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SIAM is a leading international organization of professionals and students whose primary interest is in SIAM SECTIONS STUDENT CHAPTERS mathematics and computational science and their applications. SIAM’s mission is to advance and raise www.siam.org/sections www.siam.org/students/ awareness about applied math and related fields through its books, journals, conferences, online resources, and SIAM encourages the formation of chapters a variety of programs and initiatives. sections comprised of members residing SIAM student chapters promote applied in a defined geographic region. Sections mathematics and computational science Incorporated in 1952 as a non-profit organization, SIAM has worked WAYS TO GET INVOLVED organize lectures, meetings, and other to young mathematicians and scientists. toward the following goals for more than 65 years: activities that serve their members. On college and university campuses, • to advance the application of mathematics and computational SIAM ACTIVITY GROUPS (SIAGS) Some sections include nearby student interdisciplinary participation by a variety science to engineering, industry, science, and society; www.siam.org/activity chapters in their activities. of departments is encouraged. Chapters provide students with opportunities to • to promote research that will lead to effective new mathematical NORTH AMERICA Communicate and stay current. SIAG members organize get to know faculty members outside of and computational methods and techniques for science, conferences and minisymposia, distribute newsletters and Central States Section – Arkansas, the classroom, share ideas and research engineering, industry, and society; electronic communications, maintain websites and wikis, and Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Mississippi, with people with similar interests, learn about career • to provide media for the exchange of information and ideas award prizes. They receive targeted communication from Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma options, and develop networks with professors and fellow among mathematicians, engineers, and scientists. peers, access to electronic membership directories, Great Lakes Section – Michigan, northern Ohio, northern students. and additional discounts on SIAG-sponsored conferences. As an international society of more than 14,000 individual members, Indiana, southern Ontario, and surrounding areas Student chapter activities often include professional SIAM represents applied and computational mathematicians, Pacific Northwest Section – Idaho, Oregon, Washington, and development opportunities; guest lecturers; research computer scientists, engineers, physicists, and other scientists. Algebraic Geometry Imaging Science the province of British Columbia presentations by faculty, graduate students, and Members include researchers, educators, practitioners, and students Agnes Szanto Eric Miller Southeastern Atlantic Section – Alabama, Florida, Georgia, undergraduates; team projects; social functions; outreach from more than 100 countries working in industry, laboratories, activities; and field trips to industrial laboratories or SIAM Analysis of Partial Life Sciences North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee government, and academia. SIAM also has about 500 corporate and section meetings. Find out how to start a SIAM Student Differential Equations Mary Ann Horn academic institutional members. Southern California Section – Southern California chapter at your university Eitan Tadmor SIAM serves its diverse group of professionals through: Linear Algebra Texas-Louisiana Section – Texas and Louisiana Applied Mathematics James G. 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Mary Silber Supercomputing Financial Mathematics Laura Grigori and Engineering Uncertainty Sebastian Jaimungal Quantification Geometric Design Roger Ghanem Kai Hormann Geosciences Susan Minkoff 2 3 2017_About_SIAM-A_01-19-17.indd 2-3 1/19/2017 9:31:07 AM MEMBERS INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS STUDENT MEMBERS CORPORATE/INSTITUTIONAL MEMBERS, Los Alamos National Laboratory www.siam.org/membership/individual www.siam.org/membership/individual/free.php AFFILIATES, SPONSORS, AND PARTNERS Max-Planck-Institute for Dynamics of Complex Technical Systems Individual members enjoy the following benefits: Full-time students can join SIAM for free if they: www.siam.org/membership/corporate.php Mentor Graphics • Networking opportunities with students and high level • attend a SIAM academic member institution, Corporate/Institutional membership is offered to non-degree National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) professionals • are a member of a SIAM student chapter, or granting institutions that value SIAM for its resources and • Career resources research support. 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