Fighting Bacterial Infection with Drug-Eluting Medical Devices ResearchResearch Nuggetssiam.org FeedsLife Sciences Medical practitioners are using clinical, drug-eluting coatings that disperse therapeutic agents into the polymeric surface of metallic implants.
Numerical Models for Urban Seismic Risk Analysis Get InvolvedConferencesResearchInsightsCommentarySIAM NewsATF Featuredsiam.org FeedsGeosciences and Math of Planet Earth Mathematical models for seismic hazard quantify the expected earthquake shaking in terms of various ground motion intensity measures.
How Bees Use Physics to Keep Hives Cool ResearchInsightsCommentarySIAM Newssiam.org FeedsLife Sciences L. Mahadevan’s research explores how a swarm of bees in a congested hive stays cool on hot summer days.
Linking Extreme Weather to Climate Change ResearchInsightsCommentarySIAM Newssiam.org FeedsGeosciences and Math of Planet Earth Scientists and non-scientists are interested in whether climate change is responsible for specific weather events.
Computational Research Software: Challenges and Community Organizations Working for Culture Change ResearchInsightsCommentarySIAM NewsBTF Featuredsiam.org FeedsComputational Science & Numerical Analysis Emerging heterogeneous computer architectures and predictive science have increased the complexity of software.
Feynman’s Flying Saucer Explained ResearchInsightsCommentarySIAM Newssiam.org FeedsClassical Applied Mathematics Mark Levi explains Richard Feynman’s observation of a wobbling plate that earned him the Nobel Prize.
A Dynamical Origin for Consensus and Polarization Get InvolvedConferencesResearchInsightsCommentaryATF Featuredsiam.org FeedsDynamical Systems, Nonlinear Waves People's beliefs, opinions, and choices are increasingly polarized in terms of social, political, and economic decisions.
The Capelin: Key to Predicting Global Warming Effects on Arctic Environments Get InvolvedConferencesResearchInsightsCommentarysiam.org FeedsDynamical Systems, Nonlinear WavesGeosciences and Math of Planet Earth The capelin, a small planktivorous fish that lives in Arctic and subarctic waters, is a key species in many marine ecosystems.
Nonlinear Dynamics of Terrestrial Landscape Evolution Get InvolvedConferencesResearchInsightsCommentarysiam.org FeedsDynamical Systems, Nonlinear WavesGeosciences and Math of Planet Earth Modeling the formation and evolution of topographic features is of great importance in hydrology and geomorphology.
Carbon Cycle Catastrophes: A Dynamical Systems Perspective ResearchInsightsSIAM Newssiam.org FeedsGeosciences and Math of Planet Earth Dynamical systems theory helps researchers understand mass extinction events, which are associated with disruptions of the carbon cycle.
Mathematics + Infrared Technology = New Diagnostic Technique for Autism ResearchInsightsSIAM Newssiam.org FeedsLife Sciences A novel technique employs network analysis to identify eye-gaze patterns of children with autism spectrum disorder.
Past and Present of Variational Fracture ResearchInsightsSIAM Newssiam.org FeedsMathematical Aspects of Materials Science The variational view of fracture yields a mathematically-consistent theory that reproduces many experimental results.
Low Precision Floating-Point Formats: The Wild West of Computer Arithmetic ResearchInsightsCommentarySIAM Newssiam.org FeedsLinear Algebra Floating-point arithmetic is fundamental to scientific computing and lies at the heart of almost all numerical computations.
Computational Mechanics: Three Decades of Applications and Extensions ResearchInsightsCommentarySIAM Newssiam.org FeedsComputational Science & Numerical Analysis James Crutchfield details his personal interest in computational mechanics and its applications to nonlinear physics.
The Cauchy-Schwarz Inequality and a Paradox/Puzzle ResearchInsightsCommentarySIAM Newssiam.org FeedsClassical Applied Mathematics Mark Levi presents an asymmetric U-tube and explains its connection to the Cauchy-Schwarz inequality.
December 11 - December 14 , 2019 : SIAM Conference on Analysis of Partial Differential Equations (PD19)