Van H. Vu recognized for developing fundamental concentration inequalities applicable to various contexts, including projective geometry and theoretical computer science. He will receive the George Pólya Prize, an engraved medal and a $20,000 cash award.
Max Gunzburger, a FSU professor, will receive the Reid Prize for his contributions to control of distributed parameter systems and computational mathematics. He will also deliver the Reid Prize Lecture on July 9, showcasing his research interests in various fields including geophysical flows and partial differential equations.
David I. Gottlieb, a Brown University professor and expert in spectral and high-order accurate numerical methods, will be honored as the John von Neumann Lecturer at the SIAM Annual Meeting. He is recognized for his work on partial differential equations and their applications to science and engineering.
Dr. Philippe Tondeur, a prominent applied mathematician and UIUC professor, will receive the SIAM Prize for his extensive advocacy and support for mathematical sciences. His leadership has left a lasting impact on the field, influencing policy makers worldwide.
Daan Huybrechs, a postdoctoral fellow at Belgium's Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, will receive the Richard C. DiPrima Prize for his dissertation on multiscale and hybrid methods for solving oscillatory integral equations. The prize recognizes his outstanding research in applied mathematics and computational science.
The SIAM Journal on Imaging Sciences (SIIMS) focuses on conceptually new ideas in imaging science, combining mathematics and applications. The journal aims to shape the future of this exciting area by reporting fundamental advances.
Drs. Stefano Bianchini and Alberto Bressan's paper on nonlinear hyperbolic systems has solved a 50-year-old problem, proving the existence and uniqueness of solutions as viscosity tends to zero. Their work has far-reaching implications for various physical phenomena, including fluid dynamics and astrophysics.
The Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics has awarded the 2007 SIAM Student Paper Prizes to Thomas T. Bringley, Nir Gavish, and Kristoffer G. van der Zee for outstanding papers in their fields.
Gilbert Strang received the Peter Henrici Prize for his work in applied and numerical analysis, including finite element methods, linear algebra, and wavelets. The prize is awarded jointly by ETHZ and SIAM.
Dr. Nancy Kopell received the John von Neumann Lecture for her groundbreaking work on coupled nonlinear oscillators and their application to various biological systems. Her research focuses on understanding rhythmic behavior in networks of neurons and its role in filtering and transforming input patterns.
Robert McLachlan, a Professor of Applied Mathematics at Massey University in New Zealand, received the Germund Dahlquist Prize for his original contributions to geometric integration. His work has applications in physics, computer science, and engineering, and he has used geometric integration methods to study complex systems.
Murat Arcak, a researcher at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, received the 2007 SIAG/CST Prize for his work on passivity approach and robustness in largescale networks. His research has enhanced performance and robustness for wireless and biological networks.
Dr. Andrew Stuart was awarded the 2007 SIAM Activity Group on Dynamical Systems J.D. Crawford Prize for his work on stochastic differential equations and their applications in physical models and Kalman-Bucy filters. The prize recognizes his outstanding contributions to the fields of stochastic ordinary and partial differential equations.
Dr. Harry L. Swinney received the Jürgen Moser Lecture Prize for his work on nonlinear dynamics of systems far from equilibrium. His research has elucidated the onset of turbulence in various systems, including water in rotating cylinders.
Salvatore Torquato received the 2007 Ralph E. Kleinman Prize for his groundbreaking work on heterogeneous materials, bridging mathematics and applications in engineering and science. His research has led to highly original advances in various problems, including microstructure characterization and percolation theory.
The 2007 W.T. and Idalia Reid Prize will be awarded to Dr. Héctor J. Sussmann for his fundamental contributions to nonlinear control theory. He will receive an engraved medal, a $10,000 cash prize, and deliver the Reid Prize Lecture at the SIAM Conference on Control and Its Applications.
The Moody's Mega Math Challenge attracts top eleventh and twelfth graders from the New York City metropolitan area, who compete to solve a realistic math modeling problem. The challenge offers scholarship prizes ranging from $1,000 to $20,000.
The 2007 prize recognizes Dr. Shu's development of TVD temporal discretizations, ENO and WENO finite difference schemes, discontinuous Galerkin methods, and spectral methods. Dr. Shu is a professor of Applied Mathematics at Brown University and has made significant contributions to scientific computing.
Golse and Saint-Raymond received the prize for their paper connecting weak solutions of the Boltzmann equation to Leray solutions of the incompressible Navier-Stokes equation. Their research focuses on mathematical physics problems, including kinetic equations and fluid dynamics.
This year, SIAM awarded outstanding paper prizes to researchers who explored new areas of applied mathematics and offered fresh perspectives on existing fields. The award winners include Girish N. Nair and Robin J. Evans, Jean-Michel Coron and Emmanuel Trélat, and Michael Hintermüller and Karl Kunisch.
The Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics awarded the George Polya Prize to Gregory F. Lawler, Oded Schramm and Wendelin Werner for their groundbreaking work on stochastic Loewner evolution (SLE). Their research established the existence and conformal invariance of critical scaling limits of several 2D lattice models.
UCLA's Xinwei Yu received the DiPrima prize for his dissertation on 3D incompressible Euler flows and related equations, demonstrating new necessary conditions for blowup of solutions. The prize recognizes Yu's outstanding research in applied mathematics and acknowledges his work as a young scientist.
Carnegie Mellon University's Irene Fonseca is a renowned mathematician who has made significant contributions to applied and computational mathematics. She has initiated programs to attract young researchers and serves on several major institute boards, inspiring the women's mathematics community.
The University of Colorado at Boulder and Harvard University students won the 2006 SIAM Award for outstanding solutions to the Mathematical Contest in Modeling. Their winning team was recognized for their innovative approach to solving problems in irrigation and wheelchair access.
Dr. Éva Tardos received the George B. Dantzig Prize for her groundbreaking work on network-flow algorithms, approximation algorithms, and combinatorial auctions. Her research focuses on efficient methods for solving optimization problems in graphs and networks.
The recipients of the 2006 Lagrange Prize are recognized for their groundbreaking papers on nonlinear programming without a penalty function and global convergence of a filter-SQP algorithm. These works introduced the filter idea, which has led to the development of effective nonlinear optimization codes.
Dr. Peter D. Lax received the 2006 Distinguished Service to Applied Mathematics prize for his outstanding leadership and contributions to applied mathematics. He is recognized for his services to the mathematical community, including government service and advisory roles in high-performance computing.
The Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) awards student paper prizes to recognize outstanding scholarship in applied mathematics. This year's winners include Laurent Demanet, Emanuele Viola, and Hongchao Zhang from California Institute of Technology, Harvard University, and University of Florida respectively.
Dr. Peter Kloeden received the 2006 prize for his fundamental contributions to the theoretical and computational analysis of differential equations. He made significant advancements in random attractors and the preservation of synchronization in the presence of noise.
Dr. Michael J. Shelley received the SIAM's Julian Cole Lectureship for his work on mathematical modeling and scientific computation in fluid dynamics and other fields. His research focuses on flow-body interactions, complex fluids, and visual perception using modeling and simulation.
Ecologist and Princeton Professor Simon Levin emphasizes the importance of self-organization in ecosystems and the interface between ecology and economics. His lecture at SIAM Annual Meeting explores mathematical approaches to uniting ecology and socioeconomics for a sustainable future.
Dr. George Papanicolaou was chosen for his significant contributions to mathematics and its applications, including imaging in random media and financial mathematics.
Daniel Zheng won the SIAM award for his project on the long-term effects of smoking on Down Syndrome. His project demonstrated a wide range of skills and techniques, impressing judges with its mathematical model and motivations.
The M3 Challenge, a prestigious competition, awarded top prizes to six teams for their innovative mathematical approaches to addressing the Social Security Stalemate. The winning solutions demonstrated creative implementation of mathematical modeling, showcasing originality and ingenuity in tackling this timely problem.
This book presents six different models of the cardiovascular and pulmonary system, including a two-dimensional modeling of fluid dynamics in the heart. The models are introduced by case studies and can be studied individually, serving as an excellent introduction for researchers and graduate students.