-49-number-07-september-2016SIAM News Rss Issue Archive Feeden-USCopyright 2026Tue, 23 Jun 2026 04:20:36 Zhttps://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/algorithmically-defining-olfactory-responses-in-animals/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/algorithmically-defining-olfactory-responses-in-animals/This article explores simple algorithms and possible mechanisms for odor location in animals that do not depend on the actual concentration.Thu, 01 Sep 2016 12:00:00 ZBard Ermentrouthttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/beating-in-fluid-hearts-and-cilia-by-the-immersed-boundary-method/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/beating-in-fluid-hearts-and-cilia-by-the-immersed-boundary-method/The versatile immersed boundary method is applicable to mathematical problems underlying heart and cilia systems.Thu, 01 Sep 2016 12:00:00 ZDebbie Snidermanhttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/biofluids-of-reproduction-oscillators-viscoelastic-networks-and-sticky-situations/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/biofluids-of-reproduction-oscillators-viscoelastic-networks-and-sticky-situations/Lisa Fauci models sperm motility, biochemical signaling, and mammalian reproduction using an immersed boundary (IB) framework.Thu, 01 Sep 2016 12:00:00 ZDebbie Snidermanhttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/careers-outside-academia-how-should-math-and-applied-math-students-prepare/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/careers-outside-academia-how-should-math-and-applied-math-students-prepare/Lalitha Venkataramanan, Rachel Levy, and Bill Kolata highlight themes from a career panel that they organized at the SIAM Annual Meeting.Thu, 01 Sep 2016 12:00:00 ZLalitha Venkataramanan, Rachel Levy, Bill Kolatahttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/computational-behavioral-ecology/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/computational-behavioral-ecology/Tanya Berger-Wolf's computational work uses wide-ranging data to provide scientific insight into the collective behavior of animals.Thu, 01 Sep 2016 12:00:00 ZDebbie Snidermanhttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/everyday-objects-make-applied-mathematics-tangible/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/everyday-objects-make-applied-mathematics-tangible/The 2016 I.E. Block Community Lecture emphasized the importance of touching, seeing, and feeling to central concepts in applied mathematics. Thu, 01 Sep 2016 12:00:00 ZPaul Davishttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/follow-the-yellow-brick-road/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/follow-the-yellow-brick-road/Group, graph, and tiling theory can provide new insights into the architecture and formation of virus particles.Thu, 01 Sep 2016 12:00:00 ZReidun Twarockhttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/high-performance-computing-for-the-detection-of-strokes/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/high-performance-computing-for-the-detection-of-strokes/Victorita Dolean demonstrates the feasibility of a new imaging technique based on microwaves that characterizes strokes.Thu, 01 Sep 2016 12:00:00 ZVictorita Doleanhttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/mathematical-molecular-bioscience-and-biophysics/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/mathematical-molecular-bioscience-and-biophysics/The SIAM Conference on the Life Sciences has, for the first time, highlighted mathematical molecular bioscience and biophysics as a theme.Thu, 01 Sep 2016 12:00:00 ZGuo-Wei Weihttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/photos-from-the-2016-siam-annual-meeting/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/photos-from-the-2016-siam-annual-meeting/View a collection of photos primarily from the Prizes and Awards Luncheon at the 2016 SIAM Annual Meeting, held in Boston this July.Thu, 01 Sep 2016 12:00:00 Zhttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/renew-your-siam-membership-for-2017-and-remain-a-part-of-our-international-and-interdisciplinary-community/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/renew-your-siam-membership-for-2017-and-remain-a-part-of-our-international-and-interdisciplinary-community/There are lots of reasons to renew your SIAM membership!Thu, 01 Sep 2016 12:00:00 Zhttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/