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About SIAM Gators

SIAM Gators is the student chapter of SIAM "Society of industrial and applied mathematics" at the University of Florida. SIAM Gators holds biweekly meetings on Tuesdays at 3:00 pm in LIT 368. Each meeting consists of a presentation given by either a student or faculty member on the subject of applied mathematics, followed by a discussion period and refreshments. To see the schedule of the talks throughout the semester, please click on Talks . SIAM Gators held its First SIAM Gators Conference in March 3rd to March 4th, 2004. This was in fact the first ever student organized conference for SIAM. It was unique in that it was run entirely by students in the SIAM student group with faculty acting only as advisors. Here is the related article . The second SIAM Gators Conference held in 2009. We plan to have The 3rd UF SIAM Gators Student Conference in October 10-12, 2013.


1st SIAM Colloquium on February 25, 2013

The invited speaker is Professor Max Gunzburger from Florida State university.

Title: The science of ice sheets: the mathematical modeling and computational simulation of ice flows
Abstract: The melting of ice in Greenland and Antarctica would, of course, be by far the major contributor any possible sea level rise. Thus, to make science-based predictions about sea-level rise, it is crucial that the ice sheets covering those land masses be accurately mathematically modeled and computationally simulated. In fact, the 2007 IPCC report on the state of the climate did not include predictions about sea level rise because it was concluded there that the science of ice sheets was not developed to a sufficient degree. As a result, predictions could not be rationally and confidently made. In recent years, there has been much activity in trying to improve the state-of-the-art of ice sheet modeling and simulation. In this lecture, we review a hierarchy of mathematical models for the flow of ice, pointing out the relative merits and demerits of each, showing how they are coupled to other climate system components (ocean and atmosphere), and discussing where further modeling work is needed. We then discuss algorithmic approaches for the approximate solution of ice sheet flow models and present and compare results obtained from simulations using the different mathematical models.

2nd SIAM Colloquium on March 14, 2013

The invited speaker is Professor Biswa Nath Datta , IEEE Fellow and Distinguished Research Professor from Northern Illinois University.

Title: Computational and optimization methods for quadratic inverse eigenvalue problems arising in mechanical vibration and structural dynamics: Linking Mathematics to Industry.
Abstract: Please see here.
Time: 11:45 am--12:35 pm.

2013 Spring Semester Potluck

Place: Lake Wauburg Cypress Lodge,
Time: Sunday March 24th from 11:00 am untill 5:00 pm
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SIAM Gators T-shirts

Design of T-shirts is another interests of SIAM Gators officers. Our first T-shirt was SIAM I AM you can see its design in the picture. We had our second T-shirt design for SIAM in Spring 2012.

Contact

If you have any question regarding to SIAM Gators, or if you are willing to give a talk, please contact to SIAM Gators President Maryam Yashtini at myashtini@ufl.edu.