2024

José Guillermo Sánchez León

Instituto Universitario de Física Fundamental y Matemáticas

Areas: Applied Mathematics, Authoring and Publishing, Authoring in Mathematica, Computational Thinking, Computer Science

José Guillermo Sánchez León worked in the nuclear industry for over 30 years while simultaneously teaching as an associate professor at the Universidad de Salamanca. He is recently retired but continues as a researcher at the Instituto Universitario de Física Fundamental y Matemáticas (IUFFyM) of the Universidad de Salamanca, participating in a diverse array of research projects and publications. Furthermore, he conducts research on the history of medieval astronomy, using the extensive classic books of the Biblioteca General Histórica of the Universidad de Salamanca (BGH).

In his mind, Wolfram Language is a fundamental tool. In the summer of 1999, he was a visiting scholar at Wolfram Research and since then has collaborated on prerelease test processes. Guillermo Sánchez also gives seminars and training courses on Mathematica. He is the author of the book Mathematica Beyond Mathematics: The Wolfram Language in the Real World, where he shares examples from his experience using and teaching Wolfram Language, and even has a radio program (EUREKA).

2021

David J. M. Park Jr.

Developer

Areas: Authoring in Mathematica, Calculus, Software Development

David J. M. Park Jr. develops applications in the Wolfram Language. In the past he worked on technical computer programming and the engineering of cesium beam tubes used in atomic clocks in satellites. He has used Mathematica since Version 2 and developed and sold packages such as Tensorial for tensorial calculus and presentation software for producing custom graphics and presentations for earlier versions of Mathematica. He currently is coauthoring a Grassman calculus application, which is in beta-testing development.

2014

Bruce Torrence

Randolph-Macon College

Areas: Authoring and Publishing, Authoring in Mathematica, Computer Graphics and Visual Arts, Computer-Aided Education, Education, Mathematics

Bruce Torrence is the author of numerous Mathematica books and articles including The Student’s Introduction to Mathematica, a popular general reference book for students and educators. In addition to publishing dozens of articles on the use of Mathematica in education and research, Torrence recently completed a five-year editorship at Math Horizons and is a Wolfram Science Summer School alumni.

2014

Dr. János Karsai

Bolyai Institute, University of Szeged

Areas: Authoring in Mathematica, Computer-Aided Education, Impulsive Systems, Modeling Dynamical Systems with Mathematica, Nonlinear Oscillations, Population Dynamics

János Karsai has been using Mathematica since 1994 in teaching and research. He teaches mathematics and Mathematica-aided modeling to math, pharmacy, biology, and engineering students in Szeged and Berlin, and has given several Mathematica trainings of different levels and topics in Hungary, Czech Republic, Serbia, and Romania. He has supervised several outstanding students in Mathematica-related research. Karsai applies Mathematica experiments in his research; works on modernizing mathematical education, especially in applied sciences; and manages several projects in these fields. He developed a package and wrote a book on impulsive systems with Mathematica in 2002 and has prepared several dynamic teaching materials in Mathematica for his courses. Karsai manages the website www.model.u-szeged.hu.

2014

Prof. Richard J. Gaylord

University of Illinois

Areas: Authoring and Publishing, Authoring in Mathematica, Biology, Computer Science, Computer-Aided Education, Education, Physics

Richard Gaylord is one of Mathematica’s earliest users and is a self-described evangelist for the Wolfram Language. He taught computer programming in the Wolfram Language at many universities, companies, government agencies, and scientific conferences for more than 25 years. He has co-authored several texts, including An Introduction to Programming with Mathematica, and three other books on programming computer simulations in a wide variety of fields using the Wolfram Language. Gaylord has made a three-part video explaining the fundamentals of the Wolfram Language.