All Classes and Courses

Playing Around with Language Data in Wolfram Language

Archived Event | FREE

In this recorded, two-part livecoding series, Christopher Wolfram explores the linguistic data built into Wolfram Language, including multilingual dictionaries and information on word meaning, structure, usage and the relationship between words. Examples of word translation and transliteration in various languages are shown. The LanguageData symbol is used along with visualization and graphing functionality to gain linguistic insights.

Powering Higher Education with Computational Technology
Webinar Series

Archived Event | FREE

Learn about using Wolfram Notebooks in your courses and in the classroom to increase student engagement and promote concept exploration. Encourage group collaboration by sharing notebooks in the Wolfram Cloud, and explore the educational potential of Wolfram|Alpha. This three-part webinar series provides a gateway to making your content interactive with powerful computational tools immediately accessible to students, teachers and researchers.

Programming Tutorials (Study Group Sessions)

Archived Event | FREE

Follow this Study Group to go beyond the basics of the Wolfram Language and learn more about practical programming. The earlier sessions introduce the concept of using functional programming to work with data and build simple user interfaces, clearing the way for the later sessions to dive deeper into the details of scoping, more complex function building and utilizing the Wolfram Knowledgebase. The final sessions round out this Study Group by reviewing package development and covering Wolfram Workbench, our Eclipse-based IDE for the Wolfram Language.

Quantum Algorithms for Real-World Applications

Archived Event | FREE

Wolfram and Classiq have partnered to integrate Classiq's cutting-edge engine into Wolfram Language, offering a unified solution for the development of quantum and classical algorithms. Join this session to see application examples and for an overview of the quantum algorithms used.

Quantum Optics and Second Quantization (Study Group Sessions)

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This Daily Study Group explores photonic second quantization, utilizing the Wolfram Quantum Framework and its functionalities for describing states and operators used in quantum optics. The lessons cover topics like quantization of the electromagnetic field, nonclassical states of light, atom-field interactions, decoherence and master equations. These topics are discussed in introductory quantum optics courses. The majority of the content is of an educational nature, but research-oriented examples are also included.

Quantum Optimization (Study Group Sessions)

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This Study Group introduces the fundamentals as well as state-of-the-art variational algorithms, quantum optimization and their applications. Learn how hybrid quantum-classical methods apply to optimization, numerical methods and quantum chemistry. Watch session recordings to explore the theory behind key algorithms and tackle standard and real-world problems.

Simulating EV Dynamics with System Modeler

Archived Event | FREE

Explore how to model and simulate real-world electric vehicle (EV) dynamics using Wolfram System Modeler and Wolfram Language.

Simulating High-G Jet Aerobatics with Aircraft Library 2.0

Archived Event | FREE

Fly into the danger zone as we model the Aermacchi military jet trainer using the completely redefined structure of the new version of Wolfram System Modeler's Aircraft Library 2.0. This jet will be pushed to the limit as we design and fly high-G maneuvers like the ones performed at air shows, while we make sure that the structural integrity is not compromised through the use of a V-n diagram. For the grand finale, we will execute a challenging seven-aircraft formation flying stunt: the dazzling Delta Breakout!

Software Development Webinar Series

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Add a new layer of performance and automation to your entire development workflow—from prototype to production. The presentations included in this webinar series cover built-in Wolfram Language functionality for parallelization, cloud deployment and database integration.

Solving ODEs and PDEs with Wolfram Language (Study Group Sessions)

Archived Event | FREE

This Daily Study Group covers techniques for solving ordinary differential equations (ODEs) and partial differential equations (PDEs) using Wolfram Language. It introduces the built-in function DSolve for finding symbolic solutions to differential equations and the built-in function NDSolve, a general numerical differential equation solver. Topics covered include the numerical method of lines, the finite element method (FEM), the use and construction of meshes, boundary value problems and eigenvalue problems.

Statistics and Machine Learning: Better Together

Archived Event | FREE

Certification Levels: Attendance

This presentation demonstrates how the powerful symbolic nature of Wolfram Language makes the handling of statistical distributions simple, how automation can play a part in making machine learning accessible and how the two fields together can allow the utilization of some powerful and flexible tools.

Stephen Wolfram Livecoding at SXSW

Archived Event | FREE

In this unscripted livecoding session from SXSW, Stephen Wolfram introduces knowledge-based programming and discusses the accessibility of Wolfram Language in the cloud. Taking suggestions from the audience, he demonstrates computational examples using imported data from websites, textual data, sound, music and images, as well as cloud deployment capabilities for presentations and more.

System Modeling (Study Group Sessions)

Archived Event | FREE

Follow this Study Group to learn how to use Wolfram System Modeler to make complex, hierarchical simulations of all kinds of systems. The first several sessions cover examples ranging from gyroscopes and joysticks in physics to epidemic modeling in biology, to chromatographic columns in chemistry. After covering some fundamental topics with the use of the examples, this Study Group goes on to explain how to create and analyze new models, connect to real-world applications and analyze results with the Wolfram Language and the basics of the Modelica language.

Testing and Modeling Turbines, Gears and Drivelines with the Rotating Machinery Library

Archived Event | FREE

This webinar shows the new System Modeler Modelica library for rotating machinery. The Rotating Machinery library allows you to test novel designs or identify faults in rotating machinery like turbines, motors and drivelines. Within the library, you'll find fundamental components of rotating machinery, such as gears, shafts and bearings. These components are designed to be flexible, enabling you to observe deformations and accurately capture real-world responses under different loads, for example, vibrations, deflections and contact stresses.

The Code behind Arrival

Archived Event | FREE

In this recorded livecoding session, Christopher Wolfram discusses the logogram analysis tools he created for the 2016 film Arrival, in response to the request from director Denis Villeneuve and his team to analyze the aliens' fictional, nonlinear visual language and provide code and visualizations for the screen. Christopher demonstrates the development processes he went through, as well as new explorations into the language.

Time Series with Wolfram Language

Archived Event | FREE

Certification Levels: Attendance

This webinar introduces the Wolfram Language framework for computing with time series data. Starting from the basics of time series representation and simple transformations such as plotting, smoothing and resampling, the webinar also explores more advanced topics like forecasting, fitting random process models and simulating scenarios.

Topics in Artisanal Calculus (Study Group Sessions)

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Explore lesser-known but incredibly useful topics in calculus. In this Daily Study Group on "artisanal" topics in calculus, learn about umbral calculus, Bell polynomials, the Euler–Maclaurin formula and fractional calculus. See how you can apply methods in calculus to the study of dynamical systems, minimal surfaces and even number theory.

Turning Webpages into Data with Wolfram Language

Archived Event | FREE

Certification Levels: Attendance

Discover how to extract data from websites and seamlessly bridge data into the Wolfram environment—where the information is instantly ready for computation, visualization and deeper analysis. For this webinar, the only prerequisite is a basic understanding of Wolfram Language and HTML/CSS concepts.

Unstructured Data in Wolfram Language

Archived Event | FREE

Certification Levels: Attendance

Learn how to use automation to infer structure, remove noise and drive insight from unstructured sources using a variety of data types, including image, audio and video.

What Is ChatGPT Doing ... and Why Does It Work?
(Study Group Sessions)

Archived Event | FREE

Find out what's going on inside ChatGPT and explore why it can perform so well at producing meaningful text. This Study Group is based on a best-selling book by Stephen Wolfram and provides an accessible and engaging explanation for the success of ChatGPT.

Wolfram GPT (Study Group Sessions)

Archived Event | FREE

Wolfram gives ChatGPT computational superpowers by allowing it to call on Wolfram|Alpha—and Wolfram Language as well—for powerful computation, curated knowledge, real-time data, visualization and even writing code. Join this Daily Study Group and learn how you can inject computation into your ChatGPT conversations, solve math problems reliably, access accurate data and develop human+AI workflows.

Wolfram Language Basics (Study Group Sessions)

Archived Event | FREE

Certification Levels: Level 1

Learn the most important basics of Wolfram Language—no prior experience necessary. This course was created from the online sessions at a popular Daily Study Group series. The video lessons start by introducing you to computational notebooks and covering the ideas of basic functional programming and visualization. Following videos dive deeper, covering symbolics, numerics and more advanced programming, enabling you to start working with your own data. The remaining videos greatly expand the scope of the material while remaining accessible to beginners, allowing anyone to start working with machine learning, media files, cloud publishing and deployment. By the time you are done, you will feel right at home in the notebook environment and be ready to start working with any kind of data or calculation you can imagine. This video course provides excellent preparation for the Wolfram Language Level 1 certification.

Wolfram Language Certification Prep (Study Group Sessions)

Archived Event | FREE

Refresh and enhance your Wolfram Language knowledge and prepare for the Level 1 certification exam. In these sessions, we review core areas of the language, including programming, graphics and visualization, machine learning and cloud functionality. In the final session, we look at exam practice questions.

Wolfram Language Introductory Tutorials (Study Group Sessions)

Archived Event | FREE

Follow this Study Group to learn the Wolfram Language from the ground up—no prior experience necessary. The first few sessions provide a working understanding of patterns, functions, data structure and datasets. While this Study Group is aimed at beginners, other sessions cover subjects often saved for more advanced users, including graphics, data visualization, simple user interfaces and even machine learning. A number of mini projects are provided along the way to help participants apply lecture concepts to real-world problems.