About us
Edinburgh student chapter of the Society for
Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) was
founded in September 2009 and is the second SIAM
student chapter in the UK. We are jointly
sponsored by Heriot-Watt University and University
of Edinburgh, and have links with Maxwell
Institute of Mathematical Sciences and Edinburgh Collaborative of
Subsurface Science and Engineering
(ECOSSE), both part of the Edinburgh Research
Partnership in Engineering and Mathematics
(ERPem).
We strive to
- promote interdisciplinary and
multi-institutional exchange between students
(graduates and undergraduates) and academics in
applied mathematics, engineering and other
branches of science.
- provide opportunities for student research and
learning.
- advance the application of mathematical
techniques to real world problems in science and
industry.
Our current membership consists of students and
academics from the Department of Mathematics at
University of Edinburgh and Heriot-Watt
University, and the Institute of Petroleum
Engineering at Heriot-Watt University.
To get involved, come to any SIAM activity and
speak to an officer, or fill in this form.
If you wish to quit the membership, please click here.
Other UK SIAM Student Chapters
- The Edinburgh SIAM Student Chapter AGM and
Seminar by Gil Strang took place on 14th June
2011 at 11.00am.
- Bubacarr Bah, President of the Edinburgh SIAM
Student Chapter, has been awarded with the SIAM
certificate of recognition for his work with the
chapter. The certificate was presented to
Bubacarr by Prof. Sebastian Geiger, shown
here.
- The Edinburgh SIAM Student Chapter Conference
2011 took place 1st February 2011. Click here
for more information.
- Bubacarr Bah represented the chapter and gave
a presentation at the Siam Annual Meeting 2010
in Pittsburgh, USA. Slides can be seen here,
and photos here.
- The paper Improved Restricted Isometry
Constant Bounds for Gaussian Matrices by
Bubacarr Bah (Chapter Vice-President 2009/2010)
and Jared Tanner has been selected to be one of
the winners
in the 2010 SIAM Student Paper Competition.
- Chapter President Karen Schmid was awarded
a certificate of recognition for
outstanding efforts on behalf of the SIAM
Chapter at the Heriot-Watt/Edinburgh University,
academic year 2009-2010.
- The joint entry by chapter members Claudia
Fricke, Nneoma Ogbonna and Yan Zaretskiy on The
Math Behind Oil Production won first
place in the SIAM Math Matters: Apply It!
contest for January 2010.
- The Chapter Inaugural Conference was held on
31st March 2010. For more information see the
Events page.
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