Wolfram Research

Wednesday
October 13, 2010
7:30−9am BREAKFAST (Illini Ballroom)
9–10:15am KEYNOTE
Stephen Wolfram (Illini Ballroom)
10:15–10:30am BREAK (Technology Conference Store)
10:30–11:30am Your First Hour with Mathematica
Harry Calkins (Golden Gophers/Spartans)
10:30–11am Krugman’s Cost Benefit Analysis for Austerity Cuts in
Government Spending
Michael Kelly (Fighting Illini)
10:30–11:30am Image Processing with Mathematica
Markus van Almsick and Shadi Ashnai (NWB)
11–11:30am Programmatic Report Generation with Mathematica
Adam Berry (Fighting Illini)
11–11:30am CUDA and OpenCL Programming in Mathematica
Abdul Dakkak & Ulises Cervantes−Pimentel (Little Chief)
11:30am−1pm LUNCH (Illini Ballroom)
1–1:30pm Experiences in 3D Printing
Luc Barthelet (Fighting Illini)
1−2pm High−Performance Computing with Mathematica
Tom Wickham−Jones (Little Chief)
1–1:30pm Illustrations of Uses of Mathematica in Calculus
Andy Dorsett (NWB)
1:30–2:30pm The Mathematica Front End
John Fultz (Golden Gophers/Spartans)
1:30−2pm
Mathematica —A Tool for Improvement of Teaching
Mathematics in Schools
Filip Švrček (Fighting Illini)
1:30−2pm Dynamic Presentation of Geo−temporal Events
Daniel Martinez (NWB)
2–2:30pm Parallel Computation of Stochastic Expansions
Christophe Ladroue (Fighting Illini)
2–3pm Automation & Computational Challenges in Image Analysis
Peter Bajcsy (Little Chief)
2–2:30pm Tools & Tips for Mathematica Authors
Paul Wellin (NWB)
2–3pm Making STEM Education STEMulating with Mathematica
Birds of a Feather (Illinois @ Homewood)
2:30–3pm Object−Oriented Network Modeling
Stephan Leibbrandt (Golden Gophers/Spartans)
2:30–3pm Application of Interval Arithmetic in Differential
Equations Research
Jirí Benedikt (Fighting Illini)
2:30–3pm Mathematica Scripting
Konstantin Kouptsov (NWB)
3–3:30pm BREAK (Technology Conference Store)
3:30–4pm The New Mathematica Plugin
Ian Hojnicki (Golden Gophers/Spartans)
3:30–4pm Building HPC Cloud Service Portals:
Cloud Mathematica—A Case Study
Mark Gray (Fighting Illini)
3:30–4:30pm Probability & Statistics in Mathematica 8
Roger Germundsson (Little Chief)
3:30–4:30pm Creating Mathematica Packages
Harry Calkins (NWB)
4:30–5pm New Graphics Features in Mathematica
Yuzhu Lu and Chris Carlson (Golden Gophers/Spartans)
4:30–5pm Delay Differential Equations in Business Cycle and
Economic Growth Theories
Henryk Zawadzki (Fighting Illini)
4:30–5:30pm Explaining Mathematica in Your Organization:
Know the Principles That Make Mathematica Different
Jon McLoone, Conrad Wolfram, & Yu−Sung Chang (Little Chief)
4:30–5:30pm Got Manipulate?
Paul Wellin (NWB)
5–5:30pm Introduction to Basis Instrument Contracts (BICs) & Sample
Application: Baseball World Series & Passport Options
Philibert Kongtcheu (Golden Gophers/Spartans)
5–5:30pm Probability and Statistics in Actuarial Science
Devendra Kapadia (Fighting Illini)
6–9pm OFF−SITE COCKTAILS / RADIO MARIA RESTAURANT
Thursday
October 14, 2010
7:30−9am BREAKFAST (Illini Ballroom)
8–9am KEYNOTE—Mathematica and Wolfram|Alpha in Ebook
Publishing/Breakfast
Theo Gray (Illini Ballroom)
9–11am A Tutorial on the Neural Network Package,
an Add−On to Mathematica
Jonas Sjöberg (Golden Gophers/Spartans)
9–9:30am Simulating Insurance Justice
Seth Chandler (Fighting Illini)
9–9:30am Synthesizing the World with Mathematica:
Interactivity & Learning
Eric Guan (Little Chief)
9–10am Should’ve Had a V8: A New Look at Mathematica for
Education and Research
Michael Morrison (NWB)
9:30–10am Share Your Noggin: A Social Network for Your
Wolfram|Alpha Widgets
André Mitra (Fighting Illini)
9:30–10am Finding Cliques − Leanne Silvia (Little Chief)
10–10:30am Control Systems in Mathematica 8
Suba Thomas & Igor Bakshee (Fighting Illini)
10–10:30am Linguistically Based Patent Networks
Katherine Jackson (Little Chief)
10–10:30am Linking External Code to Mathematica
Todd Gayley (NWB)
10:30−11am Better Programming with Lists
Thomas Meyer (Fighting Illini)
10:30−11am Wavelet Analysis in Mathematica 8
Vivek Joshi (Little Chief)
10:30−11:30am Tools for Teaching Calculus − Harry Calkins (NWB)
10:30−11:30am Creating and Facilitating Your Mathematica User Group
Birds of a Feather (Illinois @ Homewood)
11–11:30am Graphs & Networks in Mathematica 8
Charles Pooh (Golden Gophers/Spartans)
11–11:30am Higher−Order Analogue of Yoshio Matsuoko’s Formula
on Basel Problem
Shigeki Matsumoto (Little Chief)
11:30am−1pm LUNCH (Illini Ballroom)
1–3pm CUDA & OpenCL Programming in Mathematica for Beginners
Abdul Dakkak and Ulises Cervantes−Pimentel
(Golden Gophers/Spartans)
1–1:30pm Processing Large Scale Systems of Equations
in Financial Models
Stuart Nettleton (Fighting Illini)
1–1:30pm Permutation Groups in Mathematica 8
Jose Martin−Garcia (Little Chief)
1:30–2pm Wolfram User Portal
Chris Williamson (Fighting Illini)
1:30–2pm Complex Dynamics Near Parabolic Points
Mark McClure (Little Chief)
2-2:30pm Modeling and Simulation of French Elections
Yves Papegay (Fighting Illini)
2–2:30pm Speeding Up Mathematica Code
David Bailey (Little Chief)
2–2:30pm A Selection of Student Projects in Mathematica
Antonin Slavik (NWB)
2:30–3pm It’s Lights Out for Algebra
Bruce Torrence (Fighting Illini)
2:30–3pm Wolfram|Alpha in Mathematica
Lou D’Andria (Little Chief)
2:30–3pm The Mathematica Compiler
Rob Knapp (NWB)
3–3:30pm BREAK (Technology Conference Store)
3:30–4pm Typesetting in Mathematica
Jason Harris (Golden Gophers/Spartans)
3:30–4pm A New Systems Identification Package for Mathematica
Jonas Sjöberg (Fighting Illini)
3:30–4pm Solving Equation & Inequalities
Adam Strzebonski (Little Chief)
3:30–4pm Fuzzy Finance: An Interactive Financial
Management System
Donald Barnhart (NWB)
4–4:30pm New Features in MathModelica 3
Jan Brugård (Golden Gophers/Spartans)
4–4:30pm A New Kind of Non−parametric Statistics
Andy Ross (Fighting Illini)
4–4:30pm Visual and Dynamic Learning Techniques for Mathematics
Stephen Wilkerson (Little Chief)
4–5pm Numeric Computing in Mathematica
Rob Knapp and Mark Sofroniou (NWB)
4–5pm Creating and Facilitating Your Mathematica User Group
Birds of a Feather (Illinois @ Homewood)
4:30–5pm Interactive Real−Time Visualization of 3D Mechanical
Systems in MathModelica
Peter Aronsson (Golden Gophers/Spartans)
4:30–5pm Financial & Statistical Visualization
Brett Champion and MinHsuan Peng (Fighting Illini)
5–5:30pm UnRisk: Taming the Machine Infernal
Michael Aichinger (Golden Gophers/Spartans)
5–5:30pm Mathematica with Course Management Systems
Kelvin Mischo (Fighting Illini)
5–5:30pm Experimenting in Mathematica with Spread Spectrum Sonar
Joel Campbell (Little Chief)
5–5:30pm The Mathematica C Compiler Driver
Joel Klein (NWB)
6–9pm OFF−SITE COCKTAILS / JUPITER’S AT THE CROSSING
Friday
October 15, 2010
7:30−9am BREAKFAST (Illini Ballroom)
8:30–9am Symbolic C & Code Generation in Mathematica 8
Rob Knapp / Tom Wickham−Jones (Golden Gophers/Spartans)
8:30–9am Make: Mathematics with Mathematica
Scott Gray (Fighting Illini)
8:30–9am Game Development with Mathematica
Sarah Flannery (Little Chief)
8:30–9am Educational Experience—First Steps in Mathematica
with Option Pricing Background
Lukas Ladislav (NWB)
9–11am Problem Solving Clinic
Wolfram Research Developers (Golden Gophers/Spartans)
9–9:30am Visualizing U.S. Public Health Data with Mathematica
Susan Garavaglia (Fighting Illini)
9–9:30am Accelerating Neural Networks Using NVIDIA
CUDA Technology
Zdenek Buk (Little Chief)
9–9:30am Optica 4 − Ann Williamson (NWB)
9:30–10am Aerospace Origami & Fractal Folding
Yves Klett (Fighting Illini)
9:30–10am Stop Teaching Calculating, Start Teaching
Math—Fundamentally Reforming the Math Curriculum
Conrad Wolfram (Little Chief)
10–10:30am Exploring Properties of Fourier Transform Interactivity
Stanislav Hledik (Fighting Illini)
10–10:30am A Halo Current and Magnetic Field of a Permanent
Nut−Shaped Magnet
Haiduke Sarafian (Little Chief)
10–10:30am Numeric & Exact Linear Algebra in Mathematica
Jaewon Jang and Koji Ouchi (NWB)
10:30–11am Processing Large Datasets with Mathematica & Kdb+
Salvatore Mangano (Fighting Illini)
10:30–11am Implementation of Mathematica into the College
Curriculum for Economy & Management Students
Veronika Kainzová (Little Chief)
10:30−11:30am Parallel/Grid Computing for Everyone
Jason Martinez (NWB)
11–11:30am A Mathematica Revolution in High School Physics
Joshua Lake and Brian Geyer (Golden Gophers/Spartans)
11–11:30am Pushing the Envelope: Advanced Strategies for Data Modeling
Mark Kotanchek (Fighting Illini)
11:30am−1pm LUNCH (Illini Ballroom)
1–3pm CUDA & OpenCL Programming in Mathematica for
Experienced Users
Abdul Dakkak and Ulises Cervantes−Pimentel
(Golden Gophers/Spartans)
1–1:30pm Financial Computation in Mathematica
Edward Bukhman and Ryan Smith (Fighting Illini)
1–2pm Application Development with Wolfram Workbench
Adam Berry (NWB)
1:30–2pm Reducing the Driven Dynamics of Spike Generation to a
One−Dimensional Map
David E. O’Gorman (Fighting Illini)
1:30–2pm Application of Mathematica Software in University
Education of Students with Majors in Physics or Optics
Jan Říha (Little Chief)
2–2:30pm Seeing the Light—Using Mathematica 8 for
Correlation Spectroscopy
William Meyer (Fighting Illini)
2–3pm Acceler−8 Session – Various presenters/topics—
five minutes per topic (Pecha Kucha style) (Little Chief)
2–3pm Visualization in Mathematica
Brett Champion / Yu−Sung Chang (NWB)
2:30–3pm Risk Measures in Finance Revisited
Jan Hurt (Fighting Illini)
3–3:30pm BREAK (Technology Conference Store)
3:30–4pm The SmartCAE FAB: A Framework for Application
Building with Mathematica
Albert Retey (Fighting Illini)
3:30–4pm Accurately Resolving Rupture in Fourth Order Partial
Differential Equations Modeling Thin Films Using NDSolve
Allan Struthers (Little Chief)
3:30–4pm The Effect of Transcription Factor Binding at Enhancers
on Gene Expression in Humans
Jeffrey Wang (NWB)
4–5pm Interface Programming in Mathematica
Faisal Whelpley (Golden Gophers/Spartans)
4–4:30pm Mathematica Graphics for Presenting
Multidimensional Evidence
Robert Yerex (Fighting Illini)
4–4:30pm A Novel Mathematica Approach for Causal Analysis of
Molecular Simulations
Aleksy Bartnik (Little Chief)
4–5pm Workshop on Teaching Mathematics with Mathematica
Debra Woods (NWB)
4:30–5pm Probability & Statistics in Finance
Oleksandr Pavlyk (Fighting Illini)
6–7pm COCKTAILS AT THE HILTON (Fighting Illini / Little Chief)
7−10pm CLOSING DINNER (Illini Ballroom)