DSWeb Section Editor Transitions

We have many changes to report on regarding the editorial team of DSWeb.

MGB-SIAM Early Career Fellows

Congratulations to the Mathematically Gifted & Black (MGB) SIAM Early Career Fellows!

Elliptical Eyes, Eccentricity, and the Speed of Light

Mark Levi discusses the relationship between the eccentricity and focusing geometry of an elliptical lens.

Weakly Coupled Dynamic Programs, Fluid Limits, and COVID-19: How Optimization Can Help Inform Policymaking

Huikang Liu and Wolfram Wiesemann summarize recent work developing a model-based national patient prioritization scheme in response to the limited capacity in the UK due to the continued COVID-19 pandemic. Their approach leverages dynamic programming to simultaneously estimate capacity and account for the dynamics of patient states and available resources.

The Many Behaviours of a Fourth Order Thin-film Equation

Michael C. Dallaston from the Queensland University of Technology discusses the variety of solution behaviors found in a fourth-order thin film equation that serves as a somewhat prototypical equation for a collection of nonlinear phenomena.