SIAM conducts annual meetings and many specialized conferences, short courses, and workshops in areas of interest to its members. SIAM's Visiting Lecturer Program helps bring together speakers with interested groups to educate and spark interest in a variety of topics. It welcomes as members all individuals, colleges, universities, corporations, and other organizations that desire to support its goals. Student members have the same privileges as regular members, but at student rates. SIAM offers its members many opportunities to exchange ideas and expand their network of colleagues.
All individual members have voting privileges.
Some sections involve nearby university chapters in their meetings. The members of a SIAM activity group share an interest in a discipline or applications area. These books are republished by SIAM as a professional service because they continue to be important resources for mathematical scientists. Frontiers in Applied Mathematics monographs on methodologies in practical computing, applied mathematics, and statistics for problem-solving. Studies in Applied Mathematics - research volumes on the state of a field of applied and computational mathematics.