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MIT B.S. in Mathematics
Putnam Honorable Mention (2004, 2005), MOP (2002)
Founder of the Academy of Math and Programming (AMP), a free 5-week residential summer camp in NYC for talented high school students from around the country (2022-present)
Dave has been working in quantitative finance as a trader and educator for over 15 years. He has taught and mentored hundreds of top math students, helping them prepare for college and for quantitative careers.
Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics, University of Washington
MIT B.S. in Mathematics, Harvard Ph.D. in Mathematics
International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO): 2008, 2009 (Canada)
Harvard A.B. in Mathematics, S.M. in Applied Mathematics
USAMO qualifier (2005, 2006, 2007)
Alumnus of Mathpath (2003), MOP (2005), Research Science Institute (2007)
Counselor at Mathpath (2009)
Problem writer for ARML (2010–present) and North Suburban Math League (2017–2024)
Works in quantitative finance
Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics, University of Washington
Princeton B.A. in mathematics, MIT Ph.D. in Mathematics
Putnam Top 15 (2011), Honorable Mention (2008, 2009); USAMO Honorable Mention (2007, 2008)
Boeing Professor, Applied Mathematics (AMATH), University of Washington
Director, Computational Finance & Risk Management (CFRM) Program, University of Washington
Cornell B.S. in Operations Research & Industrial Engineering, Princeton Ph.D. in Operations Research & Financial Engineering
BA in Mathematics, and Bed in Mathematics Education, and MS in Mathematics.
50+ years teaching secondary students in Mathematics in both public and private schools around Washington State.
12+ years as a math coach of secondary teachers of mathematics in Seattle and 30+ years delivering ProD with teachers in the northwest, nationally and internationally.
Currently teaching secondary mathematics with students online.
Yale BA in Mathematics and Computer Science
Ran Middle School Math Circles for the last 7 years
Host of the monthly Seattle MathsJam
MIT B.S. in Mathematics, Ph.D. in Astrodynamics
Worked in mathematical optimization at NASA, Google, Microsoft Research, and Amazon
Top scorer in 2001 Pomona-Wisconsin Math Talent Search
Instructor/coach in K-12 STEM enrichment programs for over two decades
Cornell University, B.S. in Computer Science
MOP Instructor (2004–2012)
IDEA MATH Instructor since 2008
Longtime mathematics competition problem writer and copyeditor
Member of the Editorial Boards for the AIME and AMC 10/12
Member of the ARML authoring team and lead editor
Works as a software engineer at Microsoft
Duke B.S. in Mathematics and Computer Science
International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO): 1997 (Contestant, USA), 2001 (Grader, Washington D.C.)
Alumnus of PROMYS (1994), Research Science Institute (1996)
Since 2023, John coaches Kellogg Middle School, local all-star teams, and the Washington ARML team. His passion project is building a structured form of the AoPS wiki to warehouse all contest results, practice problems, and logistics for contest registration and travel.
MIT B.S. in Mathematics and Computer Science
UW Math PhD student (3rd year)
Luz is from Colombia. She loves trying new and exotic foods as well as learning new languages.
HMA Administrator
MIT BS and MEng in Electrical Engineering