Events

EASI Webinar: Using accessible mathematics eText in the classroom -- June 17, 2014

Next week I'll be presenting a webinar hosted by EASI (Equal Access to Software and Information). I'll be discussing the results of two research studies where middle-school students with learning disabilities used eText containing MathML with assistive technology. Using MathML, students were able to use the same assistive technology in math class as they did for all their other subjects. Furthermore, these studies indicated improved academic performance in mathematics for students using digital instructional materials created with MathML.

Posted by Steve Noble on Jun 13 2014

Webinar: MathML is XML - structured editing in Adobe FrameMaker 12 April 8, 2014

I've had the opportunity to speak all over the world about the benefits and process of including MathML in your XML publishing workflows, but April 8th I'll be conducting my first webinar on the subject with Adobe. With the recent release of Adobe FrameMaker 12 you can create or edit MathML equations within FrameMaker 12, thanks to native integration with our MathFlow™ Structure and Style editors.

Posted by Autumn Cuellar on Apr 07 2014

Design Science donates to the "Mathematics in ebooks" project

Frederic Wang is an independent developer who works on open source efforts such as Mozilla's MathML support and MathJax. Recently, he launched a Mathematics in ebooks crowdfunded project. The stated goal of this project is "improving rendering quality in WebKit and Gecko so that EPUB publishers can rely on it." WebKit is the HTML engine used internally in many ebook readers, including Readium, the EPUB ebook reader produced under the aegis of IDPF.

Posted by Lary Stucker on Feb 16 2014

Job Opening: IT Specialist - SaaS infrastructure

We are looking for a hands-on IT Specialist with four or more years of experience to design and optimize cloud-based deployment of our products.

If you experience in the following areas, we want to hear from you:

Posted by Lary Stucker on Feb 12 2014

A MathML Progress Report: XML Prague 2014

Autumn Cuellar will be presenting A MathML Progress Report at XML Prague on February 16 at the University of Economics in the Czech Republic. During the presentation she will discuss the history of the MathML standard, how the standard has evolved to become a significant piece of other electronic communication and modeling standards, and give an overview of the wide variety of tools that now support MathML. The presentation will also cover the challenges that still remain for the MathML community and include a special announcement related to those challenges.

Posted by Lary Stucker on Feb 11 2014

Tools for creating accessible math -- DIAGRAM webinar July 18, 2013

Steve Noble, Accessibility Research Consultant (Guest Author)

Next week I'll be presenting in a webinar as part of a panel session hosted by the DIAGRAM Center at Benetech. I will be joining Geoff Freed and Bryan Gould of WGBH’s National Center on Accessible Media as the three of us discuss the latest and greatest tools for creating and reading accessible math. Tools for Creating Accessible Math will be held on Thursday July 18 at 12:00pm Pacific time (3:00pm Eastern). Be sure to register in advance to hold your slot in the webinar.

Posted by Steve Noble on Jul 10 2013

Working math into your classroom technology: CMC-N Conference, Nov 30-Dec 1

This weekend, the California Mathematics Council (CMC) will hold its CMC North Conference at the Asilomar State Conference Center and Pacific Grove Middle School. If you'll be attending the conference, stop by our booth at Pacific Grove Middle School and let us show you how MathType works with software and other technology you use every day: Windows 8 tablet PCs, interactive whiteboards such as Promethean ActivBoard or SMART Board, and nearly 700 other software applications and websites.

Posted by Bob Mathews on Nov 27 2012

Design Science welcomes Xpress Publishing Services as a partner

Xpress Publishing Services is a new MathFlow partner. Xpress Publishing Services offers a variety of publishing services including typesetting and translation for papers, journals, and books. They have offices in the UK and Canada but service software and publishing industries worldwide. Design Science is happy to work with Xpress Publishing Services, who, with Design Science software and expertise, are prepared to handle the intricacies of mathematics in your XML/SGML content.

Posted by Autumn Cuellar on Jun 01 2012

A sad day

I am extremely sad to report that Robert Miner, Design Science's VP of Research & Development, passed away this morning from liver cancer. I have worked closely with Robert for about 15 years and considered him a close personal friend. Our condolences go out to his wife and son. We will all miss him greatly.

Posted by Paul Topping on Dec 06 2011

Design Science Needs Good People!

Design Science has been involved in mathematical notation technology for 25 years now! During that time computers have gotten much, much more powerful and the internet has changed our lives enormously. Still, math notation has not changed at all during that time and editing it on a computer remains pretty much the same task. But things are about to change! The rise of mobile and tablet devices, web-based applications living in "the cloud", social media, semantic processing, and other technologies presents a ground-changing opportunity for our company.

Posted by Paul Topping on Oct 31 2011