The Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) recently conferred Fellows status on 34 noteworthy professionals who will be recognized in July during the 2010 SIAM Annual Meeting in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The 2010 class of Fellows is the first nominated by the SIAM community. It includes a diverse group of men and women who have made significant contributions to the fields of applied mathematics and computational science. These individuals have, among other things, shown excellence in research, industrial work, educational activities, or other activities directly related to the goals of SIAM. By honoring them as Fellows, SIAM acknowledges them as leaders in their fields.
"We take great pride in the accomplishments of these 34 outstanding SIAM members," said SIAM President Douglas N. Arnold. "Men and women from four continents and numerous disciplines, they exemplify SIAM's vision of the central role mathematics plays in the advancement of science and technology. They have created mathematical models for complex phenomena ranging from combustion to swarming. They have designed algorithms that enabled the restoration of old movies and the design of new aircraft. They have developed mathematical tools for optimizing manufacturing processes, tracking epidemics, and quantifying the uncertainty in both. Along the way, they have developed elegant mathematics which strengthens the foundations on which future work will rely."
Newly announced 2010 SIAM Fellows and their affiliations at the time of designation are listed below and can also be found, with citations and photos, at http://fellows.siam.org.
Uri M. Ascher, University of British Columbia
Andrea L. Bertozzi, University of California Los Angeles
Susanne C. Brenner, Louisiana State University
John C. Butcher, University of Auckland
Stephen L. Campbell, North Carolina State University
Carlos Castillo-Chavez, Arizona State University
Tony F. C. Chan, Hong Kong University of Science & Technology
Peter Constantin, University of Chicago
John E. Dennis, Jr., Rice University, Retired
Iain S. Duff, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, UK and CERFACS, France
Paul G. Dupuis, Brown University
Bjorn E. Engquist, University of Texas Austin
Donald J. Geman, Johns Hopkins University
John R. Gilbert, University of California Santa Barbara
Michael T. Heath, University of Illinois
Te Chiang Hu, University of California San Diego
George Karniadakis, Brown University
William L. Kath, Northwestern University
Ioannis G. Kevrekidis, Princeton University
Barbara L. Keyfitz, Ohio State University
Randall J. LeVeque, University of Washington
Anders G. Lindquist, KTH - Royal Institute of Technology
Steve McCormick, University of Colorado Boulder
Carl D. Meyer, North Carolina State University
Jorge Nocedal, Northwestern University
Yousef Saad, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
Fadil Santosa, University Minnesota Minneapolis
Robert S. Schreiber, Hewlett-Packard Company
Mitchell Smooke, Yale University
Danny C. Sorensen, Rice University
Gunther Uhlmann, University of Washington
Frederic Y. M. Wan, University of California Irvine
Michael I. Weinstein, Columbia University
Olof B. Widlund, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York University
For information about the SIAM Fellows Program and for nomination information, please visit http://www.siam.org/prizes/fellows/index.php.
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