ICIAM 2015 in Beijing

Recipients of the five ICIAM prizes for 2015 received their awards and delivered prize lectures at the ICIAM meeting held in Beijing, China.

One More Month: Nominate Your Colleague for a SIAM Prize

It’s that time of year again! Nominations are officially open for the SIAM major prizes and awards.

Louis Nirenberg and John Nash were jointly honored with the 2015 Abel Prize on May 19. Shortly after, Nash was killed in a car accident.

CSE15 hosted a student paper competition sponsored by the Bavarian Graduate School of Computational Engineering.

At its 2015 meeting in San Jose, California, the American Association for the Advancement of Science recognized AAAS fellows elected in 2014.

Among the most important honors accorded to scientists and engineers in the U.S. is election to the National Academies of Engineering and Sciences.

John F. Nash, Jr. and Louis Nirenberg will receive the 2015 Abel Prize from His Majesty King Harald of Norway.

Ian Stewart and Steven Strogatz are first mathematicians to receive the Lewis Thomas Prize.

Thomas Kailath of Stanford University received the 2014 National Medal of Science.

Dana Mackenzie received the MAA’s Chauvenet Prize at the Joint Meetings in San Antonio in January.

On November 20, President Barack Obama recognized the achievements of three mathematical scientists.

New officers have been elected to certain activity groups. Thanks to all candidates for participating in the process.

Daniel Szyld, SIAM's Vice President at Large, attended the National Medal of Science presentation at the White House.

As this issue of SIAM News goes to press, members’ votes in the 2014 election have been tallied.

Additional 2014 prize recipients were featured in the September issue of SIAM News.