CMS-MITACS Joint Conference 2007
May 31 - June 3, 2007
Delta Hotel, Winnipeg, Manitoba
Host: University of Manitoba
CMS-MITACS Joint Conference 2007May 31 - June 3, 2007
Delta Hotel, Winnipeg, Manitoba
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Maplets are simple applications implemented with the Maple computer algebra system that have graphical user interfaces for ease of use. We present a few Maplets developed for teaching elementary linear algebra and multivariable calculus at the University of Ontario Institute of Technology (UOIT). Our primary goal is to provide a visualisation tool to assist students in internalising geometrical notions in three dimensions that are traditionally stumbling blocks in these courses. We present some preliminary results of our attempts to integrate these tools into our courses and discuss some of the pedagogical implications.
This is joint work with Pietro-Luciano Buono, Jannilyn Caoile, Greg Lewis, Bill Muirhead, and Jennifer Percival.
The MITACS Internship program provides graduate students and post docs with funding opportunities to do research projects with partner organizations from industry, government and not for profit organizations. The research conducted during these internships typically contribute to graduate students thesis work and have been found to have an important impact on future job opportunities.
Internships are broadly available across Canada and both Canadian and international students are eligible. A staff of business development personnel is available to assist with making research connections with partner organizations.
Jim Brookes (MITACS), J. F. Williams (SFU), Dhavide Aruliah (UOIT), Hong Miao (Calgary) and Rebeccah Marsh (Alberta).
In this talk I will discuss several different models for industrial math education as practiced around the world, each with its own aims and outcomes. Industrial math is a way to convince students, their parents and national employers of the utility of a mathematical education. In this country there is a feeling amongst too many people that mathematicians are overly abstract and that a math degree is only marginally more useful than one in philosophy.
As mathematicians we need to do scientific outreach in order to gain experience, develop contacts and also foster a certain relationship with industry as a whole about the power of mathematics and mathematical training. I will describe several ways in which faculty can be involved and the benefits for both the discipline and our future students.