Computer Algebra in Education at ACA'2026

ACA 2026 to be held at the University of Prishtina, Prishtina, Kosovo
Organizers:

Michel Beaudin, ÉTS, Canada
Michael Wester, University of New Mexico, USA
Thierry (Noah) Dana-Picard, Jerusalem College of Technology, Israel
Alkis Akritas, University of Thessaly, Greece
José Luis Galán García, Universidad de Málaga, Spain
Elena Varbanova, Technical University of Sofia, Bulgaria
Eli Bagno, Jerusalem College of Technology, Israel
José Manuel Dos Santos Dos Santos, University of Coimbra, Portugal

Overview:

Education has become one of the fastest growing application areas for computers in general and computer algebra in particular. Computer Algebra Systems (CAS) and Dynamical Geometry Systems (DGS) make for powerful teaching and learning tools within mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology, economics, etc. Among them are:
(a) commercial "heavy weights" such as Casio ClassPad 330, Magma, Maple, Mathematica, MuPAD, TI NSpire CAS, and
(b) free software/open source systems such as Axiom, Desmos, Euler, Fermat, wxMaxima, Reduce, and rising stars such as GeoGebra, SageMath, SymPy and Xcas (the swiss knife for mathematics), not to mention systems like Derive (discontinued commercially since 2007) and the essential WolframAlpha, which are important resources for users of symbolic systems.

The goal of this session is to exchange ideas, discuss classroom experiences, and to explore significant issues relating to CAS tools/use within education. Subjects of interest for this session will include new CAS-based teaching/learning strategies, curriculum changes, new support materials, assessment practices from all scientific fields, and experiences of joint use of applied mathematics and CAS including dynamic geometry.

Generative Artificial Intelligence has entered the world very strongly. The Education community has begun to explore the pros and cons of this new technology. We also welcome experiments and research about its usage, either alone or in collaboration with CAS and DGS.

We emphasize that all levels of education are welcome, from high school to university, and that all domains are welcome, including teacher training, engineer training, etc.

If you are interested in proposing a talk, please send an abstract to Michel Beaudin. Please use this LaTeX template for your abstract and send both the LaTeX source and a compiled PDF version. We suggest that abstracts be at least half a page including references.

Talks

  1. From Curricular Signals to Exploratory Tasks: A Curriculum and Pedagogical Design Case Study for Integrating CAS in Upper Secondary Education
    (Alexandre Trocado, José Dos Santos, Zsolt Lavicza, Rio Tinto and Coimbra, Portugal, RISC-Linz, Austria)
  2. Computer Algebra Systems in Secondary Mathematics Education: The Role of GeoGebra CAS View and Generative Artificial Intelligence in Teaching and Learning Mathematics
    (José Manuel Dos Santos, Alexandre Trocado, Zsolt Lavicza, Coimbra, Portugal, RISC-Linz, Austria)
  3. Be careful when adding an integration constant
    (Michel Beaudin, Montréal, Québec, Canada)
  4. Diagonalization and Change of Basis in Linear Algebra
    (D. J. Jeffrey, London, Ontario, Canada)
  5. Envelopes of Circles Centered on a Cubic-Quadratic: A Dynamic Exploration of their Topology and Singular Locus
    (E. Bagno, Th. Dana-Picard and S. Reches, Jerusalem, Israel)
  6. Ovals and pedal curves: space trajectory models and genealogy of plane curves
    (Thierry Dana-Picard, Jerusalem, Israel)
  7. Intersections of a Torus with Cubic Surfaces via Planar Section Reduction
    (José Manuel Dos Santos, Alexandre Trocado, Ana Breda, Portugal and Austria)

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