SIAM Unwrapped - December 2019

• NSF: National Artificial Intelligence (AI) Research Institutes Program Webinar
• SIAM News: Numerical Models for Urban Seismic Risk Analysis
• SIAM News Blog: ASCR Holds AI for Science Townhall Meetings
• Inside HPC: Students Encouraged to Enter Math Modeling Challenge for Scholarships
• Entrepreneur: Big Data and Solar Energy Are a Match Made in Heaven 
• SIAM News Blog: A Dynamical Origin for Consensus and Polarization
• Phys.org: Mathematician develops model to control spread of aquatic invasive species

Meet Our Newest Leadership: President-Elect, Vice President-at-Large, Secretary, and Board and Council

Following SIAM’s recent elections, we are pleased to announce the newly-elected members of our leadership. Thank you to all the outstanding candidates for their willingness to serve the SIAM community, and to the SIAM members who cast their votes in the election. Learn more about these leaders.

President-Elect

• Susanne C. Brenner (Louisiana State University)

Vice President-at-Large

• Carol S. Woodward* (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory)

Secretary

• Susan E. Minkoff (University of Texas at Dallas) 

 Board of Trustees

• Margot Gerritsen* (Stanford University) 
• Randall J. LeVeque* (University of Washington)
• Bonita Saunders (National Institute of Standards and Technology) 

 Council

• Heike Faßbender (Technische Universität Braunschweig)
• Helen Moore* (Applied BioMath) 
• Valeria Simoncini (Universita' di Bologna)
• Suzanne L. Weekes (Worcester Polytechnic Institute) 

* indicates incumbent

Gift a SIAM Book!

This holiday season, SIAM is offering select books at up to 40% off list price when you buy two or more. Check out the new titles and notable backlist selections included in this exclusive offer, then visit the SIAM bookstore to place your order. Offer valid December 1, 2019-January 31, 2020. Additional terms and conditions apply. Shop now.

Support SIAM This Holiday Season

Your donation helps SIAM carry out our mission to advance the applications of mathematics to science and industry and to promote research in applied mathematics and computational science worldwide. We appreciate the generosity of our community and are thankful for your continued support of SIAM's important work! Learn more and donate now.  

Renew Your SIAM Membership for 2020

There’s more reason than ever to be a member of our community. With the end of the year in sight, please remember to renew your membership to continue enjoying your benefits. And remember, if you are a non-student member, you can nominate up to two students per year for free student memberships. Renew now.

SIAM Hires Director of Development and Corporate Relations

SIAM is pleased to welcome Dr. Ken Boyden, who assumed the position in November to expand the impact of SIAM’s already far-reaching programs and initiatives. "The opportunity to establish the foundation upon which SIAM will seek, receive, and implement philanthropic support from our community is a truly compelling role to me,” said Boyden, who brings more than 30 years of non-profit, development, and legal experience to SIAM. Having a development and fundraising team is something new for SIAM and provides an opportunity for devoted SIAM members to contribute to the health and sustenance of the organization. Learn more here. 

M3 Challenge: Got a Problem?

SIAM is seeking problem ideas for MathWorks Math Modeling (M3) Challenge, a national high school math modeling competition in which teams of students are given 14 hours to solve an open-ended, applied math-modeling problem related to a real-world issue. A $500 honoraria will be paid for any problem selected and used as the official Challenge problem. Submit your ideas here.

Invite a Visiting Lecturer to Speak at Your Institution

The SIAM Visiting Lecture Program (VLP) is an opportunity for institutions to invite inspirational applied mathematicians and computational scientists to speak at their campuses. For the month of December, we are featuring VLP speakers Bonita Saunders (Research Mathematician at National Institute of Standards & Technology), Bob LaBarre (Principal Mathematician at United Technologies Research Center), Rob Van Kirk (Senior Scientist at Henry's Fork Foundation), and Dirk Hartmann (Project Manager at Siemens AG). Learn more about and contact these speakers.

SIAM-MfA Math Modeling Workshop for High School Teachers a Success

More than 60 high school math teachers traveled to Albany, NY, in early November to take part in a hands-on workshop geared toward helping them better understand math modeling and how they can teach it in their classrooms. SIAM members Karen Bliss (Virginia Military Institute), Ben Galluzzo (Clarkson University), and Katie Kavanagh (Clarkson University) served as facilitators for the all-day event, which was funded by Math for America, an organization committed to teachers. Learn more here.

 

Books Hot Off the Press

Approximation Theory and Approximation Practice, Extended Edition by Lloyd N. Trefethen differs fundamentally from other works on approximation theory in a number of ways: its emphasis is on topics close to numerical algorithms; concepts are illustrated with Chebfun; and each chapter is a PUBLISHable MATLAB M-file, available online. Learn more.
 

An Introduction to Compressed Sensing by M. Vidyasagar presents significant concepts never before discussed as well as new advances in the theory, providing an in-depth initiation to the field of compressed sensing. Learn more.

Why We Love SIAM!

There are lots of perks to being a SIAM member, like networking and access to specialized information, plus many other membership benefits. If you have a friend or colleague who might be interested in becoming a member of our community, share this video with them to hear SIAM members talk about why they love and value SIAM! And, as we gear up for 2020, don't forget to renew your SIAM membership!  Watch the video and learn more about the benefits of SIAM membership.

Don't forget to subscribe to SIAM's YouTube channel so you see more of our content, more easily. 

Additional Travel Awards Available for APOCS20   

The organizers of SIAM Symposium on Algorithmic Principles of Computer Systems (APOCS20) have secured funding for several additional travel awards for students and postdocs. These are on top of those already awarded for ACM-SIAM Symposium on Discrete Algorithms (SODA20) and its satellite meetings. If interested, please send an email to [email protected] that includes (1) whether you are a student or postdoc, (2) whether or not you have a publication at APOCS or other co-located conference or workshop, (3) a SHORT paragraph articulating your travel request, and (4) a small budget that includes any other potential sources of funding. Please have your adviser send a letter of recommendation to the same address. All materials must be received by December 11, 2019.

AN20: Deadlines and Travel Awards

The Second SIAM/CAIMS Annual Meeting (AN20) will be held in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, July 6-10, 2020. There is still time to participate in several ways.

Call for Contributed Papers and Posters 
The AN20 Organizing Committee is seeking contributed lecture and poster, and minisymposium presentations in all areas consistent with the conference themes. Learn more and submit now.

Deadlines for submissions:
Minisymposium Proposals: January 13, 2020
Contributed Lecture, Poster and Minisymposium Presentation Abstracts: February 3, 2020

Travel Grants 
SIAM is offering travel grants for students traveling from U.S. institutions to AN20. Deadline for submissions is January 20, 2020. Learn more! 

Conference Registrations, Submissions, & Deadlines

Check out the SIAM conference calendar for a full list of SIAM meetings and those sponsored by SIAM, and review the Student Travel Award page to find out what conferences are offering awards.

2020 Frank and Brennie Morgan Prize Winner Announced

We’re excited to announce that Nina Zubrilina has won the 2020 Frank and Brennie Morgan Prize for Outstanding Research in Mathematics by an Undergraduate Student. SIAM awards this student prize jointly with AMS and MAA every year at the Joint Mathematics Meetings (JMM). Learn more about the winner and her award. The prize will open again on March 1, 2020, for nominations for the 2021 award.

Nominate Your Student for the SIAM Student Paper Prize!

The SIAM Student Paper Prize is open for nominations for 2020. If you know a student who has had an outstanding paper accepted for publication in a SIAM journal since February 15, 2017, nominate them now for the 2020 SIAM Student Paper Prize! Up to three winners will be awarded a monetary prize and a certificate and will have the opportunity to present their paper at the 2020 SIAM Annual Meeting. The deadline for nominations is February 15, 2020.

View all prizes with open nominations and learn more about prizes and awards at SIAM. Contact [email protected] with any questions.