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Equilibrium Modeling Increases Contact Lens Comfort

Equilibrium Modeling Increases Contact Lens Comfort

According to the Vision Council of America, roughly 75% of adults in the United States require some form of vision correction. 

Q&A: Tamara Kolda on SIAM Journal Macro Update

Q&A: Tamara Kolda on SIAM Journal Macro Update

SIAM recently introduced a substantially updated macro set for 11 of our journals. This update was due to the...

SIAM Unwrapped – March 2016

SIAM Unwrapped – March 2016

The weather is heating up (!) and so is the action happening at SIAM and in our community.

10 Things You Can’t Miss at AN16

10 Things You Can’t Miss at AN16

In preparation for the SIAM Annual Meeting, SIAM staff wants to tell you about the 10 things you cannot miss while in Boston.

Using Math to Analyze Movement of Cells, Organisms, and Disease

Using Math to Analyze Movement of Cells, Organisms, and Disease

Recently-published SIAM journal papers discuss the math behind cell migration in tumors, species dispersal, and...

Applying Math to Cancer, Climate, Crime and Cameras

Applying Math to Cancer, Climate, Crime and Cameras

Check out these three "Nugget Bytes" about recently-published SIAM journal papers.

Math Models Analyze the Evolution of Epidemics During Air Travel

Math Models Analyze the Evolution of Epidemics During Air Travel

A mathematical model can describe the evolution of an epidemic in regions connected by international flights.

A Mathematical Perspective of Seasonal Variations in Lyme Disease Transmission

A Mathematical Perspective of Seasonal Variations in Lyme Disease Transmission

Yuxiang Zhang and Xiao-Qiang Zhao propose a reaction-diffusion model to study transmission dynamics of Lyme disease...

Math Models Enhance Current Therapies for Coronary Heart Disease

Math Models Enhance Current Therapies for Coronary Heart Disease

A mathematical model might help improve currently-employed treatments of coronary heart disease, which accounts for...

Are You Ready to Retire?

Are You Ready to Retire?

Read about a partial differential equation model governing the value of a defined pension plan, including the option for early retirement.

Seamless Photography: Using Mathematical Models for Image Stitching

Seamless Photography: Using Mathematical Models for Image Stitching

Wei Wang and Michael Ng aim to develop an algorithm for image stitching, a process that seamlessly blends two or...

Tracking Criminal Movement Using Math

Tracking Criminal Movement Using Math

One way to study criminal behavior and predict a criminal’s next move is by analyzing his/her movement via a...

Math Helps Detect Gang-related Crime and Better Allocate Police Resources

Math Helps Detect Gang-related Crime and Better Allocate Police Resources

Social and geographical patterns that provide information about communities or gangs is a popular subject for mathematical modeling.

How Vegetation Competes for Rainfall in Dry Regions

How Vegetation Competes for Rainfall in Dry Regions

Jonathan A. Sherratt uses a mathematical model to determine the levels of precipitation necessary for pattern...

Mathematical Models to Better Combat HIV

Mathematical Models to Better Combat HIV

Mathematical models can analyze viral dynamics in the early phase of HIV, thus offering insights into therapeutic...

Surges in Latent Infections: Mathematical Analysis of Viral Blips

Surges in Latent Infections: Mathematical Analysis of Viral Blips

The silent stages of recurrent infection are hard to study with experimental models. Mathematical analysis can help fill in the gaps.

PageRank Beyond the Web

PageRank Beyond the Web

Des Higham, section editor of SIAM Review, gives an overview of the "Survey and Review" paper in the September 2015...