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Prof. dr. Annie Cuyt
Sparse Interpolation Goes to Industry
What is called Sparse Interpolation (SI) in computer algebra is termed Exponential Analysis (EA) in signal processing. The respective goal is to identify and reconstruct a sparse linear combination of monomials or a sparse linear combination of exponential functions. A hard problem, in this respect, is the correct determination of the sparsity.
We discuss how SI and EA can cross-fertilize and lead to new results in several industrial problem statements. Among other things, we discuss antenna design6, torsional vibration, radioastronomy metrics7, financial time series analysis, fluorescence lifetime imaging8, direction of arrival3, localisation problems5, 4, texture analysis2, radar imaging1, ...
Annie A. M. Cuyt is emerita professor at the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science of the University of Antwerp (BE) and honorary professor at the Division of Computing Science and Mathematics of the University of Stirling (UK). She received her Doctorate in Science in 1982, summa cum laude and with the felicitations of the jury. Subsequently she was a Research fellow with the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (DE), she obtained the Habilitation (1986) and became author or co-author of several books.
Her main research interest is in the area of numerical approximation theory and its applications to a diversity of problems in scientific computing. As a consequence her expertise spans a wide range of activities from pure abstract mathematics to computer arithmetic and different engineering applications. A lot of her research is devoted to rational approximation, in one as well as in many variables, and the sparse interpolation problem of exponential analysis.
In view of her expertise she served on many national and international science foundation boards and prestigious international award juries. In 2005 she stood at the cradle of a HPC center for Flanders, which grew into a very successful and ongoing project. She remained on its Board of Directors till 2021. In 2013 she was elected a life-time member of the Royal Society of Science and Arts and in 2025 she was honoured with the title of Grand Officer in the knighthood order of Leopold, the oldest and most prestigious order of Belgium.
Prof. Deborah Hughes Hallett
How Will Mathematics Be Learned in the Age of AI?
As generative AI develops, how will education change? How should it change? How will the Class of 2040 learn? History illuminates the impact of prior innovations on mathematics curriculum and pedagogy. What does this suggest about the future? In this talk, we will see how calculators, computers, and computer algebras have altered the way mathematics is taught and the way students learn. We are now faced by the most significant innovation of them all: generative AI. How will AI change the way mathematics is used professionally? The challenge for all of us is to envisage how AI can help students learn mathematics and statistics. Will AI change what students need to know? Will AI change what students can achieve? Will AI change how students learn?
Deborah Hughes Hallett is Professor of Mathematics at the University of Arizona and Adjunct Professor of Public Policy at Harvard. Her work is on strategies to improve the teaching of mathematics, and she is interested in promoting international cooperation between mathematicians. She co-founded the Calculus Consortium for Higher Education and started a foundation to promote innovative curriculum and pedagogy. Her work has been recognized by the Association for Women in Mathematics and the Mathematical Association of America.
These presentations will provide overviews of useful features and techniques, and introduce new and upcoming products, features, and initiatives.
AI, Assessment, and the Urgent Need for Insight
Karishma Punwani
Director, Product Management – Academic Market
Educators everywhere are grappling with a pressing question: How do we evaluate students in an age where AI tools can provide answers instantly? AI and other tools that give students quick answers with minimal effort aren’t going away. But they can be leveraged to give instructors and institutions insights into where students are struggling, which types of questions lead them to seek outside help, and which concepts remain unclear. In this session, you’ll discover what Maplesoft is doing to help turn AI from a black box into a source of clarity - making assessment more meaningful and student support more effective.
Creating Course Materials with the Help of Maple
Mike Carvalho
Developer
Thinking about overhauling a math or math-heavy course, or starting a new one? It’s a big job, but you can save time and effort by using Maple to develop your new course materials. And that’s true even if your students won’t be using Maple in the course, and no matter what format your materials are in. In this discussion you’ll discover many Maple features that will save you time as you prepare slides, handouts, assignments, and more.
What’s Coming with AI-Powered Document Generation
Erik Postma
Manager, Mathematical Software Group
Maple 2025 included a Technology Preview of an AI-powered tool that helps you create Maple documents, and work on this new tool has continued since then. Now is your chance to get a look at how this tool has evolved, explore potential uses, and share your ideas on directions for further development.
Numeric Differential Equations in Maple
Allan Wittkopf
Fellow, R&D
While Maple is well-known for finding symbolic solutions of differential equations, it also provides cutting-edge tools for working with numeric ordinary differential equations. This session provides an overview of the tools and algorithms in Maple for working with numeric ODEs, including examples that show how Maple’s symbolics can be leveraged to expand the reach of numeric solvers.
Maple 2025 Gems You May Have Missed
Jürgen Gerhard
Senior Director, Research
Whether you have been using Maple 2025 since the day it came out, or haven’t had a chance to try it yet, chances are good there are still new features in Maple 2025 that you haven’t explored yet. his talk will give you a closer look at some of the improvements that the presenter, the Senior Director of Research at Maplesoft and long-time Maple user, finds particularly useful or interesting. You may even get a few hints of more good things to come.
The votes are in! Everyone who registered for the conference by Sept. 14 had a chance to vote on the topics they most wanted to see covered in this session. Each of the topics below will get 15 minutes from a Maplesoft expert, so it’s a great way to pick up a lot of useful pointers, fast.
Transforming Mathematical Expressions
Dave Linder
Software Architect
What to do when simplify() doesn’t give you want you wanted? Learn how to take advantage of the different tools Maple provides to transform a mathematical expression into the form you are looking for.
Data structure tricks for faster code
Darin Ohashi
Senior Architect
Should you use a list, an array, or a table in your code? Or maybe something else? The right choice of data structure can make a huge difference in how fast your code runs. While this is a big topic, this session will teach you a few of the most common factors to consider.
Upper Year Courses - Vector Calculus
Dave Linder
Software Architect
This session provides on overview of the many visualizations, explorations, and commands in Maple for teaching, learning, and doing Vector Calculus.
Upper Year Courses - Numerical Analysis
Austin Roche
Software Architect
While known primarily as a symbolic computation tool, Maple offers a lot of value when it comes to Numerical Analysis. This session explores the Student:-NumericalAnalysis package, which provides visualizations, interactive explorations, and computations that enhance the teaching and learning of a standard introductory course in numerical analysis.
Guided Tour of the Maple Programming Guide
Paul DeMarco
Senior Director, Maple Development
You probably know that the Maple Programming Guide is included in Maple, but have you ever looked at it properly? This session will give you an overview to the Programming Guide and what it has to offer, so you’ll learn very quickly you’ll find useful today, and what you’ll want to come back for in the future.
These sessions will go in depth to offer practical training that will increase your knowledge of Maple and teach you useful tools and techniques to help you accomplish your Maple tasks quickly and effectively.
Visualization: Going beyond plot and plot3d
Dave Linder
Software Architect
Explore some of Maple’s visualization commands to take you beyond the standard graphs you get from plot and plot3d. Examples will cover a variety of visualization methods such as parametric plotting, density plots, data visualization, and implicit plotting. This is an expanded version of last year’s popular Audience Choice talk, and will include additional topics.
Organizing and Sharing Your Maple Documents
Paulina Chin
Senior Architect
If you want to show the work you’ve done in Maple to someone else, or even refer back to it yourself days or weeks after you did it, you are going to want to transform that worksheet full of computations into an effective communication tool that is easily read and understood. In this session, we will show tools and share tips that will help you transform your work into polished documents, and explore some of the different ways you can share those documents once they are done. Topics will include effective use of tables, choosing the best option for blocks of code, export tools, and more.
On Friday, there will be longer, in-depth workshops on Maple, presented by Maplesoft's R&D staff members. These workshops will cover topics such as exploring specialized packages, programming with the Maple language, and creating demos and publications.
Access to workshops is included with your registration.
Creating Papers and Reports in Maple
Paulina Chin
Senior Architect
This workshop will show features in Maple that help in creating professional-looking papers and reports that incorporate executable math, visualizations and interactive applications. We will provide tips on how to write an academic or scientific paper completely in Maple, using examples from the Maple Transactions journal. Students will also find Maple especially useful for course project presentations and reports.
Numeric Differential Equations
Allan Wittkopf
Fellow, R&D
The workshop will start with an overview of Maple's numerical ODE solving capabilities, then move on into a few selected application areas including eigenvalue problems, optimization of parameterized solutions, and DAE problems.
Solving Advent of Code Challenges Using Maple
John May
Software Architect
In this workshop Maplesoft's Software Architect John May will show off some interesting corners of Maple while solving Advent of Code challenges.
Dr. Robert Corless
Editor-in-Chief of Maple Transactions
Emeritus Distinguished University Professor, Western University
Maple Transactions is an open-access journal that publishes expositions on topics of interest to the Maple community, including researchers, educators, and students. Containing both peer-reviewed research articles and general interest content, the journal is free to read, and free to publish in. In this session, you’ll explore highlights of past issues, learn about recent changes to the format as the journal grows and evolves, and get a chance to ask questions of the Editor-in-Chief.
Hear from your colleagues and share your own work and ideas! The Maple Conference includes customer presentations on a range of topics related to Maple, falling into three broad categories: Education, Algorithms/Software, and Applications/Research.
The Call for Participation is open until July 25, 2025.
See the detailed Conference Program for the schedule of all the contributed talks.
Come join Maplesoft staff and fellow attendees for some informal conversation. Each day will have a theme in the main networking room, and breakout rooms are available for smaller group discussions.
Do you have a question for Dr. Laurent Bernardin, Maplesoft’s CEO? Now is your chance! This Ask Me Anything session is your chance to ask him about anything you would like to hear his thoughts on.
This is your opportunity to talk directly with Dr. Jürgen Gerhard, the Senior Director of Research at Maplesoft. You can ask questions about Maple’s math technology, discuss the latest research, and share your experiences and ideas. And if you already know Jürgen, please stop by to say hello!
Breakout rooms are always available for smaller group discussions. So if you want to continue a discussion from one of the sessions, catch up with colleagues, or talk about a subject that isn’t in the main room, just ask and we’ll create a room for you.
