Our seminar series offers brief presentations by senior Wolfram Research technical staff on topics of interest to Mathematica newcomers as well as to experienced users. These seminars provide you with an easy way to learn about what's new in Mathematica and find out about emerging technologies. They give you a special opportunity to learn from Mathematica experts, and best of all, they're free!

These seminars are live and run for 1 hour, including 10-15 minutes for questions. They are given online, so anyone with an internet connection can attend. Seminar dates and times are listed on the Wolfram Education Group seminar calendar.

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S10: A Technical Overview of Mathematica Updated for Mathematica 6 This seminar provides an introduction to the major technologies in Mathematica 6 and their applications across disciplines. Topics covered include numeric and symbolic computations, programming, working with data, visualization, creating technical documents, dynamic interactivity, and connection technologies. Resources and presentation materials are made available to participants, including sample "jump-start" computational tasks with solutions provided. Note: This seminar is also available in Japanese, Chinese, and Russian. Register » | Seminar Details »

		S11: What's New in Mathematica 6 New features demonstrated This seminar gives a brief overview of the new features in Mathematica 6, including visualization, dynamic interactivity, curated data, core language constructs, symbolic interface construction, importing and exporting, documentation, and much more. Resources and presentation materials are made available to participants. Note: This seminar is also available in Japanese and Chinese. Register » | Seminar Details »

		S13: Introduction to Visualization with Mathematica 6 Taught by a senior graphics developer This seminar provides a closer look at the new visualization options in Mathematica 6. Attendees receive an introduction to MaxRecursion and PlotPoints, the basic concepts necessary to achieve high-quality plots. Several examples will be presented. Register » | Seminar Details »

		S14: Creating Demonstrations Presented by a Demonstrations editor This seminar gives a brief introduction to The Wolfram Demonstrations Project, and shows how Mathematica 6 users can write and publish their own Demonstrations and thereby join the growing community based around the project. Register » | Seminar Details »

		S15: Senior Developer Q&A Discussions with senior Mathematica developers Participate in a Q&A session with a senior Mathematica developer. Developers (one per session; see schedule) share their expertise about the system's structure and design, and its broad application in a variety of professional and academic fields. Discuss exciting new innovations and technologies with the pros. Register » | Seminar Details »

		S16: College Calculus with Mathematica Presented by an experienced teacher This seminar offers an overview of calculus in Mathematica along with applications such as solitary waves, minimal surfaces, and the Painlevé differential equations. Mathematica's internal problem-solving methods are also compared with conventional computation by hand. Significant historical and practical calculus examples are presented and solved, using the symbolic, graphical, and interactive features available in Mathematica 6. Register » | Seminar Details »

		S17: Applied Parallel Computation with gridMathematica Learn real-world solutions This seminar provides a brief overview of gridMathematica's application to several disciplines. The presentation covers examples in finance, engineering, biology, and mathematics. Code examples showing gridMathematica's direct application will be featured. Register » | Seminar Details »

		S18: Import and Export Data Formats in Mathematica 6 Over a hundred formats supported This seminar presents an introduction to the Import and Export functions in Mathematica 6. With the help of many examples, it illustrates how to work with data formats from a variety of application areas, such as computational biology, geospatial information systems, image processing, multimedia, audio, databases, medical imaging, chemical informatics, astronomy, 3D geometry, vector graphics, and scientific data. Register » | Seminar Details »