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Books in Brief: Are publishers ready to deliver math e-books?

DSWeb's book reviews editor tested e-books from some of the biggest mathematics and engineering textbook publishers. Publishers seem intent upon taking us back to the pre-TeX years. By inexplicably avoiding PDF formats, they seem keen to reinvent the wheel for quality reproduction of mathematics...

Boston University - Keio University workshop on Dynamical Systems and Applications

Kelly McQuighan reports on the fourth annual Boston University/Keio University Workshop.

Boulder Dynamics 2014 – A Conference in Honor of Jim Meiss’ Birthday

Eric Bollt reports on the Conference in honor of Jim Meiss' 60th birthday.

Brain Drain: Fighting the Tide

Brain drain has always plagued the developing world, depriving it of badly needed scientific manpower, as many of their brightest minds head toward wealthier and more developed areas of the globe in search for better salaries and better working environments. Marcelo Viana interviewed Marcus...

Bristol Centre for Applied Nonlinear Mathematics

The Bristol Centre for Applied Nonlinear Mathematics is at the forefront of collaborative research between mathematicians, engineers and applied scientists.

Broken Social Contract

William Yslas Vélez calls for mathematics departments to take the lead in addressing reform towards a more equitable educational system.

Building Dynamic(al) Faculty

Sara M. Clifton writes about her experience as a participant in North Carolina State University’s Building Future Faculty (BFF) Program.

Call for nominations for the Jurgen Moser Lecture and the J. D. Crawford Prize

Call for Papers - SIAM Conference on Applications of Dynamical Systems (DS11)

Call for Papers - SIAM Conference on Applications of Dynamical Systems (DS13)

CAMTP - Center for Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics,University of Maribor, Maribor, Slovenia, European Union

Canadian Applied and Industrial Math Society (CAIMS) 2017 conference

This year, the Canadian Applied and Industrial Math Society (CAIMS) conference took place in beautiful Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada on July 17–21st.

Carbon Cycle Catastrophes: A Dynamical Systems Perspective

Daniel H. Rothman explains how dynamical systems theory helps in the understanding of disruptions of the carbon cycle in the geological record.

Center for Complex Systems Research at UIUC

Alfred Hübler the director of the Center for Complex Systems Research at UIUC presents an overview of the research activities at the center, which is a combination of theoretical and experimental research that directly involves the graduate students at the center.

Center for Nonlinear Studies at Los Alamos National Laboratory

The Center for Nonlinear Studies supports basic and applied research in nonlinear phenomena and complex systems in support of the Los Alamos National Laboratory's mission in science and national security.

Challenges and Dynamics at Dynetics

Bryan Rasmussen gives us some insight about his research activities on dynamical systems at the engineering company Dynetics.

Changing Mind, Transitions in Natural and Artificial Environments

Author: F. Orsucci
Reviewer: Ferdinand Verhulst, University of Utrecht, The Netherlands

Changing Temperatures, Changing Risks: Modeling Dengue Transmission in the Context of Climate Change

Spencer and Skogstad describe work dynamically modeling how climate change will shape dengue transmission.

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...

Climate Math in San Diego

Recently elected SIAG/DS chair Mary Lou Zeeman describes the special session on the mathematics of climate change at the Joint Math Meetings in San Diego in January, 2008. She lists a series of other ongoing efforts and upcoming conferences on the dynamics of climate change, and describes how...