• Of frolics and tangos

    Updated: 2013-01-30 16:08:44
    Shecky over at Math Frolic has been getting antsy. One blog isn't enough for him. Now there's Math Tango! From the welcome post: WELCOME Math-Frolickers!… MathTango is intended (and it'll be a bit of an experiment) to be the new residence for longer, more original entries that were occasionally posted at Math-Frolic (including book reviews, [...]

  • Image Quality Analysis with Mathematica

    Updated: 2013-01-29 22:59:23
    With Mathematica, you can bring new ideas into focus. No one knows that better than Fritz Lebowsky. He’s a senior principal engineer who does image-quality-related algorithm development for STMicroelectronics, a global manufacturer of electronics and semiconductors with advanced image processing technologies. Thanks to Mathematica‘s advanced programming language and computational power, Lebowsky is seeing major advancements [...]

  • Have you heard of Math Munch?

    Updated: 2013-01-28 05:07:01
    I just discovered the Math Munch blog. It promotes itself as "A Weekly Digest of the Mathematical Internet." Their blog further explains: Here you will find links to lots of cool mathy things on the internet. We'll post some new items each week for you to enjoy. We hope you are as inspired and excited [...]

  • How to cite MATLAB in research papers

    Updated: 2013-01-14 00:24:41
    #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { height: 30px; width:50%; padding-top:1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; height: 30px; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; } In a recent article, Citing software in research papers, I discussed how to cite various software packages.  One of the commentators suggested that I should contact The Mathworks if I wanted to know how to cite MATLAB.  I did this and asked for permission to blog the result.  This is what they suggested: To cite [...]

  • Citing software in research papers

    Updated: 2013-01-10 17:17:34
    #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { height: 30px; width:50%; padding-top:1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; height: 30px; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; } R has a citation() command that recommends how to cite the use of R in your publications, information that is also included in R’s Frequently Asked Questions document. To cite R in publications use: R Core Team (2012). R: A language and environment for statistical computing. R Foundation for Statistical Computing, Vienna, Austria. ISBN 3-900051-07-0, [...]

  • The NAG Fortran Compiler, Fortran Builder and a Fortran quiz

    Updated: 2013-01-07 16:38:07
    #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { height: 30px; width:50%; padding-top:1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; height: 30px; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; } The Numerical Algorithms Group (NAG) are principally known for their numerical library but they also offer products such as a MATLAB toolbox and a Fortran compiler.  My employer, The University of Manchester, has  a full site license for most of NAG’s stuff where it is heavily used by both our students and researchers. While at a recent software [...]

  • Lab and Process Automation with Mathematica in Biotech Research

    Updated: 2013-01-03 18:51:58
    From the beginning, the founders of the biotechnology startup Emerald Therapeutics wanted to develop an ideal research platform that would allow for lab and process automation during experiments as well as easy communication of their findings. Brian Frezza, Emerald’s Co-founder and Co-CEO, says Mathematica‘s flexible programming language and interactive notebook environment made it the clear [...]

  • A month of math software – December 2012

    Updated: 2013-01-03 10:18:12
    #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { height: 30px; width:50%; padding-top:1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; height: 30px; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; } Welcome to the last 2012 edition of A Month of Math Software..slightly delayed thanks to the December festivities.  Thanks to everyone who’s contributed news items over the last 2 years, please feel free to continue contacting me throughout 2013 and beyond. AccelerEyes sells the MATLAB Jacket to The Mathworks AccelerEyes are the developers of GPU [...]

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