Tesla STEM High School junior Abishek Hariharan will compete for the top prize of $10,000 in the national “Who Wants to Be a Mathematician” game on Jan. 7, 2016 at the Joint Mathematics Meetings (JMM) at the Washington State Convention Center.
The fast-paced and fun competition will take place from 9:30-11:50 a.m. in Room 6A and will feature 10 high school students from around the country. Hariharan helps run the math club at his Redmond school and enjoys preparing for math contests, and the last two years he has qualified for AIME, the American Invitational Mathematics Examination.
More than 6,000 professional mathematicians, students and artists in the mathematical sciences will attend JMM — the largest annual gathering of mathematicians in the world —starting Jan. 6. Mathematicians will share research findings, discuss mathematics education, display artworks, view new products and services, connect with old and new colleagues and visit Seattle’s many local attractions and restaurants.
The program will include many speakers and presenters from Washington universities and industry (University of Washington, Washington State University, Central Washington University, Seattle University, University of Puget Sound, Microsoft Corporation and Boeing) and registrants are coming from across the U.S. Approximately 6 percent are from outside the U.S., and 29 percent are students.
This is the first time that the JMM has been held in Seattle.
“The mathematical sciences community of the greater Seattle area is pleased to welcome the participants of the 2016 Joint Mathematics Meetings to Seattle,” says Tatiana Toro, a professor of mathematics at University of Washington. “Mathematics is an integral part of much of our modern world and plays a huge role in our region. The JMM will showcase the exciting and varied work of a diverse group of researchers and educators from around the country. We hope all attendees will have a stimulating meeting and a wonderful visit to the Pacific Northwest.”
JMM will include more than 2,800 presentations — invited lectures, sessions and panels — on theoretical research, on applications that help analyze and solve real-world problems, and on topics such as environment and climate, biology and medicine, math education and outreach, sports and recreation, public policy, diversity in math, the arts, digital information and the history of math.
Sixty-six exhibitors — professional mathematics organizations, publishers, software, game and gift companies and government agencies — will sell products and present services and programs.
