Cause and Dynamics of a Silent Epidemic: Confronting the Dropout Crisis and Keeping Children in Schools ResearchInsightsSIAM News Anuj Mubayi describes a data-driven dynamic model to study the influence of student environment on high school dropout patterns.
Foucault’s Pendulum with a Twist ResearchInsightsSIAM News Mark Levi explains why it is well known that small-amplitude trajectories of a pendulum are approximately ellipses.
Cotranscriptional Folding: A Frontier in Molecular Engineering ResearchInsightsSIAM News Transcription synthesizes a temporal copy of a gene out of an RNA molecule; the transcript acts as an intermediary to express a protein or...
Deep, Deep Trouble ResearchInsightsCommentarySIAM News Michael Elad describes the profound impact of deep learning technology on image processing, mathematics, and present-day society.
An Electrician’s (or a Plumber’s) Proof of Euler’s Polyhedral Formula ResearchInsightsCommentarySIAM News Euler’s polyhedral formula describes the number of vertices, edges, and faces of a polyhedron without holes.
Short Codes Can Be Long on Insight ResearchInsightsCommentarySIAM News Nick Higham discusses some history of programming and coding, and asserts the benefits of short code.
Modeling Food Systems ResearchInsightsSIAM News Many questions related to food systems and food security can challenge our mathematical and computational skills.
Measuring Curvature with a Bike ResearchInsightsCommentary In his latest column on "Mathematical Curiosities," Mark Levi presents a geometrical proof of a mathematician's bike.
Disorder and Disasters in High-Density Crowds ResearchInsights While mass gatherings are usually safe, sometimes things can go unexpectedly and catastrophically wrong.
Explaining the East/West Asymmetry of Jet Lag ResearchInsightsSIAM News The authors create a model to address the empirical observation that jet lag is more severe for eastward travel than for westward travel.
Modeling Vegetation Patterns in Vulnerable Ecosystems ResearchInsightsSIAM News Mary Silber applies mathematics to understand repetitive patterns of dry vegetation, which alternate rhythmically with bands of bare soil.
A New Twisting Somersault ResearchInsightsSIAM News Mathematical study of aerial motion has led to the discovery of “513XD,” a tricky new dive with five full twists.
A Bike and a Catenary ResearchInsightsSIAM News There is a surprising connection between a bike's catenary (the shape of the hanging chain) and the pursuit curve.
Surprisingly Rich in Applications: The Shallow Water Equations and Numerical Solution Methods Get InvolvedConferencesResearchInsights Shallow water equations have tremendous potential in tsunami forecasting and wave propagation phenomena.
Data Mining "Brings It" to SIAM Annual Meeting Get InvolvedConferencesResearchInsights The Activity Group on Data Mining and Analytics (SIAG/DMA) is one of SIAM's most vibrant and dynamic activity groups.
June 10 - June 12 , 2024 : International Conference On Preconditioning Techniques For Scientific and Industrial Applications