The Sage mathematics software project (http://www.sagemath.org) aims to "Create a viable free open source alternative to Magma, Maple, Mathematica and Matlab."

This hands-on introduction to Sage will get new users solving their computational problems quickly. Emphasis will be placed on using Sage for current research and for using Sage in teaching calculus to undergraduate students.

We will use Sage on the web (http://www.sagenb.org); please bring your laptop if you have one.