https://www.siam.org/rss-feed/siam-news/issue-archive/volume-53-number-10-december-2020SIAM News Rss Issue Archive Feeden-USCopyright 2026Thu, 04 Jun 2026 12:16:36 Zhttps://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/a-simple-derivation-of-heron-s-formula/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/a-simple-derivation-of-heron-s-formula/Mark Levi presents a straightforward method for deriving Heron's formula, which gives the area of a triangle.Tue, 01 Dec 2020 13:00:00 ZMark Levihttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/advancing-siam-s-mission-with-the-comap-mathematical-contest-in-modeling/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/advancing-siam-s-mission-with-the-comap-mathematical-contest-in-modeling/COMAP's Mathematical Contest in Modeling encourages undergraduate students to solve real-world problems.Tue, 01 Dec 2020 13:00:00 ZJohn Chrispell, Nathan Gibson, Kathleen Kavanagh, Benjamin Galluzzohttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/at-last-our-hindsight-is-truly-2020/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/at-last-our-hindsight-is-truly-2020/Ken Boyden, SIAM's Director of Development and Corporate Relations, reflects on the generosity of the SIAM community.Tue, 01 Dec 2020 13:00:00 ZKen Boydenhttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/mathematics-and-the-social-and-behavioral-sciences/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/mathematics-and-the-social-and-behavioral-sciences/Donald G. Saari reflects on his 2018 book and invites mathematicians to explore the social and behavioral sciences.Tue, 01 Dec 2020 13:00:00 ZDonald G. Saarihttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/optimization-theory-and-perspectives-on-the-field-of-machine-learning/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/optimization-theory-and-perspectives-on-the-field-of-machine-learning/An impressive array of theoretical results in optimization have been motivated by machine learning.Tue, 01 Dec 2020 13:00:00 ZManuchehr Aminianhttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/rational-functions-and-beyond/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/rational-functions-and-beyond/Tradition regards rational functions as a computational minefield, but recent developments are changing this picture.Tue, 01 Dec 2020 13:00:00 ZLloyd N. Trefethenhttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/siam-conferences-reinvented/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/siam-conferences-reinvented/Richard Moore, SIAM's Director of Programs and Services, describes the pivot to virtual conferences in 2020.Tue, 01 Dec 2020 13:00:00 ZRichard Moorehttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/scale-bridging-with-machine-learning-to-characterize-brittle-damage-and-failure/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/scale-bridging-with-machine-learning-to-characterize-brittle-damage-and-failure/Researchers are using machine learning techniques to understand the mechanisms that make brittle materials fail.Tue, 01 Dec 2020 13:00:00 ZGowri Srinivasan, Daniel O’Malley, M. Giselle Fernández-Godinohttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/when-data-meets-diversity/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/when-data-meets-diversity/Data science is helping to quantify the underrepresentation of women and people of color in art museums.Tue, 01 Dec 2020 13:00:00 ZBrianna C. Heggeseth, Chad M. Topazhttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/who-was-frank-ramsey/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/who-was-frank-ramsey/James Case reviews Frank Ramsey: A Sheer Excess of Powers by philosophy professor Cheryl Misak.Tue, 01 Dec 2020 13:00:00 ZJames Casehttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/