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The Monthly Informer
Internal Newsletter of the IMA

N. 1 June 1996

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Papers accepted on Journals

R.M. Bottino, F. Furinghetti, "The Emerging of Teachers' Conceptions of New Subjects Inserted in Mathematics Programs: The Case of Informatics", Educational Studies in Mathematics, Kluver Academic Publishers, Vol. 30, n. 2, 1996, pp.109-134

B. Falcidieno, S. Orgolesu, C. Pizzi, A.Sanguineti, M. Spagnuolo, "High Fidelity Digital Terrain Modelling for the Reconstruction of Antarctica Sea Floor", The Journal of Visualization and Computer Animation

 

Papers accepted at conferences

V. Auricchio, G. Dettori, S. Greco, E. Lemut, "Learning to bridge classroom and lab activities in math education", Intern. Conf. on Information Technology: Supporting Change trough Teacher Education, (IFIP TC3 WG3.1 & WG3.5), 29.6 - 6.7, Kyriat Anavim, Israel

R. M. Bottino, F. Furinghetti, "Teachers' behaviours in teaching with computers", PME 96, 8-12 July 96, Valencia, Spagna

P. Cignoni, C. Montani, E. Puppo, R. Scopigno, "Optimal isosurface extraction from irregular volume data", 1996 ACM Symposium on Volume Visualization, 27-28 Oct. 1996, San Francisco, U.S.A

T.De Martino, B. Falcidieno, F. Giannini, "Feature Based Modelling as a Solution for Concurrent Engineering", Int. Conf. CIMAT 96, 29-31 May 1996, Grenoble, France (B. Falcidieno invited speaker)

T.De Martino, H. Elter, B. Falcidieno, "A Multiple-view Representation for Feature-based Modelling", Int. Conf. ISATA, 3-6 June 1996, Firenze

G. Dettori, R. Garuti, M.A. Mariotti, E. Lemut, "Evolution of Conceptions in a Mathematical Modeling Educational Context", PME 96, 8-12 july 96, Valencia, Spain

G. Dettori, E. Puppo, "How generalization interacts with the topological and metric structure of maps", SDH 96, 12-16 Aug. 96, Delft, NL

P. Forcheri, P. Gentilini, M.T. Molfino, "Conjectural provability logic based on logica information measures", Logic Colloquim'96, July 9-15, 1996, San Sebasian, Spain

P. Forcheri, P. Gentilini, M.T. Molfino, "Informational logic for automated reasoning", JELIA'96, Sept. 30th-Oct.r 3rd, 1996 Evora, Portugal

P. Forcheri, P. Gentilini, M.T. Molfino, "An epistemological approach to the design of training courses on logic", DIMACS Symposium on Teaching Logic and Reasoning in an illogical world, July 25-26, 1996 Rutgers (USA)

 

Book's chapters

L. Bazzini , E. Gallo, E. Lemut, "Studies on teaching and learning of algebra", (concerning the research on algebraic thinking in Italy from 1988 on), chapetr of a book, sponsored by CNR, presented at the Internat. Conf. on Mathematics Education, ICME-8, Seville (Spain, 14-21 July) world conference held every 4 years

P. Boieri, G. Chiappini, M. Fasano, "Technology and mathematics", ICME-8 (in the same book as above)

 

Members of Committees

R.M. Bottino, P. Forcheri, M.T. Molfino, mebers of the Program Committee of the 8th Int. PEG Conf. "Meeting the challenge of the new technologies", Sozopol, Bulgaria, May 30th - June 1st 1997

G. Chiappini, member of the Scientific Committee for the transformation of the Ortofrenic Teacher School (SMO).

G. Chiappini, meber of the Organizing Committee of SFIDA 7 (Italian-french Seminaire for a didactic of algebra), Nice, Nov. 1996

B. Falcidieno, member of the Scientific Committe of the Intern. Conf. BLAUBEUREN II: Theory and Practice of Geometric Modelling, Tuebingen, Oct. 1996

M. T. Molfino, member of the Program Committee ofi ED-MEDIA'96, June 17-22, 1996, Boston

M. T. Molfino, member of the Program Committee of ITI'96, June 18-21, 1996, Pula

M. T. Molfino, member of the Program Committee CALISCE'96, July 29-31, San Sebastian

M. T. Molfino, member of the Program Committee Web-Net-96, October 16-19, 1996, San Francisco

 

Visitors and lecturers

7/6: Dragos Vaida, University of Bucharest, on problems of multiple representation in GIS (E. Puppo)

13/6: Dr. David Rosen, Systems Realization Laboratory, George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta. Lecture: Extending the Domain of Problem Solving in CAD Systems - The Goal-Directed Geometry Formulation and Solution Method (F. Giannini)

20-21/6: Michele Artigue, of the DIDIREM, Universitée Dennis Diderot, Paris 7, on problems related to integrating the use of software in math education. (E. Lemut)

 

Organization of scientific events

Internat. Workshop "Integration of Design by Features and Automatic Feature Recognition in an open CAD Framework", 3 July 1996, Darmstadt, Germany, in the context of the European project HCM, in collab. with the Fraunhofer Institut für Graphische Datenverarbeitung (B. Falcidieno)

2nd EC - GIS Workshop, 26-28 giugno 96, Genova, in collab. with GISIG (B.Falcidieno)




This newsletter is edited by Giuliana Dettori