Organization: Universiti Sains Malaysia

Position: Senior Lecturer

"Mathematica computer algebra system is indeed a remarkable tool making an impression on students and the instructors and brings mathematics to life. It is a computing tool, visualization tool and a presentation tool all in a single environment. At USM, we use Mathematica in research and teaching. In particular the course MSG282-Modelling Laboratory II that I teach since 2003 at the School of Mathematical Sciences makes full use of Mathematica. This course introduces basics understanding of the structure and syntax of Mathematica program. Students learn to familiarize with the numeric, symbolic and graphical computations using Mathematica built-in functions. They are exposed to the Mathematica programming styles that include procedural, rule-based and functional programming. To motivate and elucidate concepts that are essential for constructive use of Mathematica, some problems solving in Calculus, Differential Equations, simple mathematical modeling and data analysis and visualization are considered.  Final year students are expected to complete their project. The photo shows a group of students under my supervision after their project viva. Topics for the project undertaken include Cellular Automata modeling with Mathematica and

developing webMathematica for E-learning." - Mohamad Faisal bin Abd. Karim,

Organization: Universiti Malaya

Position: Associate Professor

"My first Mathematica experience is with the version 4 that I found in our department’s computer lab. I struggled with it in the beginning but after a few days of flipping through the manual, I began to enjoy plotting a few graphs for my presentation.  A year later, I got hold of the version 5. Throughout my four years struggled for my PhD, Mathematica has become a constant partner helping me calculating and plotting the output that I needed for my thesis. I am thankful to Mathematica for its capability and reliability to perform various computational tasks and help me through my study."

- Siti Aishah Hashim Ali,