Back in January 1998, when SIAM ex-president Professor Gilbert Strang was visiting the National University of Singapore, he discussed with Professors Louis Chen, Seng-luan Lee, and Shui-nee Chow there the possibility of setting up an East Asia SIAM section. The section, East Asia SIAM (EASIAM) Section, was officially established in December 1998, with Professor Seng-luan Lee being the chairman. Professor Zhong-ci Shi of the Chinese Academy of Sciences took up the chairmanship in 2001.

Purpose

To promote

• the application of mathematics to science, engineering and technology in East and South East Asia;

• basic research and education in mathematics that supports application in science and technology in the region;

• multidisciplinary research in science and engineering involving mathematics.

Activities

• To organise meetings which allow international exposure and involvement for postgraduate students of mathematics, science and engineering.

• To organise advanced seminars in applied mathematics and scientific computing.

• To provide opportunity for interaction between mathematicians and users of mathematics.

Territory

• East and South East Asia.

EASIAM Conference 2010

The 6th EASIAM Conference will be held during 22-24 June 2010 at University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. This will be the academic conference of this organization focusing on research exchanges among scientists in the East Asia regions. The EASIAM conference 2010 will be co-organized with the the Applied Mathematics International Conference(AMIC2010).