Friday, 24 September 2021

2021 Alibaba Global Math Competition Results

Alibaba Global Math Competition

Finalists

Award 

Gold Award (4 winners) with 20,000 USD each 

Silver Award (6 winners) with 10,000 USD each 

Bronze Award (10 winners) with 5,000 USD each 

Honorable Mention (50 Winners) 

Award winners will be invited to Math Colloquium in Summer 2021.

Tuesday, 14 September 2021

Off to Caltech

SQ38, 14 Sep 7.55 pm flight. Expected arrival at LAX, 14 Sep 8.09 pm local time

Settling in MIT

With Surya, who is doing a Comp Sci PhD at MIT 

Boston Lights. 2 Oct

MIT Singapore Students Society Welcome Reception on 25 Sep. From left: Ang Jie Jun, Li Anqi, Lim Min, Jit Wu (Harvard), Surya
With fellow Singaporeans
Cruise event


Ashdown House

Tuesday, 7 September 2021

SMO 2021 (Open Section) Answers

SMO 2021 Open Questions

SMO 2021 (Open Section) Answers

1. 1741
2. 99999
3. 4290
4. 7
5. 1395
6. 2020
7. 16
8. 169
9. 98
10. 6
11. 6
12. 89
13. 2
14. 2
15. 1348
16. 10
17. 101 (or 312 if the 8 cards are flipped as a stack of 8)
18. 88
19. 65
20. 25
21. 108
22. 2021
23. 75
24. 6
25. 5

Click here for review session on 8 Sep at 3 pm.

Monday, 6 September 2021

SMO 2021 (Senior Section) Answers

SMO 2021 Senior Questions

SMO 2021 (Senior Section) Answers 

1. D 
2. A 
3. A 
4. B 
5. E 
6. 25 
7. 80 
8. 2400 
9. 6 
10. 2550 
11. 40
12. 491 
13. 64 
14. 4 
15. 16
16. 240 
17. 70 
18. 120 
19. 180 
20. 2994 
21. 111
22. 3 
23. 60 
24. 188 
25. 106

Click here for review session on 7 Sep at 3.30 pm.

SMO 2021 (Junior Section) Answers

SMO 2021 Junior Questions

SMO 2021 (Junior Section) Answers 

1. C 
2. B 
3. C 
4. B 
5. D 
6. 6 
7. 3685 
8. 3 
9. 225 
10. 3 
11. 650 
12. 48619 
13. 4 
14. 495 
15. 12 (or 13 if k=0 is allowed) 
16. 18 
17. 864 
18. 9 
19. 25777
20. 10211 
21. 44 
22. 2 
23. 42 
24. 27 
25. 84413

SMO Junior answers are provided by Way Tan. Click here for review session today (6 Sep) at 6.30 pm.

SMO Junior/Senior/Open Review Sessions

[This is posted on behalf of Mr Way Tan]

Mr Way Tan will be conducting live problem review sessions after the 2021 SMO. They will be live streamed on YouTube and are open to all.

The schedule is as follows:

Each session is expected to be 2.5 hours long (may vary depending on difficulty of paper). Participants are welcome to ask questions using the live chat.

For any enquiries, you may contact Mr Way via WhatsApp (83682318), Telegram (@waytan97) or email (fiboway@yahoo.com.sg).

About Mr Way:

Mr Way recently graduated from NUS with Double Honours in Mathematics & Computer Science and was awarded the Leong Teng Kiang Memorial Prize (Best Student in Mathematics). He has also been a Math Olympiad Instructor with Maths Hub since 2016.

His achievements as a student include:

  • 2nd (NMOS), 1st (RIPMWC), 2nd (SMOPS)
  • 1st (SMO Junior), 1st (SMO Senior), 2nd (SMO Open)
  • First Prize (A*STAR Talent Search)
  • Gold Award (China Western Mathematics Invitational)
  • Member of SIMO National Team for 4 years

Sunday, 5 September 2021

Online Mathematical Club

[This is posted on behalf of Arsenii who runs Kvanta]

Hi!

We are team of Cambridge students who are organising an online mathematical club for English-speaking pupils aged between 11 and 16. We offer a variety of maths courses, including Extra-maths courses that prepare for Olympiads of various levels. We also offer school-maths courses aimed at properly explaining school material and occasionally diving into additional cool ideas. The next wave of lessons will be launched very soon, so please hurry up if you want to apply.

- Our website: en.kvanta.xyz (apply here)

- You can also check which courses are recommended for students from Singapore who want to get a reasonable at most important Singaporean olympiads: https://en.kvanta.xyz/find_out_what_is_best_for_you#!/tab/346054190-2

- If you have any questions, you can email us at kvantaen@gmail.com. But all the necessary information can be found on the website :)

P.S. We are running a maths team competition for 13-15 year old students with a monetary prize on Sunday September 5. If you have time in the evening (Singaporean time), think about joining. Here is the link with all the information: https://en.kvanta.xyz/first-estimathon

Saturday, 14 August 2021

NUS 2021/2022 Semester 1 Modules

CS4234 Optimisation Algorithms 
CS5234 Algorithms at Scale
GEH1034 Clean Energy and Storage
LSM1301 General Biology
XFC4101 Integrated Honours Thesis
YSC4230 Programming Language Design and Implementation

Friday, 6 August 2021

IBO 2021 (IBO Challenge II) Singapore Team Results

Full IBO 2021 (IBO Challenge II) Full Results 

Singapore Team Results

Gold - Trivikram Mohan, NUSH
Silver - Ong Chong Yao, NUSH
Silver - Bryan Sim En Jie, RI
Silver - Christopher Tay Hiang Juey, RI

Congratulations!

Tuesday, 3 August 2021

IChO 2021 Singapore Team Results

Full IChO 2021 Results (page 4-7)

IChO 2021 Singapore Team Results

Gold - Chen Yizhou, Temasek Junior College 
Gold - Nicholas Goh Chen Jun, RI 
Silver - Alphonsus Neo Yu Xiang, RI 
Silver - Bernard Kwee Tze Wei, HCI 

Congratulations!

Sunday, 25 July 2021

IPhO 2021 Singapore Team Results

Full IPhO 2021 Results

IPhO 2021 Singapore Team Results 

Gold - Akshat Chaudhary, NUSH 
Gold - Sim Hui Xiang, NUSH
Silver - Wang Yunrui, RI
Silver - Lewin Basil Slader Marsh, HCI  
Silver - Tan Chien Hao, RI 

Congratulations!

Monday, 28 June 2021

Photos from Hong Kong

1 Jul: Sai Kung


27 Jun: Cheung Chao Island

 

Dinner on 6 Jun. From left: Otto, Steven, Yehez, Lim Li

Wednesday, 23 June 2021

IOI 2021 Scoreboard

Click here to see the Scoreboard (there's no Live scoreboard this year). 

Contest Day 1, 22 Jun (Tue), 6 pm to 11 pm Singapore time 
Contest Day 2, 25 Jun (Fri), 6 pm to 11 pm Singapore time 

Results after Day 1:

#7-11 Ashley Aragorn Khoo 
#13-18 Shen Xing Yang
#13-18 Tan Yi Kai
#19-21 Tan Si Jie
#65 Li Yue Chen
#71-100 James Sng
#108-114 Lim Rui Yuan
#124-129 Yaw Chur Zhe

Results after Day 2:

#8 Ashley Aragorn Khoo (Gold) 
#22 Shen Xing Yang (Gold)
#30 Tan Si Jie (Gold)
#55 Tan Yi Kai (Silver)
#79 Lim Rui Yuan (Silver)
#104 Li Yue Chen (Bronze)
#122 James Sng (Bronze)
#190 Yaw Chur Zhe

Sunday, 6 June 2021

Google Code Jam 2021 Round 3 Results

Google Code Jam 2021 Round 3 Results

Top 25:


Ranking of Singapore's participants

#50 jonathanirvings (Jonathan Irvin Gunawan), 55
#125 lovemathboy (Huang Xingchen), 35
#169 clarence.chew (Clarence Chew), 34
#241 sampletext (Jeffrey Lee), 23
#242 oneplusone (Lim Jeck), 23
#322 meeeep (Li Yao’an), 20
#338 btzy (Bernard Teo), 15
#384 dantoh000 (Daniel Toh), 15
#397 shenxy (Shen Xing Yang), 15
#578 jianzhi (Wang Jianzhi), 3

Tuesday, 1 June 2021

NUS 2020/2021 Semester 2 Exam Results

Lim Li's NUS Year 3 Semester 2 Exam Results
 
^CS5330 A+ 
#MA3111 A+
#MA4207 A-
#MA4229 A
#MA4260 A
#MA4264 A

^account for CS CAP
#account for MA CAP 

CAP for Computer Science (CS): 4.92 
CAP for Mathematics (MA): 4.88

Saturday, 29 May 2021

IOI 2021 Singapore Team


The 33rd International Olympiad in Informatics (IOI) will be held in Singapore from 19 to 25 June 2021. Due to Covid19, the participants will compete online in their own countries.  IOI 2021 will be hosted by the National University of Singapore (NUS) School of Computing.

The IOI 2021 Singapore Team comprises the following students:

Team 1
Ashley Aragorn Khoo, NUSH Year 5 (IOI 2020 Silver)
Shen Xing Yang, NUSH Year 5 (IOI 2020 Silver)
Tan Si Jie, NUSH Year 5 (IOI 2020 Bronze)
Tan Yi Kai, HCI Year 6

Team 2
Lim Rui Yuan, NUSH Year 6 (IOI 2020 Bronze)
Li Yue Chen, NUSH Year 6
James Sng, NUSH Year 4
Yaw Chur Zhe, HCI Year 3