Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics
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| Formation | 1951 |
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| Headquarters | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States |
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Membership
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>14,000 |
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President
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Pamela Cook |
| Website | www |
The Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) was founded by a small group of mathematicians from academia and industry who met in Philadelphia in 1951 to start an organization whose members would meet periodically to exchange ideas about the uses of mathematics in industry. This meeting led to the organization of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics. The membership of SIAM has grown from a few hundred in the early 1950s to more than 14,000 as of 2013[update]. SIAM retains its North American influence, but it also has East Asian, Argentinian, Bulgarian, and UK & Ireland sections.
SIAM is one of the four parts of the Joint Policy Board for Mathematics.
Membership is open to both individuals and organizations.
The focus for the society is applied, computational and industrial mathematics, and the society often promotes its acronym as "Science and Industry Advance with Mathematics". It is composed of people from a wide variety of vocations. Members include engineers, scientists, industrial mathematicians, and academic mathematicians. The society is active in promoting the use of analysis and modeling in all settings. The society also strives to support and provide guidance to educational institutions wishing to promote applied mathematics.
The society includes a number of activity groups (SIAGs) to allow for more focused group discussions and collaborations.
SIAM publishes books, scholarly journals, and SIAM News, a newsletter focused on the applied math and computational science community (published ten times per year).
As of 2012[update], SIAM publishes 16 research journals:
SIAM publishes 20-25 books each year.
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