https://www.siam.org/rss-feed/siam-news/issue-archive/volume-51-number-08-october-2018SIAM News Rss Issue Archive Feeden-USCopyright 2026Tue, 23 Jun 2026 00:16:53 Zhttps://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/changes-coming-to-cbms-regional-conferences/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/changes-coming-to-cbms-regional-conferences/Next year marks the 50th anniversary of the NSF-CBMS Regional Research Conferences in the Mathematical Sciences.Mon, 01 Oct 2018 12:00:00 ZDavid M. Bressoudhttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/changing-the-way-we-see-sports-with-computer-graphics/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/changing-the-way-we-see-sports-with-computer-graphics/Kai Berger works as a computational scientist and machine vision researcher at Genius Sports Media.Mon, 01 Oct 2018 12:00:00 ZKai Bergerhttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/iciam-announces-2019-prizes/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/iciam-announces-2019-prizes/The International Council for Industrial and Applied Mathematics is pleased to announce the winners of the five ICIAM prizes for 2019.Mon, 01 Oct 2018 12:00:00 Zhttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/information-theory-in-earth-and-space-science/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/information-theory-in-earth-and-space-science/Recent advances in information theory enable our understanding of the dynamics of abrupt climate changes.Mon, 01 Oct 2018 12:00:00 ZJoshua Garland, Elizabeth Bradleyhttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/new-nsf-supplemental-funding-opportunity/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/new-nsf-supplemental-funding-opportunity/The National Science Foundation continues its investment in programs that directly advance the STEM workforce.Mon, 01 Oct 2018 12:00:00 Zhttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/obituary-gregory-kriegsmann/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/obituary-gregory-kriegsmann/It is with great sadness that we note the passing of mathematician Gregory Anthony Kriegsmann in May 2018.Mon, 01 Oct 2018 12:00:00 ZPam Cook, Michael Booty, W. Edward Olmsteadhttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/reproducible-blas-make-addition-associative-again/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/reproducible-blas-make-addition-associative-again/Hardware and software vendors and standards committees are addressing the challenge of reproducibility.Mon, 01 Oct 2018 12:00:00 ZJames Demmel, Jason Riedy, Peter Ahrenshttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/the-moon-sine/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/the-moon-sine/In this month's column on "Mathematical Curiosities," Mark Levi contemplates moon angles and the lunar tilt illusion.Mon, 01 Oct 2018 12:00:00 ZMark Levihttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/the-unwinding-number/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/the-unwinding-number/Early programmers had to write their own procedures to implement complex arithmetic and transcendental functions.Mon, 01 Oct 2018 12:00:00 ZNicholas J. Highamhttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/untangling-dna-with-knot-theory/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/untangling-dna-with-knot-theory/At AN18, Mariel Vazquez employed topological concepts from knot theory to demonstrate that cells detangle DNA with optimal efficiency.Mon, 01 Oct 2018 12:00:00 ZMatthew R. Francishttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/wormlike-micellar-solutions-polymers-and-mucins/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/wormlike-micellar-solutions-polymers-and-mucins/Pam Cook spoke about molecular-level modeling of materials that exhibit similarly schizoid behavior during her AN18 Julian Cole Lectureship.Mon, 01 Oct 2018 12:00:00 ZPaul Davishttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/