T. Michael Moles: A Life to be Celebrated

How to Whack Moles

In the classical whack-a-mole game moles that pop up at certain locations must be whacked by means of a hammer before they go under ground again. The goal is to maximize the number of moles caught. This problem can be formulated as an online optimization problem: Requests (moles) appear over time at points in a metric space and must be served (whacked) by a server (hammer) before their deadline...

Michael T. McManus: Interrupting biology

The human genome encodes snippets of RNAs ranging from 21–23 nucleotides in length, called microRNAs (miRNAs). Rather than code for proteins, miRNAs instead sabotage the translation of mRNAs. miRNAs are first generated as longer, hairpin-like precursors in the nucleus. In the cytoplasm, a collection of enzymes strips down the hairpins into their tiny and unwound final structure. miRNA-bound mRN...

A matrix convexity approach to some celebrated quantum inequalities.

Some of the important inequalities associated with quantum entropy are immediate algebraic consequences of the Hansen-Pedersen-Jensen inequalities. A general argument is given using matrix perspectives of operator convex functions. A matrix analogue of Maréchal's extended perspectives provides additional inequalities, including a p + q < or = 1 result of Lieb.

Michael Balint--an outstanding medical life.

The Gavarnie Cirque : a celebrated ”nature’s colossus