Volume 52 | Number 07 | September 2019

Electricity Markets and Renewable Energy

Multiple countries are moving towards a deregulated, market-based electricity system in which competing agents make generation investments on a commercial basis.

Smoothing and Thresholding: A Flexible Methodology for Image Segmentation

Image segmentation is a fundamental task of image processing and computer vision and has numerous applications.

Obituary: John G. Lewis

John G. Lewis, a SIAM Fellow and longtime member, died peacefully in his sleep on June 10 after battling ALS.

Control of PDEs with Boundaries Governed by ODEs

Miroslav Krstic writes about his W.T. and Idalia Reid Prize Lecture from the 2019 SIAM Conference on Control and its Applications.

A Perspective on Diversity and Inclusion in Computing

Elizabeth Bautista describes the tribulations she faces as a minority female mathematician in the computing industry.

Balancing Motherhood with a Successful Career in STEM

Three SIAM members share their insights on effectively balancing careers with the challenges of motherhood.

The Difficulties of Addressing Interdisciplinary Challenges at the Foundations of Data Science (Part I of II)

Michael Mahoney overviews the National Science Foundation’s Transdisciplinary Research in Principles of Data Science (TRIPODS) program.

Laura Bassi: A Trailblazer for Women in Science

Ernest Davis reviews Laura Bassi and Science in 18th Century Europe by Monique Frize.

Trends in Combinatorial Analysis: Complex Data, Machine Learning, and High-Performance Computing

Discrete algorithms and combinatorial analysis were well represented at CSE19, held this year in Spokane, Wash.

Photos from ICIAM 2019

View photos of major SIAM prize presentations at the 9th International Congress on Industrial and Applied Mathematics.

Spinning Out

When squeezing the rear brake on a bicycle, why does the bike not proceed in a straight line before stopping?

Prize Spotlight: 2019 SIAM Conference on Financial Mathematics & Engineering

Daniel Lacker and Mykhaylo Shkolnikov received the 2019 SIAG/FME Early Career Prize at FM19.

First SIAM Conference on Mathematics of Data Science

The first SIAM Conference on Mathematics of Data Science (MDS) will be held May 5-7, 2020 in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Update to the SIAM Journal on Financial Mathematics

SIAM is pleased to announce the addition of a new section for the SIAM Journal on Financial Mathematics.

SIAM Members Among National Academy of Sciences Inductees

Three SIAM members were inducted to the National Academy of Sciences earlier this year.

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