Data-driven Discovery of Governing Physical Laws ResearchInsightsCommentarySIAM News Ordinary and partial differential equations are widely used throughout the engineering, physical, and biological sciences.
Pythagorean Theorem on Ice ResearchInsightsCommentarySIAM News Mark Levi's latest column presents a short “skater’s proof” of the Pythagorean theorem.
Hidden Figures Rock Joint Math Meetings Happening NowAwards and RecognitionGet InvolvedConferencesResearchCommentary The Joint Mathematics Meeting celebrated the black female mathematicians at NASA, featured in the upcoming movie Hidden Figures.
A Correspondence Between Braids and Arcs ResearchInsightsCommentary Rachael Boyd discusses the braid group, different ways of studying it, and how it relates to various arcs.
Estimating Opioid Drug Overdoses with Mathematical Models Happening NowResearchCommentary Can we analyze trends in opioid drug overdose deaths and develop mathematical models to estimate the number of deaths that will occur?
U.S. Innovation at Risk: Science Funding Crunch Clashes with a Burgeoning Ph.D. Workforce Happening NowScience PolicyResearchCommentary The lack of Ph.D. job openings is causing graduates to rethink their career options and veer away from traditional academic tracks.
Beating in Fluid: Mathematical Anatomy of the Heart Happening NowResearchInsightsCommentary Mathematical anatomy, or numerical equations, can explain the collagen fiber architecture of the human heart.
Beating in Fluid: Cilia and Biological Structures Happening NowResearchInsightsCommentary 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 Happening NowResearchInsightsCommentary Five times in U.S. history, and twice since 2000, the elected United States president did not receive a majority in the popular vote.
Dynamics and the Dark Matter Mystery ResearchInsightsCommentarySIAM News Donald Saari uses mathematics to cast doubt on the standard argument claiming that massive amounts of dark matter exist.
Driving Artificial Intelligence through Deep Learning Happening NowGet InvolvedResearchInsightsCommentary Deep learning is driving the explosion of artificial intelligence, greatly enhancing state-of-the-art techniques in various fields.
Mathematicians: Why We Need More Privacy ResearchCommentary Data science opens up employment opportunities for mathematically-literate graduates but also offers significant research challenges.
Global Change Impact on Diseases and Alien Species Expansion Happening NowResearchCommentary The “Global Change Impact on Diseases and Alien Species Expansion” workshop brought together researchers with diverse backgrounds.
Mathematical Word Processing: Historical Snippets ResearchCommentary Nick Higham traces the history of mathematical word processing by giving some examples of early techniques used.
Trends in Linear Algebra Happening NowGet InvolvedMembershipResearchCommentary Jennifer Pestana, secretary of SIAG/LA, discusses the importance of ever-larger matrices and tensors in the field of linear algebra.
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