Prof. Yuan Yaxiang, from Academy of Mathematics and Systems Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences (AMSS) was elected as 2011 The Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) Fellow.

Prof. Yuan Yaxiang's main research interest is nonlinear optimization. He is being recognized for his contributions to nonlinear optimization and for his leadership of computational mathematics. He received the second Prize of National Natural Science Award in 2006, the Young Scientist Award of China in 1996, and “China Top 10 Outstanding Youth” award in 1998, etc. Dr. Yuan is currently the President of the Association of Asia-Pacific Operations Research Societies and the President of the Operations Research Society of China. Besides, he serves on the Editorial Board of the SIAM Journal on Optimization and Mathematics of Computation, etc.

SIAM is an international community , which exists to ensure the strongest interactions between mathematics and other scientific and technological communities through membership activities, publication of journals and books, and conferences. SIAM named 34 academics and professionals to its 2011 Class of Fellows for their outstanding contributions to applied mathematics and computational science through research in the field and service to the larger community on March, 31, 2011.