Candidate Statement:
In our world of rapidly developing technological discoveries a modern and interdisciplinary approach to science is crucial for dealing with the ever-growing scope and complexity of problems. Most areas of science, engineering and medicine are becoming dependent on mathematical and computational methodologies and they require a versatile generation of scientists that can move easily between disciplines. SIAM has played a key role in applied mathematics through its journals, activity groups and conferences. It has important activities such as the student chapters, dissertation and best paper prizes that encourage students to be engaged in research and to pursue careers in applied mathematics.
I have been a SIAM member since graduate school, and it has been a privilege to serve in the council, editorial boards and committees. It would be an honor to continue serving the SIAM community as a member of the board. I am particularly interested in the involvement of SIAM in education, from the undergraduate to postdoctoral level. I believe that more can be done to attract undergraduate students to pursue a career in applied mathematics, through summer research programs, internships and special sessions at SIAM conferences. I would also like to see SIAM play an even stronger role in raising awareness about interdisciplinary research, career, research and education collaboration opportunities in industry and labs.
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Jan S. Hesthaven
Affiliation: Institute of Mathematics, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), CH
Professional Experience:
Editor-in-chief,
SIAM Journal on Scientific Computing (2016-present)
Editorial Board, SIAM Book Series on Computational Science and Engineering (2014-present)
Member, SIAM Activity Group on Computational Science and Engineering Early Career Prize Selection Committee (2020)
Author, Numerical Methods for Conservation Laws: From Analysis to Algorithms (2018)
Member, SIAM Activity Group on Uncertainty Quantification Early Career Prize Selection Committee (2017-2018)
Co-organizer, SIAM Conference on Computational Science and Engineering (2017)
Member, SIAM Fellows Selection Committee (2015-2017)
Member, Germund Dahlquist Prize Selection Committee (2016)
Co-organizer, SIAM Conference on Uncertainty Quantification (2016)
Section editor,
SIAM Journal on Scientific Computing (2014-2016)
Member, I.E. Block Community Lecture Selection Committee (2012-2014)
Associate editor,
SIAM Journal on Scientific Computing (2005-2014)
Education:
Dr.techn, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark (2009)
Ph.D., Technical University of Denmark, Denmark (1995)
SIAM Activities:
Editor-in-chief,
SIAM Journal on Scientific Computing (2016-present)
Section Editor,
SIAM Journal on Scientific Computing (2014-2016)
Associate Editor,
SIAM Journal on Scientific Computing (2005-2014)
Editorial Board, SIAM Book Series on Computational Science and Engineering (2014-present)
Author, Numerical Methods for Conservation Laws: From Analysis to Algorithms, SIAM CSE 18 (2017)
SIAM CSE Early Career Award Selection Committee (2020)
SIAM UQ Early Career Award Selection Committee (2017-2018)
SIAM Fellows Selection Committee (2015-2017)
Germund Dahlquist Prize Selection Committee (2016)
SIAM I.E. Block Community Lecture Selection Committee (2012-2014)
Co-organizer, SIAM Conference on Uncertainty Quantification (2016)
Co-organizer, SIAM Conference on Computational Science and Engineering (2017)
Professional Memberships:
Fellow, SIAM (2014)
American Mathematical Society
Association for Computing Machinery
Research Interests:
High-order accurate computational methods for linear and nonlinear wave problems, reduced order models, uncertainty quantification, scientific machine learning.
Website: https://www.epfl.ch/labs/mcss/
Candidate Statement:
The COVID-19 health crisis has shown us the importance of collaborations, not only nationally and between government, universities, and the private sector, but also on a global scale. SIAM is uniquely positioned worldwide to take leadership and highlight the importance of industrial and applied mathematics in addressing many of the challenges that lie ahead of us, and the critical importance our disciplines play in modern societies. This is also a unique opportunity to emphasize the importance of maintaining and strengthening education and research in traditional and emerging areas, anchored in industrial and applied mathematics. It would be a pleasure and a privilege to be part of this effort.
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Esmond G. Ng*
Affiliation: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Professional Experience:
Division Deputy, Computational Research Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (2019-present)
Head, Applied Mathematics Department, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (2011-2019)
Senior Scientist, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (1999-present)
Lead, Scientific Computing Group, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (1999-2013)
Lead, Computational Mathematics Group, Computer Science and Mathematics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (1994-1999)
Research Staff/Senior Research Staff, Computer Science and Mathematics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (1985-1999)
Adjunct Associate Professor/Adjunct Professor, Department of Computer Science, University of Tennessee, Knoxville (1987-1999)
Research Assistant Professor/Research Associate, University of Waterloo (1983-1985)
Education:
Ph.D., Computer Science, University of Waterloo (1983)
M.S., Mathematics, University of Waterloo (1979)
B.S., Mathematics, University of Waterloo (1978)
SIAM Activities:
Member, SIAM Activity Group on Linear Algebra, SIAM Activity Group on Supercomputing, SIAM Activity Group on Computational Science and Engineering, SIAM Activity Group on Applied and Computational Discrete Algorithms (present)
Member, SIAM Compensation Committee (2019-present)
Member, SIAM Board of Trustees (2018-present)
Member, SIAM Committee on SIAM Activity Groups (2016-present)
Member, SIAM Fellows Selection Committee (2016-2018), Chair (2017-2018)
Member, I.E. Block Community Lecture Selection Committee (2013-2017)
Member, SIAM Activity Group on Linear Algebra Prize Selection Committee (2014-2015)
Co-chair, SIAM Annual Meeting (2014)
Member, SIAM Committee on Programs and Conferences (2009-2014)
Member, Editorial Board, SIAM Journal on Scientific Computing (2008-2013)
Chair, SIAM Activity Group on Linear Algebra Nomination Committee (2012)
Chair, SIAM Conference on Applied Linear Algebra (2009)
Member, Program Committee, SIAM Annual Meeting (2009)
Member, Program Committee, SIAM Conference on Parallel Processing for Scientific Computing (2008)
Guest associate editor, Special Issue on Computational Sciences and Engineering, SIAM Journal on Scientific Computing (2008)
Member, Editorial Board, SIAM Journal on Matrix Analysis and Applications (1997-2008)
Vice chair, SIAM Activity Group on Supercomputing (2006-2007)
Guest editor-in-chief, Special Section on Preconditioning Techniques, SIAM Journal on Matrix Analysis and Applications (2006)
Guest editor-in-chief, Special Section on Sparse Matrix Computation, SIAM Journal on Matrix Analysis and Applications (1999)
Co-chair, Second SIAM Conference on Sparse Matrices (1996)
Professional Memberships:
Fellow, SIAM (2015)
SIAM Activity Group on Linear Algebra
SIAM Activity Group on Supercomputing
SIAM Activity Group on Computational Science & Engineering
SIAM Activity Group on Applied and Computational Discrete Algorithms
American Association for the Advancement of Science
Association for Computing Machinery
American Geophysical Union
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Steering Committee Member, BIG Math Network (2016-present)
Research Interests:
Sparse matrix computation, numerical linear algebra, combinatorial algorithms, computational complexity, large-scale computing, high-performance and parallel computing; mathematical software development, software engineering.
Website: https://crd.lbl.gov/about/staff/director/esmond-ng/
Candidate Statement:
I have been a SIAM member for forty years and have benefited a great deal from this fantastic international professional society for applied and industrial mathematics. The SIAM conferences and workshops provide great venues for networking with fellow researchers and exchanging ideas with peers. The SIAM journals and books are among the top in applied and computational mathematics.
Like many organizations, SIAM is now facing new challenges because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Since March 2020, most of the SIAM conferences and workshops have been cancelled or postponed while others have gone virtual. This situation may continue into the foreseeable future and will potentially impact the operation of SIAM for some time. Balancing operational expenses will be a challenge. When registration fees are waived, cost incurred for setting up and running virtual conferences and workshops cannot be recovered. Lack of in-person interactions during these events will likely impact new membership recruitment. In addition, sales of SIAM publications may be affected due to reduced opportunity to advertise and promote SIAM books at conferences and workshops. These are just some of the issues. We should also examine other services SIAM offers to its members as they become impacted. As the Board of Trustees is responsible for the management of SIAM, if re-elected as member, I will continue to work with the Board and SIAM to ensure that proper financial and operational decisions are made to overcome these challenges.
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Kavita Ramanan
Affiliation: Brown University
Professional Experience:
Roland George Dwight Richardson University Professor, Brown University (2018-present)
Associate Chair, Division of Applied Math, Brown University (2017-present)
Professor of Applied Mathematics, Professor, Brown University (2010-present)
Deputy Director and Associate Director, ICERM, Institute for Computational and Experimental Research in Mathematics (2020-present)
Director of Graduate Studies, Brown University (2011-2014)
Professor, Department of Math Sciences, Carnegie Mellon University (2009-2010)
Associate Professor, Department of Math Sciences, Carnegie Mellon University (2003-2009)
Member, Technical Staff, Mathematical Sciences Division, Bell Laboratories (1998-2003)
Member, Scientific Advisory Boards: ICERM (2017-2020) and Oxford-Imperial Center for Doctoral Training (2019-2024)
Member, European Research Commission (ERC) Grant Panel (2013)
Elected Member-at-large, AWM Executive Committee (2018-2022)
Elected Member, AMS Nominating Committee (2015-2017)
Member, IMS Council (2015-2018)
Member, Scientific Council of the Société de Mathématiques Appliquées et Industrielles (2014-present)
Post-doctoral Fellowship, Technion, Israel (1997)
Education:
Ph.D., Applied Math, Brown University (1998)
M.Sc., Applied Math, Brown University (1993)
B.Tech., Chemical Engineering, IIT Bombay (1992)
SIAM Activities:
Member, Organizing Committee, SIAM Annual Meeting (2018)
Associate editor, SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics (2018-present)
Organizer, various minisymposia at SIAM conferences
Professional Memberships:
Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science
Fellow, American Mathematical Society
Member, Association for Women in Mathematics
Fellow, Institute of Mathematical Statistics
Fellow, Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences
Fellow, SIAM (2020)
Research Interests:
Probability theory and stochastic processes; stochastic analysis; large deviations; Markov random fields, interacting particle systems and phase transitions; measure-valued processes; high-dimensional probability; stochastic control and games; applications to stochastic networks.
Website: https://www.brown.edu/academics/applied-mathematics/faculty/kavita-ramanan/home
Candidate Statement:
This is a very exciting time to be an applied mathematician, with rigorous data analysis and quantitative methods becoming increasingly relevant for a diverse number of scientific disciplines, technologies and other application areas, with an enormous potential to benefit society. This concurrently leads to many fundamental challenges for global scientific societies like SIAM to help realize this potential, maintain the highest standards of scholarship and publishing, promote interdisciplinarity, support efforts to build a diverse workforce and promote inclusivity, and also to effectively communicate mathematics and its potential impact at various levels and to different audiences. If elected to the SIAM Board of Trustees, I hope to promote and participate in dialogue, thoughtful discussion, and considered and timely action on important issues that are of relevance to all SIAM members.
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Ralph C. Smith
Professional Affiliations: North Carolina State University
Professional Experience:
Distinguished University Professor, Department of Mathematics, North Carolina State University (2018-present)
Distinguished Professor, Department of Mathematics, North Carolina State University (2014-2018)
Professor of mathematics, North Carolina State University (2002-present)
Associate director, Statistical and Applied Mathematical Sciences Institute (2005-2008)
Associate director, Center for Research in Scientific Computation, North Carolina State University (2000-2018)
Co-director, Operations Research Graduate Program, North Carolina State University (2002-2003)
Associate professor of mathematics, North Carolina State University (1998-2002)
Assistant professor of mathematics, Iowa State University (1993-1998)
Staff scientist, Institute for Computer Applications in Science and Engineering, NASA Langley Research Center (1990-1993)
Education:
Ph.D., Mathematics, Montana State University
M.S., Mathematics, Montana State University
A.B., Applied mathematics, Harvard University
SIAM Activities:
Member, SIAM Activity Group on Control and Systems Theory, SIAM Activity Group on Uncertainty Quantification, SIAM Activity Group on Computational Science and Engineering (present)
Co-chair, SIAM Activity Group on Uncertainty Quantification (2019-present)
Editorial Board, SIAM Book Series on Computational Science and Engineering (2014-present)
Associate editor, SIAM/ASA Journal on Uncertainty Quantification (2012-present)
Editor-in-chief, SIAM Book Series on Advances in Design and Control (2004-present)
Chair, SIAM Activity Group on Control and Systems Theory (2008-2010)
SIAM liaison to the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (1999-2010)
Program director, SIAM Activity Group on Control and Systems Theory (2005-2007)
Editorial Board, SIAM Book Series on Frontiers in Applied Mathematics (1998-2006)
Co-chair, SIAM Conference on Control and Its Applications (2005, 2007), SIAM Conference on Uncertainty Quantification (2018)
Minisymposium organizer, SIAM Annual Meeting (1996), SIAM 45th Anniversary and Annual Meeting (1997), SIAM Conference on Materials Science (2000), SIAM Conference on Control and Its Applications (1998, 2001, 2009)
Professional Memberships:
Member, SIAM
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
SIAM Activity Group on Control and Systems Theory
SIAM Activity Group on Uncertainty Quantification
SIAM Activity Group on Computational Science and Engineering
Research Interests:
Mathematical modeling of smart materials, Bayesian model calibration and uncertainty quantification, parameter selection techniques, numerical analysis and numerical methods for physical systems, parameter estimation, and control theory.
Website: https://rsmith.math.ncsu.edu/
Candidate Statement:
There are several levels at which I will work to contribute to the SIAM mission. SIAM is uniquely positioned to significantly impact the education and future careers of students via SIAM Student Chapters and the numerous and growing number of student activities at SIAM conferences. I will promote this role by supporting and expanding these activities to include increased industrial and government laboratory involvement with Student Chapters and SIAM conferences. This is critical for students since there is often a disconnect between the theory taught in classes and the techniques required for large-scale, non-academic applications. Within the SIAM Activity Groups and at conferences, I will promote increased interactions between the applied mathematics, statistics, engineering, and scientific communities, along with increased participation by industrial and government laboratory partners. I will also encourage closer interactions with groups at the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, and American Nuclear Society to promote further collaborative interdisciplinary research. Finally, I will focus on the increased use of online activities and resources to expand SIAM’s impact on the broad community.
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Weizhu Bao
Affiliation: National University of Singapore
Professional Experience:
Vice Dean, Faculty of Science, National University of Singapore (2020–present)
Assistant Head and Director of Graduate Program Committee, Department of Mathematics, National University of Singapore (2014–2020)
Provost’s Chair Professor, Department of Mathematics, National University of Singapore (2013–2016)
Professor, Department of Mathematics, National University of Singapore (2009-present)
Associate Professor with tenure, Department of Mathematics, National University of Singapore (2005–2009)
Assistant Professor, Department of Computational Science, National University of Singapore (2001–2004)
Van Vleck Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics, University of Wisconsin-Madison (8/2000–12/2000)
Visiting Assistant Professor, School of Mathematics, Georgia Tech (8/1998–7/2000)
Associate Professor, Department of Mathematical Sciences, Tsinghua University (7/1998-12/2000)
EPSRC Postdoc Research Associate, Department of Mathematics, Imperial College (1/1996–3/1997)
Lecturer, Department of Applied Mathematics, Tsinghua University (7/1995-6/1998)
Education:
Ph.D., Computational Mathematics, Tsinghua University (1995)
M.S., Computational Mathematics, Tsinghua University (1995)
B.S., Applied Mathematics, Tsinghua University (1992)
SIAM Activities:
Founding faculty advisor, SIAM Student Chapter at National University of Singapore (2011-present)
Member, Organizing Committee, SIAM Conference on Computational Science and Engineering (2011)
Associate editor, SIAM Journal on Scientific Computing (2009-2013)
Minisymposium speaker/organizer, various SIAM conferences
Referee, SIAM Journal on Numerical Analysis, SIAM Journal on Scientific Computing, and other SIAM Journals
Professional Memberships:
Member, SIAM
Member, American Mathematical Society
Member, Singapore Mathematical Society (life member)
Member, China Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (life member)
Research Interests:
Bose-Einstein condensation; highly oscillatory dispersive partial differential equations; solid-state dewetting; computational quantum physics and chemistry; multiscale modeling, simulation and applications; computational fluid dynamics; numerical methods for problems in unbounded domains; numerical analysis/scientific computing, computational and applied mathematics in general.
Website: http://blog.nus.edu.sg/matbwz/
Candidate Statement:
The recent outbreak of the COVID-19 has changed everything on the earth, from our daily life to scientific research and education. While it has caused significant damage and created a big crisis for our world, it has also brought forth many challenging problems for scientists and mathematicians to solve and tremendous opportunities to collaborate. As the world’s largest professional association devoted to industrial and applied mathematics, SIAM not only plays an obvious role in the research and education inside the U.S., it also has a major impact internationally through its flagship journals, activities, international sections, student chapters, and co-operations with other applied mathematics organizations worldwide. SIAM has to make changes in response to a post COVID-19 era.
With my multi-continental education and professional experience and extensive track of collaboration in interdisciplinary research with physicists, chemists and materials scientists, I will be proud to help contribute to the continuing changes of SIAM from an international and diverse perspective. My vision for SIAM is a society that is more inclusive: one with more representation from the applied sciences and industry, as well as from developing countries worldwide. I will strive to increase the number of representatives from the applied sciences and developing countries at various levels of SIAM activities, in particular, in the program committees of SIAM conferences.
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Elizabeth Cherry
Affiliation: Georgia Institute of Technology
Professional Activities:
Associate Professor, School of Computational Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology (2019-present)
Director, Computational Science and Engineering Graduate Programs, Georgia Institute of Technology (2020-present)
Director, Ph.D. program in Mathematical Modeling, Rochester Institute of Technology (2016-2019)
Director, M.S. program in Applied and Computational Mathematics, Rochester Institute of Technology (2015-2016)
Associate Professor, School of Mathematical Sciences, Rochester Institute of Technology (2014-2019)
Assistant Professor, School of Mathematical Sciences, Rochester Institute of Technology (2010-2014)
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University (2010-2012)
Research Associate, Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University (2006-2010)
Research Scientist, Department of Physics, Hofstra University (2003-2006)
Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Physics, Hofstra University (2001-2003)
Postdoctoral Fellow, UCLA School of Medicine (2000-2001)
Information Systems Consultant, American Management Systems (1993-1995)
Education:
Ph.D., Computer Science, Duke University (2000)
B.S., Mathematics and American Studies, Georgetown University (1993)
SIAM Activities:
Member, SIAM Activity Group on Dynamical Systems, SIAM Activity Group on Life Sciences
Co-chair, Organizing Committee, SIAM Conference on Applications of Dynamical Systems (2021)
Member, Advisory Board, SIAM Activity Group on Dynamical Systems (2018-2019)
Portal co-editor-in-chief, Dynamical Systems (DS) Web (2016-2017, 2018-2019)
Member, Organizing Committee SIAM Conference on Applications of Dynamical Systems (2017)
Secretary, SIAM Activity Group on Dynamical Systems (2014-2015)
Editor-in-chief, SIAM Dynamical Systems Magazine (2014-2015)
Minisymposium organizer, various SIAM conferences
Professional Memberships:
Member, SIAM
SIAM Activity Group on Dynamical Systems
SIAM Activity Group on Life Sciences
Research interests:
Dynamical systems, Mathematical biology, Computational science and engineering, Scientific computing
Candidate statement:
It is an honor to be nominated as a candidate for the SIAM Council. I have been a member since I organized my first minisymposium in 2000, and throughout my career I have been proud to call SIAM my professional home where I have found guidance together with new colleagues and research activities. I want SIAM to play that same role in the lives of new as well as established practitioners in applied and industrial mathematics and adjacent fields. Thus, it would be a privilege to serve SIAM in new ways, both in helping it to maintain its prominence as a global leader and to help it address new challenges and opportunities.
With the current global pandemic, we face a situation unlike any in recent history. New paradigms for education, collaboration, and professional interactions and networking are developing in real time. One of the main challenges SIAM will face is identifying new needs for connecting applied mathematics community members as well as developing and implementing creative supporting approaches and technologies.
By addressing the challenges of maintaining and extending connections, SIAM can continue to strengthen its position as a global leader. First, as has been increasingly acknowledged, engaging the community worldwide is of paramount importance. Talent and passion know no geographic boundaries, and SIAM should continue to increase its global membership, co-sponsor international conferences, and partner with similar organizations around the world. Second, SIAM appeals to a range of disciplines beyond mathematics. Many engineers, computer scientists, physicists, and other scientists have interests that intersect with applied mathematics. SIAM can include these neighboring disciplines in discussions for future directions and further promote interdisciplinary research and collaboration. Third, broadening participation in the applied and industrial math community has never been more urgent. Thoughtful engagement with communities traditionally underrepresented in STEM can help us make our mathematical and scientific communities reflect and benefit from the diversity of the world around us. While some of this can be done through engagement of the global community, targeted partnerships to increase the interest of K-12 and undergraduate students will be needed as well. All of these activities can benefit from new tools and approaches for outreach that we will need to cultivate intentionally as we continue to deal with the global pandemic.
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Hans De Sterck
Affiliation: University of Waterloo
Professional Experience:
Professor, Department of Applied Mathematics, University of Waterloo, Canada (2018-present)
Director, Centre for Computational Mathematics in Industry and Commerce, University of Waterloo (2020-present)
Professor, School of Mathematical Sciences, Monash University (2015-2018)
Assistant, Associate, Full Professor, University of Waterloo (2004-2015)
Research Associate, Department of Applied Mathematics, University of Colorado, Boulder (2000-2004)
Research Associate, von Karman Institute for Fluid Dynamics (1999-2000)
Education:
Ph.D., Computational Physics, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (1999)
M.Sc., Physics, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (1994)
M.Sc., Electrical Engineering, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (1992)
SIAM Activities:
Member, SIAM Activity Group on Data Mining and Analytics, SIAM Activity Group on Computational Science and Engineering, SIAM Activity Group on Optimization, SIAM Activity Group on Supercomputing, SIAM Activity Group on Uncertainty Quantification (present)
Member, Selection Committee, SIAM Activity Group on Computational Science and Engineering Early Career Prize (2021), Chair (2017)
Panelist, Mid-career panel, SIAM Conference on Computational Science and Engineering (2021)
Section editor, SIAM Journal on Scientific Computing (2016-present)
Associate editor, SIAM Journal on Scientific Computing (2008-present)
Member, Organizing Committee, SIAM Annual Meeting (2020)
Vice chair, SIAM Activity Group on Data Mining and Analytics (2018-2020)
Member, Organizing Committee, SIAM Conference on Applied Linear Algebra (2018)
Author, “Research and Education in Computational Science and Engineering,” SIAM Review (2018)
Chair, SIAM Activity Group on Computational Science and Engineering (2017-2018)
Co-editor-in-charge, Special Section on Software and Big Data in Computational Science and Engineering, SIAM Journal on Scientific Computing (2015-2016)
Vice Chair, SIAM Activity Group on Computational Science and Engineering (2015-2016)
Co-chair, SIAM Conference on Computational Science and Engineering (2015)
Member, Organizing Committee, SIAM Workshop on Network Science (2014)
Co-convener, SIAM Activity Group on Computational Science and Engineering Workshop on "Research and Education in Computational Science and Engineering" (2014)
Secretary, SIAM Activity Group on Computational Science and Engineering (2013-2014)
Invited speaker, SIAM Conference on Applied Linear Algebra (2012)
Professional Memberships:
Member, SIAM
Member, SIAM Activity Group on Data Mining and Analytics
Member, SIAM Activity Group on Computational Science and Engineering
Member, SIAM Activity Group on Optimization
Member, SIAM Activity Group on Supercomputing
Member, SIAM Activity Group on Uncertainty Quantification
Member, Canadian Applied and Industrial Mathematics Society
Research Interests:
Scalable numerical methods for computational science and data science: numerical linear algebra; numerical PDEs; numerical optimization; parallel and distributed computing; algorithms for big data; tensor algebra; recommendation; network science; computational fluid dynamics; computational social science.
Website: http://www.hansdesterck.net/
Candidate Statement:
As the main international professional society in the area of applied and computational mathematics, SIAM plays a crucial role in the professional life of our research community, and in shaping the influence of mathematics throughout society. This is especially true in the current age of the data revolution, where quantitative understanding and prediction increasingly permeate all aspects of life.
If elected as a member of the SIAM Council, I seek to dedicate my skills and energy to help shape the directions of SIAM in terms of its scientific policies and activities. Since the landscape of research and applications in computational and applied mathematics keeps on evolving rapidly, there is no shortage of topics that will require the council's specific attention over the coming years. As part of this, I would be happy to contribute to setting SIAM's directions and initiatives in the quickly developing and interdisciplinary area of data science; for example, I am currently actively involved in SIAM's initiative to establish an activity group on Data Science. Similarly important topics for SIAM are the evolving environment for publishing scientific research, including SIAM's positioning with respect to open access publishing and reproducibility; how to effect real change in improving equity and accessibility to education and research careers for underrepresented groups; and effective conference formats in a pandemic and post-pandemic world. I hope to be able to make useful contributions to these discussions, aided by my broad international experience with academic positions held in Belgium, USA, Canada, and Australia; my interdisciplinary view on research; my long-time experience serving on the editorial board of one of SIAM's journals; and my experience as an officer of SIAM activity groups and as a co-chair of a large SIAM conference.
It goes without saying that SIAM, with its leading journals and conferences, is a great asset to our scientific community. I would be honoured if I could contribute to further building out the reach and effectiveness of the society as a member of the SIAM Council.
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Alicia Dickenstein
Affiliation: University of Buenos Aires and CONICET
Professional Experience:
Professor, Department of Mathematics, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales (FCEN), University of Buenos Aires (2001-present)
Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics, FCEN, University of Buenos Aires (1990-2001)
Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics, FCEN, University of Buenos Aires (1985-1990)
Department Chair, Department of Mathematics, FCEN, University of Buenos Aires (1996-1998)
Member, National Council of Scientific and Technological Research of Argentina (CONICET) in the Highest Category of Researcher (Investigadora Superior, 2014-Present), promoted through the different Researcher categories since the first appointment as Assistant Researcher in 1985, after being Postdoctoral Fellow (1982-1984)
Vice-President, International Mathematical Union (2015-2018)
Member, National Academy of Exact, Physical and Natural Sciences of Argentina (2018-present), Member, Governing Board (2020-present)
Member, National Academy of Sciences of Argentina (2020-present)
Doctor Honoris Causa, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Sweden (2020)
Doctor Honoris Causa, National University of the South (UNS), Argentina (2019)
The World Academy of Sciences Prize 2015 in Mathematics
Visiting Professor Positions: Fubini Chair, Politecnico di Torino, Italy (2019) - Kurt and Alice Wallenberg Visiting Professor, KTH, Sweden (2017) - Chair Alicia Moreau, Université Paris-Diderot, France (2016) - U. Oslo, Norway (2012) - U. Athens, Greece (2012) - KTH, Sweden (2011) - U. Stockholm, Sweden (2000 and 2002), - U. Sao Paulo at Sao Carlos, Brazil (2004) - City U., Hong Kong, China (1999) - U. Bordeaux I, France (1994) - U. Paris 7, France (1993) - U. Paris 6, France (1992)- U. Poitiers, France (1991 and 2001)
Research visits: Simons Senior Research Associate, ICTP, Italy (2015-2019) - MSRI, USA, Research Professor (1998), Eisenbud Professor (2009), and Simons Professor, (2012)) - SAMSI, USA (2008-09) - IMA, USA (2006-2007) - Santander Abbey IAS Visiting Fellowship, U. Warwick, UK (2010), U. Utrecht, Netherlands (2013)
Education:
Ph.D., Mathematics, University of Buenos Aires
Licenciada (similar to M.S.), Mathematics, University of Buenos Aires
B.S., Colegio Nacional de Buenos Aires
SIAM Activities:
Member, SIAM Activity Group on Algebraic Geometry, SIAM Activity Group on Life Sciences (present)
Corresponding editor, SIAM Journal on Applied Algebra and Geometry (2016-present)
Invited speaker, SIAM Conference on Applied Algebraic Geometry (2019)
Co-chair, Organizing Committee, SIAM Conference on Applied Algebraic Geometry (2013), Member (2017)
Professional Memberships:
Member, SIAM
Fellow, SIAM (2020)
Member, American Mathematical Society (AMS)
Member of the Council, AMS (2015-2019)
Fellow, AMS (2019)
Member, Association for Computing Machinery
Member, Argentinian Mathematical Union
Research Interests:
Algebraic geometry, its computational aspects and applications, in particular solving of polynomial systems and applications to modeling of biological systems. Previous work ranges from analytic geometry and hypergeometric functions to toric and tropical geometry and applications to geometric modeling, including complexity aspects.
Website: http://mate.dm.uba.ar/~alidick
Candidate Statement:
It is a great honor to stand for election to the SIAM Council.
My mathematical path began in pure mathematics and I studied and have always worked in Argentina. Thus, I joined SIAM in 2011 on the occasion of the first SIAM Activity Group Conference on Applied Algebraic Geometry, when the Activity Group on Algebraic Geometry was created. Our Activity Group grew rapidly, generating a very interesting and fruitful community membership atmosphere and supporting members' professional development at different stages of their careers. This friendly and inclusive sense of community seems to be distinctive to all SIAM Chapters and Activity Groups and is one of the assets of the SIAM membership. All my experience with the Society has been very satisfactory. In particular, my interactions with the efficient SIAM publishing staff as one of the inaugural corresponding editors of SIAGA, the new SIAM Journal on Applied Algebra and Geometry.
Other Activity Groups have joined more recently, demonstrating that SIAM is open to adapting to changes in our discipline. This capacity will be more necessary to get out of the current situation due to the pandemic. In addition to the many challenges related to funding, underrepresentation, publishing, industry engagement, education and outreach, we will have to incorporate the experiences and new scientific developments that emerged from the COVID-19 outbreak. While nothing can replace the personal interactions that naturally lead to the free flow of ideas at a scientific conference, and we all look forward to getting back to them, virtual meetings allow broader communities of scientists to stay connected and expand participation to those in trouble due to small children or other family responsibilities, financing or other commitments. Besides all those challenges and the role of applied mathematics in new areas, we could explore the desirability of hybrid versions of interactions and networks.
If elected, I will be delighted to serve the SIAM community and contribute to the continued success of SIAM.
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Laura Grigori*
Affiliation: INRIA France
Professional Experience:
Director of Research, INRIA France (2012-present)
Leader of the ALPINES group, joint between INRIA, Applied Mathematics Department of Sorbonne University, and CNRS (2013-present)
Sabbatical leave as a Visiting Professor/Researcher, UC Berkeley (2015-2016)
Researcher, INRIA France (2004-2011)
Postdoctoral researcher, UC Berkeley and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (2002-2003)
Education:
Ph.D., Computer Science, University Henri Poincare and INRIA (2001)
M.S., Computer Science, University Henri Poincare
Undergraduate Studies, University Politehnica
SIAM Activities:
Member, SIAM Activity Group on Supercomputing, SIAM Activity Group on Linear Algebra, SIAM Activity Group on Computational Science and Engineering (present)
Associate editor, SIAM Journal on Matrix Analysis and Applications (2017-present)
Associate editor, SIAM Journal on Scientific Computing (2016-present)
Member, Editorial Board, SIAM Book Series on Software, Environments, and Tools (2014-present)
Co-chair, SIAM Conference on Computational Science and Engineering (2021)
Member, SIAM Council (2018-2020)
Co-organizer, Gene Golub SIAM Summer School 2019: High Performance Data Analytics (2019)
Member, Organizing Committee, SIAM Annual Meeting (2017)
Chair, SIAM Activity Group on Supercomputing (2016-2017)
Member, Organizing Committee, SIAM Conference on Parallel Processing for Scientific Computing (2014), Co-chair (2016)
Program director, SIAM Activity Group on Supercomputing (2014-2015)
Member, Organizing Committee, SIAM Workshop on Combinatorial Scientific Computing (2011, 2014)
Minisymposia organizer, various SIAM conferences
Professional Memberships:
Member, SIAM
Fellow, SIAM 2020
Member, SIAM Activity Group on Supercomputing
Member, SIAM Activity Group on Linear Algebra
Member, SIAM Activity Group on Computational Science and Engineering
Research Interests:
High performance scientific computing, numerical linear and multilinear algebra, communication avoiding algorithms, combinatorial scientific computing, mathematical software.
Website: https://who.rocq.inria.fr/Laura.Grigori/
Candidate Statement:
I would be honored to continue to serve as a member of the SIAM Council. The last two and a half years spent as a member of the Council were very instructive and inspiring for me and I would be delighted to continue to focus on three aspects I am particularly attached to. First, I believe SIAM should continue to attract new generations of researchers and make a difference in their career. Programs that allow junior researchers from all over the world to attend conferences and summer schools are particularly effective means in achieving such goals. These programs allow to educate on highly relevant topics, but also create an environment conducive to generation of creative ideas and fruitful long-term collaborations. The Gene Golub SIAM Summer School is such a program and I was pleased to co-organize its 2019 edition in France, which showed that progress in some of the objectives I value: attracting junior researchers to SIAM and increasing diversity, can be effectively made. As a member of the Council, I will continue to encourage and support such efforts. Second, diversity in its many forms remains an issue that needs to be addressed continually. We need to improve diversity in applied mathematics in multiple areas, such as participation to conferences and summer schools, but also increase the diversity of editorial boards, plenary speakers or prize recipients. We need to broaden discussions about the lack of minority representations, give voice to the minority members of SIAM, in order to find effective actions to counter that trend. Third, the open-access era is changing the way we disseminate our research. SIAM is directly affected by this issue and sustainable models for implementing open-access are needed. Input from the community is needed to allow SIAM to be an example of high quality open-access dissemination.
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Lois Curfman McInnes*
Affiliation: Mathematics and Computer Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory
Professional Experience:
Senior Computational Scientist, Mathematics and Computer Science (MCS) Division, Argonne National Laboratory (2012-present)
Computational Scientist, MCS/Argonne National Laboratory (2006-2012)
Senior Software Engineer, MCS/Argonne National Laboratory (2004-2005)
Software Engineer, MCS/Argonne National Laboratory (2001-2004)
Assistant Computer Scientist, MCS/Argonne National Laboratory (1997-2000)
DOE Distinguished Postdoctoral Fellow, MCS/Argonne National Laboratory (1993-1996)
Education:
Ph.D., Applied Mathematics, University of Virginia (1993)
B.S., Mathematics and Physics, Summa Cum Laude, Muhlenberg College (1988)
SIAM Activities:
Member, SIAM Activity Group on Computational Science and Engineering, SIAM Activity Group on Supercomputing (present)
Member, SIAM Task Force on Future Research Directions for NSF in the Era of COVID-19 (2020-present)
Member, SIAM Council (2019-present)
Member, SIAM Education Committee (2015-present)
Member, Editorial Board, SIAM News (2012-present)
Member, Selection Committee, SIAM/ACM Prize in Computational Science and Engineering (2021)
Member, Selection Committee, SIAM Activity Group on Supercomputing Best Paper Prize (2020)
Co-chair, Organizing Committee, SIAM Annual Meeting (2018)
Member, Selection Committee, SIAM Activity Group on Supercomputing Career Prize (2016)
Co-editor-in-charge, special section of
SIAM Journal on Scientific Computing in conjunction with the 2015 SIAM Conference on Computational Science and Engineering (2016)
Chair, SIAM Activity Group on Computational Science and Engineering (2015-2016)
Member, Organizing Committee, SIAM Conference on Computational Science and Engineering (2011), Co-chair (2015)
Member, Organizing Committee, SIAM Workshop on Exascale Applied Mathematics Challenges and Opportunities (2014)
Program director, SIAM Activity Group on Computational Science and Engineering (2013-2014)
Member, Organizing Committee, SIAM Conference on Parallel Processing for Scientific Computing (2004)
Vice chair, SIAM Activity Group on Supercomputing (2000-2002)
Minisymposia co-organizer, various SIAM conferences
Professional Memberships:
Fellow, SIAM (2017)
SIAM Activity Group on Computational Science and Engineering
SIAM Activity Group on Supercomputing
Association for Computing Machinery (SIG-HPC)
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Research Interests:
High-performance scientific computing, CSE, scientific software productivity and sustainability, scalable solution of nonlinear PDEs, multiphysics algorithms and software.
Website: www.mcs.anl.gov/~mcinnes
Candidate Statement:
SIAM is the leading international professional society for advancing the principles of applied mathematics as well as computational science and engineering (CSE), while fostering the vibrant exchange of ideas among a community of applied mathematicians, computer scientists, engineers, and domain scientists from academia, industry, and research laboratories. SIAM should continue to play a prominent role in advancing next-generation interdisciplinary strategies for applied mathematics and CSE in light of recent trends—including significant broadening of application fields and industrial opportunities, dramatic growth of computational power, the increasing role of data science, and recognition of the importance of flexible software as a cornerstone of long-term collaboration as we work toward truly predictive CSE. SIAM also has an opportunity to promote dialogue on strategies to address the growing demand for an international workforce with skills in applied mathematics as well as computational and data science.
I would be honored to serve a second term as a member of the SIAM Council. A key issue from my perspective is exploring and expanding the use of technologies to support SIAM community interaction, even while we are socially distanced. Leveraging such technologies could enable the SIAM community to re-imagine events and outreach to incorporate hybrid elements that fully support remote participation, and thereby expand participation in ways that we’re only beginning to fathom. Other important topics include broadening interdisciplinary education and research; extending connections among the academic, industrial, and research laboratory segments of the SIAM community; and promoting broader engagement in SIAM from under-represented groups. SIAM’s activity groups, conferences, journals, career fairs, student chapters, visiting speaker program, and online presence are important avenues for community engagement on these crosscutting issues.
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Chrysoula Tsogka
Affiliation: University of California, Merced
Professional Experience:
Professor, University of California Merced, Department of Applied Mathematics (2019-present)
Professor, Department of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics, University of Crete (2014-2019)
Associate Professor, Department of Applied Mathematics, University of Crete (2007-2014)
Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics, University of Chicago (2004-2006)
Tenured researcher, Laboratoire de Mecanique et d’Acoustique, CNRS/France (2001-2003)
Postdoctoral fellow, Department of Mathematics, Stanford University (2000-2001)
Member, Scientific research board of the American Institute of Mathematics (2017-present)
Visiting positions, Department of Mathematics, Stanford University (2016-2019 and 2003-2004)
Education:
Ph.D., Applied Mathematics, University Paris IX (1999)
M.S., Applied Mathematics, University Paris IX (1996)
B.Eng., Chemical Engineering, National Technical University of Athens (1995)
SIAM Activities:
Member, SIAM Activity Group on Imaging Science, SIAM Activity Group on Geosciences, SIAM Activity Group on Uncertainty Quantification (present)
Associate editor,
SIAM Journal on Imaging Sciences (2013-present)
Member, Organizing Committee, SIAM Conference on Imaging Science (2020)
Member, Prize Selection Committee, Ralph E. Kleinman Prize (2017, 2019)
Member, Prize Selection Committee, SIAM Activity Group on Imaging Science Best Paper Prize (2016)
Member, Prize Selection Committee, SIAM Activity Group on Imaging Science Early Career Prize (2016)
Minisymposium speaker/organizer, various SIAM conferences
Professional Memberships:
Member, SIAM
Member, SIAM Activity Group on Imaging Science
Member, SIAM Activity Group on Geosciences
Member, SIAM Activity Group on Uncertainty Quantification
Research Interests: Numerical methods for direct and inverse wave propagation problems and imaging in complex media. My research has found applications in several areas ranging from non-destructive evaluation of materials to optics, underwater acoustics, geophysics and synthetic aperture radar imaging.
Website: https://sites.ucmerced.edu/ctsogka
Candidate Statement:
I am very honored to be nominated as a candidate for the SIAM Council. Over the years, and while serving as a faculty member both in Europe and in the US, SIAM has been a constant value to me.
My first international conference was a SIAM conference, and so was my first international journal publication. Since then, being part of this Applied Mathematics community has been highly beneficial. I want to support SIAM to continue fostering scientific interactions through conferences and activity groups and through high quality publications. Diversity and inclusiveness are areas that need further attention. SIAM has been established as a role model regarding editorial and reviewing processes; now more than ever, SIAM should be at the forefront and establish highest standards with respect to diversity and inclusiveness in our community.
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Lalitha Venkataramanan
Affiliation: Schlumberger Doll Research
Professional Experience: Scientific Advisor and Program Manager
Education:
Ph.D., Yale University (1998)
M.S., Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bangaluru, India (1992)
B.S., Physics, Women’s Christian College, Chennai, India (1988)
SIAM Activities:
Member, SIAM Industry Committee (2012-present)
Member, Steering Committee, BIG (Business, Industry, Government) Math Network (2020)
Moderator, Live Industry Panel, SIAM Annual Meeting (2020)
Member, Organizing Committee, SIAM Annual Meeting (2018)
Minisymposium speaker/organizer, various SIAM meetings
Professional Memberships:
Member, SIAM
Society of Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts
Associate Editor, Petrophysics Journal
Research Interests:
Data science, Machine learning for sub-surface characterization, Linear Algebra, Forward modeling and inverse problems, Uncertainty quantification.
Website: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lalitha-venkataramanan-9463b2b9/
Candidate Statement:
I am honored to be nominated as a candidate for the SIAM Council.
The percentages of SIAM members from academia versus government, labs and industry are 80 and 20% respectively. Industry members are not as well represented in SIAM since they often don’t see the immediate benefits of SIAM membership. Having worked as an applied mathematician in the industry for 22+ years, I believe I provide a unique perspective. In fact, SIAM provides a unique forum for interaction of applied mathematicians in the industry with leading academic researchers in mathematics, statistics and applied mathematics. As a member of the SIAM Industry Committee, my goal is to work with my committee members to increase SIAM membership and enhance the interaction by clearly demonstrating the benefits to both industry, government labs and academia. We are doing this in multiple ways. We showcase the industry panel discussion every year at the SIAM annual meeting. We work with the SIAM Education Committee to brainstorm on the possible role industry members can play in setting academic curriculum. We partner industry members with local SIAM student chapters. We are discussing the option of providing a mentoring platform, partnering students/early career professionals with late career professionals, thus providing networking and internship opportunities. As a member of the SIAM council, I will continue to work on these initiatives, showcase the benefits of SIAM to industry members and foster a vibrant forum for interaction between industry and academia.
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