Instructors
AIME Sprint Class |
Business |
Dr. Jiangang Yao |
Dr. Jingwei Meng |
Dr. Jiangang Yao was fascinated with mathematics as a child and started his involvement with mathematical olympiads then. He won the gold medal with full marks in the 35th International Mathematical Olympiad and got his math PhD degree from UC Berkeley. He has been the coach for mathematical olympiads at various levels for 30 years, and has written several popular mathematical olympiad books in Chinese.
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Dr. Jingwei Meng is currently a faculty member at Indiana University. He obtained his Ph.D. degree from Duke University and a MBA degree in finance and supply chain management from Indiana University Kelley School of Business. Dr. Meng is the co-founder of Melody Culture Foundation, a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization established in 2004. He is actively involved in many cultural and educational services, including the first Chinese TV program in San Diego, concerts and master classes in music, summer and winter camps in business, and systematic business training for middle school and high school students. Since 2018, Dr. Meng has developed a comprehensive suite of business courses (“MBA for Youth” Program) and instructed in summer and winter camps across the US. His business classes are also offered as online weekly programs during spring and fall semesters.
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Debate |
Game Theory |
Mr. Hemanth Asirvatham |
Mr. Timothy Alexander |
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Mr. Hemanth Asirvatham is a student at Harvard University, studying Applied Mathematics in Computer Science and Economics. He does research on AI in economics, and recently interned at Coatue Management hedge fund. He was formerly the captain of the Century High School debate team and placed multiple times at statewide competitions. He's now part of the Harvard College Debate Union. Hemanth attended the Research Science Institute at MIT and was awarded a Top 10 presentation. Hemanth is a State AP Scholar, has placed 2nd at the US National Brain Bee, and is a two-time ISEF Finalist. He has led and instructed school teams for Model UN, Science Bowl, and STEM Society. Hemanth has taught many debate courses, including the Debate 101 summer program with over 150 attendees, with extremely positive feedback from students and parents. In his free time, Hemanth enjoys watching Star Trek (better than Star Wars, obviously), rereading Harry Potter for the 100th time, and beating his friends in Monopoly, Werewolf, or really any other game.
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Mr. Timothy Alexander is a student at The University of Alabama double majoring in Mathematics and Chemistry. His research focuses on game theory and behavioral economics. Timothy’s love and interest in STEM started at a young age as he began participating in math competitions in middle school - winning the Minnesota Mathcounts competition. Timothy continued this passion into highschool, qualifying for AIME 5 times as well as qualifying and competing in USAJMO, Math League, HMMT, and ARML (competing on Minnesota's top team as a captain). He scored a perfect 36 on the ACT and was a National Merit Finalist. Most recently Timothy was awarded the College of Arts and Sciences Outstanding Junior at University of Alabama. Outside of school, Timothy loves playing sports such as soccer and spikeball, playing strategic board games, and watching shows such as Parks and Recreation and Brooklyn 99.
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Intro to Computer Science in Python
Ms. Laura Wang
Laura Wang is a principal engineer and software development manager at a Fortune 500 company for over 20 years. She has been teaching programming language, program design and high-performance computing since 2002. Laura has been invited to give lectures in the US and 5 different countries.
Teaching Assistants
Leo Xu |
Matthew Chen |
Teaching Assistant, AIME |
Teaching Assistant, AIME |
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Leo is a rising senior in The Pingry School. He participates in math and physics competitions and is a 2 time USAJMO qualifier as well as a USAPhO qualifier. He was a former camper in Art of Science’s first year running, and has been a summer counselor for the past two years. He also plays basketball for his school, as well as leads his school's math and chess club. In his free time, he enjoys watching and playing sports as well as chess and other puzzle related games.
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Matthew Chen is a freshman at MIT studying math and computer science. He attended the Research Science Institute, was a USAMO Bronze medalist, 2x USAJMO Top 50 scorer, 2x USAPhO Qualifier, Regeneron STS Scholar, and competed in the USACO Gold division. He's a Captain of the MN All-State Math Team and placed 8th at PUMaC Algebra, 8th at BMT Geometry, 15th at CHMMC, 19th at CMIMC Combinatorics and was on the 1st place Theoretical Computer Science team. In his free time, he's a die-hard Vikings fan, loves solving puzzles, listening to rock and pop, coming up with spotify playlist names, and playing frisbee.
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