SIAM News RSS Issue Archive Volume 56 | Number 09 | November 2023https://www.siam.org/rss-feed/siam-news/issue-archive/volume-56-number-09-november-2023SIAM News Rss Issue Archive Feeden-USCopyright 2026Tue, 23 Jun 2026 00:18:54 Zhttps://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/a-career-she-could-not-have-envisioned-remembering-evelyn-boyd-granville-mathematician-and-programmer/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/a-career-she-could-not-have-envisioned-remembering-evelyn-boyd-granville-mathematician-and-programmer/A Career She “Could Not Have Envisioned”: Remembering Evelyn Boyd Granville, Mathematician and ProgrammerEvelyn Boyd Granville, a renowned African American mathematician in the early Space Age, passed away in June.Wed, 01 Nov 2023 12:00:00 ZLaura E. Turnerhttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/a-hamiltonian-look-at-a-soap-film/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/a-hamiltonian-look-at-a-soap-film/A Hamiltonian Look at a Soap FilmMark Levi considers the Hamiltonian system for a soap film stretched between two rings with a common axis.Wed, 01 Nov 2023 12:00:00 ZMark Levihttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/automating-conference-scheduling-with-genetic-algorithms-at-cse23-and-beyond/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/automating-conference-scheduling-with-genetic-algorithms-at-cse23-and-beyond/Automating Conference Scheduling with Genetic Algorithms at CSE23 and BeyondThe scheduling process for a SIAM conference was automated for the first time with a set of C++ and Python codes.Wed, 01 Nov 2023 12:00:00 ZAlicia Klinvex, Tamara G. Koldahttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/behind-the-lab-coat-a-scientist-s-journey-to-influence-science-policy-in-washington-dc/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/behind-the-lab-coat-a-scientist-s-journey-to-influence-science-policy-in-washington-dc/Behind the Lab Coat: A Scientist’s Journey to Influence Science Policy in Washington, D.C.2023 SIAM Science Policy Fellowship recipient Bashir Mohammed recounts his first experiences with policymaking on the national level.Wed, 01 Nov 2023 12:00:00 ZBashir Mohammedhttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/describing-the-universe-with-breadth-and-depth/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/describing-the-universe-with-breadth-and-depth/Describing the Universe with Breadth and DepthPaul Nahin reviews Chris Budd's new book, Climate, Chaos and COVID: How Mathematical Models Describe the Universe.Wed, 01 Nov 2023 12:00:00 ZPaul J. Nahinhttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/from-sequences-of-images-to-trajectories-a-tracking-algorithm-for-dynamical-systems/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/from-sequences-of-images-to-trajectories-a-tracking-algorithm-for-dynamical-systems/From Sequences of Images to Trajectories: A Tracking Algorithm for Dynamical SystemsNew machine-learning-based object tracking algorithms address two dynamical problems: walking droplets and granular intruders.Wed, 01 Nov 2023 12:00:00 ZAminur Rahman, Erdi Kara, J. Nathan Kutzhttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/generalized-hypergraph-cut-algorithms-and-their-applications/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/generalized-hypergraph-cut-algorithms-and-their-applications/Generalized Hypergraph Cut Algorithms and Their ApplicationsEven a seemingly minor generalization of the standard hypergraph cut penalty yields a rich space of theoretical questions.Wed, 01 Nov 2023 12:00:00 ZNate Veldthttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/the-pancreatic-beta-cell-biology-and-mathematics-advance-together/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/the-pancreatic-beta-cell-biology-and-mathematics-advance-together/The Pancreatic Beta Cell: Biology and Mathematics Advance TogetherMathematical modeling has addressed several key questions related to the dynamic response of insulin secretion.Wed, 01 Nov 2023 12:00:00 ZArthur S. Sherman, Patrick A. Fletcher, Richard Bertram, Leslie S. Satinhttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/wildebeest-self-organization-via-active-matter-theory/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/wildebeest-self-organization-via-active-matter-theory/Wildebeest Self-organization via Active Matter TheoryConfinement to arbitrary, curved, two-dimensional surfaces brings geometrical complexity to flow simulations.Wed, 01 Nov 2023 12:00:00 ZMatthew R. Francishttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/