From: ref@draco.cis.umassd.edu (R Faulkenberry)
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Subject: ATLAST 1993 Summer Linear Algebra Workshops
Date: 11 Jan 93 20:56:22 GMT
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Organization: University of Massachusetts Dartmouth


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               ATLAST 1993 Linear Algebra Workshops 


    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.

    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

  Workshop site:       Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 
  Workshop dates:      June 17-19, 1993
  Workshop Presenter:  Dr. Steven J. Leon, UMass Dartmouth   

  Workshop site:       Los Angeles Peirce College, Woodland Hills, California 
  Workshop dates:      June 24-26, 1993  
  Workshop Presenter:  Dr. Jane Day, San Jose State University 
       
  Workshop site:       University of Houston-Downtown, Houston, Texas  
  Workshop dates:      July 8-10, 1993               
  Workshop Presenter:  Dr. Eugene Herman, Grinnell College  

  Workshop site:       Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia
  Workshop dates:      July 15-17, 1993  
  Workshop Presenter:  Dr. Kermit Sigmon, University of Florida 

  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:

                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

    Applications may be submitted by email. 

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                      ATLAST '93 APPLICATION

       Name:          ___________________________________________
       University:    ___________________________________________
       Department:    ___________________________________________

    Please give a complete mailing address for all correspondence:

                      ___________________________________________
                      ___________________________________________
                      City___________________State_____Zip_______

       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:

    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.
 
    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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