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What Is a Computational Essay?

A Powerful Way to Express Ideas People are used to producing prose—and sometimes pictures—to express themselves. But in the modern age of computation, something new has become possible that I’d like to call the computational essay. I’ve been working on building the technology to support computational essays for several decades, but it’s only very recently […]

Stephen Wolfram
Education & Academic

What Is a Computational Essay? (Russian)

Высокоэффективный способ выражения идей

Люди привыкли к созданию прозы, а иногда изображений, для самовыражения. Но в современную эпоху вычислений появилось нечто новое, что я хотел бы назвать вычислительным эссе.

Я работаю над созданием технологии для поддержки вычислительных эссе уже в течение нескольких десятилетий, но только совсем недавно я понял, насколько вычислительные эссе могут быть важны как для формы обучения людей, так и для их формы обмена фактами и идеями. Профессионалы будущего будут регулярно предоставлять результаты и отчеты как вычислительные эссе. Педагоги будут регулярно объяснять концепции, используя вычислительные эссе. Студенты будут регулярно создавать вычислительные эссе в качестве домашней работы для своих классов.

Вот очень простой пример вычислительного эссе:

Stephen Wolfram
Education & Academic

High-School Summer Camp: A Two-Week Path to Computational Thinking

The Summer Camp Was a Success! How far can one get in teaching computational thinking to high-school students in two weeks? Judging by the results of this year’s Wolfram High-School Summer Camp the answer is: remarkably far. I’ve been increasingly realizing what an immense and unique opportunity there now is to teach computational thinking with […]

Stephen Wolfram
Education & Academic

Apply Now for the 15th Annual Wolfram Summer School

This year's Wolfram Summer School will be held at Bentley University in Waltham, Massachusetts, from June 18 to July 7, 2017. Maybe you're a researcher who wants to study the dynamics of galaxies with cellular automata. Perhaps you're an innovator who wants to create a way to read time from pictures of analog clocks or build a new startup with products that use RFID (radio-frequency identification) to track objects. You might be an educator who wants to build an algebra feedback system or write a textbook that teaches designers how to disinvent the need for air conditioning. These projects show the diversity and creativity of some of our recent Summer School students. Does this sound like you? If so, we want you to join us this summer!
Lizzie Turner, Team Manager, Advanced Research Group
Education & Academic

Launching Wolfram|Alpha Open Code

Note added 09/29/2021: Some information regarding Wolfram Cloud products described in this post may be outdated. Please visit https://www.wolfram.com/cloud to learn more. Code for Everyone Computational thinking needs to be an integral part of modern education—and today I’m excited to be able to launch another contribution to this goal: Wolfram|Alpha Open Code. Every day, millions […]

Stephen Wolfram
Education & Academic

Draw Anything and Win Hackathons with the Wolfram Language

After 36 hours, two math graduate students created Draw Anything, the grand prize--winning, Wolfram Cloud--powered app, at the MHacks V hackathon. We've written about Olivia Walch and Matt Jacobs's winning iOS app before. Now, the pair of prize-winning Wolfram hackers have taken the time to talk with us about how they used the Wolfram Language and fast Fourier transforms to create step-by-step drawing guides for any input image---whether it's a picture of Homer Simpson, a dog, yourself or your future dream car.
Zach Littrell, Technical Content Writer, Technical Communications and Strategy Group
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