A Note from SIAM’s Executive Director, Suzanne L. Weekes

As I finish my first year leading this wonderful organization, I am proud to say SIAM has remained as committed as ever to its work of facilitating vital research and meaningful connections and opportunities throughout our community. We are so grateful for members and friends like you who have helped make the last year a productive and successful one. 

In 2021, we: 

• Held 14 SIAM Conferences, two career fairs, and multiple industry panels virtually and successfully

• Established the MGB-SIAM Early Career Fellowship, recognizing the achievements of early career applied mathematicians — particularly those belonging to racial and ethnic groups historically excluded from the mathematical sciences 

• Upheld the prestige of our global publications, with author submissions at an all-time high last year and peer review times now the fastest seen in 15 years

• Awarded virtual conference registration waivers to student and early career mathematicians so they could continue immersing themselves in our community

• Convened the SIAM Climate Task Force, which wrote and widely distributed the Research and Education Priorities to Address Climate Change, Boost Environmental Resilience, and Advance Clean Energy report

• Expanded our high school program, MathWorks Math Modeling Challenge, to England and Wales

As we reflect on the past year, we also look with excitement to 2022.

We will be back in person in 2022 — holding our first-ever hybrid conferences, welcoming you back to onsite events with safety measures in place, while continuing to offer remote participation. We will continue our presence in Washington, D.C., advocating for policies that will positively impact our mission and members, and will continue to strengthen and grow our student chapters, prizes, publications, and programs.

I encourage you to renew or begin your commitment in SIAM today by making a gift at siam.org/donate to help us meet the continually evolving needs of our members and the global applied mathematics community. Your support ensures that SIAM can rise to any challenge and pursue new opportunities while providing excellence in all we do for today’s — and tomorrow’s — mathematicians, engineers, researchers, and scientists. Thank you for investing in SIAM. 

With appreciation, Suzanne L. Weekes Executive Director, SIAM

Student Chapter of the University of California, Merced.

“I am very grateful for the high-quality journals and books, the amazing conferences, for all the networking and outreach opportunities SIAM provides, and for the attention and awareness SIAM brings to diversity.”

— Noemi Petra, Associate Professor of Applied Mathematics and SIAM Student Chapter Faculty Advisor, University of California, Merced; pictured above right with members of the chapter.