“[J]oin us to celebrate Swiss mathematician Leonhard Euler’s 300th birthday. We will count vertices, edges, faces, eat cake and think about pi. This afternoon includes special guest speakers. Be there or be square!
Sam Vandervelde received his doctoral degree from the University of Chicago in June 2004, and is currently coordinating the Mandelbrot math competition, organizing a math circle at Stanford, and launching a program for middle school math teachers. His mathematical interests include algebraic number theory, graph theory, L-functions, and Mahler measure. He resumed his graduate studies after a five year stint teaching mathematics at a private boys in Boston for grades seven through twelve.
Not surprisingly, Dr. Vandervelde loved taking math contests while in high school and college. He is proud of winning ARML his senior year while attending Amherst County High School, as well as being selected for the 1989 IMO team, which took 5th place in West Germany later that summer.
We will also have hands-on activities provided by a member of the Exploratorium's Teacher Institute.
PROGRAM:
2:00 pm Welcome by the Exploratorium, swissnex and the Consulate General of Switzerland.
2:10 pm Dr. Sam Vandervelde, Coordinator of the Mandelbrot math competition and host of the Stanford University’s math circle.
3.00 pm Q&A, networking reception”
Perry