May 3, 2005
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Visual Numerics^® Expands Knowledge in Motion Education Program™ to Include IMSL® C# Numerical Library, IMSL C Numerical Library
and PV-WAVE^® Advantage

Expansion demonstrates Visual Numerics' commitment to academia by providing
best-in-class computational and visualization tools for the classroom,
and free software for instructors

SAN RAMON, Calif. - May 3, 2005 - Visual Numerics, Inc., a leading provider of numerical analysis and visualization software, today announced that is has expanded its Knowledge in Motion education program to offer comprehensive mathematics and statistics coverage across multiple programming environments by including its IMSL C# and IMSL C Numerical Libraries; and for unprecedented visualization coverage, Visual Numerics also added PV-WAVE Advantage to the program. Through Knowledge in Motion, Visual Numerics offers instructors a free copy of the software for their personal use when they incorporate Visual Numerics' software in their curriculum development. The program encourages collaboration among instructors in comparable disciplines and provides affordable alternatives to software currently available for classroom use.

Launched in September of 2003, Visual Numerics' Knowledge in Motion program was designed to encourage students to better understand the concepts of numerical analysis and statistical methods with Java™, a broadly used, platform-independent language. The expanded program enables university professors to leverage different programming environments such as .NET, C/C++ and Java to develop classroom applications for a variety of computationally-based disciplines such as engineering, mathematics, statistics, financial engineering, and life sciences. With the addition of PV-WAVE, professors can now include the most powerful visualization techniques available.

Professor Gary Richardson of Central Washington University is the expanded program's charter member. He will use the IMSL C# Numerical Library for his corporate finance course that focuses on topics such as time value of money, security valuation, financial forecasting, and working capital management. "As a professor of finance, I need the ability to integrate old Fortran libraries into Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) or Visual Basic.NET quickly and accurately without writing separate wrapper programs for compatibility. The IMSL C# Numerical Library is the only program that allows me to do this," said Richardson. "I proudly became a member of Visual Numerics' Knowledge in Motion Program because the company gives the academic world access to some of the most advanced and reputable mathematical and statistical routines available."

"We are committed to furthering the use of numerical analysis on Java, .NET and other platforms in the classroom," said Maura McGinnity, vice president of market strategy and corporate development for Visual Numerics. "We've gone to great lengths to modify education licensing policies to make it easier for professors to use the highest quality numerical analysis and visualization software possible, collaborate with their peers to raise the bar in teaching analytics, and help their students grow to become the best researchers, scientists, professors and analysts in the world."

Visual Numerics' Knowledge in Motion program has been highly successful with professors from prominent academic institutions such as Hong Kong University, Brigham Young University, York University, the University of Colorado and the University of Texas, where they currently use the JMSL Numerical Library to develop new applications and instructional aids for their course curriculum.

For more information about the Knowledge in Motion program, and to apply as a member, or to learn about special student discount pricing, visit: http://www.vni.com/solutions/education/programs.html.

About the IMSL Numerical Libraries

The IMSL Numerical Libraries have been the cornerstone of highly predictive and deep computing applications in science, technical and business environments for nearly three decades. These embeddable mathematical and statistical algorithms, written in C, C#, Java™ and Fortran, are used in a broad range of applications -- from programs that make airplanes fly and allow people to predict the weather, to those that enable innovative ways to study the human genome and predict stock market behavior. The IMSL Libraries are regarded as the most sophisticated, flexible, scalable and highly accessible technology available for numerical analysis in the most important mainstream programming environments in use today.

About PV-WAVE^®

PV-WAVE^® is an array based programming language used to build and deploy Visual Data Analysis applications. The PV-WAVE family of products, which includes PV-WAVE, TS-WAVE™, and JWAVE™, delivers engineers with the development tools to efficiently and accurately meet their data analysis needs. PV-WAVE solutions allow users to rapidly import, manipulate, analyze and visualize data.

The PV-WAVE family also includes robust time series analysis software as well as the ability to share analysis results across the enterprise with a Java-based solution. And, unlike other products, PV-WAVE Advantage includes a sophisticated set of analysis routines based on the industry-standard IMSL Libraries.

About Visual Numerics

Visual Numerics has provided technical software solutions for numerical analysis and visualization for more than three decades. The company's software products help users understand complex data from a variety of sources and build business-critical applications. Visual Numerics offers two product lines: the IMSL Numerical Libraries for powerful mathematical and statistical analysis and the PV-WAVE® visual data analysis development environment. Visual Numerics also offers customized consulting services for applications that involve mathematical, statistical, or visual data analysis to meet today's business analytical needs.

Major corporations, academic institutions, and research laboratories worldwide use Visual Numerics' software tools, including such high profile companies as: Bear, Stearns & Company; Barclays Global Investors; Priceline.com; The Dow Chemical Company; Humana; Sandia National Laboratories; and Boeing Company. This large and diverse customer base is supported through a direct sales force, wholly owned international subsidiaries, and international distributors. For more information about Visual Numerics, please visit www.visualnumerics.com.

Trademark Statement:

Visual Numerics and PV-WAVE are registered trademarks of Visual Numerics, Inc. in the U.S. and other countries. IMSL, JMSL, JWAVE, TS-WAVE and Knowledge in Motion are trademarks of Visual Numerics, Inc. All other company, product or brand names are the property of their respective owners.