Posted Thursday 02 June 2011

Minister for School Education, Early Childhood and Youth, the Hon Peter Garrett AM, MP, announced the names of members of Australian Science and Mathematics Olympiad teams, and presented them with their Australian blazers at a function at Parliament House, Canberra, on Thursday 02 June.

Teams were selected after training involving sometimes many years, starting with participation in events such as the Australian Mathematics Competition and Mathematics Challenge for Young Australians (for mathematics) and the Australian Informatics Competition and Australian Informatics Olympiad (for informatics).

The program's principal sponsor is the Australian Government through its Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research (DIISR) and the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations (DEEWR), with additional support from professional societies, particularly the Australian Association of Mathematics Teachers and the Australian Mathematical Society.

The team to represent Australia at the International Olympiad in Informatics (IOI), at Pattaya, Thailand, from 22 to 29 July, is

Team Leader is Mr Jarrah Lacko, of Sydney, and Deputy Leader Mr Christopher Chen, of Melbourne.

The team with Minister Garrett, from left Michael Chen, Eliot Courtney, Evgeny Martynov, Robert Newey, and Deputy Team Leader Christopher Chen.

The team to represent Australia at the International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO), at Amsterdam, Netherlands, from 13 to 24 July, is

Team Leader is Mr Ivan Guo of the University of Sydney, and Deputy Leader Mr Graham White, also of the University of Sydney.

The team with Minister Garrett, from left Nancy Fu, Declan Gorey, Timothy Large, Colin Lu, Yanning Xu, Angel Yu and Team Leader Ivan Guo.