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Tasmania Mathematica Conference Conference Program and Registration Form (revised 20 June 1995)

Mathematica in Mathematics
Research and Education

University of Tasmania
8-10 July 1995

The Mathematica Conference will immediately follow the Annual Conference of the Australian Mathematical Society, 2-7 July 1995, also at the University of Tasmania.

The support is acknowledged of the Australian Mathematical Society and of PICA Software and Analytica as Commercial Sponsors of the conference.

Papers accepted for presentation at the conference are in the form of Mathematica Notebooks and will be published in Mathematica World. The University of Tasmania has a Mathematica site licence, and, where appropriate, contributed Mathematica materials will be made accessible to conference participants on computers in the Mathematics and other Computing Laboratories.

CONFERENCE PROGRAM

Outline of conference program:

Day 1 Saturday 8 July 1995 Mathematica in Mathematics Research and Applications

Day 2 Sunday 9 July 1995 Mathematica in Mathematics Education

Day 3 Monday 10 July 1995 Paul Abbott's Mathematica Programming Course

Intensive intermediate-level Mathematica programming course, with a limit of 20 participants. Participants should be familiar with the basics of Mathematica: built-in functions, basic data-types such as lists, definition and use of simple functions. Topics covered:

INVITED PRESENTERS

Paul Abbott, University of Western Australia, is a computational physicist well-known in Mathematica circles. Dr Abbott worked for Wolfram Research for two and a half years. He is a Contributing Editor of the Mathematica Journal and an Associate Editor of Mathematica World, and was an invited speaker at the Mathematica Conferences in Boston and Tokyo in 1992. He has given a number of Mathematica training courses, and in a 1994 lecture tour spoke on Mathematica at 11 Japanese Universities.

Stephen Hunt, a mathematician, is the founding editor of the electronic publication Mathematica World. He has written many articles on Mathematica and through Mathematica World Interactive Mathematica Centers is seeking to aid the implementation of interactive Mathematica materials in mathematics education. You can sample Mathematica World on the web.

David Leigh-Lancaster is Head of the Mathematics Faculty at Kingswood College, Victoria. He is well known as an author of a current mainstream VCE textbook and has been VCE Examiner in the units Reasoning and Data and Mathematical Methods. His current research interests include global methods for mathematical curriculum design, development and review; extended task assessment in mathematics; and the use of technology in these areas. Kingswood College is committed to using Mathematica throughout senior schooling, in paricular to support the investigative project/problem components of the VCE courses.

Ed Packel is the Chairperson of the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science at Lake Forest College, Illinois. His research interests include operator theory, social choice and game theory, information-based complexity, and use of technology in teaching mathematics, and his publications include three books: Functional Analysis: A Short Course, The Mathematics of Games and Gambling, and (with Stan Wagon) Animating Calculus: Mathematica Notebooks for the Laboratory.

Terry Robb is an applied mathematician at Monash University. He is the creator of the popular package Intercall which enables users of Mathematica to transparently include calls to purpose-designed numerical packages such as IMSL and NAG in their Mathematica code. He is also the author of the Planetarium.ma Notebook (MathSource 0206-132) with which you can display star charts, compute planet positions and determine eclipses. Dr Robb is an Associate Editor of Mathematica World.

Tim Stokes is a mathematician who works at Murdoch University. His research interests include Groebner base algorithms and the automatic proof of geometry theorems, in particular using Maple and Mathematica.

ABSTRACTS OF PRESENTATIONS

REGISTRATION

Day 1 $60 Australian Mathematical Society members, AAMT members, and students. $90 others.
Day 2 $60 Australian Mathematical Society members, AAMT members, and students. $90 others.
Day 3 $200
Conference Banquet $15.

To register, make a hard copy of the Registration and Accommodation Form below and mail or fax it with payment to:

Mathematica Conference
c/- Dickensons Conference Department
Dickensons Travel
111 Main Road, MOONAH
Tasmania 7009, Australia
Phone: 002 281932 (Int) +61 02 281932
Fax: 002 782956 (Int) +61 02 782956
Please direct enquiries regarding the conference program by email to the Conference Chair at:
mathematica_conference@hilbert.maths.utas.edu.au

ACCOMMODATION

Dickensons Conference Department (Travel Licence No. TAS036) has been appointed to receive and acknowledge all registrations. They will also manage accommodation, travel enquiries and bookings.

All accommodation is within easy access of the University Campus.

TRAVEL TO AND FROM TASMANIA. Airfares discounted 50% of the normal economy class fare have been negotiated for the Qantas flights listed below. To take advantage of the discounts you must book direct with Dickensons Conference Department at least one month in advance of travel.

SEAT ALLOCATIONS HELD. Allocations and special fares have been taken on the following flights. These will be released back to Qantas one month prior to the commencement of the conference, so BOOK EARLY! Within one month, best possible fare on application.

Connections will be arranged from and to HOME PORT to connect with:

Melbourne to Hobart flights:
Friday 7 July QF 449 Depart 6:25pm Arrive 7:30pm
Friday 7 July QF 461 Depart 9:05pm Arrive 10:10pm

Hobart to Melbourne flights:
Sunday 9 July QF 460 Depart 4:45pm Arrive 5:50pm
Sunday 9 July QF 490 Depart 8:10pm Arrive 9:15pm
Monday 10 July QF 460 Depart 6:45pm Arrive 7:50pm
Tuesday 11 July QF 430 Depart 10:00am Arrive 11:05am
Tuesday 11 July QF 442 Depart 1:15m Arrive 2:20pm

CONDITIONS OF CONFERENCE FARE:

  1. Non-refundable once ticketed.
  2. Payment required one month prior to travel, rather than paying within 72 hours of booking.
  3. Fares only available through Dickensons.
HOW TO BOOK: Via the Registration Form below or by fax to Dickensons: 002 782956

TRAVEL INSURANCE: This is strongly recommended against cancellation fees. A policy with $800 cover is available for $17 per person (Australian participants only). Rates for overseas participants available on request.

PRE AND POST CONFERENCE TOURING: For all your touring requirements contact Dickensons. Take advantage of their local knowledge.

PROGRAM COMMITTEE

Paul Abbott, University of Western Australia
Michael Bulmer, University of Tasmania
Desmond Fearnley-Sander, University of Tasmania

CONFERENCE CHAIR

Desmond Fearnley-Sander
Department of Mathematics
University of Tasmania
GPO Box 252C, Hobart, Tasmania 7001, AUSTRALIA
PHONE: (002) 202445 (Australia) + 61 02 202445 (outside Australia)
FAX: (002) 202867 (Australia) + 61 02 202867 (outside Australia)
EMAIL: mathematica_conference@hilbert.maths.utas.edu.au
URL: http://www.maths.utas.edu.au/Maths/MathematicaConference.html

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