2008-09 Instructors
Bruce Arnold - Mr. Arnold holds degrees in Mathematics and Educational Administration from UCLA and National University, respectively. He has taught at Torrey Pines High School and at UCSD. He currently directs mathematics testing programs at UCSD including the UCSD High School Honors Math and Statistics Contests, and among numerous activities in professional organizations is president of the Greater San Diego Mathematics Council.
Agustin Bravo - Mr. Bravo holds degrees in Electronic and Communications Engineering and Industrial Electronics Engineering from México's Universidad Iberoamericana and Instituto Tecnologico de Tijuana, respectively. He has worked for SANYO to design, consolidate and implement their Data Center and Wide Area Network, and currently supports the San Diego Superior Court IT Division as a Project Manager / IT Specialist.
Jack Brennen Bio TBA
Dr. David W. Brown - Dr. Brown received his Bachelors degree in mathematics and physics from Bucknell University, and his Ph.D. in theoretical physics from the University of Rochester. Much later, his children led him to a heightened appreciation for the exceptional needs of gifted youth and to eventual involvement with non-traditional education. Dr. Brown sees SDMC as an opportunity to provide enriching experiences for talented young people who thrive on challenge, within a peer group that is self-selected for their aptitude and enthusiasm for mathematics.
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Levon Budagyan - Mr. Budagyan received his Master of Science in Mathematics and in Computer Science from the Department of Mechanics and Mathematics at Moscow State University. He specializes in the mathematical theory of intelligent systems, and since 2003 has been a mathematician and software engineer at Molsoft LLC in San Diego.
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Dr. Joe Buhler - TBA
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Larry Evans - TBA
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Dr. Irina Kufareva - Dr. Kufareva received a Master of Science in Mathematics and a Ph.D. in Computer Science in 1994 and 1999, respectively, both from Tomsk State University, Russia. She currently works as a computational biologist for the Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla. Working with youth and creative math problem solving are two of her greatest hobbies, so she spend her free time organizing and volunteering for middle and high school math clubs in Carmel Valley.
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Vincent Le - Mr. Le is a senior at Westview High School who has been active in the SDMC since 2004. He has participated in numerous math competitions, including MathCounts, ARML, and the USAMO. In 2006, Vincent was one of only nine stiudents in the state of California to post a perfect score on the AMC 10. In addition to such competitions, he has participated in the MathCamp and AwesomeMath summer programs, and in his spare time enjoys solving the Rubik's cube ... blindfolded.
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Peng Li Bio TBA.
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Sean Markan Bio TBA
Dr. Yana Mohanty - Dr. Mohanty is a native of Odessa, Ukraine. She came to the United States in 1979. After graduating from UCLA with a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, she worked at Hughes Aircraft, and subsequently earned her Masters Degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. In 1997 she started the doctoral program in Mathematics at UCSD, and graduated in 2002. She taught at UCSD for 5 years and is presently teaching at Palomar College.
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Dr. Lei Ni - Dr. Ni earned his Ph.D. in Mathematics at the University of Califorina, Irvine in 1998. He has served on the faculty of Purdue University and Stanford University. He is currently an Associate Professor of Mathematics at UCSD.
Andrew Niedermaier - Mr. Niedermaier took the USAMO 4 times in high school and went to the Math Olympiad Summer Program in 1999. He received the team high scorer award for the Minnesota ARML team that won the national title 1997. He has been involved with teaching talented youth for the last several years, working with Center for Talented Youth and MathZoom. He placed in the top 100 on the 2002 and 2003 Putnam exam, graduated with honors from Harvey Mudd College, and is currently a graduate student in mathematics at UCSD. He continues his involvement with mathematics competitions as a writer for ARML and the Minnesota State Math League.
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Dr. David Patrick - Dr. Patrick earned the sole perfect score on the American High School Mathematics Examination (AHSME) in 1988 and was a USA Mathematical Olympiad winner that year. He also attended the Research Science Institute (RSI) in 1987 and the Math Olympiad Summer Program in 1988, and finished in the top 10 of the Putnam exam in 1991. He graduated from Carnegie Mellon in 1992 and earned his Ph.D. in mathematics at MIT in 1997. He wrote Art of Problem Solving's Introduction to Counting & Probability textbook.
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Dr. Zikica Perovic - Dr. Perovic earned his Bachelors and Master of Science degrees from the University of Belgrade and his Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota, in aspects of mathematical logic. Since, he has taught in the former Yugoslavia, in Minnesota and Ohio, and currently teaches at Mira Costa College. Dr. Perovic's main interest is in the area of ordered algebraic structures, and is particularly interested in Boolean algebras and model theory
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Igor Raush - TBA
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Richard Rusczyk - Mr. Rusczyk founded AoPS Inc in 2003 to create interactive educational opportunities for avid math students. Richard is one of the co-authors of the Art of Problem Solving textbooks, author of Art of Problem Solving's Introduction to Algebra and Introduction to Geometry textbooks, one of the co-creators of the Mandelbrot Competition, and the Director of the USA Mathematical Talent Search. He was a participant in National MATHCOUNTS, a three-time participant in the Math Olympiad Summer Program, and a USA Mathematical Olympiad winner (1989). He graduated from Princeton University in 1993, helped inaugurate ESPN's SportsFigures program, and worked as a bond trader for D.E. Shaw & Company for four years. AoPS marks Richard's return to his vocation - educating motivated students. This year he is co-teaching a year-long series of SDMC classes onCounting and Probabilitybased on the Art of Problem Solving text Introduction to Counting and Probability, by David Patrick.
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Naoki Sato - Mr. Sato won first place in the 1993 Canadian Mathematical Olympiad, and represented Canada at the 1992 and 1993 International Mathematical Olympiads, winning a bronze and silver medal, respectively. He has also served as deputy leader for the Canadian IMO team in 1997 and 2002. Naoki earned a Bachelor's in mathematics at the University of Toronto, and a Master's in mathematics at Yale University. He is originally from Toronto, Canada. Since 2005 he has been on the staff of The Art of Problem Solving.
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Dr. Chris Wright - Dr. Wright holds a PhD and an MS in Mathematics from Stanford University. He has served as an Assistant Professor of Mathematics at Duke University and a software engineer and designer. For the last ten years, he has devoted his time to teaching math in and around San Diego County and currently teaches at Pacific Ridge School. He is writing a series of math books for parents helping their children with math called Dr. Wright's Kitchen Table Math. This year Dr. Wright is co-teaching a year-long series of SDMC classes on Counting and Probability based on the Art of Problem Solving text Introduction to Counting and Probability, by David Patrick.
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Hao Ye - Mr. Ye received his Bachelors degree from Caltech in Computer Science and is currently studying ecosystem dynamics and nonlinear forecasting as part of a Biological Oceanography degree. He was on the Maryland National MathCounts team, and was on his high school's ARML team for four consecutive years. He continues to be involved with high school youth through teaching SDMC classes and coaching our ARML team.
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Dr. Ken Zeger - Dr. Zeger received Bachelor of Science and Master of Science degrees in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from MIT in 1984, and a Master of Arts in Mathematics and a PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering at University of California, Santa Barbara in 1989 and 1990, respectively. He was a Presidential Young Investigator in 1991 and became a fellow of IEEE in 2000. He is presently a Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Co-Director of Information and Coding Laboratory at UCSD.