SIAM News RSS Issue Archive Volume 52 | Number 04 | May 2019https://www.siam.org/rss-feed/siam-news/issue-archive/volume-52-number-04-may-2019SIAM News Rss Issue Archive Feeden-USCopyright 2026Tue, 23 Jun 2026 00:23:58 Zhttps://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/cse19-panel-promotes-strategies-to-increase-diversity-and-inclusion-in-academia/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/cse19-panel-promotes-strategies-to-increase-diversity-and-inclusion-in-academia/CSE19 Panel Promotes Strategies to Increase Diversity and Inclusion in AcademiaPanelists at a CSE19 discussion on diversity spoke about ongoing efforts towards equal representation in academia.Wed, 01 May 2019 12:00:00 ZLina Sorghttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/markdown-a-writing-tool-for-every-applied-mathematician-s-toolbox/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/markdown-a-writing-tool-for-every-applied-mathematician-s-toolbox/Markdown: A Writing Tool for Every Applied Mathematician’s ToolboxRoy Goodman presents an overview of Markdown, a lightweight markup language that is well suited for smaller writing projects.Wed, 01 May 2019 12:00:00 ZRoy H. Goodmanhttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/oscillating-wait-times-and-queues-with-information-updates/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/oscillating-wait-times-and-queues-with-information-updates/Oscillating Wait Times and Queues with Information UpdatesCould Hopf bifurcation be responsible for fluctuating wait times? Jamol Pender investigates at CSE19.Wed, 01 May 2019 12:00:00 ZPaul Davishttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/photo-highlights-from-cse19-and-gs19/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/photo-highlights-from-cse19-and-gs19/Photo Highlights from CSE19 and GS19View a multitude of prize photos from CSE19 and GS19, which took place earlier this year.Wed, 01 May 2019 12:00:00 Zhttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/scientific-computing-machine-learning-and-data-science-recurring-themes-at-cse19/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/scientific-computing-machine-learning-and-data-science-recurring-themes-at-cse19/Scientific Computing, Machine Learning, and Data Science: Recurring Themes at CSE19Paul Davis offers a detailed overview of some of the invited talks, prize lectures, and minisymposia presentations at CSE19.Wed, 01 May 2019 12:00:00 ZPaul Davishttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/training-quantized-deep-neural-networks-and-applications-with-blended-coarse-gradient-descent/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/training-quantized-deep-neural-networks-and-applications-with-blended-coarse-gradient-descent/Training Quantized Deep Neural Networks and Applications with Blended Coarse Gradient DescentQuantization—an efficient means of producing low-precision DNNs—yields interesting mathematical issues.Wed, 01 May 2019 12:00:00 ZJack Xinhttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/