Individual Members

• Regular members receive SIAM News; SIAM Review (print and electronic), member discounts on SIAM books, journals, and conference registration fees; and the opportunity to join SIAM Activity Groups.

• Student members have the same privileges as regular members, but at low student rates or possibly free. Postgraduate members may join for approximately one half the cost of regular member dues.

• Other individual memberships are available to individuals who are retired, disabled, or unemployed.

SIAM offers its members many opportunities to exchange ideas and expand their network of colleagues. All individual members have voting privileges. For an application, go to www. siam. org/membership/applications. htm.

Special Rates for Students and Postgraduates

Students are encouraged to join SIAM at the discounted rate of just $23 in 2003. Complimentary graduate student memberships (Master & PhD candidates) are available to those who attend an institution that is an Academic Member of SIAM. Undergraduate students may obtain a free membership in SIAM through nomination by their Academic Member institution. Student members have the same privileges as regular members; in addition, they receive one activity group membership at no charge. Complimentary student members get electronic-only access to SIAM Review.

A special SIAM membership category is offered to postgraduate individuals. It is available for up to three consecutive years immediately following the receipt of one’s highest degree. The dues rate is $54 in 2003 and includes the same benefits as regular membership.

Academic Members

Academic membership is open to degree-granting institutions only. Colleges, universities, and their departmental units receive a selection of SIAM journals that matches their needs, and discounts on purchases of SIAM books; they have the opportunity to nominate undergraduate students for free memberships in SIAM and to form student chapters. Additional information on academic membership, including the list of almost 400 academic members, may be found at ww. siam. org/membership/acadmem. htm. This list is also available upon request from SIAM’s Customer Service Department. For an application, go to ww. siam. org/membership/applications. htm.

Corporate/Institutional Members, Affiliates, Sponsors, and Partners

SIAM has developed options that encompass a full range of corporate/institutional support. Our new choices range from a discounted package of SIAM’s journals, to discounts on exhibiting and advertising with SIAM. Membership is the long-standing option for those who value SIAM for its resources and research support. Members receive discounted subscriptions to SIAM’s prestigious journals (print or electronic), discounts on book purchases, employee discounts at conferences, and public acknowledgment of their support in SIAM News, in our journals, and at our meetings.

Our Affiliation option is also for those interested in SIAM journals, but it allows for more flexibility when choosing your subscriptions. Affiliates receive a discount on journals, but can subscribe to any number, in print or electronically. Affiliates also receive discounts on all book purchases. A Sponsor option is available for those organizations that wish to make a contribution to SIAM (either as a general donation or earmarked for a particular activity) without receiving the publications in return. Partnership was designed for those who have a business relationship with SIAM; it offers discounts on advertising and exhibiting. Additional information can be found at www. siam. org/membership/corpmem. htm.

Get Involved

Sections

SIAM encourages the formation of sections consisting of members residing in a geographic area. Sections organize their own one- and two-day meetings. Some sections involve nearby university chapters in their meetings.

University Chapters

SIAM invites faculty members to organize student chapters. Activities may include local meetings on topics in applied and computing mathematics; tours of industrial laboratories; and team projects such as undergraduate competitions.

Activity Groups

The members of a SIAM activity group share an interest in a discipline or applications area. There are currently activity groups on:

• Analysis of Partial Differential Equations

• Computational Science and Engineering

• Control and Systems Theory

• Discrete Mathematics

• Dynamic Systems

• Financial Mathematics and Engineering

• Geometric Design

• Geosciences

• Imaging Science

• Life Sciences

• Linear Algebra

• Nonlinear Waves and Coherent Structures

• Optimization

• Orthogonal Polynomials and Special Functions

• Supercomputing

These groups plan their own activities, e. g., conferences, minisymposia at SIAM’s conferences and annual meetings, newsletters (paper and/or e-mail), and prizes. Each year, a directory of members is compiled for each activity group and distributed to its members. Additional information about activity groups is available online at www. siam. org/siags/siags. htm.