Computer Algebra in Education

   at ACA'2016 to be held August 1-4, 2016 in Kassel, Germany

   ACA'2016:  http://www.mathematik.uni-kassel.de/ACA2016/
   Education: http://math.unm.edu/~aca/ACA/2016/education.html

   Organizers:

   Michael Wester, University of New Mexico, USA
   Alkis Akritas, University of Thessaly, Greece
   Noah Dana-Picard, Jerusalem College of Technology, Israel
   José Luis Galán García, Universidad de Málaga, Spain
   Elena Varbanova, Technical University of Sofia, Bulgaria

   Overview:

   Education has become one of the fastest growing application areas for
   computers in general and computer algebra in particular. Computer
   Algebra Systems (CAS) make for powerful teaching and learning tools
   within mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology, economics, etc. Among
   them are:
   (a) the commercial "heavy weights" such as Casio ClassPad 330, Derive,
   Magma, Maple, Mathematica, MuPAD, TI NSpire CAS, and TI Voyage 200, and
   (b) the free software/open source systems such as Axiom, Euler, Fermat,
   wxMaxima, Reduce, and the rising stars such as GeoGebra, Sage, SymPy
   and Xcas (the swiss knife for mathematics).

   The goal of this session is to exchange ideas, discuss classroom
   experiences, and to explore significant issues relating to CAS
   tools/use within education. Subjects of interest for this session will
   include new CAS-based teaching/learning strategies, curriculum changes,
   new support materials, assessment practices from all scientific fields,
   and experiences of joint use of applied mathematics and CAS.

   We emphasize that all levels of education are welcome, from high school
   to university, and that all domains are welcome, including teacher
   training, engineer training, etc.

   If you are interested in proposing a talk, please send an abstract to
   the organizers (http://math.unm.edu/~aca/ACA/2016/education.html).