Spring 2026

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• Lists

  • Constructing Lists
  • Manipulating Lists
  • Operations on Lists
  • Rearranging Lists
  • Nested Lists

• Associations

• Datasets

• Data Manipulation and Analysis

• Sequence, Sums, and Series

• Matrices & Linear Algebra

• Vector Analysis and Visualization

• Statistics

• Probability

• Rules & Patterns

Members will be introduced to the computational essay as a form — its structure, purpose, and what distinguishes it from conventional academic writing or code notebooks. In the second half of the session, members will explore their own interests to begin identifying potential project directions.

• Understand the structure and purpose of a computational essay as defined by Stephen Wolfram

• Distinguish a computational essay from a code notebook, a lab report, and a traditional research paper

• Identify characteristics of effective computational essays through analysis of published examples

• Articulate initial areas of interest for potential project topics

• https://writings.stephenwolfram.com/2017/11/what-is-a-computational-essay/

• https://community.wolfram.com/content?curTag=staff%20picks

• Read Stephen Wolfram's What Is a Computational Essay?

• Browse the Staff Picks on Wolfram Community and identify one essay you find compelling

• Written analysis of one example computational essay: what worked, what structural choices the author made, and what you would do differently

• Written reflection (3–5 sentences) describing one or two potential project directions