Re: Workshops in Mathematica
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- Subject: Re: Workshops in Mathematica
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- Date: Fri, 17 Nov 89 01:41:44 -0800
---------------- Problem Solving with Mathematica Taught by Nancy Blachman This workshop offers a comprehensive introduction to Mathematica, The course is targeted for engineers, physicists, financial analysts, academic professionals, or anyone whose work or study involves mathematical problem solving or analysis. It focuses on using Mathematica effectively to solve problems in such areas as calculus, data analysis, algebra, number theory, and discrete mathematics. Class participants will receive a 150-page class manual as well as set of reference cards (listing all functions built into Mathematica). Course Organization: Introduction to Mathematica Numerical, algebraic or symbolic, and graphics capabilities Data analysis Programming Mathematica's internal representation Data Types Contexts, scoping of variables I/O Interfacing to other programs C, PostScript, TeX Programming techniques Procedural Pattern matching Debugging techniques Writing packages (collections of functions) Problem Solving An assortment of problems will be presented Documentation Notebooks TeX Nancy Blachman worked at Wolfram Research, Inc. in 1988 and 1989 and recently started her own training and consulting business. Nancy has a B.S. in Mathematics from the University of Birmingham, U.K., an M.S. in Operations Research from UC Berkeley, and an M.S. in Computer Science from Stanford University. In addition to instructing a graduate level course in Computer Graphics, and working as a teaching assistant in a course in Concrete Mathematics, Nancy has been a software developer at Bell Laboratories and at the Research Institute for Advanced Computer Science at NASA Ames. Below is a tentative list of the organizations where Nancy Blachman will be offering courses in Mathematica this fall and winter. These courses vary in length and content. ComputerWare 490 California Ave., Suite 202 Palo Alto, CA 94306 Tel: 415-323-7951 Contact: Anne Krause Cost: $350-400 Dates: February 8, 1990 Rice University Office of Continuing Studies P. O. Box 1892 Houston, TX 77251-1892 Contact: Edie Carlson-Abbey Tel: 713-527-4803 Cost: $150-200 Date: February 23, 1990 Stanford University Stanford Instructional Television Network (SITN) Computer Science Department Stanford, University CA 94305 Course Number: CS 193M Contact: Sally Kiester Tel: 415-725-3002 Dates: Winter quarter, Tuesday 12 noon-1:05 pm UC Berkeley Extension Continuing Education 2223 Fulton Street Berkeley, CA 94720 Contact: Nanette Pike Tel: 415-642-4151 UC Santa Cruz Extension 5201 Great America Parkway Santa Clara, CA 95054 Contact: Tim Johnson Tel: 408-562-5726 Cost: $600 Dates: February 15-16, 1990 Nancy Blachman also gives private courses in Mathematica. Variable Symbols 1701 Lincoln Street * Berkeley, CA 94703 * 415-486-8073 Email: nb at polya.stanford.edu or uunet.uu.net!polya.stanford.edu!nb