CODEE - Community of Ordinary Differential Equation Educators

Bob Borrelli of Harvey Mudd College introduces the NSF-funded online repository of materials related to the teaching and learning of ordinary differential equations.

Thomas Wagenknecht 1974 - 2012

On Saturday April 28, 2012 we lost our colleague and friend Thomas Wagenknecht. Jürgen Knobloch commemorates Thomas.

The future of higher education

State funding for public universities and the proportion of tenure/tenure-track faculty at institutions of higher learning is decreasing. Here are some thoughts and a collection of links that deal with the future of our profession.

Interview with Sebius Doedel on the occasion of his 65th birthday

Exactly four years ago, DSWeb Magazine published an interview with Sebius Doedel, author of over seventy research papers and creator of the widely used software package AUTO. Last week, we caught up with him and raised the glass to an occasion Sebius was planning to let pass quietly...

Enjoying a small college

Aaron Hoffman shares his impressions on teaching and doing research at Olin College, a one of a kind undergraduate, engineering-only college whose brand centers around project-based learning.

To the memory of L.P. Shilnikov

On 26th Dec 2011, the world lost one of the true pioneers of nonlinear dynamical systems theory; Leonid Pavlovich Shilnikov. He will be sadly missed.
Alan Champneys commemorates LP with an obituary.

A Brief Biographical Sketch of Ken Meyer

Based on recent conversations with Ken Meyer, H.S. Dumas gives `the briefest possible' outline of Ken Meyer's academic life, followed by a chronological survey of some of the best and most representative parts of his work.

Crawford prize winners revisited: Dwight Barkley

The Crawford prize is awarded biannually since 2001 at the `Snowbird' conferences by the SIAM activity group on dynamical systems for recent outstanding work on a topic in nonlinear science. In a series of articles we invite the winners to write about their mathematical biography, their work, and what they consider important problems in the field of applied dynamical system. This article is the contribution of the Dwight Barkley, the prize winner from 2005.

In Memoriam for Floris Takens, 12 November 1940 – 20 June 2010

Translation of the eulogy given by Henk Broer at the funeral of Floris Takens on August 25, 2010.