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Suzanne Weekes

Executive Director, Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM )
Professor, Mathematical Sciences, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
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​​Suzanne Weekes is the Executive Director of SIAM, an international professional society of of over 14,000 individual members with almost 500 institutional members from academia, government, and research laboratories. Through publications, research and community, the mission of SIAM is to build cooperation between mathematics and the worlds of science and technology.
 
Suzanne Weekes holds a B.S. in Mathematics from Indiana University, a PhD in Mathematics and Scientific Computing from the University of Michigan and did her post-doctoral work at Texas A&M University. She is Professor of Mathematical Sciences at Worcester Polytechnic Institute. Prof. Weekes was the recipient of the 2019 Humphreys Award for Mentoring from the Association for Women in Mathematics. She is also a recipient of a 2020 Haimo Award for 
Distinguished College or University Teaching of Mathematics from the Mathematical Association of America (MAA).

​Dr. Weekes co-directs the national PIC Math (Preparation for Industrial Careers in Mathematical Sciences) Program, and she is a founding director of the MSRI-UP (Mathematical Sciences Research Institute Undergraduate Program). She is on the Board of Governors of TPSE Math (Transforming Post-Secondary Education in Mathematics).
 
Her research work has been in numerical methods for differential equations including applications to spatio-temporal composites and cancer growth.  She has been involved in various initiatives connecting the academic mathematics community to mathematics and statistics work done in business, industry, and government.  ​
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      • Opening Session
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      • Meet the Speakers
      • Best of WiDS
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    • Regional Events 2021 >
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    • International Women's Day
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