https://www.siam.org/rss-feed/siam-news/issue-archive/volume-50-number-06-julyaugust-2017SIAM News Rss Issue Archive Feeden-USCopyright 2026Tue, 23 Jun 2026 00:16:20 Zhttps://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/2017-kovalevsky-and-reid-prizes/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/2017-kovalevsky-and-reid-prizes/Read about the recipients of the 2017 AWM-SIAM Sonia Kovalevsky Lecture and W.T. and Idalia Reid Prize.Wed, 19 Jul 2017 12:00:00 Zhttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/a-computationally-efficient-solution-of-large-scale-image-reconstruction-problems/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/a-computationally-efficient-solution-of-large-scale-image-reconstruction-problems/Misha Kilmer works with diffuse optical tomography (DOT), an imaging protocol that passes near-infrared light through tissue in search of tumors.Wed, 19 Jul 2017 12:00:00 ZPaul Davishttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/announcing-candidates-for-the-upcoming-2017-siam-general-election/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/announcing-candidates-for-the-upcoming-2017-siam-general-election/Here are the candidates standing for this fall's SIAM election. Members: don't forget to vote!Wed, 19 Jul 2017 12:00:00 Zhttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/benford-s-law-and-accelerated-growth/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/benford-s-law-and-accelerated-growth/In this month's column, Mark Levi presents a mathematically rigorous deterministic counterpart of Benford’s law.Wed, 19 Jul 2017 12:00:00 ZMark Levihttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/central-valley-regional-siam-student-chapter-conference/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/central-valley-regional-siam-student-chapter-conference/Over 80 participants attended the second annual Central Valley Regional SIAM Student Chapter Conference.Wed, 19 Jul 2017 12:00:00 Zhttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/data-enabled-physics-constrained-predictive-modeling-of-complex-systems/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/data-enabled-physics-constrained-predictive-modeling-of-complex-systems/With recent advances in computing and algorithms, data science has risen as a discipline in its own right.Wed, 19 Jul 2017 12:00:00 ZKarthik Duraisamyhttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/extended-functionality-and-interfaces-of-the-primme-eigensolver/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/extended-functionality-and-interfaces-of-the-primme-eigensolver/PRIMME was first released as a C software package for finding a few selected eigenpairs of large Hermitian matrices.Wed, 19 Jul 2017 12:00:00 ZAndreas Stathopoulos, Eloy Romero, Lingfei Wuhttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/gw-chapter-hosts-regional-conference/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/gw-chapter-hosts-regional-conference/The George Washington University Chapter of SIAM: Conference on Applied Mathematics took place in late April.Wed, 19 Jul 2017 12:00:00 ZChong Wang, Debdeep Bhattacharya, Eric Shehadi, Yanxiang Zhaohttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/mbi-online-colloquia/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/mbi-online-colloquia/The Mathematical Biosciences Institute is hosting a novel online colloquium in important areas of mathematical biology.Wed, 19 Jul 2017 18:06:00 Zhttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/obituaries-jim-corones/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/obituaries-jim-corones/James “Jim” Corones, professor emeritus of mathematics at Iowa State University, passed away in April.Wed, 19 Jul 2017 12:00:00 ZJon Bashorhttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/paying-tribute-to-alan-turing-s-life-and-work/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/paying-tribute-to-alan-turing-s-life-and-work/Ernest Davis reviews Jack Copeland's "The Turing Guide," which celebrates the life of Alan Turing. Wed, 19 Jul 2017 12:00:00 ZErnest Davishttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/phytoplankton-exhibit-rapid-shape-shifting-in-response-to-turbulence/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/phytoplankton-exhibit-rapid-shape-shifting-in-response-to-turbulence/Understanding how physicochemical cues from the environment affect phytoplankton impacts our ability to predict their vertical migration.Wed, 19 Jul 2017 12:00:00 ZAnupam Sengupta, Francesco Carrara, Roman Stockerhttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/siam-at-the-cnsf-exhibition/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/siam-at-the-cnsf-exhibition/The 23rd Annual Coalition for National Science Funding (CNSF) Capitol Hill Exhibition was a success.Wed, 19 Jul 2017 17:50:00 Zhttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/texas-tech-chapter-sponsors-graduate-minisymposium/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/texas-tech-chapter-sponsors-graduate-minisymposium/The West Texas Applied Math Graduate Minisymposium took place this past April at Texas Tech University.Wed, 19 Jul 2017 12:00:00 ZGiacomo Capodagliohttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/the-evolution-of-mathematical-word-processing/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/the-evolution-of-mathematical-word-processing/Nick Higham reflects on his early experiences and wonders how computers have simplified mathematical writing.Wed, 19 Jul 2017 12:00:00 ZNicholas J. Highamhttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/update-from-the-division-of-mathematical-sciences/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/update-from-the-division-of-mathematical-sciences/Read an update about recent program activities and future outlook from the NSF's Department of Mathematical Sciences.Wed, 19 Jul 2017 12:00:00 ZMichael Vogelius, Tie Luo, Henry Warchallhttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/what-characteristics-make-mathematicians-suited-for-industry/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/what-characteristics-make-mathematicians-suited-for-industry/Bill Satzer discusses the attributes that make mathematics Ph.D.s desirable for industrial employment.Wed, 19 Jul 2017 12:00:00 ZBill Satzerhttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/