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Hiroshi Komatsugawa, Assistant Professor, Department of Photonics at the Chitose Institute of Science and Technology explains their use of Maple software:
“In the Applied Photonics System Course that I teach, research on various low- and high-tech applications is carried out. This research includes everything from broadband communication to medical applications. In addition to math, a broad knowledge of physics and electronics is required. Manipulation and computation of formulas with Maple is the kind of work we do every day. We conduct calculations, simulations and modelling all the time. We introduced Maple about five years ago. With a site license, now both our students and our researchers make good use of Maple. Students learn the basics of Maple in their first year. It then becomes an integral part of their education as they continue to use it for programming and in their lectures from their second year onwards.”

“It is a pressing concern of those involved in education today that students sometimes lack basic academic knowledge. This can happen for various reasons; because of changes in high school curriculum, for example. To fill the gap that might be left from the traditional school system, we implemented our E-Learning system. We created contents for the Web using Maple and Flash. Our students, as well as students from outside our school (from some elementary and junior public schools in the city and from some high schools in the prefecture), are making tentative use of our Web site. Using the Web, students can study in school or at home; wherever they like. We use Flash because we want to provide lively visual materials, and we find that this complements Maple very well. Students can click a button to expand on a formula or take practice tests that proceed at the student’s individual pace.”

“The Maplet application in Maple, is very well suited to the objectives I mentioned. Maplets provides a customisable GUI environment, easily handled by anyone. We are thinking of applying it to our present system and planning to use Maplets in our lectures too. Still further, I envision Maplets used in a wide variety of applications, especially when combined with MapleNet to offer a complete software platform to enhance mathematics and related courses over the Web.”

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