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Register of Former Australian Mathematics Olympians
Australia's participation in the International
Mathematical Olympiad is directed by the
Australian Mathematical Olympiad Committee, a subtrust
of the
Australian Mathematics Trust. Any information on whereabouts
of the Olympians below would be appreciated and can
be directed to
Peter Taylor.
It is suggested at
least degrees (inc University) awarded, years, and current activity
would be of interest at a minimum. Anyone who
has a home page which they would like to hot-link, please
advise your URL. Finally if anyone has any old photos we are looking for some to add to this page. They
can be sent to Peter Taylor and if hard copy you will definitely get them back!
- 1981 Washington (23rd of 27)
- Alan Blair, Sydney Grammar School, Year 9, NSW
After obtaining BSc and BA (hons)
at Sydney University, Alan studied mathematics at MIT,
completing his PhD in 1994. Until 1997 he was a
post-doctoral fellow in cognitive science
at Brandeis University. In 2002 he was a Senior Lecturer
in the Department of Computer Science
and Software Engineering at the University of Melbourne, but in 2006 is in the Computer
Science and Engineering Department of the University of New South Wales.
- Jim Farmer, Waratah High School, NSW
Jim is an actuary. He was at MLC Life
and is now a Lecturer in the Department of
Actuarial Studies at Macquarie University.
- Geoffrey Heenan, St Joseph's College, NSW
In 1996 studying for PhD in Economics at Columbia
University, New York. In 2000 was teaching Economics at
Columbia University. In 2003 working for the International
Monetary Fund.
- Wing On Lam, Strathfield South High School, NSW
- Stephen McKay, Dalby State High School, Qld
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Ken Ross, Mount Scopus Memorial College, Vic
Ken studied Computer Science at Stanford University. He
is now an Associate Professor
in the Computer Science Department at Columbia University.
He got a national young investigator award from the National
Science Foundation in 1994.
- Ken Skinner, Boonah State High School, Qld
Ken has a BSc with first class honours in Physics from
the University of Queensland (1986) and a PhD in the field of Hypersonic
Aerodynamics from the University of Queensland (1994).
Currently (2007) he works for the Defence Science and Technology Organisation, Enoggera, Queensland as
a Senior Research Scientist developing Command and Control Support Systems.
- Richard Wilson, The King's School, NSW, Bronze
PhD, Mathematics, University of Newcastle, 1989, on modelling
and planning of health care systems. Now lives in Trent, Italy,
working for the European Christian Mission at the Evangelical Church
of Trent, and for the International Fellowship of Evangelical Students
at the University of Trent.
![[IMO 1981 Team]](imo1981.jpg)
Our only image of this team. Jim Williams (Team Leader) is at left, Professor
George Szekeres (Deputy Leader) is at right.
The team is (back, from left) Stephen McKay, Alan Blair, Ken Ross, Ken Skinner, Wing On Lam,
(front, from left) Geoffrey Heenan, Richard Wilson, Jim Farmer.
- 1982 Budapest (21st of 30)
- Alan Blair, Sydney Grammar School, NSW
Selected for second time. See 1981.
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David Chalmers, Unley High School, SA, Bronze
David obtained a BSc (Hons) in mathematics
at the University of Adelaide
in 1986. He received a Rhodes Scholarship to study
at Oxford University but after a year turned his mind to philosophy.
He received a PhD in philosophy
and cognitive science at the University
of Indiana in 1993. He then spent 2 years as a McDonnell
Fellow at Washington University in St Louis. From August
1995 he was in the Department of Philosophy in the
University of California, Santa Cruz. His book "The
conscious mind: in search of a fundamental theory" was
published by Oxford University Press in 1996.
He also had an article in the December 1995 edition
of Scientific American. He was was Professor of Philosophy at the University
of Arizona from 1999 to 2004, and that since 2004 he has been an ARC Federation Fellow,
Professor of Philosophy, and Director of the Centre for Consciousness
at the Australian National University.
- Ken Ross, Mount Scopus Memorial College, Vic
Selected for second time. See 1981.
- Dirk Vertigan, Elizabeth Matriculation College, Tas
BSc (First Class Hons, Maths), U Tas, 1987. MSc U Tas 1987 (took 9 months).
Took up a Commonwealth Scholarship to study for a DPhil at Oxford University
supervised by Dr Dominic Welsh. In 1990 awarded Oxford University Senior
Mathematics Prize for best dissertation by a mathematics DPhil student.
DPhil, 1991. Postdoctoral fellow at DIMACS (NJ, USA) 1991-2. Alexander von
Humboldt postdoctoral fellow at the Research Institute for Discrete Mathematics,
Bonn, Germany, 1992-3. At Louisiana State University since 1993: Assistant
Professor 1993-1998, Associate Professor 1998-2003, Full Professor 2003-present.
![[IMO 1982 Team]](imo1982.jpg)
This photograph was taken at the first ever training camp, held at the University
of Newcastle in 1982, and includes the 1982 IMO team.
The picture shows Paul Erdös, centre, who attended the camp. On left is
Mr Jim Williams, of the University of Sydney, who was Team Leader. Jim died in
1993. Second from left is Professor Bernhard Neumann, of the Australian National
University, who was the founding Chairman of the Australian Mathematical
Olympiad Committee. Professor Neumann died in the year 2002 at the age of 93.
On the right is Professor George Szekeres,
of the University of New South Wales, who was Deputy
Team Leader. Professor Szekeres turned 90 in May 2001.
The students, from left to right, are Alan Blair, Ken Ross, David
Chalmers and Dirk Vertigan.
- 1983 Paris (19th of 32)
- David Baldwin,
Pulteney Grammar School, SA
David studied Maths and Computing at the ANU, obtaining
BSc (Hons) in 1987. He is now Head of the Teaching and Learning
Technology Support Unit at the ANU.
- Andrew Kepert
, Churchlands Senior High School, WA, Bronze
BSc (Hons, Maths), UWA, 1989. PhD (Maths) ANU, 1992. Andrews PhD supervisors
were Rick Loy and George Willis.
From 1992 to 1995 he held postdoctoral and visiting positions at the
University of Copenhagen, Oklahoma State University, University of
Newcastle upon Tyne and the University of Alberta.
He is now a Lecturer in Mathematics at the Central
Coast Campus of the University of Newcastle, NSW and is doing research
in Functional and Harmonic Analysis. In 2007 he is joining the Problems Committee of
the Australian Mathematics Competition.
- Richard Moore, Prince Alfred College, SA, Bronze
BSc (Hons) in Maths and Computer Science at ANU, 1987. Worked in the finance
industry in Sydney until 2000, firstly at Bankers Trust until 1996 and then
at Salomon Smith Barney as a Director in their Equity Capital Markets group.
He now lives in Brisbane, where he is the Chief Executive Officer of Dark
Blue Sea, an internet company.
- Stephen Tyler, Knox Grammar School, NSW
BSc (CompSci, Maths), Sydney, 1987
BE (Hons, Electrical), UTS, 1990
Master of Engineering Management, UTS 1995 with IEAust MEM Prize
Worked in a variety of engineering roles before being a Marketing Manager
and Research Manager at Canon. Left Canon in 2000 to found an internet
consulting company, eBusiness Results, in Newcastle.
- Dirk Vertigan, Elizabeth Matriculation College, Tas, Silver
Selected for second time. See 1982.
- Christopher Watson, Glenmore State High School, North Rockhampton, Qld
- 1984 Prague (15th of 34)
- Alan Blair, Sydney Grammar School, NSW, Bronze
Selected for third time. See 1981.
- Jonathon Ennis, Melbourne C of E Grammar School, Vic
Now Jonathon Ennis-King. In 1985-1988 he
completed a BSc (Hons) degree in mathematics, with
minors in physics, chemistry and computing. In 1989-1993
he completed his PhD in the department of Applied Mathematics,
Research School of Physical Sciences, ANU.
In 1993-5 he had a postdoctoral position at the department
of mathematics, University of Melbourne. In 1996-7 he
had a postdoctoral position in Physical Chemistry 2,
Lund University, Sweden. Since Feb 1998
he has been a postdoc at the Research School of Chemistry
at ANU, broadly working in chemical physics and statistical mechanics,
but from an applied maths perspective. In 2006 he is with the CSIRO Division of Petroleum in Melbourne.
- Matthew Hardman, Knox Grammar School, NSW, Bronze
BSc (Hons I) in Pure Mathematics at the University of Sydney.
In 1996 finishing off a PhD in asset pricing models
at University of Sydney. He is an Associate
Lecturer at the University of Sydney and has been
a personal tutor for Olympian team members for
six years.
- Andrew Jenkins, North Sydney Boys High School, NSW
BSc (First Class Hons, University Medal), Sydney. Then
studied for PhD, Computer Science at University of Sydney.
Later worked for Bain & Co in Sydney, and in 2001 worked for
Deutsche Bank in London. In 2006 he is working in London for the Royal Bank of Scotland, developing
and testing pricing models for the Credit Derivatives trading desk.
- John Kramer, Sydney Grammar School, NSW
BSc (Hons I) in Pure Mathematics at the University of Sydney, 1988. After 3 years designing
and writing foreign exchange options software at Macquarie Bank, he moved to be the Software Design Lead at
accounting software house Ceedata (which through mergers became Xlon, Solution6, and - after he left in 2001 - a division
of MYOB). In 2001 he moved to the country, where he has three young children, has built his own house, and grows olives.
- Michael Peake, Prince Alfred College, SA, Silver
Undertook postgraduate study at Oxford University. Now working in the IT industry in Adelaide
for an organisation called dspace, and is active in training the local students. He is
State Director of AMOC for South Australia.
![[IMO 1984 Team]](imo1984.jpg)
The above photo is of the New South Wales members of this team. Clockwise from top left Andrew Jenkins, Alan Blair,
John Kramer and Matthew Hardman.
- 1985 Helsinki (11th of 38)
![[IMO 1985 Team]](imo1985.jpg)
The team planting a tree in Finland, from left Andrew Hassell, Geoff Ball (Deputy Leader),
Alasdair Grant, Oli (Guide), Catherine Playoust, John Graham, Shane Booth and in front David Hogan.
- 1986 Warsaw (15th of 37)
- Adrian Chen, Prince Alfred College, SA
Awarded a BSc in 1990.
- David Hogan, James Ruse Agricultural High School, NSW, Bronze
Selected for the second time. See 1985.
- Ross Jones, Rosny College, Tas, Bronze
Studied for Honours in Mathematics
and Physics at the University of Tasmania.
- Catherine Playoust, Loreto Kirribilli, NSW, Bronze
Selected for second time. See 1985.
- Ben
Robinson, Narrabundah College, ACT, Bronze
Ben completed a combined Arts/Science bachelor degree at ANU
specialising in Philosophy and Mathematics. He has experimented
with self-sufficiency rural living, and is (2003) a single
parent. His main interests are in computer programming, sport
(especially Australian Football) and music.
- Terry Tao,
Blackwood High School, SA, Bronze
BSc (First Class Hons, Pure Maths), Flinders 1992
(the youngest ever). Was later awarded a Fulbright
Postgraduate Student Award to study for PhD at Princeton University.
Finished his thesis in May 1996 and at the age of 24 became a full Professor
in the Department of Mathematics at UCLA. In 2006 he was awarded a FIELDS
MEDAL, the highest award in Mathematics, of status equal to that of a Nobel Prize.
![[IMO 1986 Team]](imo1986.jpg)
The team, from left, David Hogan, Aina (Guide), Catherine Playoust, Ross Jones, Terry Tao, Ben Robinson and Adrian Chen.
- 1987 Havana (15th of 42)
- Kin Yan Chung, Duncraig Senior High School, WA, Silver
BSc (First Class Hons, Maths), UWA. Graduated from Princeton
University with a PhD in Mathematics in June 1997. Then
lived in Vienna, Virginia (not Austria) and working as a
Business Analyst for Capital One Services, one of the top
ten credit card issuers in the US.
- Jonathan Potts, Brisbane Grammar School, Qld
Completed BE (Elec and Comp)
(First Class Honours) UQ 1992. BSc (First
Class Hons, Maths), UQ 1993. Worked in engineering and programming jobs from
1994-2000, since then self-employed doing web design. Did 12 months of PhD program at
UNSW in 1995 in area of automated design optimisation.
Since 2000, increasingly moving from volunteer to paid employment as a sports
administrator for ultimate frisbee.
Member of Australian Ultimate Frisbee team 1994-2004, since 2000 as captain.
Currently (2004) CEO of Australian Flying Disc Association and Secretary-General
of World Flying Disc Federation.
- Ben Robinson, Narrabundah College, ACT, Silver
Selected for the second time. See 1986.
- Luke Seberry, Sydney Grammar School, NSW
BEc (Macquarie) + Actuarial studies.
Fellow of the Institute of Actuaries
worked for AMP, then for Sun Insurance, later in
Taiwan studying Mandarin.
- Terry Tao, Blackwood High School, SA, Silver
Selected for the second time. See 1986.
- Ian Wanless, Phillip College, ACT
Has worked for Questacon (The National Science and Technology Centre)
and CSIRO's Double Helix Science Club. In 1997 he completed a PhD in
combinatorics at ANU, entitled Permanents, Matchings and Latin
Rectangles. Following that he undertook postdoctoral work in
graph theory at the University of Melbourne. From Oct 1999 to Feb
2003 he was a junior research fellow at Christ Church, Oxford. He
then did another postdoc at ANU before being appointed Senior
Lecturer at Charles Darwin University at the start of 2005. In 2006 he
moved to Monash University where he is a QEII Fellow.
![[IMO 1987 Team]](imo1987.jpg)
The team, from left, Ben Robinson, Kim Yan Chung, Terry Tao, Jonathan Potts,
Ian Wanless, Luke Seberry and Geoff Ball (Deputy Leader).
- 1988 Canberra (17th out of 49)
![[IMO Team 1988]](imo1988.jpg)
The team, from left, Jeremy Liew, Martin Bush, Geoff Bailey, Terry Tao, David Jackson and Martin O'Hely.
- 1989 Braunschweig (22nd of 50)
- Kevin Davey,
St Kevin's College, Vic, Bronze
Kevin received BSc (Hons) at Monash University in 1992, MA (Mathematics) UCLA in 1996,
MA (Physics (University of Pittsburgh in 2003), and PhD in Philsophy at the University of
Pittsburgh in 2004. In 2005
he was located at the University of Kansas Philosophy Department.
Since 2006 has been a Professor in the philosophy department at the University of Chicago.
- Christopher Eckett, Brisbane Grammar School, Qld
BE (Mechanical Engineering, First Class Hons, University Medal), UQ, 1993.
MSc (Aeronautics), California Institute of Technology (Caltech), 1995.
PhD (Aeronautics), California Institute of Technology, 2000.
Currently (2003) working for United Technologies Research Center in East
Hartford, Connecticut, performing computations and analysis
for jet engine and scramjet engine combustion research.
- Philip Gleeson, St Joseph's College, NSW
After one year of chemical engineering at Sydney University,
Phil switched to a science degree focusing on biology.
He continued to study mathematics because it was
challenging and it gave him skills other biologists lacked.
His Honours project involved modelling the interactions
between parasitic wasps and their hosts. Phil is now
a data analyst for the Queensland Department of Primary
Industries in Cairns. He uses satellite technology and mathematics to model
the population of Papaya Fruit Fly and to monitor
eradication measures.
- Mark Kisin, Melbourne Grammar School, Vic, Silver
Obtained BSc (First Class Hons, Maths), Monash.
He then graduated with a PhD at Princeton University and
in 1999 worked at the University of Sydney on an ARC Postdoctoral
Fellowship. His
research interests are in Algebraic Geometry and Number Theory. In 2003 he was
at the University of Münster. As of 2006 a full Professor of Mathematics at the University of Chicago.
- Alan Offer, Caboolture State High School, Qld, Silver
BSc (First Class Hons, University Medal) UQ 1994; PhD (finite geometry,
supervisors Christine O'Keefe & Rey Casse) Adelaide Uni 2000.
Moved to Spain, relaxing for awhile, but then teaching maths and comp
sci at St Louis Uni (Madrid campus).
In 2002, he moved to Universiteit Gent in Belgium, where his
research interests primarily concern generalized polygons.
- Brian Weatherson, Mazenod College, Vic, Bronze
Brian was enrolled in an
Arts/Law degree at Monash majoring in philosophy. In 1994 he
completed honours in philosophy, with his thesis being in modal logic.
He then completed a PhD in philosophy, also at Monash, and
discontinued the law degree. After working at Syracuse University,
he then became an Assistant
Professor in Philosophy at Brown University, Rhode Island.
![[IMO 1989 Team]](imo1989.jpg)
The team, from left, Brian Weatherson, Mark Kisin, Alan Offer, Kevin Davey, Philip Gleeson, Christopher Eckett,
and Geoff Ball (Deputy Leader).
It should be noted that
Danny Calegari, Melbourne Grammar School, was originally
selected for the team, but withdrew before the team departed.
He completed his BA(Hons) at Melbourne University
in 1994, and obtained the AO Capell Scholarship for Graduate study
at Melbourne. He also obtained the Mary Stella Langford travelling
scholarship to Berkeley.
1997: He studied for a PhD at UC Berkeley
in "low *dimensional* topology" - i.e. dimensions
2,3,4; e.g.: theory of mapping class groups, the virtual fibration
conjecture for 3-manifolds, Seiberg-Witten theory, finite-type
invariants.
Starting in Fall 2000 he became Benjamin Peirce Associate Professor
of Mathematics at Harvard. His research interests are
low-dimensional topology, particularly the theory of
foliations and geometric structures in 3-manifolds.
In 2008 Danny is the
Richard Merkin Distinguished Professor of Mathematics at
California Institute of Technology.
- 1990 Beijing (15th of 54)
- Timothy Adam, Scotch College, Vic, Silver
Timothy graduated from Science and Engineering at the
University of Melbourne
and is now working as an engineer.
- Angelo Di Pasquale, Eltham College, Vic, Bronze
BSc (First Class Hons, Maths), Monash. Completed a
PhD at Melbourne University in 1999, while holder (1995 to 1998) of the AO Capell Scholarship.
The title of his thesis was Links and Complements of Arrangements of Complex Projective
Plane Algebraic Curves. It was supervised by Walter Neumann.
In 1997 Angelo became Deputy Leader of Australia's IMO team, a position
he held until 2001. In 2000 appointed Director of Training
for the Australian Mathematical Olympiad Program. In 2002 he
became Leader of Australia's IMO Team.
Angelo also qualified as L. Mus A. pianoforte in 1993 (music diploma by AMEB for executive
abilty, i.e. actual playing, not just study).
He also taught some enrichment mathematics at three Victorian High Schools in the periods
1998 to 2000 and 2004 to present.
- Joseph Lau, North Sydney Boys High School, NSW, Bronze
Joseph completed an undergraduate degree with first class honours
and University Medal from the University of Sydney. In 2001
he is working for William Mercer in Sydney.
- Elisabeth le Strange, Sydney Church of England Girls Grammar School,
NSW, Bronze
Elisabeth graduated with B.Sc. (Hons) University of Sydney in
Theoretical Physics in 1994, Grad Dip (Sec), University of Sydney,
secondary science teaching in 1995 and Certificate in Theology at Moore College,
also in 1995. She graduated in medicine at the
University of Sydney in 1999. She was (about 1997?) engaged to Keith Brain,
who was in the Australian Physics Olympiad team in 1990. She retired
from the Sydney Youth Orchestra at the end of 1997 after
10 fantastic years. In 2006 she is married to Keith Brain and has 2 children. She is undertaking specialist
medical training at Oxford University.
- Brian Weatherson, Mazenod College, Vic, Silver
Selected for the second time. See 1989.
- Dominic Yip, Crows Nest High School, NSW, Bronze
In 2006 Dominic is working in Sydney for Canon Information Systems Research Australia.
- 1991 Sigtuna (20th of 56)
- Angelo Di Pasquale, Eltham College, Vic, Bronze
Selected for second time. See 1990.
- Anthony Henderson, Sydney
Grammar School, NSW, Bronze
In 1996 Anthony completed first class honours in Pure Mathematics, with University
Medal, at the University of Sydney. He went on to MIT
where he completed a PhD in 2001 with thesis Character Sheaves
on Symmetric Spaces, supervisor George Lusztig. In 2001 he became a Postdoctoral Fellow
in the School of Mathematics and Statistics
at the University of Sydney, and is a Lecturer from January 2007.
- Luke Kameron, Knox Grammar School, NSW, Hon Men
Luke graduated with a commerce degree and is
now working for the Macquarie Bank.
- Joanna Masel,
Methodist Ladies College, Vic, Bronze
In 1995 Joanna completed a BSc (Hons) in Medical Biology
(Walter and Eliza Hall Institute) at the University of Melbourne.
She spent 1996 backpacking around the world. Until Oct 1997
she was a visiting researcher at the Genome Center, Stanford
University. In October 1997 she
started a PhD in mathematical biology at Oxford on a Rhodes
Scholarship, completing in 2001. From 2000 to 2003 she was a Postdoctoral Researcher
in the Biological Sciences at Stanford University. Since 2004 she has been an Assistant Professor
in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Arizona.
- Justin Sawon, Heathfield High School, SA, Hon Men
Justin graduated with a Science degree from the University of Adelaide.
He completed a PhD on Rozansky-Witten invariants of hyperkähler manifolds
in 1999 at the University of Cambridge and has gone on to work at
the Mathematical Institute, Oxford University.
- Meng Tan, Brisbane Grammar School, Qld
MB BS (Hons) 1997 UQ, BSc (Mathematics) 1996 UQ, AMusA (Violin) 1995. In 2004, working at the Mayo Clinic (Rochester, Minnesota) in Neurology.
- 1992 Moscow (19th of 56)
- Adrian Banner, Sydney Grammar School, NSW, Hon Men
In 1996 completed Honours in Pure Mathematics
at University of New South Wales
with Professor Michael Cowling. In 2002 he completed a PhD at Princeton.
- Benjamin Burton, John Paul College, Qld, Gold
In 1996 Ben finished a BSc (Hons) and BA at the University
of Queensland and in 1997 commenced a PhD in geometric
topology at the University of Melbourne under the supervision of Hyam
Rubinstein. He spent much of 2000 and 2001 based at the University of
Oklahoma. After graduating with his PhD Ben has been a
post-doctoral Fellow at RMIT University.
In 1999 and 2000 Ben was Deputy Leader of the Australian
Informatics Olympiad Team and has been Leader since 2001. He is also
Director of Training for the Australian Informatics Olympiad
Program, having held this position since 1999.
- Frank Calegari, Melbourne Grammar School, Vic, Bronze
After obtaining a Bsc(Hons) in mathematics at the University of Melbourne, Frank completed a PhD in number theory under Ken Ribet at Berkeley in 2002.
From 2002 to 2006, Frank was a Benjamin Peirce assistant professor of mathematics at Harvard. As of 2006, Frank is an assistant professor in the mathematics department at Northwestern University.
- Anthony Henderson, Sydney Grammar School, NSW, Silver
Selected for the second time. See 1991.
- Lawrence Ip,
Melbourne Grammar School, Vic
Upon obtaining a BSc(Hons) and BE(Hons) in mathematics and electrical engineering at the University of Melbourne, Lawrence went on to pursue a PhD at UC Berkeley. After spending two years working in information theory, he changed direction and began research into algorithms for quantum computers. He finished his thesis in July 2004 and will be joining Google in August 2004.
- Rupert McCallum, North Sydney Boys High School, NSW, Bronze
Rupert completed B.Sc. with Honours 1 in Pure Maths in 2003, at UNSW. He submitted his Ph.D. thesis,
at UNSW, on 29 March 2007. It is about generalizations of the fundamental theorem of projective geometry.
- 1993 Istanbul (13th of 73)
- Frank Calegari, Melbourne Grammar School, Vic, Silver
Selected for the second time. See 1992.
- William Hart, Elizabeth
Matriculation College, Tas, Silver
William studied science at the University
of Tasmania, completing in 1998, and completed an Honours year in Mathematics at the University
of Tasmania in 2000, gaining First Class Honours. In 2001 he commenced a PhD in
Mathematics at Macquarie University, Sydney, and completed in 2004, with thesis titled Evaluation
of the Dedekind Eta Function. In 2004 and 2005 he was at Leiden Univerity as a postdoc
and in 2005 and 2006 he was a Visiting Assistant Professor at the University of Illinois
at Urbana-Champaign. Since October 2006 he has been a Research Fellow at the University of Warwick.
- William Hawkins, Canberra Grammar School, ACT, Bronze
William studied Science at the Australian National University, and
gained First Class Honours in Mathematics at the end of 1998, winning the University Medal.
In 2000 he also completed a Bachelor
of Arts, majoring in Latin and Classical Greek.
He then took a year off to teach in Namibia. In 2001 he enrolled
at MIT in a PhD program in Economics and completed this in 2006. His
supervisors were Daron Acemoglu and Ivan Werning and disertation had the title
Essays in Search Theory. From 2006 he has been an Assistant Professor
in the Department of Economics at the University of Rochester.
- Anthony Henderson, Sydney Grammar School, NSW, Gold
Selected for the third time. See 1991.
- Rupert McCallum,
North Sydney Boys High School, NSW, Bronze
Selected for the second time. See 1991.
- Simon Schwarz, Moriah War Memorial College, Bellevue Hill,
NSW, Bronze
In 1996 Simon is studying 2nd year Science at the University
of Sydney.
- 1994 Hong Kong (12th of 69)
- William Hawkins, Canberra Grammar School, ACT, Silver
Selected for the second time. See 1993.
- James Lefevre, Launceston College, Tas, Silver
In 1995 James commenced studying Science at the University of Tasmania. After graduating
he studied for a PhD at the University of Queensland. He completed a PhD with thesis
Graphical Trades under the supervision of Elizabeth Billington in 2005 and since then
has been lecturing at the University of Queensland.
- Chaitanya Rao, Melbourne
Grammar School, Vic, Hon Men
In 2000 he completed his undergraduate studies at
the University of Melbourne with a BE (Hons) in Electrical
Engineering and a BSc (Hons) in Mathematics.
Since September 2001 he has been a graduate student at the California
Institute of Technology (Caltech). In 2002 he obtained an MS in Electrical
Engineering at Caltech and commenced PhD studies in wireless
communication theory.
- Andrew Rogers, Scotch College, Vic, Bronze
In 1999 Andrew obtained Honours in Mathematics
(Operations Research) at the University of Melbourne. In 2002
he completes his PhD in mathematics at the University of
Melbourne and will then take up a position with the ANZ Bank.
- Nigel Tao, Westminster School, SA, Bronze
Nigel completed a BSc (Hons) at the ANU in Computer Science in 2000.
In 2002 he was working for WhizBang! labs in Pittsburgh. In 2006 he is working for Google in Sydney.
- Akshay Venkatesh, Scotch College, WA, Bronze
Akshay completed First Class Honours in Mathematics
at the University of WA in 1997.
He was the youngest student to have been admitted to that University
and the youngest ever to achieve First Class Honours. In 2002
completed a PhD in Number Theory at Princeton University. In 2004 a Clay Research Fellow
at MIT. In 2009, Akshay, now a professor of mathematics at Stanford University, won
the 2008 SASTRA Ramanujan prize for outstanding contributions to areas of mathematics
influenced by the great Indian mathematician, Srinivasa Ramanujan.
The prize, worth US$10,000, is only awarded to those under the age of
thirty-two (the age of Ramanujan at his time of death). (Thanks to Terry Tao
for this news.)
- 1995 Toronto (21st of 73)
- Christopher Barber, Carine State High School, WA, Hon Men
Christopher studied at the Australian National University.
- Gordon Deane, Kenmore High School, Qld, Bronze
Gordon studied at the Australian National University.
- Jian He, University High School, Vic, Silver
In 2002 Jian has completed an Honours BSc in mathematics and an MSc at the University of Melbourne. In 2002 he took up studies toward a PhD at Stanford.
- Nigel Tao, Westminster School, SA, Bronze
Selected for the second time. See 1994.
- Trevor Tao, Brighton Secondary School, SA, Bronze
Trevor studied at the University of Adelaide
for a double degree, BSc (Mathematics and Computer Science)
with B.Mus. (double major in piano performance and
composition), which he completed in 2000. In 2006 he worked at DSTO
(Australia's Defence Science and Technology Organisation)
in Salisbury, a northern suburb of Adelaide, as an Applied Mathematician. There he became
interested in Image Analysis and is now proceeding to a PhD in Applied Mathematics in this
area which he is expected to complete in 2007. He also represented Australia in the
International Chess Olympiad in 1994.
- Herbert Xu, Canterbury Boys High School, NSW, Bronze
Herbert completed a degree in Computer Science and Technology
at the University of Sydney, then obtained BSc (Hons) at UNSW in 1998. He went on to
work with Ursys Pty Ltd in Sydney.
- 1996 Mumbai (Bombay) (23rd of 73)
- John Dethridge, Melbourne Grammar School, Vic
John studied for an Honours degree in Science at the University
of Melbourne from 1997 and completed in 2001. In 2002 he commenced a PhD
in combinatorics at the University of Melbourne under the supervision
of Professor Tony Guttman.
- Daniel Ford, James Sheahan High School, Orange, NSW, Bronze
Daniel went to the University of Sydney, where he completed a science
degree, majoring in mathematics, with first class honours, in 2000.
He has gone on to proceed toward a doctorate at Stanford University.
- Jian He, University High School, Vic, Silver
Selected for the second time. See 1995.
- Alexandre Mah, North Sydney Boys High School, NSW, Bronze
Alexandre completed a Science Degree at the University of New South Wales and
in 2004 is proceeding towards a PhD there.
- Daniel Mathews, Scotch College, Vic, Bronze
Daniel completed BSc (Hons, mathematics), LlB (Hons) and Diploma Modern Languages (Italian)
all in 2003 at the University of Melbourne. In 2004 he is proceeding to
an MSc in Topology under supervision of Craig Hodgson, also at the University of Melbourne,
and then plans to go to Stanford for study towards a PhD.
He was Deputy Leader of Australia's IMO Team from 2002 to 2004.
- Brett Parker, Penleigh and Essendon Grammar School, Vic, Silver
Brett studied Science at Monash University. At the end of
2000 he graduated with first class honours in pure mathematics,
with Professor Klaus Ecker as supervisor. In 2002 he started as a PhD student at Stanford University.
![[IMO Team 1996]](imo1996.jpg)
The team leaving Singapore airport for India, from left Daniel Mathews, Alexandre
Mah, Daniel Ford, John Dethridge, Jian He, Brett Parker.
- 1997 Mar del Plata (9th of 82)
- Norman Do, Melbourne Grammar School, Vic, Silver
Norman studied Science/Engineering at the University of Melbourne
and in 2002 graduated with Honours in Mathematics. In 2003 he commenced a PhD at
the University of Melbourne with Paul Norbury as supervisor, as part of the
University's Geometry and Topology research group.In 2008 he finished his PhD
and has moved in 2009 to McGill University in Montreal as a post-doc. He
was Deputy Leader of Australia's IMO team from 2005 to 2008.
- Stephen Farrar, James Ruse Agricultural High School, NSW, Gold
Stephen started studying Engineering at the University of New South
Wales in 1999. After graduating with BE (Telecommunications) and BSc with Honours
in Mathematics and University Medal he started work in 2003 as a professional
engineer, working with Canon Information Systems Research Australia, in Sydney.
- Justin Ghan, Pembroke College, SA, Silver
In 1999 Justin started studying Engineering at the University
of Adelaide under the Andy Thomas Scholarship. In 2003 he had graduated and gone
to do further study at UC Berkeley.
- Jonathan Kusilek, Hurlstone Agricultural High School, NSW, Bronze
Studying Science at the University of Sydney from 1998 and
awarded the Levey Scholarship No. 1 for Physics in 1999.
- Thomas Lam, Sydney Grammar School, NSW, Gold
B Sc (Hons) (Pure Maths) (University Medal) at University of New
South Wales. In 2002 proceeding toward a PhD at MIT.
As of 2005 is a Benjamin Peirce Assistant Professor at Harvard.
- Daniel Mathews, Scotch College, Vic, Silver
Selected for the second time. See 1996.
![[Gold Medallists 1997]](imo1997g.jpg)
Thomas Lam (left) and Stephen Farrar, with their Gold
Medals after the Closing Ceremony.
- 1998 Taipei, Taiwan (13th of 76)
- Andrew Cheeseman, Mentone Grammar School, Vic, Bronze
Andrew started study at the University of Melbourne in 2000.
- Geoffrey Chu, Scotch College, Vic, Silver
In 2002 is studying second year Science at the University of Melbourne.
- Stephen Farrar, James Ruse Agricultural High School, NSW, Bronze
Selected for the second time. See 1997.
- Justin Ghan, Pembroke College, SA, Silver
Selected for the second time. See 1997.
- Justin Koonin, Sydney Grammar School, NSW, Silver
Studying Science/Law at the University of Sydney form 1999
and in 2000 was awarded the Cadbury-Julius Sumner Miller Scholarship
No. 1 in Physics. After a break due to illness resumed in third year in 2004.
- Hiroshi Miyazaki, Scotch College, Vic, Silver
In 1999 Hiroshi is studying first year
Science/Engineering at the University of Melbourne.
- 1999 Bucharest, Romania (15th of 81)
- Andrew Cheeseman, Mentone Grammar School, Vic, Year 12, Silver
Selected for the second time. See 1998.
- Geoffrey Chu, Scotch College, Vic, Year 11, Gold
Selected for the second time. See 1998. Note that Geoffrey's score was one
less than the highest at this IMO.
- Peter McNamara, Hale School, WA, Year 10, Bronze
In 2002 Peter commenced study and in 2005 completed
BSc (Hons, Advanced Mathematics) at University of Sydney. In 2009 he is
a PhD student in pure mathematics at MIT.
- Allan Sly, Radford College, ACT, Year 11, Hon Men
Completed a Science degree with first Class Honours in Mathematics at the Australian National University.
In 2009 completed a PhD at UC Berkely, and went on to a post doc at Microsoft Research.
- Kevin Sun, James Ruse Agricultural College, NSW, Year 12, Bronze
Has completed Commerce/Science, majoring in Actuarial
Studies and Mathematics, at the University of New South Wales, including
First Class Honours in Mathematics and University Medal. In 2004 starts
a PhD there under the supervision of Tony Dooley.
- Kester Tong, Lake Ginninderra College, ACT, Year 11, Bronze
In 2001 began a Science degree at the Australian National University, and completed this in 2003.
In 2004 he obtained First Class Honours in Mathematics at the ANU. In 2005 he worked as an exchange
student in Germany and in 2005 completed an ANU Masters while living in Denmark. He became
involved in Game Theory and this has led him to commencing a PhD in Economics in 2007 at Stanford
University.
![[IMO Gold medallists]](imogold.jpg)
Four of Australia's six IMO Gold Medallists (at the time) were
present during the training of
the 1999 team in Sydney. Getting together here were, from left, Thomas Lam (Mar
del Plata 1997), Ben Burton (Moscow 1992), Andrew Hassell (Helsinki 1985)
and Stephen Farrar (Mar del Plata 1997). The other two Gold medallists,
Terry Tao (Canberra 1988) and Anthony Henderson (Istanbul 1993) are
both in the United States, Terry as a Professor and Anthony studying.
- 2000 Taejon, Korea (16th of 82)
- David Chan, Sydney Grammar School, NSW, Year 10
David commenced medicine together with some mathematics subjects
at the University of New South Wales in 2003.
- Geoffrey Chu, Scotch College, Vic, Year 12, Silver
Selected for the third time. See 1998.
- Peter McNamara, Hale School, WA, Year 11, Gold
Selected for the second time. See 1999.
- Thomas Sewell, James Ruse Agricultural High School, NSW, Year 12, Silver
In 2001 Thomas commenced study, including mathematics, at the University of
New South Wales.
- Allan Sly, Radford College, ACT, Year 12, Silver
Selected for the second time. See 1999.
- Thomas Xia, James Ruse Agricultural High School, NSW, Year 12, Bronze
From 2000 to 2004 Thomas studied at UNSW Commerce majoring in Actuarial and Finance.
From 2005 to present (2009) he has been working as a derivatives trader, trading
markets in Australia, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Korea.
- 2001 Washington, USA (25th of 83)
- David Chan, Sydney Grammar School, NSW, Year 11, Bronze
Selected for the second time. See 2000.
- Peter McNamara, Hale School, WA, Year 12, Gold
Selected for the third time. See 1999.
- Hugh Miller, Barker College, NSW, Year 12
In 2002 Hugh commenced study of Science (Advanced Mathematics)/Commerce at
the University of Sydney.
- Bobbi Ramchen, Melbourne Girls Grammar School, Vic, Year 10, Bronze
WEnt on to study commerce at the University of Melbourne.
- Stewart Wilcox, North Sydney Boys High School, NSW, Year 11, Bronze
In 2003 Stewart completed a BSc (advanced mathematics) degree at Sydney University with Honours in mathematics. In 2004 he also completed Honours in Physics. In 2005 he completed a MSc in mathematics at Sydney supervised by David Easdown; the title of his thesis being Cellularity of Twisted Semigroup
Algebras of Regular Semigroups.
In 2006 Stewart has commenced a PhD in mathematics at Harvard.
- Zhao Yiying (Sally), Penleigh and Essendon
Grammar School, Vic, Year 11, Bronze
In 2007 in fifth year towards a Medicine/Arts double degree at the University of Melbourne,
including some subjects in Latin and philosophy. She still maintains an active interest in mathematics,
and especially enjoys teaching at AMOC training schools. She hasn't entirely eliminated the possibility of doing
some further study in mathematics in the future! Her other interests are in music, especially the violin,
with active involvement in the Australian Doctor's Orchestra.
- 2002 Glasgow, UK (26th of 84)
- David Chan, Sydney Grammar School, NSW, Year 12, Silver
Selected for the third time. See 2000.
- Andrew Kwok, University High School, Vic, Year 12
In 2003 will start study in Commerce/Science at the University of Melbourne.
- Nicholas Sheridan, Scotch College, Vic, Year 12, Silver
In 2003 Nicholas commenced a Science Degree at the University of Melbourne.
In 2009 he is proceeding towards a PhD at MIT, specialising in geometry.
- Gareth White, Hurlstone Agricultural High School, NSW, Year 12, Hon Men
In 2003 Gareth started BSc (Advanced Mathematics) at the University of Sydney.
- Stewart Wilcox, North Sydney Boys High School, NSW, Year 12, Gold
Selected for the second time. See 2001.
- Zhao Yiying, Penleigh and Essendon Grammar School, Vic, Year 12, Bronze
Selected for the second time. See 2001.
![[Princess Anne Stewart Wilcox]](imo2002wilcoxpranne.jpg)
Stewart Wilcox receives his Gold Medal from Princess Anne, the Princess
Royal, at the Closing Ceremony.
![[Aus IMO team 2002]](imo2002team.jpg)
The Australian team, from left, Daniel Mathews (Deputy Leader),
Andrew Kwok, Gareth White, Zhao
Yiying (Sally), David Chan, Stewart Wilcox, Nicholas Sheridan,
Dr Angelo Di Pasquale (Team Leader) after the Closing Ceremony.
- 2003 Tokyo, Japan (26th of 82)
- Ross Atkins, Pembroke School, SA, Year 12, Bronze
In 2008, Ross completed a Bachelor of Maths and Computer Science
Degree at Adelaide University with a major in pure mathematics.
Currently he is studying honours at the Australian National University,
under proffesor Michael Barnesley, looking at Fractal Geometry and
Iterated-Function Systems over Euclidean Space.
- Zhihong Chen, Melbourne High School, VIC, Year 12, Hon Men
- Laurence Field, Sydney Grammar School, NSW, Year 11, Silver
- Ivan Guo, Sydney Boys High School, NSW, Year 11, Bronze
In 2008, Ivan completed a Bachelor of Science Degree with Honours at the University of Sydney,
with a major in Financial Mathematics and Statistics. In 2009 Ivan has commenced a PhD in
Mathematics at the University of New South Wales. Currently he is continuing his studies
at the University of Sydney under Professor Marek Rutkowski, looking at a mixture of
Multi-Person Games and Derivative Pricing. Ivan has been Deputy Leader of Australia's IMO Team from 2009.
- Marshall Ma, James Ruse Agricultural High School, NSW, Year 12, Hon Men
- Daniel Nadasi, Cranbrook School, NSW, Year 11, Silver
Daniel commenced study at the ANU in 2005, focusing on Mathematics and Computer Science.
In late 2007, he graduated with a BS (Double Mathematics) degree, having been offered a Software
Engineering position with Google in Sydney. As of December 2009 he is still at Google Sydney
and has worked on Google Tasks, Closure Tools, and Maps Advertising among other things.
![[team]](imo2003team.jpg)
The team after closing ceremony, back row Angelo Di Pasquale (Team Leader),
Zhihong Chen, Marshall Ma, Daniel Matthews (Deputy Leader).
Front Row Ross Atkins, Daniel Nadasi, Laurence Field, Ivan Guo.
- 2004 Athens, Greece (27th of 85)
- Laurence Field, Sydney Grammar School, NSW, Year 12, Silver
Selected for the second time. See 2003.
- Ivan Guo, Sydney Boys High School, NSW, Year 12, Gold
Selected for the second time. See 2003.
- Alex Hua, Scotch College, VIC, Year 12, Bronze
- Kamil Khan, St Michael's Grammar School, VIC, Year 12
- Daniel Nadasi, Cranbrook School, NSW, Year 12, Bronze
Selected for the second time. See 2003.
- Graham White, James Ruse Agricultural High School, NSW, Year 10, Hon Men
In 2009 Graham has been studying a BSc (Adv Maths) / BCom at the University of Sydney, and is
planning on honours in physics and pure mathematicss in the next two years.
![[team]](imo2004a.jpg)
The team after closing ceremony, Daniel Matthews (Deputy Leader), Ivan Guo,
Alex Hua, Kamil Khan, Laurence Field, Graham White,
Hans Lausch (Manager), Daniel Nadasi, Angelo Di Pasquale (Team Leader).
- 2005 Merida, Yucatan, Mexico (25th of 91)
- Sam Chow, Scotch College, VIC, Year 12, Bronze
In 2009 completed his 4th year of studying commerce and science at the University of Melbourne.
He intends to study mathematics much further.
- Stephen Muirhead, Scotch College, VIC, Year 12, Bronze
As at 2009 Stephen is studying Mathematics and Law at the University of Melbourne.
He expects to undertake Honours in Maths in 2011.
- Vinoth Nandakumar, James Ruse Agricultural High School, NSW, Year 10, Bronze
- Konrad Pilch, St Peter's College, SA, Year 11, Bronze
Konrad commenced in 2007 a double degree in mechatronic engineering and mathematics at the University of Adelaide . He expects to finish this in 2011 and pursue a PhD in number theory at the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology. He has also been a live-in instructor at recent Olympiad training camps
and helping with mathematics enrichment teaching at a few high schools in South Australia.
- Kim Ramchen, Melbourne Grammar School, VIC, Year 12, Bronze
Studied Science at Melbourne University 2006 to 2008 with majors in Computer Science and Statistics.
Completing Honours in 2009. Had also commenced study of Engineering, winning Dean's Honours prize
from 2006 to 2008 but decided to concentrate on Science.
- Graham White, James Ruse Agricultural High School, NSW, Year 11, Bronze
Selected for the second time. See 2004.
![[IMO 2005 Team]](imo2005medals.jpg)
The team, from back row, left Stephen Muirhead, Kim Ramchen, Graham White, Vinoth Nandakumar, (from
row) Konrad Pilch and Sam Chow after receiving their medals at the Closing Ceremony in Merida on 18 July,
the day of Hurricane Emily.
- 2006 Ljubljana, Slovenia (26th of 92)
- Charles Li, Sydney Grammar School, NSW, Year 12, Silver
- Vinoth Nandakumar, James Ruse Agricultural High School, NSW, Year 11, Bronze
Selected for the second time. See 2005.
- Matthew Ng, Scotch College, VIC, Year 12, Hon Mention
In 2007, Matthew commenced a MBBS/B.Med.Sci degree at the University of Melbourne. He
maintains an active interest in mathematics, teaching at AMOC training schools
and other events through the year.
- Vinh Pham, Sydney Boys High School, NSW, Year 12, Bronze
- Konrad Pilch, St Peter's College, SA, Year 12, Silver
Selected for the second time. See 2005.
- Graham White, James Ruse Agricultural High School, NSW, Year 12, Silver
Selected for the third time. See 2004.
![[IMO 2006 Team]](imo2006b.jpg)
The team after the Closing Ceremony. From left Matthew, Vinh, Vinoth, Charles, Graham and Konrad.
- 2007 Hanoi, Vietnam (22nd of 93)
- Ildar Gaisin, All Saints Anglican School, QLD, Year 12, Bronze
In 2008 has commenced study at the University of Cambridge.
- Giles Gardam, Hurlstone Agricultural High School, NSW, Year 11, Bronze
- Sen Lin, James Ruse Agricultural High School, NSW, Year 11, Hon Mention
- Irene Lo, James Ruse Agricultural High School, NSW, Year 11, Bronze
In 2009, Irene commenced a liberal arts degree at Princeton University. She intends to major in mathematics.
- Max Menzies, Sydney Grammar School, NSW, Year 11, Silver
- Anthony Morris, Sydney Boys High School, NSW, Year 12, Bronze
In 2008 Anthony commenced a 4-year mathematics degree at UNSW.
![[IMO 2007 Team]](imo2007team.jpg)
The team after the Closing Ceremony, from left Ildar, Max, Giles, Anthony, Irene and Sen.
- 2008 Madrid, Spain (19th of 93)
- Paul Cheung, Sydney Technical High School, NSW, Year 12, Silver
- Andrew Elvey Price, Brunswick Secondary College, VIC, Year 11, Silver
- Giles Gardam, Hurlstone Agricultural High School, NSW, Year 12, Silver
Selected for the second time. See 2007.
- Irene Lo, James Ruse Agricultural High School, NSW, Year 12, Silver
Selected for the second time. See 2007.
- Max Menzies, Sydney Grammar School, NSW, Year 12, Silver
Selected for the second time. See 2007.
- Sampson Wong, James Ruse Agricultural High School, NSW, Year 10, Bronze
![[IMO 2007 Team]](imo2008medals.jpg)
The team after the Closing Ceremony, from left Angelo Di Pasquale (Team Leader), Andrew Elvey
Price, Irene Lo, Max Menzies, Sampson Wong, Giles Gardam, Paul Cheung and Norman Do (Deputy Leader).
- 2009 Bremen, Germany (23rd of 104)
- Aaron Chong, Doncaster Secondary College, VIC, Year 11, Silver
- Andrew Elvey Price, Brunswick Secondary College, VIC, Year 12, Gold
Selected for the second time. See 2008.
- Stacey Law, James Ruse Agricultural High School, NSW, Year 11, Bronze
- Alfred Liang, Trinity Grammar School, VIC, Year 11, Bronze
- Dana Ma, Melbourne Girls Grammar School, VIC, Year 12, Hon Mention
- Sampson Wong, James Ruse Agricultural High School, NSW, Year 11, Gold
Selected for the second time. See 2008.
![[IMO 2009 Team]](imo2009terry.jpg)
The team after the exams with Australian Fields Medallist Terry Tao, from left Dana, Stacey, Andrew, Aaron,
Terry, Alfred and Sampson.
![[IMO 2009 Team Gold Medallists]](imo2009gold.jpg)
Sampson and Andrew display their Gold Medals after the Closing Ceremony.
- 2010 Astana, Kazakhstan
- 2011 Netherlands
- 2012 Argentina
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