All Classes and Courses

Does Gender Help with Your Maths Score?

Interactive Course | FREE

Requirements: This course requires knowledge of common data visualisations (pie charts, bar charts, histograms) and statistics (min-max, mean, median, range).

Certification Levels: CompletionLevel 1

The ability to decide whether group A is different, either better or worse, than group B is an important technique within computational thinking and data science. It is useful in many areas, from medical experiments to sales figures to environmental changes. This Computational Thinking module introduces you to how problems like this can be tackled, first on small datasets, then on a national scale, comparing results to published reports.

Dynamic Visualization in the Wolfram Language

Video Lesson | FREE

Videos, animations and interactive infographics are popular features in scientific, technical and popular media. This class illustrates the principles behind constructing graphics sequences, manipulating a simulated camera, building an interactive interface and more. The class is for those who want to explore how to customize dynamic visualizations with the Wolfram Language. Some familiarity with the Wolfram Language and visualization principles is helpful.

Ecology and Environmental Science Modeling in Wolfram Language

Archived Event | FREE

This event offers a unique experience for students and educators keen on exploring the intersection of natural systems and computational modeling. It focuses on the foundational elements of complex systems within the realms of ecology and environmental science, making these advanced concepts accessible and engaging through a blend of theoretical and computational explorations.

EdTech for the Computational Classroom (Study Group Sessions)

Archived Event | FREE

This Daily Study Group explores the benefits of bringing computational learning to all course subjects. Lessons start with a broad overview to provide a sense of what's possible with Wolfram technology, from interactive graphs and geographic plots to financial and historical data analysis. Later lessons share examples of student computational notebooks exploring subjects like math, physics and computer science with a final lesson demonstrating Wolfram's new question and assessment framework.

Explore the Total Solar Eclipse of 2024 with Wolfram Language

Archived Event | FREE

Learn how to use Wolfram Language to predict when the eclipse will happen and how it will look from any location on April 8, 2024. Compute contact times, duration, speed, the maximum obscuration of the Sun and much more. Construct precise and detailed maps of the sky for the event, as well as maps of the Earth showing the totality path. Wolfram experts will show the calculations behind the Precision Eclipse website and demonstrate the astro capabilities and built-in knowledge of Wolfram Language that support those results.

Exploring Blockchain Functionality
(Study Group Sessions)

Archived Event | FREE

Join associates from Wolfram Blockchain Labs to learn more about the technology, concepts and functionality of blockchains. The series begins with a conceptual introduction, reviewing terminology and definitions and briefly touching on topics such as cryptography, the internet stack, Bitcoin, NFTs and computation. Later sessions focus on decentralized blockchain governance, cross-chain bridges in the Cardano ecosystem, defining and expanding the "oracle problem," the latest economic research on mutual credit currency and finally, discussion of recent news and a Study Group recap.

Exploring the Neural Network Framework from Building to Training

Video Lesson | FREE

This video showcases the easy-to-use framework available in the Wolfram Language to build, modify, train and deploy neural networks. Learn how the Wolfram Language simplifies the process of encoding input and decoding output for neural nets. Also introduced are layers (almost 30 different types)—the basic building blocks for constructing neural networks—and the process of connecting them in chains and graphs to build complicated networks according to your requirements. This class is intended for users who have a basic familiarity with neural nets and who would like to explore the Wolfram Language features that make the process of building and training networks more intuitive.

Exploring Web Data with Wolfram Language

Archived Event | FREE

In this recorded, two-part livecoding series, Arnoud Buzing demonstrates using the Reddit API to import data from a webpage in the JSON format and analyzing it with Wolfram Language. Dataset operations are used for deciphering the structure of the imported data. Image processing and textual analysis capabilities of the language are demonstrated, and the built-in ImageIdentify function is used to recognize imported images.

Exploring Wolfram Language

Archived Event | FREE

In this recorded, 18-part livecoding series, Arnoud Buzing guides viewers through topics and examples from Stephen Wolfram's book An Elementary Introduction to the Wolfram Language and the accompanying open course. Subjects covered include practicalities of the language, image processing, neural networks and machine learning functionality, computation with real-world data, graphics and visualizations, programming techniques and cloud deployment. The series includes demonstrations of how to access the Wolfram Cloud. Individual sessions within this series are devoted to exploring specific topics, such as an image-classification problem using convolutional neural networks, a leaf-classification machine learning problem and animations created with atmospheric images imported from the NOAA website.

Exploring Wolfram|Alpha Mobile & Tablet Apps

Video Lesson | FREE

In this video class, you will see how Wolfram|Alpha mobile apps give you access to the world of computable knowledge wherever you go. You will be introduced to the key features of the Wolfram|Alpha mobile app and will get a glimpse of the extensive reference data and computational power available in the Wolfram|Alpha-powered Reference Apps, Professional Assistant Apps and Personal Assistant Apps.

Fast Introduction for Programmers

Video Course | FREE

Certification Levels: Level 1

Learn to program in Wolfram Language—fast. These videos offer a quick introduction to Wolfram Language. As a programmer, you will get up to speed with the higher-level constructs of this fully symbolic programming language. You will be introduced to a selection of its nearly 6,000 carefully integrated, built-in functions. You can also try rapid prototyping of your ideas with quick cloud deployment options, as well as access and work with an amazing collection of curated computable data built into the language itself, from within the all-in-one notebook environment. After you are done, you will be able to read and understand almost any Wolfram Language code and start programming in Wolfram Language yourself.

Field Theory of Games (Study Group Sessions)

Archived Event | FREE

Learn a computational approach to economics and business using the field theory of games, a dynamic model extension of game theory. See how game theory can be extended with ideas from geometry, physics and engineering. Discussions will include applied examples from economics to give students insight into the ways a systems engineering approach can be used to understand how decisions are made. No prior knowledge of game theory or Wolfram Language is assumed, so a brief introduction to both topics will be provided.

Financial Statistics

Video Lesson | FREE

Requirements: The course is for those who have basic familiarity with Mathematica. General knowledge of mathematics is recommended.

Statistics is a powerful tool for analyzing and drawing conclusions from financial data. This lesson focuses on the statistical analysis of financial data, including computation of descriptive statistics, probability and estimation of distributions and various properties of common distributions. A basic knowledge of mathematics and familiarity with the Wolfram Language is recommended.

Financial Time Series Processing

Video Lesson | FREE

Financial value over time can be represented as time series objects in the Wolfram Language. This video class demonstrates how to import financial data as time series and how to inspect and specify its properties, such as temporal regularity, resampling method and window length. It explains how time series objects can be used as input to other built-in functions and also directly used for arithmetic calculations. Examples illustrate computing asset returns using log and ratios and visualizing stock trading data along with buy and sell signals.

Flying on the Edge: Simulating High-G Jet Aerobatics with Wolfram System Modeler's 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!

Frequency Domain Analysis and Design Applications

Video Lesson | FREE

Requirements: Some experience with control systems is recommended for the course.

This course gives a step-by-step approach to working with control systems and frequency domain applications using Wolfram Language. Each example begins with a problem definition and works toward a solution and a simulation using Bode plot and root locus plot manipulations.

Functional Programming Quick Start

Video Lesson | FREE

Discover functional programming with the Wolfram Language. Learn the core constructs, functions and evaluation rules of a dynamic, functional language. See how to transition your thinking from procedural to functional programming. Some experience with procedural computer programming is recommended for the class.

Generating and Printing 3D Objects

Video Lesson | FREE

The Wolfram Language offers strong support for 3D graphical formats and features, which makes it an optimal system for printing 3D objects. This example-driven class demonstrates how to manipulate and model with 3D geometry using built-in functions and imported data and successfully print 3D projects. The class is for those who have an interest in 3D printing and a basic knowledge of the Wolfram Language and geometric modeling.

Geo Computation

Video Lesson | FREE

There are several features and functions in Wolfram Language that allow you to perform computations on maps and geographic objects. This video lesson will explore some of the functions used in geo computation. You will learn about using vector maps with coordinate points, tiles, projections and different types of boundaries and labels as well as other components of map objects. Examples will also demonstrate the geometry behind vector maps and geo primitives.

Geo Visualization

Video Lesson | FREE

There are many new additions and updates to the geographical visualization tools in the Wolfram Language. This talk explores different geographic visualization functions and looks at how they use various types of data, as well as some of the options that make these functions powerful tools for producing geo visualizations.

Geography in Wolfram Language

Video Course | FREE

These videos offer an introduction to built-in geography functionality in Wolfram Language. Learn about making and styling maps, creating high-resolution maps of any region of the world and using multiple styles for vector renderings. The included examples showcase how to access built-in, curated geophysical and socioeconomic data, and they also demonstrate how to visualize the data in different ways using maps.

Getting Started with Machine Learning

Video Lesson | FREE

This video is a broad introduction to what you can do with machine learning in Wolfram Language.

Getting Started with Mathematica and Wolfram Language
(Study Group Sessions)

Archived Event | FREE

Learn to use Mathematica and the programming language at its core—Wolfram Language. Start with basic explorations to get familiar with the syntax and then learn to use Wolfram GPT as a guide for writing snippets of code. Find your way through the documentation on 6000+ built-in functions and learn to use them for a range of programming tasks. You will learn to write your own functions, create visualizations, add interactivity and utilize the notebook interface to both create and present your analysis. No prior programming knowledge is required, and even seasoned users will pick up a useful trick or two.

Graphs and Networks: Concepts and Applications

Video Lesson | FREE

Graph theory and network analysis are used to model and analyze connections between entities in the real world—the World Wide Web, social networks and airline routes, just to name a few. The Wolfram Language provides a unified computational perspective from across multiple disciplines in the application of graphs and networks. This video class covers the fundamental properties of graphs and explores workflows available for network modeling and analysis.