Klaus Kirchgässner passed away

On Saturday July 9, 2011 we lost our dear colleague Klaus Kirchgässner.
He will be sadly missed.

Lessons learned on a ten year detour

Jim Graham is a partner at Scimatic Software, a commercial enterprise producing software for scientists. He recounts the lessons learned in the many twists and turns of his career after graduating as a particle physicist.

SIAM/DS `Snowbird' conference 2011: formal report

Some figures from the `Snowbird' conference, and summaries of SIAM's conference survey and the DSWeb board meeting.
What are your thoughts on the future of this conference?

Hamiltonian Dynamics and Celestial Mechanics: A Conference in Honor of Ken Meyer in his 75th Year

From May 30 to June 3, 2011 a special conference on Hamiltonian dynamics and celestial mechanics was held in Castro Urdiales, Spain, in honor of Professor Kenneth R. Meyer. H.S. Dumas reports.

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.