Wolfram Research

The company launched Wolfram Alpha, an answer engine on May 16, 2009. It brings a new approach to knowledge generation and acquisition that involves large amounts of curated computable data in addition to semantic indexing of text.{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2009/mar/09/search-engine-google |title=British search engine 'could rival Google' |last=Johnson |first=Bobbie |date=2009-03-09 |work=The Guardian |access-date=2009-03-09 |location=London}}

Wolfram Research acquired MathCore Engineering AB on March 30, 2011.{{Cite news|url=https://techcrunch.com/2011/03/30/wolfram-research-acquires-modeling-and-simulation-software-developer-mathcore/|title=Wolfram Research Acquires Modeling And Simulation Software Developer MathCore|last=Rao|first=Leena|work=TechCrunch|access-date=2017-11-14|language=en}}{{cite journal|url=http://blog.wolfram.com/2011/03/30/launching-a-new-era-in-large-scale-systems-modeling/|title=Launching a New Era in Large-Scale Systems Modeling|last=Wolfram|first=Stephen|journal=Stephen Wolfram Writings |date=30 March 2011 }}

On July 21, 2011, Wolfram Research launched the Computable Document Format (CDF). CDF is an electronic document format[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/news/8561619/Wolfram-Alpha-creator-plans-to-delete-the-PDF.html Wolfram Alpha Creator plans to delete the PDF] The Telegraph (UK) designed to allow easy authoring[https://www.pcworld.com/article/236202/wolfram_makes_data_interactive.html Wolfram makes data interactive] PC World of dynamically generated interactive content.

In June 2014, Wolfram Research officially introduced the Wolfram Language as a new general multi-paradigm programming language.{{cite web |url=http://reference.wolfram.com/language/ |title=Wolfram Language reference page |author= |website=reference.wolfram.com |access-date=2014-05-14 }} It is the primary programming language used in Mathematica.[http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/bitwise/2014/03/stephen_wolfram_s_new_programming_language_can_he_make_the_world_computable.html Slate's article Stephen Wolfram's New Programming Language: He Can Make The World Computable, March 6, 2014. Retrieved on 2014-05-14.]

On April 15, 2020, Wolfram Research received $5,575,000 to help pay its employees during the COVID-19 pandemic as part of the U.S. government's Paycheck Protection Program administered by the Small Business Administration. The loan was forgiven.{{Cite web|title=Wolfram Research, Inc in Champaign, IL - SBA PPP Loan Data (Paycheck Protection Program)|url=https://www.federalpay.org/paycheck-protection-program/wolfram-research-inc-champaign-il|access-date=2021-03-17|website=www.federalpay.org}}{{Cite web |last=Willis |first=Moiz Syed, Derek |date=2020-07-07 |title=WOLFRAM RESEARCH, INC. - Tracking PPP |url=https://projects.propublica.org/coronavirus/bailouts/loans/wolfram-research-inc-9702387107 |access-date=2023-03-10 |website=ProPublica |language=en}}

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{{Main|Wolfram Mathematica}}

Mathematica began as a software program for doing mathematics by computer, and has evolved to cover all domains of technical computing software, with features for neural networks, machine learning, image processing, geometry, data science, and visualizations. Central to Mathematica's mission is its ability to perform symbolic computation, for example, the ability to solve indefinite integrals symbolically. Mathematica includes a notebook interface and can produce slides for presentations. Mathematica is available in a desktop version, a grid computing version, and a cloud version.

{{Main|Wolfram Alpha}}

Wolfram Alpha is a free online service that answers factual queries directly by computing the answer from externally sourced curated data, rather than providing a list of documents or web pages that might contain the answer as a search engine might. Users submit queries and computation requests via a text field and Wolfram Alpha then computes answers and relevant visualizations.

On February 8, 2012, Wolfram Alpha Pro was released, offering users additional features(e.g., the ability to upload many common file types and data — including raw tabular data, images, audio, XML, and dozens of specialized scientific, medical, and mathematical formats — for automatic analysis) for a monthly subscription fee.{{Citation needed|date=July 2020}}

In 2016, Wolfram Alpha Enterprise, a business-focused analytics tool, was launched. The program combines data supplied by a corporation with the algorithms from Wolfram Alpha to answer questions related to that corporation.{{cite news |last=Castellanos |first=Sara |title=Computing Pioneer Stephen Wolfram Creates Data-Analysis Tool for Business |publisher=Wall Street Journal |date=February 7, 2019 |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/computing-pioneer-stephen-wolfram-creates-data-analysis-tool-for-business-11549533601 |access-date=2019-02-27}}

{{Main|Wolfram SystemModeler}}

Wolfram System Modeler is a platform for engineering as well as life-science modeling and simulation based on the Modelica language. It provides an interactive graphical modeling and simulation environment and a customizable set of component libraries. The primary interface, ModelCenter, is an interactive graphical environment including a customizable set of component libraries. The software also provides a tight integration with Mathematica. Users can develop, simulate, document, and analyze their models within Mathematica notebooks.

Wolfram Research publishes several free websites including the MathWorld and ScienceWorld encyclopedias. ScienceWorld, which launched in 2002, is divided into sites on chemistry, physics, astronomy and scientific biography.{{Cite web|url=http://scienceworld.wolfram.com/info/faq.html|title=ScienceWorld FAQ|last=W.|first=Weisstein, Eric|website=scienceworld.wolfram.com|language=en|access-date=2017-07-25}} In 2005, the physics site was deemed a "valuable resource" by American Scientist magazine.{{Cite web|url=http://www.americanscientist.org:80/template/SiteOfTheWeekTypeDetail/assetid/41482|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050319161442/http://www.americanscientist.org:80/template/SiteOfTheWeekTypeDetail/assetid/41482|url-status=dead|archive-date=2005-03-19|title=American Scientist Online – Eric Weisstein's World of Physics|date=2005-03-19|access-date=2017-07-25}} However, by 2009, the astronomy site was said to suffer from outdated information, incomplete articles and link rot.{{Cite journal|date=2010-05-04|title=Eric Weissteins's World of Astronomy|journal=Reference Reviews|volume=24|issue=4|pages=32–33|doi=10.1108/09504121011045728|issn=0950-4125|last1=Johnson|first1=Gareth J}}

The Wolfram Demonstrations Project is a collaborative site hosting interactive technical demonstrations powered by a free Mathematica Player runtime.

Wolfram Research publishes The Mathematica Journal.[http://www.mathematica-journal.com The Mathematica Journal official site.] Wolfram has also published several books via Wolfram Media, Wolfram's publishing arm.[http://www.publishersweekly.com/index.asp?layout=article&articleId=CA224454&display=searchResults Stephen Wolfram's A New Kind of Science sets a new standard in more ways than one] by Charlotte Abbott, Publishers Weekly, 6/24/2002{{Cite web|url=http://www.wolfram-media.com/products/index.html|title=Wolfram Media: Titles|website=www.wolfram-media.com|access-date=2016-08-01}} In addition, they have experimented with electronic textbook creation.{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/18/business/online-textbooks-aim-to-make-science-leap-from-the-page.html | work=The New York Times | first=Anne | last=Eisenberg | title=Online Textbooks Aim to Make Science Leap From the Page | date=17 December 2011}}

Wolfram Research served as the mathematical consultant for the CBS television series Numb3rs, a show about the mathematical aspects of crime-solving.{{cite news |url=http://pi.math.cornell.edu/~numb3rs/samuelson/blackout_season3_disc2.html |title=Numb3rs 307: Blackout |access-date=19 March 2021 |publisher=Cornell University}}

• A New Kind of Science
• Ed Pegg, Jr.
• Eric W. Weisstein
• Computer-based mathematics education

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• {{Official website|http://www.wolfram.com/}}
• [https://twitter.com/wolframresearch/ Official Wolfram Research Twitter Account]
• [http://www.hoovers.com/wolfram-research/--ID__105305--/free-co-factsheet.xhtml Hoovers Fact Sheet] on Wolfram Research, Inc.
• [http://numb3rs.wolfram.com/ The Mathematics Behind NUMB3RS], Wolfram's site on NUMB3RS mathematics.

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