Volume 49 | Number 01 | JanuaryFebruary 2016
Eigenvalue Analysis and Model Reduction in the Treatment of Disc Brake Squeal

Eigenvalue Analysis and Model Reduction in the Treatment of Disc Brake Squeal

To lessen disc brake squeal, researchers developed a math model of a brake system to generate a small-scale reduced-order optimization model.

Leveraging Noise to Control Complex Networks

Leveraging Noise to Control Complex Networks

Read about ways in which stochastic noise can be accounted and exploited to control network dynamical systems.

New Year Brings New Leadership for SIAM

New Year Brings New Leadership for SIAM

A new year brings new leadership to SIAM. Read about the newly-elected officers here.

Energy Optimization (Rain Is Free, or Isn’t It?)

Energy Optimization (Rain Is Free, or Isn’t It?)

Electricity poses a challenge; an electrical network should carry power in an amount that is “enough” but not “too much.”

RandNLA, Pythons, and the CUR for Your Data Problems

RandNLA, Pythons, and the CUR for Your Data Problems

Organizers recap the 2015 Gene Golub SIAM Summer School, which took place in Delphi, Greece. 

An Inverted Pendulum: Defying Gravity (and Intuition)

An Inverted Pendulum: Defying Gravity (and Intuition)

In his recurring column on “Mathematical Curiosities,” Mark Levi explains the reasons behind the...

Machine Learning and the Prospect of a Master Algorithm

Machine Learning and the Prospect of a Master Algorithm

Ernest Davis candidly reviews Pedro Domingos’ The Master Algorithm: How the Quest for the Ultimate Learning Machine Will Remake Our World

Symposium Connects Government Problems with State-of-the-Art Network Science Research

Symposium Connects Government Problems with State-of-the-Art Network Science Research

The Graph Exploitation Symposium is an annual meeting that pertains to the network science research community.