Seminar

How to discover and train talented undergraduate students for the Putnam competition

In this talk, I shall discuss my experience as a coach for the Putnam competition at the University of Pittsburgh over the last 4 years. The Putnam competition is the premier competition North America which takes place in the first Saturday of December and reunites the best undergraduate students from top universities. I shall describe my interaction with the very talented students at the University of Pittsburgh through the Putnam seminar.