Preface of Electronic Proceedings

   We are proud to present the Electronic Proceedings of ATCM 2005. All contributed papers are reviewed by peers. The Electronic Proceedings of ATCM 2005 (EPATCM05) include all refereed full papers and abstracts presented during the conference.

   The theme of this year is ‘Enriching Technology in Enhancing Mathematics for All’, which describes one of the reasons why ATCMs have been organized up to now since the first ATCM was held in 1995. The past and present participants strongly believe that technology has made a positive impact in their teaching, learning and research in mathematics. The impact will be felt by more and more people around the world in the near future. Technological tools and enhancements will be more accessible to users. Your research, when published and presented in ATCMs, will continue to benefit the community as a whole.

   We are extremely thankful to have wonderful supports from the International Program Committee members and external reviewers who have contributed to the high quality of the proceedings. We received 99 abstract submissions (not including tutorial, invited talk and plenary speech submissions) for consideration. Of these abstract submissions, 44 have subsequently submitted full paper versions for review. We select and recommend 29 to be published in the Proceedings – a rejection rate of 34%. Only 25 of these appeared in the Electronic Proceedings. There are some high quality papers could not be included because they did not fit into a theme of ATCM.

We sincerely thank our sponsor, CASIO, for making the Electronic Proceedings of ATCM 2005 possible. We strongly believe that both hard copy and Electronic Proceedings will provide enriched resources to many students, teachers and researchers around the world.