https://www.siam.org/rss-feed/siam-news/issue-archive/volume-50-number-04-may-2017SIAM News Rss Issue Archive Feeden-USCopyright 2026Sun, 21 Jun 2026 04:09:05 Zhttps://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/a-model-for-an-applied-mathematics-internship-program/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/a-model-for-an-applied-mathematics-internship-program/The City University of New York's applied mathematics internship program yields student success in many areas.Mon, 01 May 2017 12:00:00 ZNadia Benakli, Jonathan Natovhttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/adaptive-mesh-refinement-an-essential-ingredient-in-computational-science/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/adaptive-mesh-refinement-an-essential-ingredient-in-computational-science/Paul Davis reports on various applications of adaptive mesh refinement and looks towards the next generation of the method's use.Mon, 01 May 2017 12:00:00 ZPaul Davishttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/an-electrician-s-or-a-plumber-s-proof-of-euler-s-polyhedral-formula/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/an-electrician-s-or-a-plumber-s-proof-of-euler-s-polyhedral-formula/Euler’s polyhedral formula describes the number of vertices, edges, and faces of a polyhedron without holes.Mon, 01 May 2017 12:00:00 ZMark Levihttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/broader-engagement-program-returns-to-cse17-with-a-focus-on-community-engagement/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/broader-engagement-program-returns-to-cse17-with-a-focus-on-community-engagement/Debbie McCoy and Mary Ann Leung describe the BE program's importance in fostering diversity and inclusion among the community.Mon, 01 May 2017 12:00:00 ZDebbie McCoy, Mary Ann Leunghttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/cse-achievements-in-aircraft-design/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/cse-achievements-in-aircraft-design/The aeronautics industry is a sophisticated user of CSE and a source of some of the field’s biggest challenges.Mon, 01 May 2017 12:00:00 ZPaul Davishttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/climate-prediction-exascale-computing-and-time-parallelism/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/climate-prediction-exascale-computing-and-time-parallelism/New computing architectures promise to deliver more accurate weather predictions faster than ever before.Mon, 01 May 2017 12:00:00 ZPaul Davishttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/cotranscriptional-folding-a-frontier-in-molecular-engineering/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/cotranscriptional-folding-a-frontier-in-molecular-engineering/Transcription synthesizes a temporal copy of a gene out of an RNA molecule; the transcript acts as an intermediary to express a protein or non-codi...Mon, 01 May 2017 12:00:00 ZShinnosuke Sekihttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/deep-deep-trouble/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/deep-deep-trouble/Michael Elad describes the profound impact of deep learning technology on image processing, mathematics, and present-day society.Mon, 01 May 2017 12:00:00 ZMichael Eladhttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/in-search-of-the-perfect-numerical-analysis-textbook/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/in-search-of-the-perfect-numerical-analysis-textbook/The variety of available numerical analysis textbooks is wondrous. So why do authors keep writing them?Mon, 01 May 2017 12:00:00 ZNicholas J. Highamhttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/obituaries-richard-j-hanson/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/obituaries-richard-j-hanson/Richard J. Hanson passed away in December at his home in Albuquerque, N.M., after battling brain cancer.Mon, 01 May 2017 12:00:00 ZFred Kroghhttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/thomas-jr-hughes-receives-the-siamacm-prize-in-cse/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/thomas-jr-hughes-receives-the-siamacm-prize-in-cse/J.R. Hughes was awarded the 2017 SIAM/ACM Prize in Computational Science and Engineering on March 2 at CSE17.Mon, 01 May 2017 12:00:00 Zhttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/when-big-data-algorithms-discriminate/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/when-big-data-algorithms-discriminate/Jim Case reviews "Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy."Mon, 01 May 2017 12:00:00 ZJames Casehttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/