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Payment structure:
You may choose a combination of classes below that would fit your schedule. Classes are separate. You are highly encouraged to register for two courses.
Click on the registration form here.
Payment structure:
You may choose a combination of classes below that would fit your schedule. Classes are separate. You are highly encouraged to register for two courses.
- AIME Sprint Class: $300
- Business: $240 per class (you may choose to take only one, or both)
- Debate: $285
- Introduction to Scientific Visualization: $200
Refund Policy:
Written cancellations (post or email) received two weeks prior to camp start date will receive a refund (minus the $50 deposit fee). No refunds are given within two weeks of camp start date. Substitutions are accepted. For more information, contact Dr. Yi Guo ([email protected]) for questions about staff or instructional content. If you are interested to join us as instructors or counselors for the 2021 summer camp, please also let us know! Please email us and fill out a contact form!
Written cancellations (post or email) received two weeks prior to camp start date will receive a refund (minus the $50 deposit fee). No refunds are given within two weeks of camp start date. Substitutions are accepted. For more information, contact Dr. Yi Guo ([email protected]) for questions about staff or instructional content. If you are interested to join us as instructors or counselors for the 2021 summer camp, please also let us know! Please email us and fill out a contact form!
Schedule
Opening Ceremony: December 26th, 2021: Sunday 19:00-21:00 PM EST
Camp Week: December 27th, 2021, Monday to December 31st, 2021, Friday, daily. Students could select one or more classes to attend:
Camp Week: December 27th, 2021, Monday to December 31st, 2021, Friday, daily. Students could select one or more classes to attend:
- AIME: Lectures by Dr. Jiangang Yao
- Time: 19:00-21:00 PM EST
- TA sessions (next day) by Leo Xu 9:00-11:00 AM EST or by Alexis Yi 13:00-15:00 PM EST
- Business: Lectures by Dr. Jingwei Meng
- Time: N001 - 13:00-15:00 PM EST
- Time: L001 - 15:30-17:30 PM EST
- Debate: Lectures by Mr. Hemanth Asirvatham
- Time: 11:00 AM-14:00 PM EST
- Time: 11:00 AM-14:00 PM EST
- Introduction to Scientific Visualization: Lectures by Mrs. Wenjing Wu
- Time: 13:00-15:00 PM EST
Curriculum
Mathematics - AIME Sprint Class
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What is the AIME?
American Invitational Mathematical Examination (AIME) is the second round of the official American high school mathematical competition. AIME problems are much harder than those in the first around - American Mathematics Competition (AMC) because many more problem-solving techniques and ideas are involved. |
Course Description:
In this five-day extensive training course, we will aim to enhance students problem-solving capacities by exploring 75 AIME-flavour problems. In each live session, 10 problems will be discussed, Dr. Yao will focus on explaining how to find the right path to tackle the problem and how to speed up the calculation process. Everyday, 5 other problems will be assigned as exercise, and teaching assistants will discuss these problems and answer student questions in the TA sessions. This sprint course will cover major mathematical problem-solving strategies needed for AIME, and some important (but not all) problem-solving techniques and knowledge points. The five topics are: Algebra, Plane Geometry, Spatial and Coordinate Geometry, Number Theory, Counting and Probability |
Business
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General Information:
M4Y Program designs these classes especially for students from Grade 6 to 12. The content is based on the curriculum of MBA for Youth (M4Y) program, which aims to help students systematically build fundamentals of business operations and applications, promote collaboration with other team members, improve negotiation skills, understand advertisement and marketing in a consumer-driven market, and master their business tools and skill sets. The complete M4Y program is designed with "entrepreneurship" in mind including four major areas: marketing, strategy, operations, and finance. (See below "M4Y Course Structure" for more details.） 
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Course Description:
L001, as one of the core courses in M4Y program, focuses on essential elements of business from legal and ethics perspectives. We will discuss legal and ethics in McDonald's hot coffee case, Ponzi scheme, Pyramid scheme, and product liabilities. N001, one of the core courses in M4Y program, focuses on essential negotiation techniques used in business environment through online simulations, case studies, 1-on-1 meetings, group discussion, and personal evaluation. Students will learn how to formulate their negotiation strategies, to prepare negotiation materials, and to make BATNA-based decisions. |
Debate
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General Information:
Hemanth Asirvatham will lead the Introduction to Debate course. Throughout the program, Hemanth will help students learn and master the foundational elements of debate. From research to analysis to advanced techniques in persuasive writing and speaking, participants will gain skills useful far beyond the realm of debate. Debate is something best learned by doing; it can't just be taught by lecture. Students will spend much of their time actively participating and bouncing ideas off one another in small groups. After learning a new technique, students will work with the instructor, TAs, and peers to master it themselves. Participants will also practice with fun topics of their own creation. Over the camp, students will collaborate and build their very own debate case, which they will argue on the final day. From piercing cross-examinations to showstopping conclusions, debate can be an extremely enjoyable and rewarding learning experience. Hemanth and the TAs are always willing to talk 1-on-1, answer questions, and give detailed feedback before, during, and after the camp so students get the best possible experience out of it. |
Course Outline:
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Introduction to Scientific Visualization
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General Information:
A picture is worth a thousand yottabytes.” What comes to mind when you hear “scientific visualization”? Graphs and charts? Audubon bird paintings? Peer-reviewed journal covers? Magazine infographics? Or the illustrations hanging on the walls of your doctor’s office? In this course, students will explore the interdisciplinary field of scientific visualization from an insider’s perspective, and engage in hands-on projects that fuse their interest in science, art, and communication techniques. |
Course Description:
Day 1 will be an introductory lecture on what scientific visualization is, the design and production process of a visualization project, and briefly the business aspect of this niche profession. Day 2-4’s classes will each consist of step-by-step demonstrations and Q&As. On Day 5, students will present their project in class and provide critiques to one another’s work. Preferred device and software (not required) - Wacom® tablet, Adobe® Illustrator CC, Affinity Designer, Clip Studio Paint. All other tools, such as Blender®, Procreate®, Adobe® Photoshop, pencil drawing, watercolor, photography, etc. are welcome, as long as the student is most comfortable with this tool. Students are encouraged to look beyond the technological barrier and primarily focus on design thinking. Course Survey Registered students please also fill out this course survey |