SIAM Sessions at the Joint Mathematics Meetings
January 10-13, 2018
San Diego, California, USA

SIAM is a participant in the Joint Mathematics Meetings (JMM). SIAM sponsors an invited speaker and several minisymposia.

Full details about the meeting program and registration can be found here.

The SIAM sponsored sessions at the Joint Meetings will be listed below as information becomes available

Organizers of the SIAM program at JMM 2018

SIAM Coordinating Committee for the Joint Mathematics Meetings 
Anna Mazzucato (Chair), Pennsylvania State University
Juan C. Meza, University of California, Merced
Juan M. Restrepo, Oregon State University

SIAM Invited Address

Tensor Decompositions: A Mathematical Tool for Data Analysis
Tammy Kolda, Sandia
Room 6AB, Upper Level, San Diego Convention Center
Thursday, January 11, 2018, 11:10 a.m - 12:00 noon
A video of Tammy Kolda’s talk and other invited speakers can be found at https://vimeopro.com/vcubeinc/jmm2018/page/2.

MAA-AMS-SIAM Gerald and Judith Porter Public Lecture

Political Geometry: Voting Districts, "Compactness," and Ideas About Fairness
Ballroom 6AB, 3rd Level, San Diego Convention Center
Moon Duchin, Tufts University
Saturday, January 13, 2018, 3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. 

SIAM Minisymposia

SIAM Minisymposium on Data Science in the Mathematics Curriculum
Organizer: 
Suzanne Weekes, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Room 11A, Upper Level, San Diego Convention Center
Wednesday January 10, 2018, 8:00 a.m. - 10:55 a.m

SIAM Minisymposium on Numerical Linear Algebra
Organizers: 
Daniel B. Szyld, Temple University
Eugene Vecharynski, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory 
Room 11A, Upper Level, San Diego Convention Center
Wednesday January 10, 2018, 2:15 p.m - 3:40 p.m.

SIAM Minisymposium on Advances in Imaging Science
Organizers: 
Misha Kilmer, Tufts University 
Eric de Sturler, Virginia Tech 
Eric Miller, Tufts University 
Avind Saibaba, North Carolina State University
Room 11A, Upper Level, San Diego Convention Center
Thursday January 11, 2018, 8:00 a.m. - 10:50 a.m.

SIAM Minisymposium on Tensors! Mathematical Challenges and Opportunities
Organizers: 
David Gleich, Purdue University 
Tamara G. Kolda, Sandia National Laboratories 
Luke Oeding, Auburn University
Room 11A, Upper Level, San Diego Convention Center
Thursday January 11, 2018, 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.

SIAM Minisymposium on Advances in Finite Element Approximation
Organizers: 
Constantin Bacuta, University of Delaware 
Ana Maria Soane, United States Naval Academy 
Room 11A, Upper Level, San Diego Convention Center
Friday January 12, 2018, 8:00 a.m. - 10:55 a.m.

SIAM Minisymposium on Mimetic Multiphase Subsurface and Oceanic Transport
Organizers: 
Jose Castillo, San Diego State University
Chris Paolini, San Diego State University 
Room 11A, Upper Level, San Diego Convention Center
Friday January 12, 2018, 1:00 p.m. – 6:10 p.m.

SIAM Minisymposium on Recent advances in modeling, analysis, and control in epidemiology, spatial ecology and evolution
Organizers: 
Aijun Zhang, Oregon State University 
Vrushali Bokil, Oregon State University 
Patrick Deleenheer, Oregon State University 
Carrie Manore, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Room 11A, Upper Level, San Diego Convention Center
Saturday January 12, 2018, 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

SIAM Minisymposium on Problems in Quasilinear Despersive PDE
Organizers: 
David Ambrose, Drexel University 
Jeremy Marzuola, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Room 11A, Upper Level, San Diego Convention Center
Saturday January 12, 2018, 1:00 p.m. - 5:50 p.m.

Joint Sessions

AMS-MAA-SIAM Special Session on Research in Mathematics by Undergraduates and Students in Post-Baccalaureate Programs  I, II, III, and IV
Organizers: 
Tamas Forgacs, CSU Fresno 
Darren A. Narayan, Rochester Institute of Technology 
Mark David Ward, Purdue University 
Room 29A, Upper Level, San Diego Convention Center
Wednesday January 10, 2018, 8:00 a.m. - 10:50 a.m.
Room 29D, Upper Level, San Diego Convention Center
Thursday January 11, 2018, 1:00 p.m. - 3:50 p.m.
Room 31C, Upper Level, San Diego Convention Center
Saturday January 12, 2018, 8:00 a.m. - 11:50 a.m.
Saturday January 12, 2018 1:00 p.m. - 5:50 p.m.

MAA-SIAM-AMS Hrabowski-Gates-Tapia-McBay Session: Lecture 
Organizer: 
Ricardo Cortez, Tulane University
Room 8, Upper Level, San Diego Convention Center
Wednesday January 10, 2018, 9:00 a.m. - 9:50 a.m.

MAA-SIAM-AMS Hrabowski-Gates-Tapia-McBay Panel 
Access to Quality Mathematics by All
Organizer: 
Ricardo Cortez, Tulane University 
Panelists: 
James A. M. Álvarez, University of Texas at Arlington 
Ron Buckmire, National Science Foundation 
Talithia Williams, Harvey Mudd College
Room 8, Upper Level, San Diego Convention Center
Wednesday January 10, 2018, 9:50 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.

SIAM-MAA-AMS Panel 
Multiple Paths to Mathematics Careers in Business, Industry and Government (BIG) 
Organizers: 
Allen Butler, Daniel H. Wagner Associates, Inc. 
Rachel Levy, Harvey Mudd College 
Karen Saxe, American Mathematical Society 
Suzanne Weekes, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Room 8, Upper Level, San Diego Convention Center
Thursday January 11, 2018, 2:35p.m. - 3:55p.m.