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From: info at mathgoodies.com (Gisele Glosser)
Date: Wed Apr 20 16:11:44 2005
Subject: WebMath: The Math Goodies Newsletter
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From jalester at cecm.sfu.ca  Mon Jan 13 17:38:03 2003
From: jalester at cecm.sfu.ca (June Lester)
Date: Wed Apr 20 16:11:44 2005
Subject: WebMath: Non-member submission from [Bob Mathews <bobm@dessci.com>]
Message-ID: <p05111b01ba48ef9e7e02@[66.183.31.153]>

<headers cut>

>
>Hi,
>
>I'm writing to let you know of an opportunity for us to really
>spread the word about MathML and other math on the web
>solutions. The American Mathematical Association of Two-Year
>Colleges (AMATYC) will be holding its 2003 Annual Conference in
>Salt Lake City from November 13 through the 16th. The AMATYC
>Program and Distance Learning Committees have decided to
>schedule a block of sessions concentrating on the subject of
>Math on the Web, and they've asked me to help spread the word
>and solicit proposals, as there will not be a formal CFP. This
>concentration of sessions will be dubbed the "Math on the Web
>Workshop", and will be held the first day of the conference --
>Thursday November 13.
>
>AMATYC is soliciting papers for the Math on the Web Workshop,
>with a deadline of January 30 for submission. I apologize for
>the short notice to submit the papers, but there were quite a
>few details to iron out. A copy of the proposal form follows my
>signature. Length of the Workshop sessions will be 25 minutes,
>followed by a 5-minute break.
>
>Keep in mind that separate opportunities are available at AMATYC
>for Commercial Presentations, so please take care to make the
>Math on the Web Workshop sessions informational and
>solutions-oriented, rather than product-oriented.  Please
>contact me directly for more information, or if you have any
>questions.
>
>Thank you for your interest and support,
>Bob Mathews
>bobm@dessci.com
>830-990-9699
>
>**********************************************
>*************** Proposal Form ***************
>Please return this form by January 30, 2003 via email or fax to
>Nancy J. Sattler.
>Email: <nsattler@terra.edu>. If you prefer, you may fax it to
>Nancy at 419-355-1248.
>
>**********************************************
>Themed Short Session -- Math on the Web
>
>Section A: Please print or type this information.
>Include a separate form with Section A information for each
>presenter.
>A max. of two presenters will be listed in the program.
>
>Name:
>Home Address:
>City/State/Zip:
>
>College Name:
>College Address:
>City/State/Zip:
>
>Home Phone  (     )    
>College Phone  (     )
>Fax   (     )    
>Email Address
>
>I wish to have my email address included in conference
>publications.     Yes   No
>Preferred Mailing Address:     College   Home
>
>Section B
>Title of Presentation:
>
>Proposal must include the 3 items listed below:
>
>1. Summary of presentation for program booklet (One or two
>sentences with a 25 word maximum, written in 3rd person narrative.)
>
>
>
>
>2. The presentation room will have an overhead projector.  If
>any additional equipment is needed you must indicate that now in
>the space below!  Computers, calculators, and calculator view
>screens will not be provided.  You must bring your own.
>
>
>
>3. Brief vitae of each presenter (one short paragraph each).
>
>
>
>
>
>Please return this form by January 30, 2003 via email or fax to
>Nancy J. Sattler.
>Email: nsattler@terra.edu; fax: 419-355-1248

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From info at mathgoodies.com  Wed Jan 15 13:00:27 2003
From: info at mathgoodies.com (Gisele Glosser)
Date: Wed Apr 20 16:11:44 2005
Subject: WebMath: The Math Goodies Newsletter
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From info at mathgoodies.com  Mon Mar  3 12:51:34 2003
From: info at mathgoodies.com (Gisele Glosser)
Date: Wed Apr 20 16:11:44 2005
Subject: WebMath: The Math Goodies Newsletter
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From info at mathgoodies.com  Mon Mar 17 12:11:59 2003
From: info at mathgoodies.com (Gisele Glosser)
Date: Wed Apr 20 16:11:44 2005
Subject: WebMath: Math Awareness Month at Math Goodies
Message-ID: <3E7601DE.24601A0@mathgoodies.com>

Dear Colleagues,

April is Math Awareness Month, a time to encourage 
the importance of mathematics in our daily lives. 
This year's MAM theme focuses on the connections 
between Math and Art. Math Goodies is celebrating 
MAM by providing the following free activities:

--A Math and Art Crossword Puzzle
--A Math and Art Word Search
--Solutions for each puzzle
--Links to Sites on Math and Art

Using these resources, students can go on a WebQuest 
to research the answers to our Puzzles.  Our MAM 
activities can be found at this URL: 
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From jalester at cecm.sfu.ca  Fri Apr 11 13:14:39 2003
From: jalester at cecm.sfu.ca (June Lester)
Date: Wed Apr 20 16:11:44 2005
Subject: Last Call Working Draft of MathML 2.0, 2nd edition published
Message-ID: <p05210602babca830682b@[10.0.1.4]>

>To: webmath@camel.math.ca
>Subject: Last Call Working Draft of MathML 2.0, 2nd edition published
>From: Max Froumentin <mf@w3.org>
>Organization: W3C
>Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2003 18:07:58 +0200
>In-Reply-To: <86d6jt9hid.fsf@sophia.inria.fr> (Max Froumentin's message of
>  "Fri, 11 Apr 2003 17:32:42 +0200")
>Message-ID: <863ckp9fvl.fsf@sophia.inria.fr>
>User-Agent: Gnus/5.090017 (Oort Gnus v0.17) Emacs/21.2 (gnu/linux)
>References: <86d6jt9hid.fsf@sophia.inria.fr>
>
>The W3C WG is happy to announce the publication of MathML 2.0, 2nd edition
>as a W3C Last Call Working Draft. The document is available as
>
>- HTML: http://www.w3.org/TR/2003/WD-MathML2-20030411/
>
>- HTML with colour-coded markup showing the differences from the first
>   edition: http://www.w3.org/TR/2003/WD-MathML2-20030411/overview-d.html
>
>- XHTML+MathML for viewing with a MathML enabled browser:
>   http://www.w3.org/TR/2003/WD-MathML2-20030411/overview.xml
>
>During the Last Call period, which ends on 9 May 2003, interested
>parties are invited to send comments, which the Working Group has to
>formally address before the specification moves to Proposed
>Recommendation.
>
>Please send comments to www-math@w3.org
>
>Max Froumentin
>for the W3C Math WG

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From jalester at cecm.sfu.ca  Mon Apr 14 12:18:21 2003
From: jalester at cecm.sfu.ca (June Lester)
Date: Wed Apr 20 16:11:45 2005
Subject: IAMC @ ISSAC'03 - call for papers
Message-ID: <p05210605bac08f39b291@[10.0.1.4]>

>Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2003 23:04:28 +1000
>From: Andrew Solomon <andrews@it.uts.edu.au>
>To: om-announce@openmath.org, webmath@camel.math.ca, www-math@w3.org
>Subject: IAMC @ ISSAC'03 - call for papers
>Message-ID: <20030414230428.B6036@it.uts.edu.au>
>References: <3E9AAEDF.8020302@paris.ensmp.fr>
>User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i
>In-Reply-To: <3E9AAEDF.8020302@paris.ensmp.fr>; from kajler@ensmp.fr 
>on Mon, Apr 14, 2003 at 02:51:43PM +0200
>
>
>                Internet Accessible Mathematical Computation
>
>                         a Workshop at ISSAC 2003
>
>                          Thursday 7 August 2003
>                 Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, USA
>
>
>                     ---------------------------------
>                      C A L L    F O R    P A P E R S
>
>                      &  S O F T W A R E    D E M O S
>                     ---------------------------------
>
>
>INTRODUCTION :
>
>The Internet Accessible Mathematical Computation 2003 Workshop (IAMC 2003)
>is being co-organized by Norbert Kajler of Ecole des Mines de Paris (France),
>Erica Melis of DFKI Saarbr?cken (Germany), Andrew Solomon of IT,
>UTS (Australia), and Paul Wang of Kent State Univ. (USA).  The workshop is
>part of ISSAC'03 (see www.drexel.edu/issac2003) with the support of ISSAC'03
>general chair Hoon Hong of North Carolina State University (USA) and local
>arrangements chair Werner Krandick of Drexel University (USA).
>
>IAMC'03 will involve invited talks, contributed papers, and software
>demonstrations. This is the fourth IAMC workshop. The first IAMC workshop
>was held on 28 July 1999 as part of ISSAC'99; the second IAMC workshop was
>held on 22 July 2001 as part of ISSAC'01; the third IAMC workshop was held
>on 7 July 2002 as part of ISSAC'02.
>
>The workshop is free for all ISSAC'03 participants.
>
>TOPICS :
>
>Everyone with an interest in the many aspects of making mathematical
>computation or information accessible on the Web/Internet is welcome
>to attend.  Topics of the workshop include, but are not limited to:
>- Remote access to mathematical software over the Internet.
>- Encoding of mathematical expressions (including text-based encoding,
>    for E-mail and HTML embedding, and binary-based encoding for efficient
>    communication between scientific applications).
>- Interoperability between software that create/transform/display
>    mathematical expressions (e.g. symbolic, numeric, graphics,
>    text-processing packages) via ad hoc communication protocols
>    and software architectures.
>- Web-based mathematics education.
>- Access and interoperability to mathematical knowledge bases.
>- Protocols, APIs, URL schemes, metadata, and other mechanisms for system
>    interoperability, parallel/distributed computing, and standardization.
>- Application of IAMC for practical purposes such as scientific
>    publishing and archiving, distributed problem solving, ...
>
>INVITED SPEAKER :
>
>Professor Andrew Odlyzko, Digital Technology Center, University of Minnesota
>
>CONTRIBUTED PAPERS :
>
>Authors are invited to send a one or two-pages abstract in PDF to the
>organizers by 27 May 2003. Submissions will be reviewed by the workshop
>organizers based on relevance to the workshop, originality, and scientific
>interest.  Authors will be notified by E-mail around 7 June 2003 so please
>include a contact E-mail address in the paper.  The full-length paper (in PDF)
>is due 20 July 2003.
>
>ELECTRONIC PROCEEDINGS :
>
>The Workshop proceedings will be published on the Web and maintained by
>the Institute for Computational Mathematics (ICM), Kent State Univ.
>
>SYSTEM DEMONSTRATIONS :
>
>If you have an IAMC related system to demonstrate, please let us know
>as early as possible (by 16 June 2003), your name and affiliation,
>the name of the system(s) to demo, and your equipment request.
>We'll then announce all the demos on the IAMC website.
>
>IMPORTANT DATES :
>
>       27 May 2003 --- Deadline for submitting papers/abstracts
>       7 June 2003 --- Notification of acceptance and Call for Participation
>      16 June 2003 --- Deadline for submitting software demos
>      20 July 2003 --- Full-length paper due
>     7 August 2003 --- IAMC workshop
>
>WORKSHOP REGISTRATION :
>
>The IAMC Workshop is part of ISSAC'2003.  Participants should register
>with the ISSAC'2003 conference and select the IAMC workshop.
>Although we encourage everyone to attend the complete ISSAC + IAMC
>sessions, a reduced fee (US$65) is available for those attending IAMC only.
>
>Information for travel and accomodation (at conference rates) are available
>from the ISSAC03 site.  It is advisable to make hotel reservations early.
>The student dorms are easy to afford and close to the meeting.
>The hotel is not obligated to extend the same discount for ISSAC to IAMC-only
>participants.  Participants may wish to explore other hotels close to Drexel
>and look at a more general listing of hotels in Philadelphia.
>
>ORGANIZERS :
>
>    Norbert Kajler (Ecole des Mines de Paris, France) -- kajler@cc.ensmp.fr
>    Erica Melis (DFKI Saarbr?cken, Germany) -- melis@ags.uni-sb.de
>    Andrew Solomon (Faculty of IT, UTS Australia) -- andrews@it.uts.edu.au
>    Paul S. Wang (ICM/Kent Univ., USA) -- pwang@cs.kent.edu
>
>If you are interested please contact one of the organizers.
>Other details of this workshop will be forthcoming and will be available
>on both the ISSAC'03 official site and on SymbolicNet.
>
>IAMC WORKSHOP and ISSAC CONFERENCE URLS :
>
>    IAMC'03 Page: http://www.SymbolicNet.org/conferences/iamc03
>
>    IAMC'03 Page Mirror in Europe:
>       http://www.medicis.polytechnique.fr/symbolicnet/conferences/iamc03
>
>    ISSAC 2003 Homepage: http://www.drexel.edu/issac2003
>
>IAMC RESEARCH INFORMATION :
>
>For more information on IAMC, current and past activities, and proceedings
>of previous IAMC Workshops, please visit the IAMC Information Site:
>    http://icm.mcs.kent.edu/research/iamc.html
>
>SPONSORS :
>
>The IAMC 2003 workshop is sponsored by the Institute for Mathematical
>Computation, Department of Mathematical Sciences and Department of
>Computer Science, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio, USA.
>
>The organizers are seeking funding and other sponsors for financial support
>of the workshop.

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From paul at activemath.org  Tue Apr 29 11:49:16 2003
From: paul at activemath.org (Paul Libbrecht)
Date: Wed Apr 20 16:11:45 2005
Subject: WebMath: [Ann] ActiveMath 1.0 alpha 6 released
Message-ID: <22143F49-7A5A-11D7-9585-003065B86866@activemath.org>

The ActiveMath development team is happy to announce the availability
of the alpha-6 version of the ActiveMath learning environment.


This version features many bugfixes, several usability polishes, and
the introduction of the Windows platform to be run on.

More can be read from the release notes can be found under:
         http://www.activemath.org/READMEs/ReleaseNotes.txt

ActiveMath is a web-based user-adaptive learning environment for
mathematics. It features  personalized presentation of semantically
encoded mathematical documents, a dynamically updateable user model,
personalized course generation, interactive exercises, and a prototype
suggestion engine to support the learner.

For more information about the learning-environment and the ongoing
research, please see
                          http://www.activemath.org/

ActiveMath will be released under an open-source license for
non-commercial purposes as soon at the University of Saarland and DFKI
reach an agreement. In the meantime, the team is ready to provide
limited time binary evaluation packages and cooperation-oriented
development licenses.
Simply respond to this mail.

Paul Libbrecht
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From info at mathgoodies.com  Thu May  1 14:29:10 2003
From: info at mathgoodies.com (Gisele Glosser)
Date: Wed Apr 20 16:11:45 2005
Subject: WebMath: The Math Goodies Newsletter
Message-ID: <3EB16773.549D7F47@mathgoodies.com>

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From Guillermo.Alzuru at gactr.uga.edu  Thu Aug 21 10:39:17 2003
From: Guillermo.Alzuru at gactr.uga.edu (Guillermo Alzuru)
Date: Wed Apr 20 16:11:45 2005
Subject: WebMath: Survey
Message-ID: <EE3D3FBAFFCAED448C21C398FDAD91AC587175@EBE1.gc.nat>

Hi all,

For years we (the Web Instructional Development department at University of
Georgia) have been creating equations using MATHTYPE to create the MATHML
code, then WebEQ to create applets. But it was not possible to truly test
students ability to solve math problems because they couldn't enter
equations, so all our tests were multiple choice, matching, etc, where you
actually provide the choices and all they had to do was pick the answers.

Recently WebCT included an equation editor which should allow students to
enter equations, which should be a great solution to this problem, but we're
hesitant to use it until it doesn't get a lot better and proves to work well.

I was wondering what other people at other institutions are doing to allow
students to answer questions by entering equations and solving problems step
by step.

Thanks a lot,

Guillermo

________________
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Ph: (706)- 542-4476 / Fax: (706) 542-6720 

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From D.F.M.Hermans at bham.ac.uk  Thu Aug 21 12:05:11 2003
From: D.F.M.Hermans at bham.ac.uk (Dirk F M Hermans)
Date: Wed Apr 20 16:11:45 2005
Subject: WebMath: Survey
In-Reply-To: <EE3D3FBAFFCAED448C21C398FDAD91AC587175@EBE1.gc.nat>
Message-ID: <3F44FBC7.1628.D32C0C@localhost>

Dear Guillermo,
i guess you're looking for assessment tools like
Maple TA (Waterloo Maple), but there's also
AIM at http://aimmath.sourceforge.net/
and 
calmaeth at http://calmaeth.maths.uwa.edu.au/

These couple a computer algebra system with a computer
aided assessment environment.
yours,
dirk
=========================================
Dr. Dirk F.M.Hermans
Head of Academic Programmes
School of Mathematics and Statistics
The University of Birmingham, 
Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TT
Tel.: 0121-414-3961   Fax: 0121-414-3389
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From mathwrig at gte.net  Thu Aug 21 15:24:30 2003
From: mathwrig at gte.net (James White)
Date: Wed Apr 20 16:11:45 2005
Subject: WebMath: Survey
In-Reply-To: <EE3D3FBAFFCAED448C21C398FDAD91AC587175@EBE1.gc.nat>
Message-ID: <PKEPLDBJJCDMFMIDCIFJEEJECIAA.mathwrig@gte.net>

Dear Guillermo Alzuru,

	At the Mathwright Library ( http://www.mathwright.com) we have developed
LISP-in-Java Microworlds that encourage students to ask their own questions
and that then give visual or textual responses.   We now have roughly 230
multi-page interactive books.  These Microworlds can work with BlackBoard
and WebCT and they offer formatted mathematical live input/output as well as
MathType presentations of their stories.  Teachers with Institutional
Licenses to the Library can make all of our Microworlds and WorkBooks
available to their students.

	If you would like to see some of these in action before you join the
Library, please visit the MATH Caf? at the Library  (
http://www.mathwright.com/lr_cafe.htm ) and check out for example: Exploring
Quadratic Functions http://www.mathwright.com/book_pgs/book502.html which
illustrates the interaction you describe.

	In order to read our interactive Microworlds you will first have to
download our free MathwrightWeb Control:
http://www.mathwright.com/lr_mathwrightweb.html

												Best,
												Jim White

 -----Original Message-----
From: 	owner-webmath@camel.math.ca [mailto:owner-webmath@camel.math.ca]  On
Behalf Of Guillermo Alzuru
Sent:	Thursday, August 21, 2003 10:39 AM
To:	webmath@camel.math.ca
Subject:	WebMath: Survey

Hi all,

For years we (the Web Instructional Development department at University of
Georgia) have been creating equations using MATHTYPE to create the MATHML
code, then WebEQ to create applets. But it was not possible to truly test
students ability to solve math problems because they couldn't enter
equations, so all our tests were multiple choice, matching, etc, where you
actually provide the choices and all they had to do was pick the answers.

Recently WebCT included an equation editor which should allow students to
enter equations, which should be a great solution to this problem, but we're
hesitant to use it until it doesn't get a lot better and proves to work
well.

I was wondering what other people at other institutions are doing to allow
students to answer questions by entering equations and solving problems step
by step.

Thanks a lot,

Guillermo

________________
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From stephen.haigh at virgin.net  Thu Aug 21 19:58:09 2003
From: stephen.haigh at virgin.net (Stephen Haigh)
Date: Wed Apr 20 16:11:45 2005
Subject: WebMath: stats
Message-ID: <002001c36840$12ee2b20$3274ff3e@haigh>

For a few years now I have had to teach a stats course (not my strongest subject) to classes of science and social science students.  Does anyone have any interesting / curious / but real values for mean and s.d. apart from intelligence test scores and the lifetimes of electric light bulbs?  What is the s.d. of shoe sizes or the sugar content of normal blood samples?

Stephen Haigh
Tower Hamlets College
London E1 0PT

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From paul at activemath.org  Fri Aug 22 03:37:10 2003
From: paul at activemath.org (Paul Libbrecht)
Date: Wed Apr 20 16:11:45 2005
Subject: WebMath: stats
In-Reply-To: <002001c36840$12ee2b20$3274ff3e@haigh>
Message-ID: <708F59B8-D473-11D7-98CB-003065B86866@activemath.org>

Stephen,

I am not sure to understand your question... if that can help you, 
there is a project of a fairly comprehensive (German) course on 
Statistics within ActiveMath. It is, in principle, reachable from
	http://markov.htw-saarland.de:8080/ActiveMath/
If you understand a bit of German, maybe this can  help you ?

Paul

On Vendredi, ao?t 22, 2003, at 01:58 Europe/Paris, Stephen Haigh wrote:

> For a few years now I have had to teach a stats course (not my 
> strongest subject) to classes of science and social science students.? 
> Does anyone have any interesting / curious / but real values for mean 
> and s.d. apart from intelligence test scores and the lifetimes 
> of?electric light bulbs?? What is the s.d. of shoe sizes or the sugar 
> content of normal blood samples?
> ?
> Stephen Haigh
> Tower Hamlets College
> London E1 0PT
> ?
> (work = shaigh@tower.ac.uk )

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From bishopp at for.mat.bham.ac.uk  Fri Aug 22 04:55:22 2003
From: bishopp at for.mat.bham.ac.uk (Pam Bishop)
Date: Wed Apr 20 16:11:45 2005
Subject: WebMath: Survey response
Message-ID: <3F45E88A.985.29531A@localhost>

Can I take this opportunity to tell people on the list about a monthly series 
that is published by the LTSN Maths, Stats & OR Network on computer-aided 
assessment for mathematics.  The articles can be found via 
http://ltsn.mathstore.gla.ac.uk/index.asp?cat=137

Two systems of particular relevance to Guillermo's enquiry are CUE and AIM.  
Articles describing them can be found at 
http://ltsn.mathstore.ac.uk/articles/maths-caa-series/apr2002/index.shtml
http://ltsn.mathstore.ac.uk/newsletter/feb2002/pdf/aim.pdf

CUE allows students to answer questions by entering equations and solving 
problems step by step.  More details and a demo at http://www.calm.hw.ac.uk

AiM is built on top of the symbolic mathematics program Maple, and thus has a 
rich understanding of mathematics built in. This allows it to randomize 
questions in complex ways, detect correct answers given in unusual forms, trap 
common errors and give intelligently tailored feedback and so on.  There is a 
community of useres developing this system - see http://aimmath.sourceforge.net



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Date sent:      	Thu, 21 Aug 2003 10:39:17 -0400
From:           	"Guillermo Alzuru" <Guillermo.Alzuru@gactr.uga.edu>
To:             	<webmath@camel.math.ca>

Hi all,

For years we (the Web Instructional Development department at University of
Georgia) have been creating equations using MATHTYPE to create the MATHML code,
then WebEQ to create applets. But it was not possible to truly test students
ability to solve math problems because they couldn't enter equations, so all our
tests were multiple choice, matching, etc, where you actually provide the
choices and all they had to do was pick the answers.

Recently WebCT included an equation editor which should allow students to
enter equations, which should be a great solution to this problem, but we're
hesitant to use it until it doesn't get a lot better and proves to work well.

I was wondering what other people at other institutions are doing to allow
students to answer questions by entering equations and solving problems step by
step.

Thanks a lot,

Guillermo

________________
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Web Instructional Development
University of Georgia 
Center for Continuing Education, #194D
Ph: (706)- 542-4476 / Fax: (706) 542-6720 

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From P.M.Strickland at livjm.ac.uk  Fri Aug 22 05:41:53 2003
From: P.M.Strickland at livjm.ac.uk (Paul Strickland)
Date: Wed Apr 20 16:11:45 2005
Subject: WebMath: Survey
References: <EE3D3FBAFFCAED448C21C398FDAD91AC587175@EBE1.gc.nat>
Message-ID: <3F45E561.FA3CBEE5@livjm.ac.uk>

Dear Guillermo,
    TREEFROG is a PC based system which allows students to enter
step-by-step solutions to equations; you can download a free copy from

http://java.cms.livjm.ac.uk/treefrog/treewin.htm

I am working in conjunction with a German company, IQSYS, to deliver the
same functionality via the web. This will include a formula editor, which
you can find out about at

http://www.iqsys.de/sites/beispiele/bsp_forms1.htm

(assuming your German is better than mine! If not, I can take you through
it). If you are interested in collaborating in this, please let me know,

--


         best wishes,

Paul Strickland : Academic Recruitment Coordinator


Room 737
School of Computing and Mathematical Sciences
Liverpool John Moores University
Byrom Street
Liverpool L3 3AF

tel: 0151-231-2274
fax: 0151-207-4594

Home page-
http://java.cms.livjm.ac.uk/treefrog/index.htm
Computer-aided assessment page-
http://java.cms.livjm.ac.uk/treefrog/treefrog.htm
Chaos & Fractals Page
http://java.cms.livjm.ac.uk/treefrog/cmsma304.htm


Guillermo Alzuru wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> For years we (the Web Instructional Development department at University
> of
> Georgia) have been creating equations using MATHTYPE to create the
> MATHML
> code, then WebEQ to create applets. But it was not possible to truly
> test
> students ability to solve math problems because they couldn't enter
> equations, so all our tests were multiple choice, matching, etc, where
> you
> actually provide the choices and all they had to do was pick the
> answers.
>
> Recently WebCT included an equation editor which should allow students
> to
> enter equations, which should be a great solution to this problem, but
> we're
> hesitant to use it until it doesn't get a lot better and proves to work
> well.
>
> I was wondering what other people at other institutions are doing to
> allow
> students to answer questions by entering equations and solving problems
> step
> by step.
>
> Thanks a lot,
>
> Guillermo
>
> ________________
> Guillermo Alzuru
> Web Instructional Development
> University of Georgia
> Center for Continuing Education, #194D
> Ph: (706)- 542-4476 / Fax: (706) 542-6720
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From Guillermo.Alzuru at gactr.uga.edu  Fri Aug 22 08:56:33 2003
From: Guillermo.Alzuru at gactr.uga.edu (Guillermo Alzuru)
Date: Wed Apr 20 16:11:45 2005
Subject: WebMath: Survey
Message-ID: <EE3D3FBAFFCAED448C21C398FDAD91AC586ACC@EBE1.gc.nat>

Thanks to James, Paul L., Pam, and Paul S., 

I will process your responses carefully and will visit the recommended sites.
(This doesn't mean that I'm not accepting other's ideas and suggestions, on
the contrary, I'd love to get more)

Thanks again,

Guillermo

________________
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Web Instructional Development
University of Georgia 
Center for Continuing Education, #194D
Ph: (706)- 542-4476 / Fax: (706) 542-6720

>-----Original Message-----
>From: Paul Strickland [mailto:P.M.Strickland@livjm.ac.uk] 
>Sent: Friday, August 22, 2003 5:42 AM
>To: webmath@camel.math.ca
>Subject: Re: WebMath: Survey
>
>
>Dear Guillermo,
>    TREEFROG is a PC based system which allows students to 
>enter step-by-step solutions to equations; you can download a 
>free copy from
>
>http://java.cms.livjm.ac.uk/treefrog/treewin.htm
>
>I am working in conjunction with a German company, IQSYS, to 
>deliver the same functionality via the web. This will include 
>a formula editor, which you can find out about at
>
>http://www.iqsys.de/sites/beispiele/bsp_forms1.htm
>
>(assuming your German is better than mine! If not, I can take 
>you through it). If you are interested in collaborating in 
>this, please let me know,
>
>--
>
>
>         best wishes,
>
>Paul Strickland : Academic Recruitment Coordinator
>
>
>Room 737
>School of Computing and Mathematical Sciences
>Liverpool John Moores University
>Byrom Street
>Liverpool L3 3AF
>
>tel: 0151-231-2274
>fax: 0151-207-4594
>
>Home page-
>http://java.cms.livjm.ac.uk/treefrog/index.htm
>Computer-aided assessment page- 
>http://java.cms.livjm.ac.uk/treefrog/treefrog.htm
>Chaos & Fractals Page http://java.cms.livjm.ac.uk/treefrog/cmsma304.htm
>
>
>Guillermo Alzuru wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> For years we (the Web Instructional Development department at 
>> University of
>> Georgia) have been creating equations using MATHTYPE to create the 
>> MATHML code, then WebEQ to create applets. But it was not 
>possible to 
>> truly test
>> students ability to solve math problems because they couldn't enter
>> equations, so all our tests were multiple choice, matching, 
>etc, where
>> you
>> actually provide the choices and all they had to do was pick the
>> answers.
>>
>> Recently WebCT included an equation editor which should 
>allow students 
>> to enter equations, which should be a great solution to this 
>problem, 
>> but we're
>> hesitant to use it until it doesn't get a lot better and 
>proves to work
>> well.
>>
>> I was wondering what other people at other institutions are doing to 
>> allow students to answer questions by entering equations and solving 
>> problems step
>> by step.
>>
>> Thanks a lot,
>>
>> Guillermo
>>
>> ________________
>> Guillermo Alzuru
>> Web Instructional Development
>> University of Georgia
>> Center for Continuing Education, #194D
>> Ph: (706)- 542-4476 / Fax: (706) 542-6720
>>
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From RobertM at dessci.com  Fri Aug 22 11:31:31 2003
From: RobertM at dessci.com (Robert Miner)
Date: Wed Apr 20 16:11:45 2005
Subject: WebMath: Survey
Message-ID: <200308221531.h7MFVVs09601@wisdom.geomtech.com>


Hi Guillermo,

> Recently WebCT included an equation editor which should allow students to
> enter equations, which should be a great solution to this problem, but we're
> hesitant to use it until it doesn't get a lot better and proves to work well.

Could you say a few more words about what doesn't work well about the
WebCT editor?  

Thanks,

--Robert

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From Guillermo.Alzuru at gactr.uga.edu  Fri Aug 22 13:38:59 2003
From: Guillermo.Alzuru at gactr.uga.edu (Guillermo Alzuru)
Date: Wed Apr 20 16:11:45 2005
Subject: WebMath: Survey
Message-ID: <EE3D3FBAFFCAED448C21C398FDAD91AC587176@EBE1.gc.nat>

Robert, I didn't mean to state that it does not work well (I hope I didn't
transmit that; I apologize if I did). I only meant to say that I'd like to be
sure that it works well, which usually takes some time and a few patches.

When it comes to WebCT, in general, I like to be a little behind, I don't
want to be the first to try new features or new tools, because when WebCT
releases a new product, and this is true for Vista as well, it usually has a
few bugs or glitches (please forgive me if I'm not using the most accurate
words). Fortunately they are very good at listening to their clients and fix
them or make them better fairly quickly.
 
That said, I will add "a few words" about the equation editor. I don't claim
to be an expert on the topic, and I realize these details may have been
already improved in version 4, which I may never see because we may jump
directly to Vista, but I'd like it to have more options and being more user
friendly, like MathType, or Respondus's equation editor. 

Also, I'd like to be able to see the equation that I create after I insert it
into the box, which I don't think I can do now, and I'd like to be able to
edit an equation, which I don't think I can do either. I may be wrong,
though, and I'd love to know how, if it can be done. 

Finally, I'd like to be able to include the equation editor in the student
view for Short Answer questions, which is not possible in v.3.8. 

Guillermo

________________
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Web Instructional Development
University of Georgia 
Center for Continuing Education, #194D
Ph: (706)- 542-4476 / Fax: (706) 542-6720

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>Sent: Friday, August 22, 2003 11:32 AM
>To: webmath@camel.math.ca
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>Subject: Re: WebMath: Survey
>
>
>
>Hi Guillermo,
>
>> Recently WebCT included an equation editor which should 
>allow students 
>> to enter equations, which should be a great solution to this 
>problem, 
>> but we're hesitant to use it until it doesn't get a lot better and 
>> proves to work well.
>
>Could you say a few more words about what doesn't work well 
>about the WebCT editor?  
>
>Thanks,
>
>--Robert
>
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From paul at activemath.org  Fri Aug 22 14:05:35 2003
From: paul at activemath.org (Paul Libbrecht)
Date: Wed Apr 20 16:11:45 2005
Subject: WebMath: Survey
In-Reply-To: <200308221531.h7MFVVs09601@wisdom.geomtech.com>
References: <200308221531.h7MFVVs09601@wisdom.geomtech.com>
Message-ID: <3F465B6F.1050409@activemath.org>

Robert Miner wrote:
> Hi Guillermo,
> 
> 
>>Recently WebCT included an equation editor which should allow students to
>>enter equations, which should be a great solution to this problem, but we're
>>hesitant to use it until it doesn't get a lot better and proves to work well.
> 
> 
> Could you say a few more words about what doesn't work well about the
> WebCT editor?  

Which is WebEQ, correct ?

Paul

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From RobertM at dessci.com  Fri Aug 22 14:26:36 2003
From: RobertM at dessci.com (Robert Miner)
Date: Wed Apr 20 16:11:45 2005
Subject: WebMath: Survey
In-Reply-To: <3F465B6F.1050409@activemath.org> (message from Paul Libbrecht on
	Fri, 22 Aug 2003 20:05:35 +0200)
References: <200308221531.h7MFVVs09601@wisdom.geomtech.com> <3F465B6F.1050409@activemath.org>
Message-ID: <200308221826.h7MIQaQ15181@wisdom.geomtech.com>


Hi Paul,

> > Could you say a few more words about what doesn't work well about the
> > WebCT editor?  
> 
> Which is WebEQ, correct ?

Yes, though WebCT still uses an older version (2.5).  

--Robert

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From Guillermo.Alzuru at gactr.uga.edu  Tue Sep 16 08:55:25 2003
From: Guillermo.Alzuru at gactr.uga.edu (Guillermo Alzuru)
Date: Wed Apr 20 16:11:46 2005
Subject: WebMath: Survey
Message-ID: <EE3D3FBAFFCAED448C21C398FDAD91ACFC3CD9@EBE1.gc.nat>

Wow, thanks Dick; these two, especially the first one look really
interesting. I'll try them later when I'm not so busy.

I really appreciate your sharing that information,

Guillermo

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Ph: (706)- 542-4476 / Fax: (706) 542-6720

>-----Original Message-----
>From: Dirk F M Hermans [mailto:D.F.M.Hermans@bham.ac.uk] 
>Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2003 12:05 PM
>To: webmath@camel.math.ca
>Subject: Re: WebMath: Survey
>
>
>Dear Guillermo,
>i guess you're looking for assessment tools like
>Maple TA (Waterloo Maple), but there's also
>AIM at http://aimmath.sourceforge.net/
>and 
>calmaeth at http://calmaeth.maths.uwa.edu.au/
>
>These couple a computer algebra system with a computer
>aided assessment environment.
>yours,
>dirk
>=========================================
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From paul at activemath.org  Tue Sep 16 09:57:19 2003
From: paul at activemath.org (Paul Libbrecht)
Date: Wed Apr 20 16:11:46 2005
Subject: WebMath: Survey
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Guillermo Alzuru wrote:
> For years we (the Web Instructional Development department at University of
> Georgia) have been creating equations using MATHTYPE to create the MATHML
> code, then WebEQ to create applets. But it was not possible to truly test
> students ability to solve math problems because they couldn't enter
> equations, so all our tests were multiple choice, matching, etc, where you
> actually provide the choices and all they had to do was pick the answers.
> 
> Recently WebCT included an equation editor which should allow students to
> enter equations, which should be a great solution to this problem, but we're
> hesitant to use it until it doesn't get a lot better and proves to work well.
> 
> I was wondering what other people at other institutions are doing to allow
> students to answer questions by entering equations and solving problems step
> by step.

Guillermo,

Dare I mention ActiveMath (http://www.activemath.org/) ?

We don't have the solution for a real user-friendly formula input yet... 
but we hope that it will come within a year or two (among others, it 
should allow copy-and-paste from content, and store "content"-markup, 
e.g. OpenMath or MathML).

Currently, as many other systems, we require exercises connected to a 
mathemtical system to input the result in the system's language. On our 
demo, you will find exercise applets connected to MuPad. Authoring them 
is pretty easy as soon as you know MuPad code (which is similar to Maple 
btw). We had a connection to Maple but license prevents us to present it 
publically.

More work is being done to provide a more elegant output (using MathML 
and rendering engines)... and to connect to other systems, especially 
open-source ones.

There's an obvious interest into connection to a mathemtical system: 
evaluation of results is much better.

If you have more interest, we could send you a copy, it shall be 
open-source for academia.

Paul

PS: you might also want to look at WIMS (http://wims.unice.fr/) which 
has a long tradition in connection to math-systems.

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From jalester at cecm.sfu.ca  Tue Sep 16 11:12:19 2003
From: jalester at cecm.sfu.ca (June Lester)
Date: Wed Apr 20 16:11:46 2005
Subject: WebMath: Non-member submission from [polarprof <gartico@polarprof.it>]
Message-ID: <p06002005bb8cd8663537@[10.0.1.2]>

>Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2003 05:45:20 -0700 (PDT)
>From: owner-webmath@camel.math.ca
>To: owner-webmath@camel.math.ca
>Subject: Non-member submission from [polarprof <gartico@polarprof.it>]  
>
>...
>
>At 10.39 21/08/03 -0400, you wrote:
>>Hi all,
>>
>>For years we (the Web Instructional Development department at University of
>>Georgia) have been creating equations using MATHTYPE to create the MATHML
>>code, then WebEQ to create applets. But it was not possible to truly test
>>students ability to solve math problems because they couldn't enter
>>equations, so all our tests were multiple choice, matching, etc, where you
>>actually provide the choices and all they had to do was pick the answers.
>>
>>Recently WebCT included an equation editor which should allow students to
>>enter equations, which should be a great solution to this problem, but we're
>>hesitant to use it until it doesn't get a lot better and proves to work well.
>>
>>I was wondering what other people at other institutions are doing to allow
>>students to answer questions by entering equations and solving problems step
>>by step.
>>
>>Thanks a lot,
>>
>>Guillermo
>
>Hi,
>very interesting your message.
>I also was using WebEq, then HotEqn (it takes fewer resources), and finally
>I decided to make my own: so now I show equations in pure HTML and it's so
>good that I abandoned java applets. My students enter equations in line (in
>a textbox): sure you have to train them, but this is just a good exercise
>in algebra. Some of my students now prefer to write equations in line also
>when they write on paper: it's astonishing. But there is an aid (you are
>not so sure when you write in line): so with a right click of the mouse
>they get the usual notation and can have an idea of what they really wrote.
>
>I made with this a training system, in which I control the steps toward
>solution, and it's very useful for my students that like very much this
>trainig system.
>
>If you want some ide about this, you could try something at this site:
>www.polarprof.it  (it's mainly in italian, alas)
>
>here you should choose Guest students, make a  simple registration, and try
>to test something (if you can't view anything, due to lack of instructions,
>tell me and I could more precise).
>For the particular notation I choose, you can have an hint on this page
>www.polarprof.it/easypmath/popoperaz.htm
>
>Good luck
>
>prof. Giovanni Artico
>I.S.I.S. di Oderzo
>ITALY

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From jalester at cecm.sfu.ca  Thu Sep 18 20:37:35 2003
From: jalester at cecm.sfu.ca (June Lester)
Date: Wed Apr 20 16:11:46 2005
Subject: ANN: MathML goes mainstream!
Message-ID: <p0600200bbb900028472a@[10.0.1.2]>

>Message-Id: <5.1.0.14.2.20030918152445.044f9910@mail.beecreek.net>
>X-Sender: elvis@mail.beecreek.net
>X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.1
>Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2003 15:25:00 -0500
>To: webmath@camel.math.ca
>From: Bob Mathews <bobm@dessci.com>
>Subject: ANN: MathML goes mainstream!
>
>Hi,
>
>I am pleased to announce MSN has licensed Design Science's
>MathPlayer software in order to display MathML-based content in
>their new Math Homework Help feature. Math Homework Help gives
>students step-by-step guidance with problems in commonly-used
>textbooks. MathPlayer is used to display the MathML-based
>mathematical notation in Math Homework Help.
>
>For further details, see the press release on our web site:
>
>http://www.dessci.com/en/company/press/releases/sept03.htm
>
>MathPlayer is also available as a free download on the Design
>Science web site, and we have had 100,000 downloads of
>MathPlayer since its release. This does not include MSN subscribers.
>
>[MathML is the XML-based standard for encoding mathematics,
>developed by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), and supported
>by most popular web browsers.]
>
>Bob Mathews                      Email: bobm@dessci.com
>Director of Training
>Phone: +01-830-990-9699
>http://www.dessci.com/
>Design Science, Inc. -- "How Science Communicates"
>MathType, WebEQ, MathPlayer, MathFlow, Equation Editor, TeXaide

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From jalester at cecm.sfu.ca  Thu Sep 25 15:38:49 2003
From: jalester at cecm.sfu.ca (June Lester)
Date: Wed Apr 20 16:11:46 2005
Subject: WebMath, marking work
Message-ID: <p06002008bb98f47b300d@[10.0.1.2]>


>Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2003 20:20:03 +0100 (BST)
>From: Chris Sangwin <sangwinc@for.mat.bham.ac.uk>
>X-Sender: sangwinc@babbage
>To: Paul Libbrecht <paul@activemath.org>, webmath@camel.math.ca
>Subject: WebMath, marking work
>In-Reply-To: <3F684921.32754.9ED76E@localhost>
>Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.21.0309231117190.27453-100000@babbage>
>MIME-Version: 1.0
>
>
>I have been sent the email below by a colleague who suggested I reply and
>let you know what is going on with the AIM computer aided assessment
>system at a number of Universities.  You may know this already.
>
>AIM is a CAA system based on Maple - so the sophistication of computer
>algebra is available to (i) generate random expressions, plots etc for
>questions, (ii) evaluate answers, and (iii) generate feedback based on the
>properties of answers. 
>
>I don't want to make this a long email - as I am writing out of the
>blue.  I have placed some information, links and publications in my
>webspace on
>
>http://web.mat.bham.ac.uk/C.J.Sangwin/aim/
>
>I hope this is interesting - please do contact me if I can help further.
>
>Chris Sangwin
>----------------------------------------------
>LTSN Maths, Stats & OR Network
>School of Mathematics and Statistics
>University of Birmingham
>Birmingham, B15 2TT
>United Kingdom
>+44 121 414 6197
>----------------------------------------------
>
>
>
>>  ------- Forwarded message follows -------
>>  Date sent:     	Tue, 16 Sep 2003 15:57:19 +0200
>>  From:          	Paul Libbrecht <paul@activemath.org>
>>  To:            	webmath@camel.math.ca
>>  Subject:       	Re: WebMath: Survey
>>  Send reply to: 	webmath@camel.math.ca
>>
>>  Guillermo Alzuru wrote:
>>  > For years we (the Web Instructional Development department at 
>>University of
>>  > Georgia) have been creating equations using MATHTYPE to create the MATHML
>>  > code, then WebEQ to create applets. But it was not possible to truly test
>>  > students ability to solve math problems because they couldn't 
>>enter equations,
>>  > so all our tests were multiple choice, matching, etc, where you actually
>>  > provide the choices and all they had to do was pick the answers.
>>  >
>>  > Recently WebCT included an equation editor which should allow students to
>>  > enter equations, which should be a great solution to this 
>>problem, but we're
>>  > hesitant to use it until it doesn't get a lot better and proves 
>>to work well.
>>  >
>>  > I was wondering what other people at other institutions are doing to allow
>>  > students to answer questions by entering equations and solving 
>>problems step
>>  > by step.
>>
>>  Guillermo,
>>
>>  Dare I mention ActiveMath (http://www.activemath.org/) ?
>>
>>  We don't have the solution for a real user-friendly formula input yet...
>>  but we hope that it will come within a year or two (among others, it
>>  should allow copy-and-paste from content, and store "content"-markup,
>>  e.g. OpenMath or MathML).
>>
>>  Currently, as many other systems, we require exercises connected to a
>>  mathemtical system to input the result in the system's language. On our
>>  demo, you will find exercise applets connected to MuPad. Authoring them
>>  is pretty easy as soon as you know MuPad code (which is similar to Maple
>>  btw). We had a connection to Maple but license prevents us to present it
>>  publically.
>>
>>  More work is being done to provide a more elegant output (using MathML
>>  and rendering engines)... and to connect to other systems, especially
>>  open-source ones.
>>
>>  There's an obvious interest into connection to a mathemtical system:
>>  evaluation of results is much better.
>>
>>  If you have more interest, we could send you a copy, it shall be
>>  open-source for academia.
>>
>>  Paul
>>
>>  PS: you might also want to look at WIMS (http://wims.unice.fr/) which
>>  has a long tradition in connection to math-systems.
>  >
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From jalester at cecm.sfu.ca  Wed Oct  1 16:02:58 2003
From: jalester at cecm.sfu.ca (June Lester)
Date: Wed Apr 20 16:11:46 2005
Subject: OpenMath Workshop,  Nov 7/8  in Bremen
Message-ID: <p06002004bba0e356a3bd@[10.0.1.2]>

>Date: Wed, 01 Oct 2003 21:55:23 +0200
>From: Michael Kohlhase <m.kohlhase@iu-bremen.de>
>Reply-To: m.kohlhase@iu-bremen.de
>Organization: International University Bremen
>User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; PPC Mac OS X Mach-O; en-US; 
>rv:1.5) Gecko/20030925
>To: www-math@w3.org, webmath@camel.math.ca
>Subject: OpenMath Workshop,  Nov 7/8  in Bremen
>
>[Apologies for multiple copies]
>
>
>         OpenMath Thematic Network Meeting: Bremen 2003
>               School of Engineering and Sciences
>                 International University Bremen
>                        November 7-8, 2003
>
>
>The OpenMath Thematic Network will hold an open meeting in Bremen on
>Friday and Saturday November 7/8 2003. The workshop is open to the
>interested public.
>
>OpenMath: an emerging standard for representing mathematical objects
>        with their semantics, allowing them to be exchanged between
>        computer programs, stored in databases, or published on the
>        worldwide web. While the original designers were mainly
>        developers of computer algebra systems, it is now attracting
>        interest from other areas of scientific computation and from
>        many publishers of electronic documents with a significant
>        mathematical content. There is a strong relationship to the
>        MathML recommendation from the Worldwide Web Consortium, and a
>        large overlap between the two developer communities. MathML
>        deals principally with the presentation of mathematical
>        objects, while OpenMath is solely concerned with their
>        semantic meaning or content.
>
>PROGRAM: Please contact <m.kohlhase@iu-bremen.de> with proposals for
>           talks and discussions.
>
>LOCAL:  The meeting will be held on the university campus. Participants
>           can stay in the Student dorms (single rooms); the meeting will
>             cost less than 100 Euros including accomodation, full board,
>              ...  (everything included) for this option.
>
>INFO: see http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~kohlhase/event/om03
>        (will be updated as information becomse available)
>
>
>I hope to see you soon in Bremen,
>
>Michael Kohlhase
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From jalester at cecm.sfu.ca  Wed Dec  3 01:38:21 2003
From: jalester at cecm.sfu.ca (June Lester)
Date: Wed Apr 20 16:11:46 2005
Subject: WebMath: Non-member submission from [Bruce Virga <brucev@dessci.com>]
Message-ID: <p0601020abbf3354a957a@[10.0.1.2]>

>
>Hi,
>
>If you are interested in MathML, or involved in research or education, you
>may find this workshop of interest. The full press release is pasted below,
>or you can read it on our site.
>
>http://www.dessci.com/en/company/press/releases/default.htm
>
>Please let me know if you have any questions.
>
>Sincerely,
>Bruce Virga
>_____________________________________
>
>For Immediate Release
>
>Design Science Awarded NSF Grant for Enhancing Searching for Mathematics
>
>Spring 2004 Workshop Scheduled to Develop Requirements
>
>LONG BEACH, California - December 1, 2003 - Design Science today announced
>it will lead a project aimed at enhancing search technology for science,
>technical and medical (STM) documents. The kick-off event will be a
>workshop scheduled for April 2004, bringing together researchers and
>managers of STM document collections from academia and industry. The
>workshop and project are funded in part by a National Science Foundation
>(NSF) grant awarded to Design Science through the National Science Digital
>Library (NSDL) program.
>
>The ultimate goal of the project is to facilitate searching for
>mathematical formulas and notations in scientific literature, the same way
>one can now do full-text keyword searches. "With better searching,
>researchers in one area have a much better chance of discovering
>connections with other seemingly unrelated fields. For example, one can
>imagine a heart researcher might find the same equations describing cardiac
>electrical signals turning up in the work of astronomers studying solar
>flares where the problems have already been solved. Without math-aware
>searching, finding such unexpected connections is largely a matter of
>chance. Yet, the history of science shows again and again that unexpected
>connections often lead to major breakthroughs," said Dr. Robert Miner,
>Director of New Product Development at Design Science.
>
>The goal of the workshop is to identify a framework for developing and
>deploying enhanced searching of STM literature. The emphasis will be on
>coming up with practical solutions for the near and medium term that are
>compatible with business constraints of major stakeholders. "There is some
>sense in the industry that there is a window of opportunity to re-examine
>best practices for making STM material more searchable," said Miner. "As
>content providers make the shift to XML-based workflows, there is a natural
>interest in leveraging investments in XML-based content to add value for
>customers. Improved searching is a hot topic in this regard." The workshop
>will be held April 26-27, 2004, and will be hosted by the Institute for
>Mathematics and its Advancement (IMA) at the University of Minnesota.
>Registration for the workshop is limited, but some openings are still
>available.
>
>Math searching is currently hampered by the lack of a standard,
>machine-accessible format for equations. But that is changing as MathML, an
>XML language for representing mathematics developed by the World Wide Web
>Consortium (W3C), emerges as an industry standard. Because MathML is
>highly-structured, and information rich, it has great potential for
>improving searching, as well as other information-intensive applications
>such as the ability to speak math to visually impaired readers. "While the
>first generation of web technology focused on text searching, the second
>generation will bring the world equivalent facilities for working with
>other kinds of data. Because math is the language of science and
>technology, MathML is a key part of that effort," according to Paul R.
>Topping, Design Science's President. Design Science is an industry leader
>in MathML technology, with extensive MathML expertise, several MathML-based
>product-lines and significant market penetration into education and
>research. So developing new ways of adding value to MathML-aware content is
>a natural direction for Design Science.
>
>About Design Science, Inc. Founded in 1986 and headquartered in Long Beach,
>California, Design Science develops software used by educators, scientists
>and publishing professionals, including MathType, Equation Editor in
>Microsoft Office, WebEQ, MathFlow, MathPlayer and TeXaide, to communicate
>on the web and in print. For more information please visit
>http://www.dessci.com.
>
>###
>
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