In This Issue

In this article, Hans Kaper explores compressed sensing in digital cameras. He explains how physics can be used to reduce or eliminate shutter lag,...

Louis Moresi’s earlier article prompted a deeper look at models of Earth, and more specifically, into Earth’s mantle.

By studying seismic data's dynamic and kinematic properties, researchers can infer large-scale variations on a local scale.

Alan Edelman, cofounder of programming language Julia, outlines the high-performance, dynamic features of the language for technical computing.

The predictive capability of computational models allows simulation to replace physical experimentation in many scenarios.

Tim Chartier explores the mathematics behind hits, rebounds, points, times, and the odds of winning, just in time for March Madness.

Dan Gusfield points out how two recent New York Times articles misinterpreted elementary concepts in probability and statistics.

James Case reviews Martin Ford's Rise of the Robots: Technology and the Threat of a Jobless Future.

SIAM President Pam Cook has worked to advance diversity and enhancing opportunities for women in the mathematical sciences.

At the 2016 Joint Mathematics Meetings this January, SIAM hosted a panel in collaboration with the AMS and the MAA.

Tilings, or tessellations, refers to a branch of discrete geometry that involves covering the plane (or space) with shapes, and without overlaps.

The “NSF-SIAM Optics and Photonics Workshop” will take place on July 11, 2016 as part of the 2016 SIAM Annual Meeting in Boston. 

The 20th meeting of the SIAM United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland (UKIE) Section took place on January 7. 

The Obama Administration and federal agencies thrust computational science and advanced computing into the spotlight.

Read a letter to the editor reacting to The Models are Incomplete, the Intuitions are Unreliable, published in the December 2015 issue of SIAM News.

Mark Levi presents four observations that occurred to him a few years ago after teaching a linear algebra course.