About SIAM ===================================================================== Inspired by the vision that applied mathematics should play an important role in advancing science and technology in industry, a small group of professionals from academe and industry met in Philadelphia in 1951 to start an organization whose members would meet periodically to exchange their ideas about the uses of mathematics in industry. This meeting led quickly to the organization of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM). The goals of SIAM were to: Advance the application of mathematics to science and industry. Promote mathematical research that could lead to effective new methods and techniques for science and industry. Provide media for the exchange of information and ideas among mathematicians, engineers, and scientists. These goals haven't changed; they are more valid today than ever before. Applied mathematics, in partnership with computing, has become essential in solving many real-world problems. Its methodologies are needed, for example, in modeling physical, chemical, and biomedical phenomena; in designing engineered parts, structures, and systems to optimize performance; in planning and managing financial and marketing strategies; and in understanding and optimizing manufacturing processes. Problems in these areas arise in companies that manufacture aircraft, automobiles, engines, textiles, computers, communications systems, chemicals, drugs, and a host of other industrial and consumer products, and also in various service and consulting organizations. They also arise in many research initiatives of the federal government such as those in global change, biotechnology, and advanced materials. SIAM fosters the development of the methodologies needed in these application areas. It is fitting that the acronym SIAM also represents the society's slogan--Science and Industry Advance with Mathematics. Just as applied mathematics has grown, so has SIAM membership--from a few hundred in the early 1950s to more than 9,000 today. SIAM members are applied and computational mathematicians, computer scientists, numerical analysts, engineers, statisticians, and mathematics educators. They work in industrial and service organizations, universities, colleges, and government agencies and laboratories all over the world. In addition, SIAM has over 300 institutional members--colleges, universities, and corporations. To serve this diverse group of professionals: SIAM publishes ten peer-reviewed research journals; SIAM News, a newsjournal reporting on issues and developments affecting the applied and computational mathematics community; SIAM Review, a quarterly journal of expository and survey papers; and 20 to 25 books per year. SIAM conducts annual meetings and many specialized conferences, short courses, and workshops in areas of interest to its members. SIAM sponsors nine (special interest) activity groups, which provide additional opportunities for professional interaction and informal networking. SIAM sponsors regional sections for local technical activities and university (student) chapters that bring faculty and students together in activities consistent with SIAM objectives. SIAM's visiting lecturer program helps bring together speakers with interested groups to educate and spark interest in a variety of topics. MEMBERSHIP SIAM offers three classes of membership--individual, academic, and corporate. It welcomes as members all individuals, colleges, universities, corporations, and other organizations that desire to support its goals. Individual Members Regular members receive SIAM News, SIAM Review, and member discounts on SIAM books, journals, and conference registration fees. Student members have the same privileges as regular members, but at student rates. Other individual memberships are available to associates (spouses of regular members), and to members who are retired, disabled, or unemployed. SIAM offers its members many opportunities to exchange ideas and expand their networks of colleagues. All individual members have voting privileges. Academic Members Colleges, universities, and their departmental units receive a selection of SIAM journals that matches their needs, and discounts on purchases of SIAM books; they have the opportunity to nominate students for membership in SIAM and to have student chapters. Corporate Members Industrial and service organizations receive subscriptions to all SIAM journals; they have the opportunity to purchase additional journal subscriptions and SIAM books at corporate member discounts. ACTIVITY GROUPS The members of a SIAM Activity Group share an interest in a discipline or applications area. There currently are activity groups on: Control and Systems Theory Discrete Mathematics Dynamical Systems Geometric Design Geosciences Linear Algebra Optimization Orthogonal Polynomials and Special Functions Supercomputing These groups plan their own activities, e.g., conferences, minisymposia at SIAM's conferences and annual meeting, and newsletters (hard copy and e-mail), and have SIAM staff support in implementing them. UNIVERSITY CHAPTERS SIAM invites the faculties of its academic members to organize student chapters. Activities include local meetings on topics in engineering, computing, and applied mathematics; tours of industrial laboratories; and team projects such as undergraduate competitions. SECTIONS SIAM encourages the formation of sections consisting of members residing in a geographic area. Sections organize their own one- and two-day meetings. Some sections involve nearby university chapters in their meetings. PUBLICATIONS SIAM has a comprehensive publishing program in applied and computational mathematics. In addition to SIAM News and SIAM Review, SIAM publishes ten research journals: SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics SIAM Journal on Computing SIAM Journal on Control and Optimization SIAM Journal on Discrete Mathematics SIAM Journal on Mathematical Analysis SIAM Journal on Matrix Analysis and Applications SIAM Journal on Numerical Analysis SIAM Journal on Optimization SIAM Journal on Scientific Computing Theory of Probability and Its Applications SIAM currently has five book series: Frontiers in Applied Mathematics Monographs on methodologies in practical computing, applied mathematics, and statistics for problem-solving. Studies in Applied Mathematics Research volumes on the state of a field of applied and computational mathematics. CBMS-NSF Regional Conference Series in Applied Mathematics Monographs derived from one-week lecture series given by mathematicians on topics of current research interest (sponsored by the Conference Board of the Mathematical Sciences with the support of the National Science Foundation). Proceedings in Applied Mathematics Proceedings of selected SIAM conferences and those of other organizations on topics in computational and applied mathematics and computer science. Classics in Applied Mathematics Outstanding textbooks in applied mathematics declared out-of-print by their original publishers. In addition to these series, SIAM offers a collection of tutorials, handbooks, and reprints from its journals. CONFERENCES SIAM conferences, many of which are sponsored by SIAM activity groups, focus on timely topics such as simulation, linear algebra in systems and control, dynamical systems, and materials sciences. They provide a meeting place for members to exchange ideas and expand their networks of colleagues. Some conferences are co-sponsored with other societies, such as SODA, the annual ACM-SIAM Symposium on Discrete Algorithms. The SIAM Annual Meeting is a week-long event that brings to the membership a broad array of invited presentations, minisymposia, contributed papers, and short courses. SIAM PROGRAMS SIAM has developed new programs to bring into focus for its members the importance of the many real problems facing government and industry, and to stimulate their interest in the mathematical and computational methodologies that apply. These programs include: The SIAM Forum on Industrial and Applied Mathematics An annual meeting of representatives of academe, government, and industry. Participants exchange ideas on many issues the SIAM constituency is likely to face in the years ahead, such as the requirements for success in applied and computational mathematics in industry and the improvement of educational programs to match the requirements of industry. SIAM is providing an e-mail network to Forum participants that enables them to exchange ideas and views between meetings. Mathematics that Counts A continuing series of articles in SIAM News based on results in applied and computational mathematics research that have led, for example, to increased productivity, improvements in product design, and solutions to problems related to health and the environment. Mathematics in Industry A study of the industrial environment for applied and computational mathematicians that will lead to recommendations for improving the match of graduate education to the needs of industry and to efforts to increase the receptiveness of industrial managers to using mathematical and computational methodologies. PRIZES AND AWARDS SIAM sponsors The John von Neumann Lecture at its annual meeting and conducts an extensive prize program to recognize outstanding applied mathematicians and students. Prizes include the Richard C. DiPrima Prize, George Polya Prize, W.T. and Idalia Reid Prize, Theodore von Karman Prize, James H. Wilkinson Prize in Numerical Analysis and Scientific Computing, SIAM Prize for Distinguished Service to the Profession, SIAM Award in the Mathematical Contest in Modeling, SIAM Student Paper Prize, SIAM Activity Group on Linear Algebra Prize, and SIAM Activity Group on Optimization Prize. SIAM also co-sponsors the George David Birkhoff and Norbert Wiener Prizes with the American Mathematical Society and the George B. Dantzig Prize with the Mathematical Programming Society. JPBM The Joint Policy Board for Mathematics, which is sponsored by the American Mathematical Society, the Mathematical Association of America, and SIAM, has a Washington office to foster communication between the various agencies and officials of the federal government and the constituencies of the three societies, and to increase public understanding of the role and importance of the mathematical sciences. SIAM OFFICERS Avner Friedman Institute for Mathematics and Its Applications University of Minnesota President Margaret H. Wright AT&T Bell Laboratories President - Elect Cleve Moler The MathWorks, Inc. Vice President-at-Large Gilbert Strang Massachusetts Institute of Technology Vice President for Education Bart S. Ng Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis Vice President for Programs Linda R. Petzold University of Minnesota Vice President for Publications Peter E. Castro Eastman Kodak Company Secretary Samuel Gubins Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia Treasurer I. Edward Block SIAM Managing Director SIAM HEADQUARTERS SIAM, with a staff of about 50 full- and part-time employees, occupies approximately about 15,000 square feet at 3600 University City Science Center, Philadelphia, PA 19104-2688 U.S.A. Telephone: 215-382-9800, Fax: 215-386-7999, E-Mail: siam@siam.org. SIAM staff is organized by function--Conferences, Publications, SIAM News, Acquisitions, Marketing, Information Systems, Accounting, Warehousing and Shipping, and Customer Services. Tasks performed by SIAM staff include the administration of the peer review process for the more than 1700 manuscripts submitted annually to SIAM journals and the copy editing and production of those accepted for publication. Similar tasks are performed for the publication of about 25 books. SIAM staff implements and manages eight to ten conferences and meetings per year, fills orders for its members and customers, and performs all the functions required in support of its prize program, its sections, chapters and activity groups, its committees, and its relations with other societies. SIAM has a comprehensive computer-based system for transaction processing and marketing, and extensive office systems for internal and external applications, including desktop publishing, TeX manuscript processing, and a local area network linked to the Internet. Every staff member is accessible to SIAM members who have access to the Internet by the address: (last name)@siam.org. 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