({{, Mathematica Gulf Conference 2004
26th -28th  January 2004}})

Introduction

The Mathematica Gulf Conference was the first of its kind  held in the Arabian Peninsula. It was a multidisciplinary conference that covered using Mathematica both in education at the undergraduate and the graduate level and in research. 
The Mathematica Gulf Conference was held at the Department of Mathematics and Statistics, College of Science, Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Oman.
The one-day conference was held on the 26th January 2004 and an optional two-day post-conference training course was offered to conference attendees.
The two day training course in Mathematica provided direct experience with all the basic features of Mathematica as well as a comprehensive foundation for developing advanced applications. Beside the step-by-step instruction on performing basic operations, the course included an introduction to and a deeper look at the Mathematica programming language, graphics and much more.

Keynote Speakers

Bruno Buchberger - RISC - JOHANNES KEPLER UNIVERSITY, LINS - AUSTRIA
Computer Supported Mathematical Theory Exploration:A Shift of Paradigm in Mathematical Software

Elias Saab -
Teaching Mathematics and Using Mathematica and the Web

Nabil Fares - IMAGINEERING L L C, USA
Engineering Mechanics with Mathematica in Research and Development

Anvar Kacimov - SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY
Application of Wolfram’s Mathematica in Subsurface Hydrology

Paul Wellin - WOLFRAM RESEARCH, INC - USA
Mathematica 5...and Beyond

Welcome Letter

Dear participant,

On behalf of Sultan Qaboos University, Wolfram Research, UNESCO and the organizing committee, we would like to welcome you to the first Mathematica conference in the Arabian Peninsula .
We are delighted to be able to offer you talks and presentations covering a wide range of Mathematica uses. Our invited speakers come from 4 different continents and each should bring you their own views and examples on how to best use Mathematica.
The Wolfram Education Group is also offering a Mathematica course that we thought was best fit to your potential usage of the software. 
We hope that as you attend the talks and the Mathematica course, that you will benefit from the examples demonstrated and that you will get a profusion of ideas to incorporate in your teaching or research.
We thank you again for participating to the Mathematica Gulf Conference 2004.

Best Regards,

({{, □, □}, {Christophe Déplacé

              Wolfram Research Europe, Dr . Medhat Ahmed Rakha

              Sultan Qaboos Univeristy, Dr .  Tarek G .  Shawki

              UNESCO  -  Cairo Office}})

Welcome Message

On behalf of the college of science of Sultan Qaboos University and its department of Mathematics and Statistics and on behalf of the organizing committe of the first Mathematica conference in the Arabian peninsula, WELCOME to Sultan Qaboos University and welcome to Mathematica Gulf Conference 2004.
We are pleased and honored to have you amongst us.
I would like to welcome and express our gratitude to His Highness Alsayyed Dr. Fahd Al-Said, Assistant Vice President of Sultan Qaboos University for accepting our invitation to look after this event.
I would also like to thank Dr. Abdel Aziz Al-Kindi, Dean of College of Science and his representative Dr. Moutaz Al-Barawani for their unlimited support in the organization of this even despite the short time farme.
Our thanks extend to our head Prof. Lakder Benkharouf, head of the Department of Mathematics and Statistics and the rest of our colleagues in the department for their help.
This conference would not have taken place without the full support of WOLFRAM Research and UNESCO. My special thanks go to my dear friend Christophe Deplace of WOLFRAM Research and Dr. Tarek Shawki of UNESCO.
We hope that you will enjoy and learn from this conference.
WELCOME again in Sultan Qaboos University.

({{□}, {Dr .  Medhat Ahmed Rakha

            DOMAS  -  College of Science

            Sultan Qaboos University}})