The Hampshire College Summer Studies in Mathematics (HCSSiM) is an American residential program for mathematically talented high school students. The program has been conducted each summer since 1971, with the exceptions of 1981, 1996, and has more than 1500 alumni.[1][2] Due to the Coronavirus pandemic, the 2020 Summer Studies ran online for a shortened program of four weeks.
The program was created by and is still headed by David Kelly, a professor emeritus of mathematics at Hampshire College.
The program is housed at Hampshire College in Amherst, Massachusetts, and generally runs for six weeks from early July until mid-August. The program itself consists of lectures, study sessions, math workshops (general-knowledge classes), maxi-courses (three-week classes run by the senior staff members), and mini-courses (specialized shorter classes).
On a typical day, students spend four hours in the morning in class, have lunch together with the faculty, and then have several hours to use at their leisure. During this "down time" students and faculty members often host quasis, where they participate in an activity as a small group, such as juggling or making sushi. They return for the "Prime Time Theorem" (an hour-long talk on an interesting piece of mathematics given by a faculty member or a visitor), have dinner, and then spend three hours in a problem solving session. One of the instructors blogged the content of her class.[3][4]
Many students go on to professional careers in mathematics. An occasional publication[5] has resulted from work done at the program. Well-known alumni of the program include two MacArthur Fellows, Eric Lander and Erik Winfree, as well as Lisa Randall, Dana Randall, and Eugene Volokh.[6] Many alumni return to the campus for a few days around Yellow Pig's Day (July 17) of each year. This observance was formalized for 2006 in "Yellow Pig Math Days," which was conducted in observance of 2006 being the 34th offering of the HCSSiM Program (34 being a multiple of 17).
Matthew Cook, group leader at the Institute for Neuroinformatics at ETH Zurich and computer scientist who proved the Turing universality of Wolfram's Rule 110 cellular automaton
^. Archived from the original on 2008-03-06. Retrieved 2008-04-14.
^Haight, Laura A. (1982-02-05). "Hamming It Up At Hampshire: Mathematics Gone Hogwild". Harvard Crimson. Retrieved 2022-07-19.
^"HCSSiM 2012 Blog, Day 1". 3 July 2012. Retrieved 2013-07-17.
^"HCSSiM 2012 Blog, Day 17". Retrieved 2013-07-17.
^For instance, Joel Auslander; Arthur T. Benjamin; Daniel Shawcross Wilkerson (1993). "Optimal leapfrogging" (PDF). Mathematics Magazine. Vol. 66, no. 1. pp. 14–19. doi:10.2307/2690465. JSTOR 2690465.
^"HCSSiM About our alumni". Archived from the original on 2012-08-03. Retrieved 2013-07-17.
^HCSSiM received funding under the Young Scholars Program (YSP) of the Division of Research on Learning (DRL) of the NSF. The grant award numbers were 8855094, 9055090, 9256071, and 9452685.
^"HCSSiM About our alumni". Archived from the original on 2012-08-03. Retrieved 2008-05-03.
External linksEdit
HCSSiM Homepage
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This article relies excessively on references to primary sources Please improve this article by adding secondary or tertiary sources Find sources Hampshire College Summer Studies in Mathematics news newspapers books scholar JSTOR January 2014 Learn how and when to remove this template message The Hampshire College Summer Studies in Mathematics HCSSiM is an American residential program for mathematically talented high school students The program has been conducted each summer since 1971 with the exceptions of 1981 1996 and has more than 1500 alumni 1 2 Due to the Coronavirus pandemic the 2020 Summer Studies ran online for a shortened program of four weeks The program was created by and is still headed by David Kelly a professor emeritus of mathematics at Hampshire College Contents 1 Background 2 Notable alumni 3 See also 4 References 5 External linksBackground EditThe program is housed at Hampshire College in Amherst Massachusetts and generally runs for six weeks from early July until mid August The program itself consists of lectures study sessions math workshops general knowledge classes maxi courses three week classes run by the senior staff members and mini courses specialized shorter classes On a typical day students spend four hours in the morning in class have lunch together with the faculty and then have several hours to use at their leisure During this down time students and faculty members often host quasis where they participate in an activity as a small group such as juggling or making sushi They return for the Prime Time Theorem an hour long talk on an interesting piece of mathematics given by a faculty member or a visitor have dinner and then spend three hours in a problem solving session One of the instructors blogged the content of her class 3 4 Many students go on to professional careers in mathematics An occasional publication 5 has resulted from work done at the program Well known alumni of the program include two MacArthur Fellows Eric Lander and Erik Winfree as well as Lisa Randall Dana Randall and Eugene Volokh 6 Many alumni return to the campus for a few days around Yellow Pig s Day July 17 of each year This observance was formalized for 2006 in Yellow Pig Math Days which was conducted in observance of 2006 being the 34th offering of the HCSSiM Program 34 being a multiple of 17 The Summer Studies has been funded in the past by the American Mathematical Society 7 and the U S National Science Foundation 8 Notable alumni EditThis section does not cite any sources Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed July 2023 Learn how and when to remove this template message Bram Cohen developer of BitTorrent co founder of CodeCon Matthew Cook group leader at the Institute for Neuroinformatics at ETH Zurich and computer scientist who proved the Turing universality of Wolfram s Rule 110 cellular automaton Lenore Cowen computer scientist and mathematician at Tufts University Alan Edelman professor of mathematics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Sloan Fellow Alan Grayson former member of the U S House of Representatives for Florida s 8th and 9th Congressional Districts Neil Immerman professor of computer science at the University of Massachusetts Amherst Guggenheim Fellow Susan Landau professor of social science and policy studies at Worcester Polytechnic Institute Guggenheim Fellow Eric Lander professor of biology at MIT and science advisor to Presidents Barack Obama and Joe Biden MacArthur Fellow and Rhodes Scholar Adam Marcus professor of mathematics at Princeton University Cathy O Neil data scientist author and blogger at Mathbabe Jim Propp professor of mathematics at the University of Massachusetts Lowell Lisa Randall professor of theoretical physics at Harvard University Seth Schoen technologist at the Electronic Frontier Foundation author of the DeCSS haiku Steven Strogatz Professor of applied mathematics at Cornell University Eugene Volokh 9 Gary T Schwartz Professor of Law at UCLA School of Law Erik Winfree professor of computer science and bioengineering at the California Institute of TechnologySee also EditMichael SpivakReferences Edit HCSSiM home page Frequently and Less Frequently Asked Questions with Frequent Answers Archived from the original on 2008 03 06 Retrieved 2008 04 14 Haight Laura A 1982 02 05 Hamming It Up At Hampshire Mathematics Gone Hogwild Harvard Crimson Retrieved 2022 07 19 HCSSiM 2012 Blog Day 1 3 July 2012 Retrieved 2013 07 17 HCSSiM 2012 Blog Day 17 Retrieved 2013 07 17 For instance Joel Auslander Arthur T Benjamin Daniel Shawcross Wilkerson 1993 Optimal leapfrogging PDF Mathematics Magazine Vol 66 no 1 pp 14 19 doi 10 2307 2690465 JSTOR 2690465 HCSSiM About our alumni Archived from the original on 2012 08 03 Retrieved 2013 07 17 Jackson Allyn November 2003 Supporting a National Treasure PDF Notices of the American Mathematical Society 50 10 1221 Retrieved 2007 03 04 HCSSiM received funding under the Young Scholars Program YSP of the Division of Research on Learning DRL of the NSF The grant award numbers were 8855094 9055090 9256071 and 9452685 HCSSiM About our alumni Archived from the original on 2012 08 03 Retrieved 2008 05 03 External links EditHCSSiM Homepage Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Hampshire College Summer Studies in Mathematics amp oldid 1167467625, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
