The last twenty years have been witness to a fundamental shift in the way mathematics is practiced. 
    With the continued advance of computing power and accessibility, 
    the view that “ real mathematicians don’t compute” no longer has any traction for 
    a newer generation of mathematicians that can really take advantage of computer-aided research, 
    especially given the scope and availability of modern computational packages such as Maple, Mathematica, and MATLAB. 
    The authors provide a coherent variety of accessible examples of modern mathematics subjects 
    in which intelligent computing plays a significant role.