https://www.siam.org/rss-feed/siam-news/issue-archive/volume-51-number-10-december-2018SIAM News Rss Issue Archive Feeden-USCopyright 2026Tue, 23 Jun 2026 00:23:58 Zhttps://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/a-near-perfect-heat-exchange/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/a-near-perfect-heat-exchange/Nature can overcome the second law of thermodynamics and (nearly) exchange the temperatures of two substances.Mon, 03 Dec 2018 13:00:00 ZMark Levihttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/designing-algorithms-to-increase-fairness-in-artificial-intelligence/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/designing-algorithms-to-increase-fairness-in-artificial-intelligence/The increasing role of artificial intelligence to automate decision-making sparks concern about potential AI-based discrimination.Mon, 03 Dec 2018 13:00:00 ZAnil Aswani, Matt Olfathttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/progress-by-accident-some-reflections-on-my-career/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/progress-by-accident-some-reflections-on-my-career/On the occasion of a birthday celebration, Walter Gautschi describes his interest in different research areas.Mon, 03 Dec 2018 13:00:00 ZWalter Gautschihttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/randomized-projection-methods-in-linear-algebra-and-data-analysis/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/randomized-projection-methods-in-linear-algebra-and-data-analysis/Per-Gunnar Martinsson describes two randomized algorithms designed to help process large datasets in high-dimensional spaces.Mon, 03 Dec 2018 13:00:00 ZPer-Gunnar Martinssonhttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/rhapsodizing-about-bohemian-matrices/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/rhapsodizing-about-bohemian-matrices/Matrices of small integers—innocuous as they may seem—can clearly provoke interesting behavior.Mon, 03 Dec 2018 13:00:00 ZNicholas J. Highamhttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/the-functions-of-deep-learning/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/the-functions-of-deep-learning/Gil Strang identifies continuous piecewise linear functions as powerful approximators in an effort to transform shallow learning into deep learning.Mon, 03 Dec 2018 13:00:00 ZGilbert Stranghttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/the-serious-mathematics-of-digital-animation/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/the-serious-mathematics-of-digital-animation/Joseph Teran spoke about the use of mathematical models for computer-generated imagery at AN18.Mon, 03 Dec 2018 13:00:00 ZMatthew R. Francishttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/