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- Subject: ATLAST 1993 Summer Linear Algebra Workshops
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- ATLAST 1993 Linear Algebra Workshops
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- ATLAST is an NSF-ILAS Project to Augment the Teaching Linear
- Algebra through the use of Software Tools. The project will
- offer five faculty workshops during the summer of 1993 on
- the use of software in teaching linear algebra. Workshop
- participants will learn about existing commercial linear
- algebra software packages and will be trained in the use of
- the MATLAB software package. Attendees will learn how to
- effectively incorporate computer exercises and laboratories
- into undergraduate linear algebra courses.
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- Participants will learn to design computing exercises at a
- level suitable for assigning to an undergraduate linear
- algebra class. These exercises will be class-tested during
- the school year following the workshop and then submitted to
- the project director for inclusion in an edited manual which
- will be distributed to the workshop attendees. A selection
- of these exercises will be included in an ATLAST Project
- Book. This book will be published by one of the mathematics
- societies with the provision that its contents will be
- public domain. Participants' contributions will be
- acknowledged in both the manual and the Project Book.
-
- The ATLAST Project provides room and board for participants
- attending the workshops. In addition, participants will
- receive a $200 stipend for their submitted exercises.
-
- The ATLAST project was conceived by the Education Committee
- of the International Linear Algebra Society (ILAS) and is
- funded through the National Science Foundation Undergraduate
- Faculty Enhancement Program. Steven J. Leon of the ILAS
- Education Committee is serving as the ATLAST Project Director
- and the Assistant Director is Richard E. Faulkenberry. Both
- are in the Department of Mathematics at the University of
- Massachusetts Dartmouth.
-
- This is the second year of ATLAST workshops. The five
- workshops offered during the summer of '92 were a rousing
- success and we are confident that the '93 workshops will be
- even better!
-
- ATLAST '93 Workshop Sites
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- Workshop site: Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan
- Workshop dates: June 17-19, 1993
- Workshop Presenter: Dr. Steven J. Leon, UMass Dartmouth
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- Workshop site: Los Angeles Peirce College, Woodland Hills, California
- Workshop dates: June 24-26, 1993
- Workshop Presenter: Dr. Jane Day, San Jose State University
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- Workshop site: University of Houston-Downtown, Houston, Texas
- Workshop dates: July 8-10, 1993
- Workshop Presenter: Dr. Eugene Herman, Grinnell College
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- Workshop site: Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia
- Workshop dates: July 15-17, 1993
- Workshop Presenter: Dr. Kermit Sigmon, University of Florida
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- Workshop site: University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland
- Workshop dates: July 22-24, 1993
- Workshop Presenter: Dr. David Hill, Temple University
-
- All teachers of undergraduate linear algebra courses at
- colleges or universities in the U.S. are invited to apply
- for the ATLAST workshops. The deadline for applications is
- March 12, 1993. Late applications will be accepted on a
- space-available basis. Each workshop will be limited to
- thirty participants. A screening committee will review
- applications and notify applicants of its decisions by the
- beginning of April.
-
- Submit your completed application or any inquiries you may
- have concerning the ATLAST project to:
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- Richard Faulkenberry
- ATLAST Project Assistant Director
- Department of Mathematics
- University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
- North Dartmouth, MA 02747
- Telephone: (508) 999-8928
- FAX: (508) 999-8901
- Email: atlast@umassd.edu
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- Applications may be submitted by email.
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- ATLAST '93 APPLICATION
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- Name: ___________________________________________
- University: ___________________________________________
- Department: ___________________________________________
-
- Please give a complete mailing address for all correspondence:
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- ___________________________________________
- ___________________________________________
- City___________________State_____Zip_______
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- Phone: _______________________
- E-mail: _______________________
-
-
- Please list your choice of workshop site and any alternate
- sites that would be acceptable should your first choice be
- unavailable.
-
- Workshop Site: _________________________________________
- Alternate choices: _________________________________________
-
-
- Please provide a short statement describing your background
- teaching linear algebra. Include a general description of
- the linear algebra courses you teach and the computer
- laboratory facilities available at your university or
- college. In your statement please address the following
- questions:
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- 1. Are you scheduled to teach an undergraduate linear
- algebra course during the 1993-94 school year? If so,
- list the approximate dates of the class.
-
- 2. How much experience do you have using computers? Do you
- currently make use of the computer in teaching linear
- algebra? If so, identify any specialized software used.
-
- 3. Do you have experience using MATLAB and if so how much?
- Describe any other software packages that you have used
- in any of your classes.
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- 4. What do you most want to learn from this workshop?
- (label 1 = most important, 2 = next most important, etc.)
- (a) How to design computer exercises for linear algebra
- courses and how to incorporate exercises and software
- into classes.
- (b) The basics of MATLAB and hands on experiences with it.
- (c) New ideas about linear algebra curriculum and the
- teaching of linear algebra.
- (d) Other (specify).
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- -- Richard E. Faulkenberry
- Assistant Professor
- Department of Mathematics
- University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
- North Dartmouth, Massachusetts 02747
- rfaulkenberr@umassd.edu
- 508-999-8438
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