Report on UKIESIAM Activities (January 1997 to June 1998)
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Background.
The United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland section of SIAM
was established at the end of 1996. (The petition was approved
by the council on 13th December, 1996.) There have been two 
elections of officers since inception and the current postholders are

          President: K.W. Morton     (until 31/3/99)
     Vice-President: J.W. Dold       (until 31/3/99)
Secretary/Treasurer: D.J. Silvester  (until 31/3/00)

All SIAM members resident in the UK and Republic of Ireland are
automatically members of the section (no section fees are levied).
The section currently has 194 members (versus 187 when the section
was founded).

Sponsored meetings. 
The section has provided financial support for the following
meetings, which are listed in chronological order.

Jan 1997 Inaugural section meeting, Manchester.
         This was attended by 46 participants. (A full report appeared
         in the April 97 issue of SIAM news.)

Mar 1997 Special SIAM sponsored minisymposium on Microelectronics at British
         Applied Maths Colloquim, Edinburgh.

Jan 1998 Annual section meeting, Manchester
         This was attended by 40 participants. 

Mar 1998 SIAM Numerical Combustion Conference, York
         The costs of this conference were partially underwritten
         by the section. In the event, the conference was very successful 
         (over 200 particiapnts) and section support was not required. 

Mar 1998 Special SIAM sponsored lecture at British Applied Maths Colloquium,
         Brunel University, West London

Jun 1998 Numerical Analysis and Computers--50 years of progress, Manchester.
         The costs of this conference were fully underwritten
         by the section. The meeting attracted 87 participants,  and the 
         current expectation is that section support will not be required.
         A full report will be published in SIAM news. 

Plans for the future.

1. We are currently setting up a dedicated WWW server to support the
   activities of the section. When installed this will have the URL
   http://www.siam.ac.uk/

2. We are exploring ways of making SIAM facilities more readily 
   available to members in the UK. In particular, discussions
   are taking place on the possibility of paying subscriptions
   in sterling. 

3. We are continuing to  work towards enhancing the visibility 
   of SIAM in the UK and Ireland. We are particularly keen on
   recruiting more student members. In particular we would 
   like to see a main stream SIAM conference (e.g. an applied
   linear algebra or dynamical systems meeting) being held
   in the near future in either the UK or in Ireland.

4. We are exploring the possibility of expanding the section
   to include members from European countries.

 

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David Silvester 30/6/98