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The Olympiad programs are supported by the Australian Government Department of Industry, Science, Energy and Resources through the Science Competitions: Mathematics and Informatics Olympiads grant opportunity. The Olympiad programs are also supported by the Major Partner of the AMT’s Olympiad Program, Jane Street, and Olympiad Program Partner, Optiver.
From Down Under to Kyiv in 24 hours
— 7 April 2019
Here are some photos and stories from our 24-hour journey from one side of the globe to the other. Super smooth flights, super smooth connections, but unfortunately not super smooth getting through immigration! Well super-smooth for the adults and AUS3 but not so smooth for AUS1, AUS2, and AUS4, who were held back by immigration
March Camp 2019
— 5 April 2019
The 2019 AMOC Selection School and the final bit of training for the 2019 EGMO team was held at Naamaroo, Lane Cove National Park, on the traditional lands of the Cammeraygal people, surrounded by resident water dragons, kookaburras, ducks, and possums. Much fun has been had hanging out with EGMO team members new and old. The
Meet our EGMO team!
— 8 March 2019
Eugeniya Artemova Year 12, Presbyterian Ladies’ College, VIC Eugeniya’s love of mathematics has been nurtured by her parents from a young age. She enjoys mathematics because of the intrinsic satisfaction of finding a neat solution to a problem that at first, may have seemed unsolvable. Outside of mathematics, Eugeniya likes to spend her time reading
Kyiv 2019, here we come!
— 7 March 2019
Thank you to everyone who helped us celebrate at the Australian EGMO Team Announcement hosted by AMSI in Melbourne. After a Saturday morning of past EGMO problems (thanks Norm!) and a tough afternoon thinking about far too many mutually external circles and driving along tangent lines in cars fitted with laser beams (thanks Ivan!), it
Goodbye and thank you, Japan
— 7 September 2018
Congratulations to the Australian team! Well done to Albert, Angus, Jacob and Jerry – you’ve all done a heckuva job! Today has been a very busy day with a range of activities and ceremonies. And it’s an early morning tomorrow, so your author thought it might be a good idea to close off the IOI
Tokyo and a whole bunch of definitions
— 6 September 2018
After two days of hard competition yakka, the team hopped on a semi-rapid (please define ‘semi-rapid’) train into Tokyo. First stop – Tokyo’s oldest temple – Sensoji Temple, built in the 7th Century. The team wandered amongst the drones and chants of the monks, through the smoky incense and soft patter of fountains. Then there
A corner is a corner . . .isn’t it?
— 4 September 2018
Congratulations Albert, Angus, Jacob and Jerry on completing Day 1! It’s a great competition this year with everything finely balanced for Day 2. After a grueling five hours, there is a lot to talk about – the de-brief started almost immediately once out of the competition building, and continued throughout lunch. The team got into
Breaking things
— 2 September 2018
Today started with the IOI Opening Ceremony. The event was kicked off by an introduction from the IOI 2018 animated hosts – IA and Onee. These two sisters have been very busy promoting all things IOI for the past several months. You can see their blog here. You’ll see they appear in several photographs and
