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Wolfram Innovator Award

Wolfram technologies have long been a major force in many areas of industry and research. Leaders in many top organizations and institutions have played a major role in using computational intelligence and pushing the boundaries of how the Wolfram technology stack is leveraged for innovation across fields and disciplines.

We recognize these deserving recipients with the Wolfram Innovator Award, which is awarded at the Wolfram Technology Conferences around the world.

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2025

WebAssign Engineering Team

Cengage Group, Inc

Areas: Education, Mathematics Courseware Design

WebAssign began in 1997 at North Carolina State University as an early online homework platform for physics students. Over time, the technology grew into its own company, eventually providing online homework for millions of students globally.

In 2008, WebAssign took a major step forward by adding symbolic math to its homework system and chose Wolfram as its technology partner. Wolfram’s computational engine enabled real-time evaluation of student answers for accurate grading.

After Cengage acquired WebAssign in 2016, Wolfram technology became deeply integrated across a wide range of textbooks. Today, approximately 1.1 million WebAssign questions use Wolfram Language for instant grading and intelligent feedback. These textbooks span areas like algebra, pre-calculus, calculus, differential equations and statistics.

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