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Mathematica seamlessly integrates a numeric and symbolic computational engine, graphics system, programming language, documentation system, and advanced connectivity to other applications. It is this range of capabilities--many world-leading in their own right--that makes Mathematica uniquely capable as a \"one-stop shop\" for you or your organization s technical work.
Free Online Seminars from Wolfram Education Group Provide Overview of Mathematica Technologies
Wolfram Education Group is offering free, live, online seminars to all interested customers worldwide. Presented by senior Wolfram Research staff, these seminars provide an excellent, informal way to learn more about Mathematica and its use. They are designed for people who are new to Mathematica , those who haven't kept up to date with the latest versions of the software, or simply those who are thinking about taking an online Wolfram Education Group course and want to get an idea of how they are run.
The current seminar, " S10: A Technical Overview of Mathematica ," provides an introduction to Mathematica 's major technologies and the capabilities that they enable. Covering topics such as numeric and symbolic computations, programming, working with data, visualization, technical documents, and connection technologies, the seminar lasts approximately one hour, allowing for a 45-minute presentation and 10-15 minutes for questions. It will be offered twice a week and participants will be given comprehensive presentation materials, including sample "jump-start" computational tasks with solutions provided.
"We expect that this seminar will better educate potential users about Mathematica and how it can serve their needs," said Paul Wellin, manager of Wolfram Education Group. "Oftentimes people have questions that are best answered by demonstration, or that are more easily understood when one possesses a preliminary knowledge of the system. This format is ideal for those who would like to increase their familiarity with the system or any new features."
The online seminars are a new initiative for Wolfram Education Group, which was established five years ago to meet the training needs of the Mathematica community. As the division has continued to grow and diversify its course delivery methods, adding a preview component was a natural progression. "People who have taken our courses consistently tell us that the experience has a tremendously positive impact on their understanding of Mathematica and their ability to use it in their work," added Wellin. "In educating our broader customer base, we want to make all users better able to take advantage of Mathematica 's capabilities from day one."
Wolfram Education Group online seminars are free to the public, and accessible to anyone with an internet-enabled computer and web browser with Flash Player installed. A telephone with a speaker or telephone headset, or a suitable computer microphone or headset, is also required. The seminars will be repeated weekly on
Switzerland/Germany:
Wednesdays at 10 a.m. U.S. Eastern Time (approx. Wednesday 16:00 pm)
Thursdays at 4 p.m. U.S. Pacific Time (approx. Friday 01:00 am)
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Wednesdays at 10 a.m. U.S. Eastern Time (approx. Thursday 02:00 am)
Thursdays at 4 p.m. U.S. Pacific Time (approx. Friday 11:00 am)
Additional topics are being considered for future seminar offerings.
Online registration and more information is available at the Wolfram Education Group seminars website . Please answer "Comsol" to the question "Why are you choosing to attend this seminar?:"
Wolfram Education Group courses are designed to provide the highest quality training in all areas of Mathematica . We offer beginning, intermediate, and advanced courses throughout the world. All of our courses are developed and taught by Mathematica experts and can be taken in a computer classroom, onsite at your institution, or online.
Wolfram Education Group certified instructors are Mathematica experts who are required to have years of experience in using and presenting Mathematica , and they undergo a rigorous process to become certified by Wolfram Education Group.
Course Descriptions
M50: An Introduction to Mathematica in the Classroom
This one-day course is designed to give high-school and community-college teachers an introduction to Mathematica and provide them with the background they will need to use it in their mathematics and science classrooms.
M100: An Introduction to Mathematica
This one-day training course gives direct experience with the basic Mathematica features needed to become a proficient Mathematica user.
M101: A First Course in Mathematica
This two-day training course gives direct experience with all of the basic features of Mathematica and provides a comprehensive foundation for developing advanced applications of the system. Note: This course is now available in French .
M102: Project Session
(to bescheduled in conjunction with "M101: A First Course in Mathematica ")
Scheduled with the two-day M101 course, this one-day session explores selected topics further and lets participants develop uses of Mathematica in their own areas of interest and application.
M110: Working with Data Using Mathematica
This one-day course provides hands-on experience in the basic mechanics of importing, exporting, manipulating, analyzing, and visualizing data in Mathematica .
M220: Programming in Mathematica
This two-day course focuses on the programming capabilities of Mathematica , includes practical hands-on exercises, and demonstrates how to choose the appropriate programming paradigm for solving problems as well as how to develop applications.
M245: Parallel Computation
This one-day course covers the use of Parallel Computing Toolkit for developing parallel programs in Mathematica , including installation issues on networks and grid Mathematica , basic parallel programming methods, concurrency, and performance tuning, and includes practical, hands-on exercises to aid in understanding the material and to provide a high-level learning experience.
M310: Digital Image Processing
This two-day course presents the theory and practice of digital image processing with Mathematica and focuses on the Digital Image Processing package, demonstrating its features and capabilities and including numerous examples and practical hands-on exercises.
M330: Neural Networks
This two-day course presents the theory and practice of neural networks with Mathematica , focuses on the Neural Networks package, contains relevant theory explaining practicalissues when neural networks are used to find relationsin data, andincludes practical hands-on exercises thatillustrate the problems and the possibilities with neural networks.
Wolfram Education Group also offers specialized short courses at affordable prices. Mini-courses provide tightly focused, highly applied, and very practical training experiences.
Wolfram Research Online Training
Wolfram Education Group online classes offer certified Mathematica training without the need to travel. Join an online class from your office or home by connecting to the web from your own computer. A courseware download is included with your training registration, and a 30-day Mathematica training version is available at no additional cost.
Online classes are dividedinto training sessions of two to four hours each . When you register for online training, you register for all of the training sessions for a particular class. Dates and times are listed on the Wolfram Education Group training calendar .
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Programmation Mathematica - réalisation d'un QCM automatique
Contenu
Où l'on met en pratique les notions de la journée précédente et où l'on exploite les modes d'interaction avec l'utilisateur s'appuyant sur les boutons et les champs de formulaires.
La notion de cellule et de boîte de données et leurs options
Boutons et hyperliens
Déplacement et recherche dans un notebook
Interprétation du contenu de cellules
Préparation des questions
Interaction avec l'utilisateur
Calcul de note automatique et comptabilisation du temps passé
Cette journée fait suite au cours du jeudi 29 septembre, qui est prérequis .
Présentation
Thierry Verdel, professeur à l'Ecole des Mines de Nancy
Organisation
Florian Jaccard, Ecole d'ingénieurs Arc, Le Locle
Lieu
HES-SO, Ecole d'ingénieurs Arc, Avenue de l'Hôtel-de-Ville 7, 2400 Le Locle
Introduction à Mathematica en tant que logiciel et didacticiel
Contenu
Ce cours offre un premier contact avec Mathematica, le logiciel de calcul le plus puissant actuellement sur le marché.
Mathematica effectue les opérations mathématiques les plus complexes et permet à l'utilisateur de se consacrer aux aspects conceptuels du problème considéré.
Une solution algébrique peut vous faire gagner du temps et de la mémoire, de la compréhension et de la puissance. Allez au fond des choses ! Ne restez pas en surface avec du « number crunching » !
Le but du cours est d'apprendre à maîtriser les commandes de base (calcul formel, calcul numérique, représentations graphiques, manipulation de listes et tableaux) utiles à la résolution des problèmes classiques se posant à l'ingénieur, et à définir facilement de nouvelles fonctions.
Public-cible : Professeurs et collaborateurs scientifiques n'ayant aucune connaissance de Mathematica et de son interface.
Pour les personnes désirant un rafraîchissement il est possible de ne suivre que la journée du 28 septembre.
Présentation
Fred Lang, Ecole d'ingénieurs du canton de Vaud, Yverdon
Florian Jaccard, Ecole d'ingénieurs Arc, Le Locle
Organisation
Fred Lang, Ecole d'ingénieurs du canton de Vaud, Yverdon
Lieu
HES-SO, Ecole d'ingénieurs du canton de Vaud, Route de Cheseaux 1, 1401 Yverdon
Wolfram Education Group now offers a constantly expanding set of short courses that are designed to cover special topics of interest to Mathematica users. These courses, written and taught by the developers of Mathematica , include information on emerging tools and development within Mathematica as well as how to best use Mathematica with new external technologies or disciplines.
Mini-courses provide tightly focused, highly applied, and very practical training experiences. Mini-courses are generally 3-4 hours in length, are offered online, and are inexpensive.
M125: Applied Programming: A Problem-Solving Approach
A mini-course designed to give a hands-on, problem-solving approach to programming in Mathematica . Programming paradigms, strategies for solving problems, and efficiency issues are all discussed in the context of solving real problems.
M185: Numerical Computation in Mathematica
This is a pair of mini-courses that presents an overview of the numerical capabilities of Mathematica , from numbers and basic arithmetic to solving partial differential equations. Each section of the course builds on knowledge gained in previous sections to create a better overall understanding of working with Mathematica 's numerical capabilities. Sections contain a mix of theoretical concepts, such as error and algorithms, combined with numerous practical examples. Exercises will provide hands-on practice with the concepts.
M195: Authoring in Mathematica
This is a series of mini-courses that gives an introduction to using the tools in Mathematica for creating, managing, and publishing technical documents (papers, courseware, books, etc.).
M215: Applied Statistical Analysis with Mathematica
This mini-course series focuses on the statistical analysis of data in Mathematica . A hands-on course using real-world and simulated datasets, it includes importing data, extracting data based on criteria, computing descriptive statistics of data and distributions, hypothesis testing, ANOVA, linear and nonlinear fitting, regression diagnostics, and visualization of data, distributions, and regression diagnostics.
M345: Grid Computing with Mathematica
This mini-course utilizes the parallel programming constructs of grid Mathematica to demonstrate aspects of grid computing with Mathematica . The course discusses the underlying technology of grid Mathematica , the computer and network architectures supported by grid Mathematica , and optimization strategies.
M355: A First Course in web Mathematica
This mini-course gives an introduction to web Mathematica , with special attention to installation issues, authoring web Mathematica pages, and techniques for converting existing Mathematica notebooks into web Mathematica pages.
M455: An Introduction to Web Services with Mathematica
This mini-course demonstrates how to make your Mathematica session more dynamic and powerful using web services to import data and functionality on the fly.
The online seminars are a new initiative for Wolfram Education Group, which was established five years ago to meet the training needs of the Mathematica community. As the division has continued to grow and diversify its course delivery methods, adding a preview component was a natural progression. "People who have taken our courses consistently tell us that the experience has a tremendously positive impact on their understanding of Mathematica and their ability to use it in their work," added Wellin. "In educating our broader customer base, we want to make all users better able to take advantage of Mathematica 's capabilities from day one." 
