Summer Program Faculty
University of Texas at Dallas, AMSP Director
- US IMO Team Leader (1995 – 2002)
- Director, MAA American Mathematics Competitions (1998 – 2003)
- Director, Mathematical Olympiad Summer Program (1995 – 2002)
- Coach of the US IMO Team (1993 – 2006)
- Member of the IMO Advisory Board (2002 – 2006)
- Chair of the USAMO Committee (1996 – 2004)
- MAA Sliffe Award winner for Distinguished Teaching
University of Bucharest, Romania
- Deputy Chairman of the Romanian Mathematical Society (1995 – present)
- Coach of the IMO Romanian team (1996-2002)
- Leader of the IMO Romanian team (1988, 1995-2002)
- Member of the IMO Advisory Board (1998-2002)
- Member of the IMO Problem Selection Committee (2003, 2004, 2005)
National College BP Hasdeu, Romania
- IMO Gold Medalist (1978), Bronze Medalist (1977, 1979)
- Coach of the Romanian IMO team (1989 – present)
- Deputy Leader of the Romanian IMO team(1995 – present)
- MOSP invited speaker(1999, 2001, 2002)
University of Wisconsin-Whitewater
- Member of the AIME Committee (2004 – present)
- Co-founder of the Purple Comet! Math Meet (formerly the UWW-UTD Math Meet)
Bulgarian Academy of Science; Institute of Mathematics and Informatics
Another important aspect of Oleg’s professional involvements is his work with mathematically gifted high school students. He himself benefited from the Bulgarian system of identifying mathematical talents at an early age leading to his participation in IMO’1969, Romania. Since then he has been involved in numerous activities dealing with nurturing and developing young mathematical talents.
- Coach of the Bulgarian Balkan Mathematical Olympiad Team (1989 – 1993)
- Coach of the Bulgarian IMO Team (1994 – 1998)
- Vice President of Union of Bulgarian Mathematicians (2001 – 2013)
- Deputy Director of IMI-BAS (2007 – present)
Florida International University
- IMO Bronze Medalist (1981)
- Instructor for COSMOS-UC Irvine (2000-2004)
- Math Circles leader in Miami (2005 – present)
- Teacher Math Circle network member (2008-present)
University of Bucharest
Lake Forest College
Charles University in Prague, Czechia
She translated the Purple Comet! Math Meet 2016 problems to Czech and therefore enabled the participants to compare themselves with students from one more country. Besides math, she enjoys traveling, crime novels, and singing in a choir. She hopes to become a full time math teacher one day.
University College London / University of Montreal
- Observer A for the IMO – 2010 Kazakhstan; 2011 Netherlands, 2013 Columbia, 2014 South Africa, 2016 Hong Kong
- IMO Coordinator (forthcoming)- IMO 2017, Brazil.
- Coach of the Ukrainian IMO Team – 2005- present.
- Personal coach (for some members of the IMO teams of Canada and Ukraine)
University of Texas at Dallas
University of New South Wales
NVIDIA Corporation
- Distinguished computer scientist, specializing in computer vision and artificial intelligence, especially for autonomous driving
- Passionate teacher of mathematically gifted students
- Over the years taught all first-level classes at the AwesomeMath Summer Programs
- Created and teaching all three levels of Physics Problem Solving at the AwesomeMath Academy
- Co-author (with his double-gold USAPhO medalist student Eric K.Zhang) of the book “F=ma Contests: 2011-2018 Official Solutions Manual” (about to be published by AAPT)
- Co-author (with Dr.Titu Andreescu) of the “Math Leads for Mathletes” series of books
- Author of the book “Mathematical Problems and Proofs”
- Author, co-author, or editor or five books on computer vision and control theory and a guest editor for several special issues of top computer vision journals
Brazil
- IMO Silver Medalist (2007, 2008), Bronze Medalist (2006)
- Leader of the Brazilian IMO team (2018)
- IMO Coordinator (2017)
- Member of Brazilian Mathematical Olympiad (OBM) commission
Princeton University
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Matthew earned his Bachelors in Mathematics, with a minor in Computer Science, from MIT in 2018. He has worked as educational staff at the AwesomeMath Summer Program since 2013, and as a faculty member since 2014. In his academic career, Matthew has
- Qualified for the Mathematical Olympiad Summer Program in 2010 and 2012
- Earned an Honorable Mention at the 2011 Asian Pacific Mathematics Olympiad
- Achieved a perfect score at the 2013 American Invitational Mathematics Examination
- Earned an Honorable Mention at the 2015 William Lowell Putnam Mathematical Competition
- Competed as a Finalist in the 2017 MIT Battlecode competition.
In his free time, Matthew is an advisor and coach for the Albany Area Math Circle, performs in the Hudson River Shakespeare Company, and learns about anthropology and sociology.
Czech Republic
- IMO Bronze medal (2006)
- Organized Mathematical Correspondence Seminar PraSe (2006 – 2012)
- Organized math competition Naboj (2007 – 2013)
- Ran a math circle for secondary school students (2012 – 2014)
- Taught math at secondary school (2014 – 2015)
- Reached two master’s degrees in Mathematical modeling and Math education in 2012
- Started Ph.D in Math education in 2012
- Teaching at AwesomeMath since 2012
- Developing textbooks for secondary schools (2013 – present)
University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge
University of Wisconsin Madison
- Math Olympiad Trainer International Computer High School of Bucharest and National College Tudor Vianu 2010-2012
- Two olympiads books coauthor: Problems from the Mathematical Olympiads in Romania (2008) and Selected Problems from the Shortlist for the training for the Romanian National Olympiad (2015), Gil Publishing House
- Trainer for the Romanian IMO team since 2011
- Master in Mathematics, University of Cambridge 2012
University of Goettingen, Germany
Vlad Crisan is a Ph.D student in Mathematics at University of Goettingen in Germany and has completed his Bachelor and Masters Degrees in Mathematics at University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom. Ever since 2011, he has been heavily involved in organizing and coordinating several national Mathematics Contests and Math Camps. He has also been teaching courses at the AwesomeMath Summer Camps since 2014. Together with Dr. Titu Andreescu, Vlad has co-authored Math textbooks focused on preparation for Olympiad and contests, serving as reliable resources for any competition-driven students.
PhD student at Caltech
- AwesomeMath Summer Program instructor
- Co-author of the “110 Geometry Problems from the IMO” and “Lemmas in Olympiad Geometry” XYZ Press books
- AwesomeMath Year-Round segment author
- AwesomeMath Academy visiting instructor
- 2010 IMO medalist
University of Illinois
Associate Professor of Mathematics at University of Texas, Arlington
Area of research: Algebra and Geometry
- Session Leader, San Jose Math Circle, 2004-2008
- Bronze Medal, XXX International Mathematical Olympiad, 1989
- First place, VI Balkan Mathematical Olympiad, 1989
- First place, Bulgarian National Mathematical Olympiad, 1989
University of California, Berkeley
University of Texas at Austin
Earned his Master’s degree in Mathematics from the University of Texas at Austin and has been working with the AwesomeMath Summer Program since 2012. He’s been teaching high school mathematics for 20 years during which time he has:
- Increased IB test takers from 15 to 62 during tenure as International Baccalaureate teacher
- Math Team coach for 19 years, coaching several teams that have advanced to state in MATHCOUNTS as well as students who have qualified for AIME and USAJMO
- 2016 recipient of the Edyth May Sliffe Award given by the MAA
- 2007, 2010 West Foundation Award winner in Wichita Falls given to 20 teachers out of 30 schools
- Awarded Teacher of the Year at Hirschi High School in 2016
- Finalist for Wichita Falls ISD secondary teacher of the year award in 2016
- Coached more than 20 UIL State high school math champions in Texas, as well as 10 middle school champions
- Named Hirschi High School Teacher of the year by the Sr. Class of 2017
University of Warsaw in Poland, Institute of Mathematics
- Leader of the Polish team for the IMO (years 2003-2007, 2012)
- Composer of 3 problems used at the IMO papers (years 2003, 2004, 2005)
- Member of the IMO Problem Selection Committee (year 2014)
- Associate Editor of the Journal “Mathematics Competitions”
- Chair of the Committee of the Junior Mathematical Olympiad in Poland
University of Cambridge
University of Milan, Italy
As a private tutor in Italy he also helped high school students to improve their mathematical skills through problem solving.
Besides math, he enjoys computer science, playing chess, playing the piano and learning new languages.
University of Warwick, United Kingdom
Johns Hopkins University
Carleton College