Mathematica for High School




Tutors
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Paul Abbott (Univ. of Western Australia)    (PA)
Nancy Blachman (Stanford Univ.)             (NB)
Gregory Chaitin (IBM, NY)                   (GC)
Gautam Dasgupta (Columbia Univ.)            (GD)
Allan Hayes (De Montfort Univ.)             (AH)
Veikko Keränen (Rovaniemi Inst. of Tech.)   (VK)
Simo Kivelä (Helsinki Univ. of Technology)  (SK)
Phil Ramsden (Imperial College)		    (PR)	
Klaus Sutner (Carnegie-Mellon Univ.)        (KS)
Tom Wickham-Jones (Wolfram Research)        (TWJ)


Tutors		  Titles of talks
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Paul Abbott:      The factorial function and Fibonacci numbers

Nancy Blachman:   What got me started with Mathematica

Gregory Chaitin:  Mathematica in the research on the limits 
                  of mathematical reasoning

Gautam Dasgupta:  Engineering design with Mathematica objects

Allan Hayes:      Education and information technology

Simo Kivelä:      Mathematical modeling of real world problems

Phil Ramsden:     Experiments in undergraduate mathematics

Klaus Sutner:     Mathematica and discrete mathematics

Tom Wickham-Jones:  Introductory Graphics in Mathematica


PRELIMINARY SCHEDULE

The General Lectures and Demonstrations are in the main
lecture hall of the Vocational Institute.

Laboratory sessions are in Lab1, Lab2 and Lab3, all located
in the Rovaniemi Institute of Technology.

In the laboratory sessions, the participants will be divided into
six groups A, B, C, D, E, and F.

Groups A & D will go to Lab1.
Groups B & E will go to Lab2.
Groups C & F will go to Lab3.


                Saturday 28 June 1997

08:00-08:45     Breakfast
08:30-09:30   	Registration
09:30-10:00	Opening
10:00-10:45     Nancy Blachman (General Lecture)
11:00-11:45     Groups A&B&C in 3 computer labs (Lab1,Lab2,Lab3)
                groups D&E&F in demonstration   (TWJ) Demo-I
12:00-12:45     Groups D&E&F in 3 computer labs (Lab1,Lab2,Lab3)
                groups A&B&C in demonstration   (TWJ) Demo-I
12:45-14:00     Lunch
14:00-14:45     Paul Abbott (General Lecture)
15:00-15:45     Klaus Sutner (General Lecture)
16:00-16:45     Groups A&B&C in 3 computer labs (Lab1,Lab2,Lab3)
                groups D&E&F in demonstration   (GD/VK) Demo-II
17:00-17:45     Groups D&E&F in 3 computer labs (Lab1,Lab2,Lab3)
                groups A&B&C in demonstration   (GD/VK) Demo-II
17:45-19:00     Dinner
19:00-20:00     Phil Ramsden (General Lecture)
20:00-24:00     Self study in labs


                Sunday 29 June 1997

08:00-09:00     Breakfast
09:00-10:45     Simo Kivelä (General Lecture)
11:00-11:45     Groups D&E&F in 3 computer labs (Lab1,Lab2,Lab3)
                groups A&B&C in demonstration   (KS) Demo-III
12:00-12:45     Groups A&B&C in 3 computer labs (Lab1,Lab2,Lab3)
                groups D&E&F in demonstration   (KS) Demo-III
12:45-14:00     Lunch
14:00-14:45     Gregory Chaitin (General Lecture)
15:00-15:45     Gautam Dasgupta (General Lecture)
16:00-17:30     Allan Hayes (General Lecture)
17:30-18:30     Dinner
18:15-22:00     Evening Event sponsored by the Kemijoki Oy.
		The bus will leave at 18:15, 18:40 and 19:00.   
22:00-24:00	Self study in labs


Monday, June 30, 1997

INTERNATIONAL MATHEMATICA SYMPOSIUM ´97


Monday, June 30, 1997   

9:00 to 9:30    Welcome

9:30 to 10:00   Coffee

10:00 to 12:00  Keynote-1:      Stephen Wolfram,
                                Mathematica 
				(chair: Klaus Sutner)

12:00 to 14:00  Lunch

14:00 to 15:30  Keynote-2:      Arto Salomaa,
                Computability Paradigms Based on DNA Complementarity
                                (chair: Veikko Keränen)

15:30 to 16:00  Coffee                     

16:00 to 17:00  Keynote-3:      Roman Maeder,
                                Programming in Mathematica
                                (chair: Gregory Chaitin) 

17:15 to 18:00  Keynote-4:      Paul Wellin,
                                Education with Mathematica
                                (chair: Nancy Blachman)

19:00 to 21:00  Reception at the Arktikum House hosted by the
		Rovaniemi City Clerk, Mauri Posio
                Fee: FIM 70

22:00 to 24:00  Keynote-5:      Stephen Wolfram,
                                Science
                                (chair: Arto Salomaa)


Tiistaina 1.7. järjestetään ekskursio, jonka vetäjäksi on lupautunut Rovaniemen Lyseonpuiston lukion lehtori Anna-Maija Partanen. Vaihtoehtoehtoina (joista valitaan yksi) on (1) patikointiretki Auttikönkäälle (matka tehdään bussilla), (2) kiertoajelu tai (3) veneretki.