Beating in Fluid: Cilia and Biological Structures

Cilia, active hair-like appendages in biological cells, serve many functions. They are present in the lungs, intestines, and the inner ear.

The Mathematics of Electing a President

Five times in U.S. history, and twice since 2000, the elected United States president did not receive a majority in the popular vote.

Donald Saari uses mathematics to cast doubt on the standard argument claiming that massive amounts of dark matter exist.

Deep learning is driving the explosion of artificial intelligence, greatly enhancing state-of-the-art techniques in various fields.

Data science opens up employment opportunities for mathematically-literate graduates but also offers significant research challenges.

The “Global Change Impact on Diseases and Alien Species Expansion” workshop brought together researchers with diverse backgrounds.

Nick Higham traces the history of mathematical word processing by giving some examples of early techniques used.

Jennifer Pestana, secretary of SIAG/LA, discusses the importance of ever-larger matrices and tensors in the field of linear algebra.

Richard Bertram reviews The Inner Workings of Life: Vignettes in Systems Biology by Eberhard O. Voit.

Volker Mehrmann discusses why industrial mathematics attracts little attention and acknowledgment, despite its huge economic impact.

How did the work of 244 judges in the 2016 (M3) Challenge narrow the field of 1,084 submitted papers to 90 worthy of recognition?

Tim Chartier discusses the mathematics responsible for the animation in Pixar favorites like Finding Dory, Monsters, Inc., and more.

Samantha Schumacher explores the breakdown of data scientists in industry careers and poses questions about the field.

Nick Trefethen challenges Richard Feynman's well-known analysis of the Faraday cage effect and exponential shielding.

William Regli muses on misconceptions of problem-driven and use-inspired research and outlines some of DARPA’s programs.