https://www.siam.org/rss-feed/siam-news/issue-archive/volume-53-number-06-julyaugust-2020SIAM News Rss Issue Archive Feeden-USCopyright 2026Thu, 04 Jun 2026 12:16:36 Zhttps://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/balancing-a-knife-euler-s-elastica-and-the-mathematical-pendulum/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/balancing-a-knife-euler-s-elastica-and-the-mathematical-pendulum/Mark Levi discusses the mathematics behind his attempt to balance a knife on the edge of a pot and the resulting effect.Mon, 13 Jul 2020 12:00:00 ZMark Levihttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/broken-social-contract/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/broken-social-contract/William Yslas Vélez discusses the implicit social contract between the minority community and mathematical departments.  Mon, 13 Jul 2020 12:00:00 Zhttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/chaos-and-dynamics-for-all/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/chaos-and-dynamics-for-all/Lora Billings reviews David Feldman's "Chaos and Dynamical Systems," which introduces the field.Mon, 13 Jul 2020 12:00:00 ZLora Billingshttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/computational-topology-in-geometric-design-manifolds-to-molecules/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/computational-topology-in-geometric-design-manifolds-to-molecules/Applications of computational topology enjoy considerable contemporary prominence and range from manifolds for airfoils to molecules for pharmaceut...Mon, 13 Jul 2020 12:00:00 ZKirk Gardner, Kirk E. Jordan, Alex Harrison, James L. McDonagh, Breanndán Ó Conchúir, Thomas J. Peters, Donald R. Sheehyhttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/deep-learning-for-covid-19-diagnosis/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/deep-learning-for-covid-19-diagnosis/Computed tomography (CT) chest scans have proven invaluable for the diagnosis and prognostication of COVID-19 patients.Mon, 13 Jul 2020 12:00:00 ZKeegan Lensink, William Parker, Eldad Haberhttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/from-academia-to-major-league-baseball-the-journey-of-a-data-scientist/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/from-academia-to-major-league-baseball-the-journey-of-a-data-scientist/Mike Dairyko, a data scientist for the Milwaukee Brewers Baseball Club, details his education and career trajectory.Mon, 13 Jul 2020 12:00:00 ZMike Dairykohttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/modeling-population-recovery-following-an-environmental-disturbance/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/modeling-population-recovery-following-an-environmental-disturbance/A general modeling approach can examine population recovery after a natural or anthropogenic disturbance.Mon, 13 Jul 2020 12:00:00 ZAzmy S. Ackleh, Amy Veprauskashttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/obituary-bernard-j-matkowsky/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/obituary-bernard-j-matkowsky/Bernard J. Matkowsky passed away on June 11, 2020. He left a lasting legacy within the applied math community.Mon, 13 Jul 2020 12:00:00 ZAlvin Bayliss, Michael J. Miksis, Vladimir A. Volperthttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/predicting-the-shape-of-evolutionary-trees/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/predicting-the-shape-of-evolutionary-trees/Read an excerpt from "Phylogeny: Discrete and Random Processes in Evolution" by Mike Steel.Mon, 13 Jul 2020 12:00:00 Zhttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/solving-combinatorial-optimization-problems-on-quantum-computers/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/solving-combinatorial-optimization-problems-on-quantum-computers/The rapid solution of combinatorial optimization problems benefits numerous applications.Mon, 13 Jul 2020 12:00:00 ZYuri Alexeev, Jeffrey Larson, Sven Leyffer, Ruslan Shaydulinhttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/the-mathematics-of-mass-testing-for-covid-19/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/the-mathematics-of-mass-testing-for-covid-19/An emergent research front allows mathematical and statistical ideas to enable a rapid expansion of COVID-19 testing.Mon, 13 Jul 2020 12:00:00 ZDavid Donoho, Mahsa Lotfi, Batu Ozturklerhttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/swmath-a-publication-based-approach-to-mathematical-software/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/swmath-a-publication-based-approach-to-mathematical-software/swMATH employs a publication-based approach and provides an overview of a broad range of mathematical software. Mon, 13 Jul 2020 12:00:00 ZWolfgang Dalitz, Wolfram Sperber, Hagen Chraparyhttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/