In This Issue

Modeling molecular behaviors is necessary in simulations of a beating heart to reproduce muscle contractions.

Donald Saari uses mathematics to cast doubt on the standard argument claiming that massive amounts of dark matter exist.

The applied mathematics community lost a giant when mathematician Roger Fletcher passed away in June 2016.

A new report, titled Research and Education in Computational Science and Engineering, analyzes the current status of CSE.

Geometric design is based mainly on geometry, applied mathematics, and computer science.

Reza Malek-Madani is a mathematics professor at the Naval Academy and a program officer for the ONR's Applied and Computational Analysis Program.

Richard Burkhart reviews Peter Turchin’s Ages of Discord: A Structural-Demographic Analysis of American History.

The 20th SIAM Workshop Celebrating Diversity (WCD) took place at the 2016 SIAM Annual Meeting this summer.

The 2016 EDT projects foster collaboration between academia and business, industry, government, or non-profits.

SIAM is in the process of standardizing prize nomination procedures. The Council also approved further changes.

In his latest "Mathematical Curiosities" column, Mark Levi references an analogy between the Archimedian lever and Hamiltonian mechanics.

SIAM Activity Groups provide a focused forum for SIAM members to explore specialized areas of applied mathematics and computational science.