Volume 48 | Number 02 | March 2015
Program for ICIAM 2015 Takes Shape

Program for ICIAM 2015 Takes Shape

The eighth International Congress on Industrial and Applied Mathematics will be held in Beijing from August 10-14.

High Honors for Versatile Engineer/Mathematician

High Honors for Versatile Engineer/Mathematician

Thomas Kailath of Stanford University received the 2014 National Medal of Science.

Science and Industry Advance with Mathematics*

Science and Industry Advance with Mathematics*

These are exciting times, with the growth of applied mathematics and its increasing relevance to our daily lives.

The Race to Compute High-order Gauss–Legendre Quadrature

The Race to Compute High-order Gauss–Legendre Quadrature

A typical quadrature rule is the approximation of a definite integral by a finite sum with a specific form.

Untangling the Threads of a Heroic and Complicated Life

Untangling the Threads of a Heroic and Complicated Life

James Case reviews Alan Turing: The Enigma by Andrew Hodges.

Last Bastion of Purity in a Corrupt World?

Last Bastion of Purity in a Corrupt World?

Ernest Davis reviews Michael Harris' "Mathematics without Apologies: Portrait of a Problematic Vocation."

Geometry, Invariants, and the Search for Elusive Complexity Lower Bounds

Geometry, Invariants, and the Search for Elusive Complexity Lower Bounds

Jan Draisma gives SIAM News readers an idea of one current research theme in the field of algebraic geometry.

MAA Chauvenet Prize Awarded to Dana Mackenzie

MAA Chauvenet Prize Awarded to Dana Mackenzie

Dana Mackenzie received the MAA’s Chauvenet Prize at the Joint Meetings in San Antonio in January.

A Lagrange Multiplier Problem Without Multipliers

A Lagrange Multiplier Problem Without Multipliers

Mark Levi presents is a calculus-free solution of the standard vector calculus problem.

Student Chapter Funding for 2014-2015

Student Chapter Funding for 2014-2015

SIAM awarded over $46,000 to 95 chapters for activities taking place throughout the 2014-2015 academic year.

SIAM Gains 90 Members in Member-Get-a-Member Campaign

SIAM Gains 90 Members in Member-Get-a-Member Campaign

The Member-Get-a-Member program encourages SIAM members to invite their colleagues to join SIAM.