2013 - the year of The Mathematics of Planet Earth

The International Mathematical Union has declared 2013 to be the year of The Mathematics of Planet Earth. Here is a short guide to some of the activities and resources.

2018: The Editorial Transition

Welcoming the incoming editors as the outgoing editors say goodbye.

2020: The Editorial Transition

Korana Burke, Anna Ghazaryan, and Robby Marangell report on the changes in the editorial team of the DSWeb.

2022: The Editorial Transition

Korana Burke, Robby Marangell, Jan Sieber, and Zachary Kilpatrick report on the changes in the editorial team of the DSWeb.

2024: The Editorial Transition

Casey Diekman, Eric Forgoston, and Zachary Kilpatrick report on the changes in the editorial team of the DSWeb.

A new content management system for DSWeb: ideas needed!

The DSweb portal is changing to a new content management system and we need your help!

A New DSWeb - Building on our Accomplishments, Enabling the Future

Ted Kull, the director of Information Management Systems at SIAM, reports on the new web portal for DSWeb.

Are publishers really ready for mathematics e-books?

Editorial by Charles morgan

Chaos

Tradition wants it that we spend several years abroad as postdocs after finishing our PhD, and look for more permanent positions across the globe. This often leads to issues collectively known as "n-body problems" - where n>1. Your Portal-Editor-in-Chief ups the ante by becoming father while...

Death Knell for the Lecture (and Conference)?

Will scientific meetings and lectures move online in the near future? Editorial by Krešimir Josić

DSWeb 2.0 – We Have Lift-Off!

Ted Kull, the director of Information Management Systems at SIAM, reports on the launch of the new web portal for DSWeb!

DSWeb Moves to New Hosting Platform After Falling Victim to Shellshock

In December of 2014, DSWeb unfortunately fell victim to an automated security exploit ("hack") called "Shellshock", forcing an unscheduled move of the collaborative content management-based website to a new hosting platform. Jim Goldman, DSWeb Programmer from SIAM's Information Systems...

DSWeb: A New Year, a New Pair of Editors, and Social Media

The new DSWeb editors Mason Porter and Danny Abrams introduce themselves.

 

Edelspam

This week we celebrate the 33rd birthday of spam. According to leaders in the industry virus protection and email filtering, over 90% of email traffic is taken up by spam these days. Over 99% of this 90% is no more than annoying, but there is a small portion that targets us, applied...

Editorial: Changes

Mason introduces some new and upcoming features in DSWeb, and he gives his potentially controversial opinions about open-access publishing.

Interdisciplinary research

Reflections on supporting research that spans multiple disciplines.

Korana Introduces Herself

Korana Burke, the latest addition to the DS Magazine editorial team, introduces herself.

Massively Multiplayer Mathematics

Although theorems are frequently named after a single person, most progress in mathematics is the result of a group effort. Recently several difficult problems in mathematics have been attacked by a collective of mathematicians that have communicated through online blogs. The immediacy of...

Math in the Twenty First Century

Carson Chow comments on the past and potential future impact of technology on mathematics.

Models in Applied Math and Beyond

A range of meanings for the word "model"

When scientists talk about developing models as part of their research, they can refer to quite different things.  Even within industrial and applied mathematics, modeling can have a variety of meanings. To avoid confusion and clearly communicate the relevance of mathematical modeling, it's...

Number 16, the last one

Peter van Heijster, the outgoing portal-editor-in-chief of your favorite website, says good-bye!

Oh frailty, thy name is Summer!

Reflections of your soon parting Editor-in-Chief.

Our students need to become better expositors

Which is the bigger challenge: solving the problem or explaining your results? Convincing your collaborator that you are right or convincing the granting agency that your research needs funding? Understanding the fine points of a derivation or understanding the societal context of your work?...

Publication price and value

The Elsevier boycott call has opened another round in the debate on subscription costs, publisher profit and open access. Let's have a peek.
The spring editorial by former Editor-in-Chief Jens Rademacher.

Tapas and Dynamics at AIMS 2014

Your managing editor reports on AIMS 2014 hosted by UAM in Madrid, Spain and reflects on the general challenges of hosting large dynamics conferences.