Mathematical Model Offers New Strategies for Urban Burglary Prevention ResearchResearch NuggetsATF Featuredsiam.org FeedsDynamical Systems, Nonlinear Waves A nonlinear model of urban burglary dynamics emphasizes timing of criminal activity and accounts for the deterring effect of police presence.
Designing Algorithms to Increase Fairness in Artificial Intelligence ResearchInsightsSIAM NewsATF Featuredsiam.org FeedsComputational Science & Numerical AnalysisData Science The increasing role of artificial intelligence to automate decision-making sparks concern about potential AI-based discrimination.
Rhapsodizing About Bohemian Matrices ResearchInsightsCommentarySIAM NewsATF Featuredsiam.org FeedsComputational Science & Numerical Analysis Matrices of small integers—innocuous as they may seem—can clearly provoke interesting behavior.
The Serious Mathematics of Digital Animation Get InvolvedConferencesResearchInsightsSIAM Newssiam.org FeedsComputational Science & Numerical AnalysisImaging Science Joseph Teran spoke about the use of mathematical models for computer-generated imagery at AN18.
The Functions of Deep Learning ResearchInsightsCommentarySIAM NewsBTF Featuredsiam.org FeedsComputational Science & Numerical AnalysisData Science Gil Strang identifies continuous piecewise linear functions as powerful approximators in an effort to transform shallow learning into deep...
A Near-perfect Heat Exchange ResearchInsightsCommentarySIAM NewsBTF Featured Nature can overcome the second law of thermodynamics and (nearly) exchange the temperatures of two substances.
Randomized Projection Methods in Linear Algebra and Data Analysis ResearchInsightsSIAM Newssiam.org FeedsComputational Science & Numerical AnalysisLinear Algebra Per-Gunnar Martinsson describes two randomized algorithms designed to help process large datasets in high-dimensional spaces.
Study: There's Real Skill in Fantasy Sports Happening NowPrograms and PublicationsPress ReleasesResearchInsightsCommentary Researchers find most fantasy sports are based on skill, not luck. Read more.
Recovering Lost Information in the Digital World ResearchInsightsSIAM Newssiam.org FeedsImaging Science Is it possible to restore information that is lost in transition to the digital domain? The answer depends on what we know about the signal.
A Timely Focus on Data Science ResearchInsightsCommentarySIAM Newssiam.org FeedsData Science The SIAM community is well versed in the aspect of data science that concerns the accuracy of results.
How Paradoxes Shape Mathematics Get InvolvedConferencesResearchInsightsSIAM Newssiam.org FeedsClassical Applied Mathematics Thomas Hales spoke about mathematical paradoxes during the I. E. Block Community Lecture at AN18 this July.
Grass, Trees, and Fire: Elements of a Savanna Lifecycle ResearchInsightsSIAM Newssiam.org FeedsGeosciences and Math of Planet EarthLife Sciences Savannas have a special ecology and are defined as a combination of grasses, saplings, and adult savanna trees, with fire as the driving element.
A Visual Way to Teach the Fast Fourier Transform ResearchInsightsCommentarySIAM Newssiam.org FeedsApplied GeometryDiscrete Mathematics and Theoretical Computer Science The algorithm behind the fast Fourier transform has a simple yet beautiful geometric interpretation.
Heat Exchange and Some Frivolous Aspects of e ResearchInsightsCommentarySIAM News Can you heat a glass of milk at 0°C to over 50°C using only the heat from a 100°C glass of water?
Workshop on Modeling Dynamics, Statistical Interference and Prediction of Infectious Diseases Happening NowResearchInsightssiam.org FeedsGeosciences and Math of Planet EarthLife Sciences MoDSIP-ID proposed novel ideas in advancing the field of mathematical modeling of tropical infectious diseases.