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December 2020
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From SIAM HQ
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Meet Our Newest Leadership: SIAM Board of Trustees and Council
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SIAM Looks Toward the Coming Year With Enthusiasm, Gratitude, and Hope
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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. Learn more.
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Charitable donations to SIAM in 2020 have been impressive, impactful, and inspiring. SIAM’s Director of Development and Corporate Relations thanks members for their continued support and looks toward the coming year. Read more.
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SIAM Welcomes First Vice President for Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion
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MathWorks Math Modeling Challenge Expands to England and Wales
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In this new position, Ron Buckmire, Associate Dean for Curricular Affairs and Professor of Mathematics at Occidental College, will focus on ensuring SIAM is serving its entire diverse community. Learn more.
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Starting in 2021, hundreds of sixth form students (ages 16-19) in the UK are expected to join U.S. high school juniors and seniors in competing for more than $100,000 (£79,000) in scholarship prizes. Learn more.
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Publishing News & Notes
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New Book: A Software Repository for Gaussian Quadratures and Christoffel Functions by Walter Gautschi
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New Book: Data Clustering: Theory, Algorithms, and Applications, Second Edition by Gan, Ma, and Wu
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This companion to the author’s 2018 book, A Software Repository for Orthogonal Polynomials, focuses on Gaussian quadrature and the related Christoffel function. Read more.
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This book covers the basics of data clustering, includes a list of popular clustering algorithms, and provides program code that helps users implement clustering algorithms. Read more.
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Mathematics of Data Science: A Computational Approach to Clustering and Classification by Calvetti & Somersalo
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New Book: Numerical Homogenization by Localized Orthogonal Decomposition by Axel Målqvist and Daniel Peterseim
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This new textbook provides a solid mathematical basis for understanding popular data science algorithms for clustering and classification. Read more.
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This book presents the first survey of the Localized Orthogonal Decomposition (LOD) method, a pioneering approach for the numerical homogenization of partial differential equations. Read more.
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Math in the News
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Conference Updates
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SIAM's Director of Programs and Services Describes the Pivot to Virtual Conferences
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SIAM Partners with vFairs for Upcoming Virtual Conferences
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COVID-19 has significantly disrupted SIAM's lineup of conferences. Read more about the transition to virtual in 2020 and the outlook for SIAM conferences in 2021.
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SIAM will be working with vFairs in 2021 to provide a consistent virtual conference experience that is functional and flexible. Join us for an upcoming virtual conference.
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Upcoming Conferences & Deadlines |
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Featured SIAM Video
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About MathWorks Math Modeling (M3) Challenge
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This one-minute video gives a broad overview of MathWorks Math Modeling (M3) Challenge, SIAM's yearly high school applied math contest that gives students a real-world question to answer with math modeling and analysis. The contest, which is open to students in England and Wales for the first time in 2021, is entirely Internet-based with no registration or participation fees. Watch the video and learn more about this year's Challenge here.
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Prizes & Awards
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Nominations Being Accepted for SIAM Student Paper Prize and SIAG/FME Conference Paper Prize
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SIAM Travel Awards Can Help Students and Early Career Researcers Participate in 2021 Conferences
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Nominatations for the SIAM Student Paper Prize and the SIAG/FME Conference Paper Prize are being accepted until February 15, 2021. Students and postdocs are eligible. Learn more.
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Applications for Travel Awards are being accepted. If a travel awardee participates remotely in a conference that is virtual or hybrid, the award will be in the form of complimentary conference registration.
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