Developing Algorithm Helps Predict Genetic Disease Research Researchers are developing an algorithm to identify patients with undiagnosed familial hypercholesterolemia (FH).
Symposium Connects Government Problems with State-of-the-Art Network Science Research Happening NowScience PolicyResearchCommentarySIAM News The Graph Exploitation Symposium is an annual meeting that pertains to the network science research community.
An Inverted Pendulum: Defying Gravity (and Intuition) ResearchSIAM News In his recurring column on “Mathematical Curiosities,” Mark Levi explains the reasons behind the stability of an inverted pendulum.
Leveraging Noise to Control Complex Networks ResearchSIAM News Read about ways in which stochastic noise can be accounted and exploited to control network dynamical systems.
Eigenvalue Analysis and Model Reduction in the Treatment of Disc Brake Squeal ResearchSIAM News To lessen disc brake squeal, researchers developed a math model of a brake system to generate a small-scale reduced-order optimization model.
Energy Optimization (Rain Is Free, or Isn’t It?) ResearchCommentarySIAM News Electricity poses a challenge; an electrical network should carry power in an amount that is “enough” but not “too much.”
Improving Musical Synchronization with Mathematical Modeling Press ReleasesResearchResearch Nuggets A stochastic differential equation model simulates how musical performers in a large ensemble sustain tempo and phase.
Mathematical Modeling Reveals Value of Active Surveillance in Treating Stage 0 Breast Cancer Research Every year in the U.S., over 50,000 women are diagnosed with ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS), also known as stage 0 breast cancer.
Predicting Post-Surgery Cancer Metastasis with Mathematical Modeling Research A recent study indicates that mathematical models may be able to more accurately predict the risk of post-surgery tumor metastasis.
New SIR-Network Model Helps Predict Dengue Fever Epidemic in Urban Areas Press ReleasesResearchResearch Nuggets From health management to the bio-pharmaceutical fields, math modeling can be used to predict the spread of diseases and prevent epidemics.
Improving Electric Motor Efficiency Via Shape Optimization Press ReleasesResearchResearch Nuggets Optimizing the geometry of individual pieces of complex machines improves performance and efficiency of the entire device.
Simplifying the Carbon Cycle with Mathematics Research Climate change, fossil fuels, and the rising amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere continue to permeate global discussion.
Gromov’s Non-squeezing Theorem and Optics ResearchInsightsSIAM News In his "Mathematical Curiosities" column, Mark Levi discusses a remarkable theorem discovered by Gromov.
The Models are Incomplete, the Intuitions are Unreliable ResearchCommentarySIAM News Karl Kempf of Intel Corporation discusses the reliability and influence of intuition when making big-business decisions.
Regaining Control in our Electric Grid ResearchCommentarySIAM News The power grid in the U.S. and throughout the world is implementing new technologies to realize the “smart grid” vision.
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