[comp.sys.next] Mathematica Conference Announcement

rivin@Gang-of-Four.Stanford.EDU (Igor Rivin) (12/17/89)

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1990 MATHEMATICA CONFERENCE

LOCATION
Hotel Sofitel, 223 Twin Dolphin Drive, Redwood City, California.  
(7 miles south on U.S. 101 from San Francisco International airport.)

TIMES 
Conference reception: 
7 pm Wednesday, January 10.

Sessions and exhibits: 
9 am Thursday, January 11 to 
4 pm Saturday, January 13.

INFORMATION/REGISTRATION

Contact organizers for a registration kit (telephone or email preferred):

1990 Mathematica Conference
P.O. Box 3848
Champaign, IL 61826-3848

217-398-0700
fax: 217-398-0747
email: conf@wri.com


FEES
Regular: $250
Educational: $150
Student: $50


ABOUT MATHEMATICA
Mathematica is an integrated technical computing environment, which
performs numerical, symbolic and graphical computations, and embodies a
high-level programming language.  Developed by Wolfram Research, Inc.,
Mathematica is available on Macintosh, MS-DOS 386, workstations and
larger computers.  The Mathematica Conference is intended for all
current and prospective users of Mathematica.

LECTURES

Steve Christensen (NCSA): 
Gravity Theory

Dorian Goldfeld (Columbia): 
Number Theory

Sam Savage (University of Chicago): 
Business Modeling

Dana Scott (Carnegie-Mellon): 
Teaching Projective Geometry

Terry Sejnowski (Salk Institute): 
Neural Networks

Steve Skiena (SUNY, Stony Brook): 
Combinatorics and Graph Theory

Jerry Uhl (University of Illinois): 
Mathematica Courseware: Calculus

Andrew B. Watson (NASA Ames):
Vision Science

Rob Wolff (Apple): 
Interactive Visualization & Distributed Computing

Stephen Wolfram (WRI): 
Future Directions in Computing

Contributed talks and other speakers to be announced.

TUTORIALS

Elementary:
o Introduction to Mathematica  
o Introduction to the Front End 
o Applications Survey 
o Applications Walkthrough

Intermediate:
o Mathematica Programming 
o Graphics 
o Numerical Computation 
o Data Analysis 
o Algebraic Manipulation 
o Document Preparation

Advanced:
o Interfacing to External Programs
o Networking 
o Internals and Algorithms 
o Advanced Programming
o Debuggin Mathematica Programs

Other topics to be announced.

FORUMS/PANELS

o Ask the Developers:  Q&A on Mathematica's Design and Future
o The Mathematica Journal
o Mathematica in Education
o Alternative Front Ends
o Publishing with Mathematica

EXHIBITS
o Mathematica Hardware Solutions  
o Mathematica-Compatible Software  
o Mathematica Packages
o Graphics Devices 
o Training/Consulting Services
o Mathematica Classroom

OTHER CONTRIBUTED MATERIAL
o Poster Sessions  
o Demonstration Sessions 
o Short Talks
o Graphics Gallery

Submit a one-page summary suitable for 
reproduction by December 15, 1989.  
Computer facilities can be arranged for accepted
demonstrations.  Call or write for further information.

Sponsored in part by
Addison-Wesley Publishing Co. and
Wolfram Research, Inc. 

Mathematica is a registered trademark of Wolfram Research, Inc. 


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Igor Rivin                                Wolfram Research, Inc.
rivin@Gang-of-Four.Stanford.EDU or
rivin@wri.com