Welcome¶
The UTMOST project is a CCLI Type 2 grant (2010-2014) that promotes open-source software and open-source curriculum in the undergraduate mathematics classroom. For more details and the proposal, see the About Us page.
Components¶
- SageMathCloud: a comprehensive cloud computing environment for education and scientific computing
- Sage Cell Server: embed live computations into any webpage
- MathBook XML: a framework for writing mathematical material to publish in a variety of formats
- Sage Education Workshops: workshops for learning how to use Sage in education
- AIM Open Textbook Initiative: quality open-source textbooks
Freely-available open software, open textbooks, and other open curricular materials can allow teachers everywhere to transform the undergraduate mathematics curriculum by tightly and seamlessly integrating mathematics software with more traditional curricular materials.
Open Textbooks¶Open course materials are freely available to anyone, anywhere.
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News¶
January 2015¶
- Joint Mathematics Meetings, January 10-13
The UTMOST team presented a poster on this project at the NSF UTMOST poster session.
William Stein gave a one-hour Guest Lecture to the SIGMAA on Mathematics Instruction Using the Web on the SageMathCloud. Tom Judson was an organizer of the “Poster Plus 5” Session on Open Source Resources in Mathematics, which included a presentation by Tom Judson, Rob Beezer and David Farmer.
The Sage project also had a successful booth in the exhibit hall, which introduced many people to both the SageMathCloud and the Sage Cell Server.
June 2014¶
- Sage Education Days, June 16–18
Sage Edu Days 6 will be held June 16–18 at the University of Washington in Seattle. See the website for schedule and videos of talks.
Anyone with an interest in the use of Sage in educational settings is welcome to attend. The focus will primarily be on undergraduate mathematics, but will not be limited to just that area.
There will also be a developer conference happening that whole week.
March 2014¶
- Sage Cell Server
- In March 2014, the Sage Cell Server had an average of 1986 computations per day, about 100 more computations per day than in February 2014. The service was visited by users in 158 countries (about half coming from United States, 25% from Europe, and 10% from Asia). The top city accessing the service was Tacoma, WA (no doubt due to Rob Beezer’s online linear algebra textbook using it), followed by Omaha, NE, Ottawa, Hartford, CN, and Fargo, ND.
- SageMathCloud
- In March 2014, about 40,000 projects were modified. At the end of March, there were around 28,500 accounts (with about 150 accounts being created each day) and around 43,500 total projects. See this page for more graphs and statistics.
January 2014¶
- Joint Mathematics Meetings, January 15–18
The UTMOST team presented a poster on this project at the NSF UTMOST poster session
Several UTMOST collaborators talked in sessions, including the MAA Open Textbook session (Tom Judson/Rob Beezer) and in the MAA Online Resources session (Jason Grout).
The Sage project also had a successful booth in the exhibit hall, which introduced many people to both the SageMathCloud and the Sage Cell Server.
June 2013¶
- Sage Education Days, June 19–21
Sage Edu Days 5 will be held June 19–21 at the University of Washington in Seattle. See the website for schedule and videos of talks.
Anyone with an interest in the use of Sage in educational settings is welcome to attend. The focus will primarily be on undergraduate mathematics, but will not be limited to just that area.
There will also be a developer conference happening that whole week, with the Sage Cloud as the theme.
Contact Us¶
To contact the UTMOST team, email utmost@aimath.org.