In Memoriam for David Cai

Remembering David Cai.

In Memoriam: Richard Haberman

Richard Haberman, a champion of applied mathematics, passed away on December 31, 2018. Alejandro Aceves, Roy Goodman, and Peter Miller are describing his impact as a friend, scientist, mentor and educator.

In Memoriam: Rudy L. Horne

A personal tribute to Rudy Horne from Chris Jones.

Rudy L. Horne, an associate professor of mathematics at Morehouse College passed away on Dec.11, 2017.

In Memory of George Sell

Yingei Yi discusses the work of George Sell and some conferences in his memory.

 

Integrability in Magnetic Variants of Billiard Systems

Sean Gasiorek gives an introduction to mathematical billiard systems as well as a discussion of their so-called magnetic variants and the study of integrability therein.

Intrinsic Criteria for the Stability of Traveling Waves

Paul Cornwell from the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab (paul.cornwell (at) jhuapl.edu) describes how intrinsic features of travelling waves can be used, along with the Maslov index and the Evans function, to determine features of the associated linear stability problem.

Invitation: Submission Open for SIAM DS25 Minitutorials

The SIAM DS Organizing Committee is seeking proposals to organize minitutorials at the SIAM Conference on Applications of Dynamical Systems (DS25).

Joseph Bishop Keller (1923–2016)

Mason Porter gives a brief obituary of the brilliant applied mathematician Joe Keller.

KUMUNU 2019 Conference Summary

KUMUNU Conference on PDE, Dynamical Systems, and Applications is an annual meeting organized jointly by the Departments of Mathematics at the University of Missouri-Columbia (MU), the University of Kansas in Lawrence (KU), and the University of Nebraska Lincoln (NU).  Harrison Gaebler, a PhD student from the University of Kansas, reports on the 2019 KUMUNU conference on PDE, Dynamical Systems, and Applications, held in Columbia, Missouri, in April 2019.

Long-time Behavior of Nonlinear Schrödinger Equation Waves

Katelyn Plaisier Leisman talks about long-time behavior of Nonlinear Schrödinger equation waves.

Machine Learning for Multiscale Systems: From Turbulence to Climate Prediction

Balwada and Zanna discuss the importance of balancing physical theory with data assimilation and machine learning in climate modeling.

Margaret Beck is the first recipient of the AMS Joan and Joseph Birman Fellowship for Women Scholars

Margaret Beck, Crawford Prizewinner

Evelyn Sander, from George Mason University, writes about the 2019 J.D. Crawford Prize award to Margaret Beck.

Marginalization Effects in Face-to-face Social Networks

Karimi and colleagues study a model of the underrepresentation of minorities in social networks.

Math in Our Lives: Dynamical Systems

SIAM has released an explanatory video to introduce and briefly describe applied dynamical systems.