Author: Board on Mathematical Sciences and Their Applications

The mathematical sciences are part of nearly all aspects of everyday life--the discipline has underpinned such beneficial modern capabilities as In...

As the availability of high-throughput data-collection technologies, such as information-sensing mobile devices, remote sensing, internet log recor...

Combustion has provided society with most of its energy needs for millenia, from igniting the fires of cave dwellers to propelling the rockets that...

If the United States is to sustain its economic prosperity, quality of life, and global competitiveness, it must continue to have an abundance of s...

Electricity is the lifeblood of modern society, and for the vast majority of people that electricity is obtained from large, interconnected power g...

The concept of utilizing big data to enable scientific discovery has generated tremendous excitement and investment from both private and public se...

The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) is responsible for the stewardship of the nation's living marine resources and their habitat. As part ...

Questions about the reproducibility of scientific research have been raised in numerous settings and have gained visibility through several high-pr...

The Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Personnel & Readiness), referred to throughout this report as P&R, is responsible for the tot...

The National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) is housed within the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and offers insurance policies that are ...

Floods take a heavy toll on society, costing lives, damaging buildings and property, disrupting livelihoods, and sometimes necessitating federal di...

The U.S. population is aging. Social Security projections suggest that between 2013 and 2050, the population aged 65 and over will almost double, f...

Data mining of massive data sets is transforming the way we think about crisis response, marketing, entertainment, cybersecurity and national intel...

The mathematical sciences are part of everyday life. Modern communication, transportation, science, engineering, technology, medicine, manufacturin...