https://www.siam.org/rss-feed/siam-news/issue-archive/volume-50-number-09-november-2017SIAM News Rss Issue Archive Feeden-USCopyright 2026Tue, 23 Jun 2026 02:48:32 Zhttps://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/a-rewarding-2016-for-siam/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/a-rewarding-2016-for-siam/2016 proved to be a successful year for SIAM programs and publications in many respects.Wed, 01 Nov 2017 12:00:00 ZJames Crowley, Susan Palantinohttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/anticipating-next-year-s-annual-meeting/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/anticipating-next-year-s-annual-meeting/The SIAM Annual Meeting is a forum that bridges subdisciplinary boundaries and promotes interaction across SIAM's diverse international membership.Wed, 01 Nov 2017 12:00:00 ZLois Curfman McInneshttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/automatic-behavioral-analysis-for-computational-psychiatry-at-home/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/automatic-behavioral-analysis-for-computational-psychiatry-at-home/There is a need to develop mathematical tools to analyze behaviors and make diagnosing technology widely available.Wed, 01 Nov 2017 12:00:00 ZGuillermo Sapirohttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/celebrating-claude-shannon-s-legacy/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/celebrating-claude-shannon-s-legacy/Ernest Davis reviews A Mind at Play: How Claude Shannon Invented the Information Age.Wed, 01 Nov 2017 12:00:00 ZErnest Davishttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/multiscale-understanding-of-vascular-adaptation-the-vein-graft-model/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/multiscale-understanding-of-vascular-adaptation-the-vein-graft-model/Cardiovascular diseases continue to dominate humanity’s morbidity and mortality, and contemporary therapies face high failure rates.Wed, 01 Nov 2017 12:00:00 ZMarc Garbey, Stefano Casarin, Scott Bercelihttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/new-horizons-in-the-study-of-waves-in-space-time-microstructures/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/new-horizons-in-the-study-of-waves-in-space-time-microstructures/In the late 1500s, Vincenzo Galilei first noticed the relation between the frequency of a vibrating string, its density, and tension on the string.Wed, 01 Nov 2017 12:00:00 ZOrnella Mattei, Graeme Miltonhttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/orcid-a-self-updating-digital-cv/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/orcid-a-self-updating-digital-cv/ORCID is a unique identifier that allows research publications and research data to be associated with a researcher.Wed, 01 Nov 2017 12:00:00 ZNicholas J. Highamhttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/obituaries-cathleen-morawetz/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/obituaries-cathleen-morawetz/Cathleen Morawetz, known for her work on the theory of transonic fluid flow, passed away on August 8, 2017.Wed, 01 Nov 2017 12:00:00 ZWalter Strausshttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/reflecting-on-reflections/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/reflecting-on-reflections/When looking at a shiny ball bearing in your outstretched hand, you see the reflection of your head.Wed, 01 Nov 2017 12:00:00 ZMark Levihttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/the-cocalc-computing-environment/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/the-cocalc-computing-environment/CoCalc is a cloud-based service that provides a big collection of state-of-the-art open-source mathematical software.Wed, 01 Nov 2017 12:00:00 ZHal Snyderhttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/the-future-of-scientific-computation/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/the-future-of-scientific-computation/Humans have made enormous progress in recent decades regarding certain kinds of predictions.Wed, 01 Nov 2017 12:00:00 ZBruce Hendricksonhttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/toward-a-thermodynamics-of-collective-behavior/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/toward-a-thermodynamics-of-collective-behavior/During “collective behavior,” group form and dynamics arise without one or more animals in charge.Wed, 01 Nov 2017 12:00:00 ZNicholas T. Ouellettehttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/writing-for-mass-media-you-re-better-positioned-than-you-think/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/writing-for-mass-media-you-re-better-positioned-than-you-think/Jesse Dunietz reflects on his time as an American Association for the Advancement of Science Mass Media Fellow.Wed, 01 Nov 2017 12:00:00 ZJesse Dunietzhttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/