SageMathCloud for teaching and research
Viviane Pons
## What is SageMathCloud?
An **open-soucre** online platform created in 2013 offering virtual machines for scientific collaboration.
This is a **service provider** built **on top** of many existing software (including OpenDreamKit components) and part of the **Open Source ecosystem**.
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## SageMathCloud for teaching
My first experiment: a mathematic and computer science project for first year students
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### First year students
* don't know much
* are not very autonomous
* often lack motivation
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### I asked...
* difficult things
* with little explanations
* and lots of freedom
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### And it worked!
2 phases
**Phase 1** Learn SageMath and python using notebooks on SageMathCloud
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**Phase 2** Work on challenging projects in the SageMathCloud environment
[Demo](../laby.webm)
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### I am not the only one...
An OpenDreamKit anecdote
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## How does this relate to OpenDreamKit?
We build a **toolkit**: we give the means for improving and creating VREs
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## We rely on each other
SageMathCloud **relies** on many of OpenDreamKit software: Jupyter, Sage, and more...
SageMathCloud gives us a great way to **reach our users** by reducing the technical barrier.
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## Beyond SageMathCloud
SageMathCloud is **one** example, but it does not answer the great variety of needs that arise.
**Goal: Give an ecosystem of solutions that work together**
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## Use SageMathCloud expertise
--> D3.2: Understand and document SageMathCloud backend code
