https://www.siam.org/rss-feed/siam-news/issue-archive/volume-54-number-04-may-2021SIAM News Rss Issue Archive Feeden-USCopyright 2026Thu, 04 Jun 2026 11:22:24 Zhttps://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/cse21-panel-explores-the-importance-of-mentorship/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/cse21-panel-explores-the-importance-of-mentorship/Mentors can help students and early-career mathematicians navigate the complex world of research.Mon, 03 May 2021 12:00:00 ZJillian Kunzehttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/cse21-session-addresses-early-careers-in-academia-national-laboratories-and-industry/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/cse21-session-addresses-early-careers-in-academia-national-laboratories-and-industry/A CSE21 panel addressed the advantages and challenges of possible career paths for recent graduates in applied math.Mon, 03 May 2021 12:00:00 ZJillian Kunzehttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/call-for-nominations-for-2023-iciam-prizes/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/call-for-nominations-for-2023-iciam-prizes/The International Council for Industrial and Applied Mathematics Prize Committee calls for nominations for six prizes.Mon, 03 May 2021 12:00:00 Zhttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/ecological-transients-and-the-ghost-of-equilibrium-past/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/ecological-transients-and-the-ghost-of-equilibrium-past/Researchers study the dynamics of ecological long transients to distinguish them from stable or oscillatory states.Mon, 03 May 2021 12:00:00 ZMatthew R. Francishttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/hanging-cables-and-hydrostatics/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/hanging-cables-and-hydrostatics/The shape of hanging electric cables by the roadside demonstrates nature’s ability to solve a minimization problem.Mon, 03 May 2021 12:00:00 ZMark Levihttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/renewables-reliability-in-an-era-of-force-majeure/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/renewables-reliability-in-an-era-of-force-majeure/A SIAG/FME panel focused on COVID-19's effect on energy production, novel negative oil prices, and other topics.Mon, 03 May 2021 12:00:00 ZRené Aïd, Mike Ludkovski, Ronnie Sircarhttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/the-exact-solution-of-all-of-continuum-mechanics/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/the-exact-solution-of-all-of-continuum-mechanics/The equations of molecular dynamics provide important insights into continuum mechanics.Mon, 03 May 2021 12:00:00 ZRichard D. James, Alessia Nota, Gunjan Pahlani, Juan J. L. Velázquezhttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/the-future-of-deep-learning-will-be-sparse/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/the-future-of-deep-learning-will-be-sparse/Engineering sparsity into deep learning models could fuel the next decade of success in artificial intelligence.Mon, 03 May 2021 12:00:00 ZTorsten Hoefler, Dan Alistarh, Nikoli Dryden, Tal Ben-Nunhttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/wave-structure-interactions-and-wave-energies/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/wave-structure-interactions-and-wave-energies/The interactions between waves and floating support structures are important for offshore wind and wave energy.Mon, 03 May 2021 12:00:00 ZDavid Lanneshttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/when-software-harms-what-you-reap-is-what-you-sow/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/when-software-harms-what-you-reap-is-what-you-sow/Though software tools are frequently promoted as objective, they often perpetuate the same prejudices as human decision-making.Mon, 03 May 2021 12:00:00 ZMatthew R. Francishttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/