https://www.siam.org/rss-feed/siam-news/issue-archive/volume-50-number-07-september-2017SIAM News Rss Issue Archive Feeden-USCopyright 2026Tue, 23 Jun 2026 04:22:06 Zhttps://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/celebrating-mathematical-greats/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/celebrating-mathematical-greats/Jim Case reviews Ian Stewart's Significant Figures: The Lives and Work of Great Mathematicians.Fri, 01 Sep 2017 12:00:00 ZJames Casehttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/congratulations-to-2016-sigest-authors/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/congratulations-to-2016-sigest-authors/Each issue of SIAM Review contains the SIGEST section, which spotlights an outstanding paper of general interest. Fri, 01 Sep 2017 12:00:00 Zhttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/diversity-a-recurring-theme-at-the-siam-annual-meeting/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/diversity-a-recurring-theme-at-the-siam-annual-meeting/AN17 featured a variety of sessions that specifically addressed issues of diversity in applied mathematics.Fri, 01 Sep 2017 12:00:00 ZIzzy Aguiarhttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/finding-emergent-low-dimensional-macroscopic-behavior-in-large-systems-of-many-coupled-dynamical-units/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/finding-emergent-low-dimensional-macroscopic-behavior-in-large-systems-of-many-coupled-dynamical-units/Understanding the macroscopic behavior of a large system with many interacting dynamical parts is of broad interest.Fri, 01 Sep 2017 12:00:00 ZEdward Otthttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/freefem-a-high-level-multiphysics-finite-element-software/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/freefem-a-high-level-multiphysics-finite-element-software/Olivier Pironneau overviews the features and capabilities of FreeFem++, which uses the finite element method.Fri, 01 Sep 2017 12:00:00 ZOlivier Pironneauhttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/funny-faces-at-the-fellows-reception/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/funny-faces-at-the-fellows-reception/Dozens of interesting, talented, and prestigious applied mathematicians attended the Fellows Reception at AN17.Fri, 01 Sep 2017 12:00:00 ZIzzy Aguiarhttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/g2s3-participants-study-data-sparse-approximation-and-algorithms/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/g2s3-participants-study-data-sparse-approximation-and-algorithms/The eighth Gene Golub SIAM Summer School, held in Berlin in late May, was titled, “Data Sparse Approximation and Algorithms.”Fri, 01 Sep 2017 12:00:00 ZGitta Kutyniok, Jörg Liesen, Volker Mehrmannhttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/mathematical-challenges-of-controlling-large-scale-complex-systems/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/mathematical-challenges-of-controlling-large-scale-complex-systems/An airplane’s environmental control system is a complex assembly of components having a broad remit.Fri, 01 Sep 2017 12:00:00 ZPaul Davishttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/parabola-of-safety-and-the-jacobian/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/parabola-of-safety-and-the-jacobian/In this column, Mark Levi describes an alternative (to the standard) way of finding the parabola of safety.Fri, 01 Sep 2017 12:00:00 ZMark Levihttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/photos-from-the-2017-siam-annual-meeting/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/photos-from-the-2017-siam-annual-meeting/View a sampling of photos from the 2017 SIAM Annual Meeting, including shots of the Prizes and Awards Luncheon.Fri, 01 Sep 2017 12:00:00 Zhttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/preparing-for-a-prosperous-career-in-industry/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/preparing-for-a-prosperous-career-in-industry/Upon graduation, recent applied mathematics Ph.D.s are confronted with a momentous choice: academia or industry?Fri, 01 Sep 2017 12:00:00 ZLina Sorghttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/siam-advocates-for-applied-math-and-computational-science/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/siam-advocates-for-applied-math-and-computational-science/SIAM is deeply concerned with sustaining federal support for applied mathematics and computational science.Fri, 01 Sep 2017 12:00:00 ZMiriam Quintal, Eliana Perlmutterhttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/siam-is-now-a-member-of-orcid/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/siam-is-now-a-member-of-orcid/SIAM is now a member of ORCID, a central registry of researchers, and encourages authors to utilize this capability.Fri, 01 Sep 2017 12:00:00 Zhttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/there-s-something-about-yellow/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/there-s-something-about-yellow/In this month's column, SIAM President Nicholas Higham discusses the nuances of the color yellow.Fri, 01 Sep 2017 12:00:00 ZNicholas J. Highamhttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/