https://www.siam.org/rss-feed/siam-news/issue-archive/volume-51-number-02-march-2018SIAM News Rss Issue Archive Feeden-USCopyright 2026Thu, 04 Jun 2026 12:44:04 Zhttps://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/2017-siaganalysis-of-partial-differential-equations-prize/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/2017-siaganalysis-of-partial-differential-equations-prize/Scott N. Armstrong and Charles K. Smart were awarded the 2017 SIAM/APDE Prize at PD17 for their 2016 paper.Thu, 01 Mar 2018 13:00:00 Zhttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/combining-data-and-models-to-study-woody-plant-encroachment/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/combining-data-and-models-to-study-woody-plant-encroachment/Woody plant expansion into grasslands and savannas, which is accelerating worldwide, often affects ecosystem processes.Thu, 01 Mar 2018 13:00:00 ZNathaniel A. Brunsell, Erik S. Van Vleckhttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/it-s-a-matter-of-style/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/it-s-a-matter-of-style/Although the format of an academic paper is confining, there is still plenty of scope for writing it your own way.Thu, 01 Mar 2018 13:00:00 ZNicholas J. Highamhttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/jupyter-tools-for-the-life-cycle-of-a-computational-idea/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/jupyter-tools-for-the-life-cycle-of-a-computational-idea/Project Jupyter offers tools—from interactive exploration to publication and communication of results—for the life cycle of a computational idea. Thu, 01 Mar 2018 13:00:00 ZMin Ragan-Kelley, Carol Willing, Jason Grouthttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/measuring-areas-with-a-shopping-cart/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/measuring-areas-with-a-shopping-cart/Mark Levi presents a "Mathematical Curiosity" that arose from rolling a shopping cart's wheel around a floor tile.Thu, 01 Mar 2018 13:00:00 ZMark Levihttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/modelling-drug-dynamics-in-the-brain/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/modelling-drug-dynamics-in-the-brain/Vivi Rottschäfer presents a mathematical model that studies the processes governing the concentration profile of drugs in the brain.Thu, 01 Mar 2018 13:00:00 ZVivi Rottschäferhttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/recent-advances-in-dimensionality-reduction-with-provable-guarantees/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/recent-advances-in-dimensionality-reduction-with-provable-guarantees/Jelani Nelson will discuss dimensionality reduction from the viewpoint of low-distortion embeddings at AN18.Thu, 01 Mar 2018 13:00:00 ZJelani Nelsonhttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/research-software-engineer-a-new-career-track/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/research-software-engineer-a-new-career-track/The Software Sustainability Institute is enhancing research software in academia with a new, unique career track. Thu, 01 Mar 2018 13:00:00 ZChris Richardson, Mike Croucherhttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/reservoir-computing-harnessing-a-universal-dynamical-system/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/reservoir-computing-harnessing-a-universal-dynamical-system/A reservoir computer is a recurrent artificial neural network for processing time-dependent information.Thu, 01 Mar 2018 13:00:00 ZDaniel J. Gauthierhttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/siam-committee-on-science-policy-discusses-federal-priorities/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/siam-committee-on-science-policy-discusses-federal-priorities/The SIAM Committee on Science Policy meets twice a year to review the society’s science policy priorities and engage with federal agency leaders.Thu, 01 Mar 2018 13:00:00 ZEliana Perlmutter, Miriam Quintal, Ben Kallenhttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/self-organization-in-space-and-time/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/self-organization-in-space-and-time/Researchers developed a simple math model for simultaneous spatially-coordinated and synchronous behavior.Thu, 01 Mar 2018 13:00:00 ZMatthew R. Francishttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/somebody-else-s-dream/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/somebody-else-s-dream/Bonita Saunders gives an inspiring account of her road to a career as a research mathematician at the NIST.Thu, 01 Mar 2018 13:00:00 ZBonita Saundershttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/the-mathematics-of-wrinkles-and-folds/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/the-mathematics-of-wrinkles-and-folds/During his invited talk at AN18, Robert V. Kohn will discuss patterns in the wrinkling and folding of thin elastic sheets.Thu, 01 Mar 2018 13:00:00 ZRobert V. Kohnhttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/the-underlying-laws-binding-cities-companies-and-living-systems/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/the-underlying-laws-binding-cities-companies-and-living-systems/James Case reviews "Scale" by Geoffrey West, who applies math laws to the bio, political, and corporate realms. Thu, 01 Mar 2018 13:00:00 ZJames Casehttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/