As stated in the July 2017 issue of the ICIAM newsletter, professor Ya-xiang Yuan was elected as the ICIAM President for 2019-2023 (President-Elect, 2017-2019) at the annual ICIAM Board Meeting in Valencia, Spain on May 20. Professor Ya-xiang Yuan is an Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), and a faculty of CAS Academy of Mathematics and Systems Science. It is the first time tha

At the SIAM annual meeting (July 10-14, Pittsburgh), the 2017 SIAM Prize for Distinguished Service to the Profession is awarded to professor Ya-xiang Yuan for his extraordinary achievements in developing and promoting applied mathematics in general and optimization in particular in China. The SIAM Prize for Distinguished Service to the Profession, established in 1985, is awarded

On June 23, the Seminar on Promoting Women's Research and Development in Mathematics and Natural Science is held in Tongliao. The seminar is hosted by CSIAM Committee for Women in Applied Mathematics, and co-organized by the College of Computer Science and Technology of the Inner Mongolia University for Nationalities. Nearly 20 scholars participate in the seminar. In the semina

On May 20, the Board Meeting of the International Council for Industrial and Applied Mathematics in Valencia, Spain announces the invited speakers of ICIAM (International Congress on Industrial and Applied Mathematics) 2019. Three of them are ethnic Chinese. They are, Yunqing Huang (vice president of CSIAM, professor of Xiangtan University), Ruo Li (member of CSIAM News editorial board, profess

On June 15, 2017, the website of ICM (International Congress of Mathematicians) 2018 publishes the invited speakers. In total, there are over 180 mathematicians from 19 research areas. Twelve of them are ethnic Chinese. CSIAM President Pingwen Zhang, as well as CSIAM executive council member Tao Tang are on the list (Area: Numerical Analysis and Scientific Computing). The other 10 scholars ar

When the first National Sci-Tech Workers Day (May 30) is about to come, CSIAM, the Operations Research Society of China, and the Beijing Teenager Science and Technology Club jointly organizes science promotion activities, inviting the mathematicians to deliver science lectures in Beijing primary and middle schools. On the morning of May 14, Wenlin Li, researcher in the Academy o

On April 21-23, the 13th China Networks Science Forum is held in Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications (BUPT). The forum is hosted by CSIAM Activity Group on Complex Networks and Complex Systems, and co-organized by BUPT. With a theme of Complexity and Safety Analysis of Networks Science with Big Data, the forum covers 6 topics: 1. Big data and network safety; 2. Internet financ

On May 13, 2017, the fourth meeting of CSIAM 7th executive council is held in Hangzhou. The secretary general Guiying Yan chairs the meeting. Thirty-six executive council members along with the chairs of CSIAM activity groups attend the meeting. CSIAM president Pingwen Zhang says that with everyone's effort, all of the society's work is going on smoothly. We should be confident in bu

On May 11-12, 2017 CSIAM Seminar on Mathematical Problems in Industrial Applications is held in East China Normal University (ECNU). The seminar is hosted by CSIAM and Shanghai SIAM, and co-organized by ECNU and Shanghai Key Laboratory of Pure Mathematics and Mathematical Practice. More than 50 teachers and students from ECNU, Tongji University and Shanghai Jiaotong University take part in t

On April 14-16, the 5th China Mathematics Popularization Forum is held in Shanghai Xingzhi High School. The theme of the forum is Mathematics and Future Technology. The forum is hosted by Shanghai University and Shanghai Baoshan District Education Bureau. CSIAM is a co-sponsor. Nearly 1,000 teachers, students and mathematicians from all over China take part in the