In This Issue

As computers get faster, people want to solve larger problems, eventually bringing fast algorithms to the forefront.

“Big Data” was a pervasive theme at the 2013 SIAM International Conference on Data Mining, held in Austin, Texas.

Advances in computer modeling are transforming our understanding of the heart's function in health and disease.

Part of the “Innovation 2020” program launched by the Chinese Academy of Sciences, NCMIS has six interdisciplinary divisions.

Steve Hellinger responds to James Cases's recent review of The Signal and the Noise by Nate Silver.

Michael O. Finkelstein reviews Math on Trial by Leila Schneps and Coralie Colmez

James Case reviews The Physics of Wall Street: The History of Predicting the Unpredictable by James Owen Weatherall.

The NSF and the U.S. Department of the Treasury invite proposals to the CIFRAM program.

Philip Davis reviews Manifold Mirrors: The Crossing Paths of the Arts and Mathematics by Felipe Cucker.