Education through the prism of computation

With the rapid development of technology, computation claims its irrevocable place among research components of modern science. Thus to foster a successful future scientist, engineer or educator we need to add computation to the foundations of scientific education. We will discuss what type of paradigm shifts it brings to these foundations on the example of Wolfram Science Summer School [1]. It is one of the most advanced computational outreach programs run by Wolfram Foundation, welcoming participants of almost all ages and backgrounds. Centered on complexity science and physics, it also covers numerous adjacent and interdisciplinary fields such as finance, biology, medicine and even music. We will talk about educational and research experiences in this program during the 12 years of its existence. We will review statistics and outputs the program has produced. Among these are interactive electronic publications at the Wolfram Demonstrations Project [2] and contributions to the computational knowledge engine Wolfram\textbar Alpa [3]. \\[4pt] [1] http://www.wolframscience.com/summerschool\\[0pt] [2] http://demonstrations.wolfram.com\\[0pt] [3] http://www.wolframalpha.com