Village:LaTeX/workshops

Speaker for the following 4 presentations

Stefan Kottwitz

Lufthansa Industry Solutions

https://lufthansa-industry-solutions.com

Aug 4 - Aug 8

TeX at work

A network engineer talks about using LaTeX in his field of work.

Everything that's text based can be

• generated (using macros or templates)
• automated
• processed (adding markup, hyperlinks, indexing).

TeX as mature macro expansion language is a natural choice for generating text based configurations. The speaker shows applying TeX in his specific work as a network engineer:

• Programming Cisco switch configurations using TeX
• IP / subnetting calculations with LuaTeX
• Syntax highlighting for Cisco configs
• Indexing and hyperlinking huge config files
• Drawing network topology diagrams with TeX/TikZ instead of the common MS Visio
• Team documentation: easy Markdown syntax for rapid writing, based on hidden underlying templates for compiling to corporate design appearance

Graphics with LaTeX

The author of the [LaTeX Cookbook] and of the [LaTeX Beginner's Guide] is a fan of graphics with LaTeX, especially with TikZ and pgfplots. So he will talk about using LaTeX and TikZ for

• Creating smart diagrams
• Easy flowcharts
• Mindmaps, timelines, posters, pie charts, ...
• Decorating, overprinting and annotating photos
• Plotting functions in 2d and 3d
• Electric circuits
• Visual models for maths, physics, chemistry, biology, and other sciences
• Landscapes and fractals in 2d and 3d
• Fun drawings (not that above wasn't fun)

While we may race through modern TeX graphics, we can go into details on request.

TeX online: sites and communities

A StackOverflow/ TeX StackExchange moderator and latex.org maintainer talks about

• Forums and Q&A sites
• Community galleries
• Community blogs
• Tool sites

Visualizing mathematics

A matheplanet.com member for more than 10 years with a strong focus on mathematics with LaTeX (can be seen on his [profile]) may make a presentation or at least give answers to any question related to maths with LaTeX.

Specifically, today there are great ways to produce math graphics, such as for

• Commutative diagrams
• Classic geometry
• 2d plots
• 3d surfaces
• Polar and logarithmic plots
• Topologic and algebraic topology drawings
• Sets in the complex plane