SIAM Student Chapter at Virginia Tech

Welcome to the website of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) Student Chapter at Virginia Tech. This website hosts information about our talks and events. Our goal is to promote applied mathematics and computational science to undergraduate and graduate students of mathematics-related disciplines. We provide a platform for students to share their research with their peers, learn from other's, and develop networks with current and future mathematicians. Please check back for upcoming events as the website is continually updated. You may also learn about our events on Facebook.

Congratulations

The SIAM chapter congratulates Dr. John Burns for being conferred SIAM Fellowship for his contributions to control and approximation of partial differential equations. He is one of 33 distinguished members of SIAM nominated for exemplary research as well as outstanding service to the community. Dr. Burns is a professor in the Department of Mathematics and at the Interdisciplinary Center for Applied Mathematics (ICAM). His area of research spans applied and computational control, partial differential equations, distributed parameter systems, fluid/structural control systems, smart materials, and modeling and control of high performance buildings. Dr. Burns has served as Vice President of SIAM, was the founding Editor of the SIAM Book Series on Advances in Design and Control, and is a past Chair of the SIAM Activity Group on Systems and Control. He was awarded the SIAM Reid Prize in 2010.

Recent activities

05/15/2013, 5pm, Duck Pond Year End Social (Potluck) [more info]
05/01/2013 Vitor Nunes (ICAM & Dept. of Mathematics), Frechet Sensitivity Analysis and Parameter Estimation in Groundwater Flow Models [abstract] [slides]
Meijing Zhang (Geosciences Department), A More Accurate and Powerful Tool for Managing Groundwater Resources and Predicting Land Subsidence in Las Vegas Valley [abstract] [slides]
04/17/2013 Cory Brunson (Virginia Bioinformatics Institute & Dept. of Mathematics), Caution in interpreting graph-theoretic diagnostics [abstract] [slides]
Matthew Oremland (Virginia Bioinformatics Institute & Dept. of Mathematics), Capturing dynamics of agent-based models with difference equations [abstract] [slides]
04/03/2013 Mustafa Ali Arat (Mechanical Engineering), Control Applications in Vehicle Safety Systems [abstract] [slides]
Syed Amaar Ahmad (Electrical Engineering), A Multi-Point Transmission Scheme with Power Adaptations for LTE Networks [abstract] [slides]
03/27/2013 Dr. Terry Herdman (Associate Vice President for Research Computing at VT, ICAM Director & Professor at the Dept. of Mathematics), High Performance Computing at Virginia Tech and Research Projects at ICAM [abstract] [slides]
03/06/2013 Christopher Jarvis (ICAM & Dept. of Mathematics), Inclusion of Actuator Dynamics in Optimal Control Problems [abstract] [slides]
Allen Bowers (Civil Engineering), A Mathematical Model to prevent icing of bridges [abstract] [slides]
02/15/2013 1st SIAM Research Symposium [more info] [abstracts]
01/28&29/2013 Poster Design Help Session (Seda Arat, Kasie Farlow, Claus Kadelka, Boris Kramer) [more info]

The committee of the SIAM Student Chapter at Virginia Tech, Spring 2013

Become a member

SIAM offers a free student membership to Virginia Tech students. Benefits include a 30% discount on all SIAM books and much more. For more information see SIAM student memberships. Every student is also encouraged to join our local SIAM Student Chapter here at Virginia Tech. Just come to one of our activities or send an email to Vitor Nunes.

Upcoming Conferences & Deadlines

SIAM International Conference on Data Mining (SDM13)
May 2-4, 2013
Sheraton Austin Hotel at the Capitol, Austin, Texas, USA

SIAM Conference on Applications of Dynamical Systems (DS13)
May 19-23, 2013
Snowbird Ski and Summer Resort, Snowbird, Utah, USA
Application due date: November 5, 2012 Travel Award!

International Linear Algebra Society 2013 Meeting (ILAS 2013)
June 3-7, 2013
Providence, Rhode Island, USA

SIAM Conference on Mathematical Aspects of Materials Science (MS13)
June 9-12, 2013
Doubletree by Hilton Hotel, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

2013 American Control Conference
June 17-19, 2013
Washington, DC, USA

SIAM Conference on the Mathematical and Computational Issues in the Geosciences (GS13)
June 17-20, 2013
Department of Mathematics, University of Padova, Italy

SIAM Workshop on Network Science
July 7-8, 2013
Town and Country Resort & Convention Center, San Diego, California, USA

SIAM Conference on Control and Its Applications (CT13)
July 8-10, 2013
Town and Country Resort & Convention Center, San Diego, California, USA

2013 SIAM Annual Meeting (AN13)
July 8-12, 2013
Town and Country Resort & Convention Center, San Diego, California, USA
Application deadline: January 21, 2013 Travel Award!

last updated: April 23, 2013