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1 | San Diego Math Circle 2024-2025 Schedule | |||||||||||
2 | Color Key: | Yellow - Weekday Activity or Notes | Green - Regular Saturday Activity | Aqua - Special Event | Blue - Special Sequence | Saturday Afternoon Computer Science | STEM | STEM Sunday | ||||
3 | Group: | Fermat (5th - 6th) | Euler (7th - 8th) | Gauss (9th - 10th) | Cauchy (11th - 12th) | (new) AI (4th - 10th) (Machine Learning, Data Science, ML Python) | Topics & Levels Vary | Topics & Levels Vary | ||||
4 | Saturday Date | In person class is from 8:30am - 11:00+ When online, use Room FE, with timing TBA | In person class is from 8:30am - 11:00+ When online, use Room GC, with timing TBA | Use Room AI (TBD) 2:00pm - 3:30pm | Sunday Date | Room TBD | Room TBD | |||||
5 | Sep-28 | Opening Day ONLINE 9:00 am in Room FE This is a meeting for NEW students and parents regardless of ability group. | Opening Day ONLINE 1:30 pm in Room FE This is a meeting for RETURNING / RE-REGSTERED students and parents, regardless of ability group. | There is no separate Opening Day for Computer Science activities. Please join either the morning or afternoon meeting as indicated at left. <<<<<<<< | Sep-29 | Parent Volunteering Orientation ONLINE 1:30 pm in Room FE This will be an information and organizing meeting for parents interested in volunteering with SDMC. | ||||||
6 | Oct-5 | Combinatorics 1 Irina Kufareva UCSD | Symbolic Logic David W. Brown SDMC | Math Squares Shahed Sharif Cal State San Marcos | Orientation for Instructor / Mentors in Machine Learning 4:00-5:30pm in Zoom Room "Ada" Others interested, students and parents, may join | Oct-6 | SAT verified Oct. 5 | |||||
7 | Oct-12 | Combinatorics 2 Irina Kufareva UCSD | Set Theory I David W. Brown SDMC | Burnside's Lemma Mark Tiefenbruck Center for Communications Research | no class | Oct-13 | ||||||
8 | Oct-19 | Math Madness Carolyn Swayze | Set Theory II David W. Brown SDMC | Generating Functions Matthew Cho UCSD | no class | Oct-20 | ||||||
9 | Oct-26 | Mock AMC 8+- Combined Fermat & Euler in Room 106 This event is centered on the AMC 8; however with a tiered structure including some pre-AMC8 and some early AMC 10 problems. This event should be suitable for both beginning and advanced Fermat and Euler students. Know your SDMC ID code. | Vieta's Formuas Tristan Shin UCSD | DATE CHANGE! Introduction to AI and Machine Learning (concepts, hands-on activities) 2:00pm - 3:30pm THIS INFO MEETING HAS MOVED TO NOVEMBER 2 | Oct-27 | ACT verified Oct. 26 | ||||||
10 | Nov-2 | No activity for 5th grade 6th graders only join SDML I Middle School Division | San Diego Math League I Middle School Division | San Diego Math League I High School Division | Introduction to AI and Machine Learning (concepts, hands-on activities) 2:00pm - 3:30pm ----------------------------- Data Collection & Visualization Handson: create your own ML models 2:00pm - 3:30pm | Nov-3 | F=ma Organization Meeting Jacob Saret ONLINE ONLY Room F=ma, 1:30pm | SAT verified Nov. 7 | ARML Power window is 11/2 - 11/17 | |||
11 | AMC 10/12 A | AMC 10/12 A verfied Nov. 6 | ||||||||||
12 | Nov-9 | Ancient Number Systems David W. Brown SDMC | Counting Strategies and Bijections Jacob Cordeiro, Matthew Cho AoPS, UCSD | Introduction to the Probabilistic Method Lutz Warnke UCSD | Coding with Scratch/Python: visualize simple algorithms and data manipulation 2:00pm - 3:30pm | Nov-10 | ||||||
13 | AMC 10/12 B | AMC 10/12 A verfied Nov. 12 | ||||||||||
14 | Nov-16 | Wheels and Pinwheels, Stars and Ribbon I David W. Brown SDMC | Counting and Probability Jacob Cordeiro AoPS | Topic TBA Orest Bucicovschi | Supervised learning : Use Google's AI Experiments to make machine learning visual and interactive. 2:00pm - 3:30pm | Nov-17 | F=ma Jacob Saret ONLINE ONLY Room F=ma, 1:30pm | |||||
15 | ARML Power Contest following morning math classes walk to the Applied Physics and Mathematics building | |||||||||||
16 | Nov-23 | Wheels and Pinwheels, Stars and Ribbon II David W. Brown SDMC | Counting and Probability Jacob Cordeiro AoPS | Special Relativity for Mathematicians David Meyer UCSD Mathematics | Nov-24 | |||||||
17 | World Mathematics Team Championship Thanksgiving week, 2025 Doha, Qatar | |||||||||||
18 | Nov-30 | Thanksgiving Break | Dec-1 | F=ma Jacob Saret ONLINE ONLY Room F=ma, 1:30pm | ||||||||
19 | Dec-7 | no class is scheduled here at this time becuase our usual math program space is prioritized for UCSD finals. If we find a way to have some alternate type of program activity, we will update. | Build Chatbots or Image Recognizers 2:00pm - 3:30pm | Dec-8 | F=ma Jacob Saret ONLINE ONLY Room F=ma Wednesday, 4:30pm | SAT verified Dec. 7 | ||||||
20 | Dec-14 | LOCATION CHANGE! Polyhedra: Geometry's Gems David W. Brown SDMC Applied Physics & Mathematics Building Room B402A (basement) | LOCATION CHANGE! Inequalities Tristan Shin UCSD Applied Physics & Mathematics Building Room 6402 | LOCATION CHANGE! Exploring Binomial Coefficients Jacopo Rizzo MIT ZOOM! This class will be online 9:00AM Pacific Time | Tinker with Pre-built AI Models 2:00pm - 3:30pm | Dec-15 | F=ma Jacob Saret ONLINE ONLY Room F=ma Wednesday, 4:30pm | ACT verified Dec. 14 | ||||
21 | Dec-21 | Winter Break | Dec-22 | |||||||||
22 | Dec-28 | Winter Break | Dec-29 | |||||||||
23 | Note that a number of information items possibly affecting the schedule in 2025 are unknown or uncertain at this time. We do our best to chart and work around known information, but changes are very possible. | |||||||||||
24 | Jan-4 | Winter Break | Jan-5 | F=ma Jacob Saret ONLINE ONLY Room F=ma, 1:30pm | ||||||||
25 | Jan-11 | Mock AMC 8+- Combined Fermat & Euler in Room 106 This event is centered on the AMC 8; however with a tiered structure including some pre-AMC8 and some early AMC 10 problems. This event should be suitable for both beginning and advanced Fermat and Euler students. Know your SDMC ID code. | LOCATION CHANGE! Unique Factorization Jacopo Rizzo MIT ZOOM! This class will be online 9:00AM Pacific Time | Winter Break | Jan-12 | |||||||
26 | Jan-18 | Topic TBA David W. Brown SDMC | Finding Algebra in Counting Problems Jacob Cordiero AoPS | AIME Preparation Tristan Shin UCSD | No Class Martin Luther King's Day Weekend | Jan-19 | F=ma Jacob Saret ONLINE ONLY Room F=ma, 1:30pm | MLK Day is 1/20/2025 | ||||
27 | AMC 8 The AMC 8 can be given January 22 - 28, 2025. The date of SDMC's exam session has not yet been determined. See our AMC 8 event page on our website for details. | AMC 8 watch for update | ||||||||||
28 | Jan-25 | Platonic Solids Irina Kufareva UCSD | Knot Theory David W. Brown SDMC | Cancelled due direct conflict with the Caltech Math Meet (formerly CHMMC) which involves numerous Gauss/Cauchy students | Text and Language with Machine Learning 2:00pm - 3:30pm | Jan-26 | F=ma Jacob Saret ONLINE ONLY Room F=ma, 1:30pm | CMM is 1/25/2025 verified | ||||
29 | Feb-1 | No activity for 5th grade 6th graders only join SDML II Middle School Division | San Diego Math League II Middle School Division Date and details pending. | San Diego Math League II High School Division Date and details pending. | Introduction to Decision Trees 2:00pm - 3:30pm | Feb-2 | F=ma Jacob Saret ONLINE ONLY Room F=ma, 1:30pm | |||||
30 | AIME I Thursday, February 6, 2025 AIME qualifiers should take their AIME exam with the same AMC Contest Manager under whom they qualified via AMC 10 or 12. If this is NOT POSSIBLE, then the original contest manager can contact SDMC to process a transfer to SDMC. | AIME I Feb. 6 verified | ||||||||||
31 | Feb-8 | Introduction to Geometry: Basics David W. Brown SDMC | MATHCOUNTS Jeopardy! Carolyn Swayze Students bring a network capable smartphone or tablet | Convexity and Applications, Part I Orest Bucicovschi | No Class (Instructor Schedule Conflict) | Feb-9 | ACT verified Feb. 8 | |||||
32 | AIME II Wednesday, February 12, 2025 F=ma Exam Wednesday, February 12, 2025 SDMC is providing BOTH the AIME II and F=ma at different locations on the UCSD campus. | AIME II, F=ma Feb. 12 verified | ||||||||||
33 | Feb-15 | Introduction to Geometry: Triangles David W. Brown SDMC | Euler cancelled owing to direct conflict with San Diego Chapter MATHCOUNTS | Gauss/Cauchy cancelled due direct conflict with the Harvard MIT Math Tournament which will involve quite a few Gauss/Cauchy students | No Class President's Day Weekend | Feb-16 | HMMT, MATHCOUNTS 02/15/2025 verified | Presidents' Day is 2/19/2023 | ||||
34 | Feb-22 | Knots David W. Brown SDMC | Euler cancelled owing to direct conflict with Division B San Diego Science Olympiad | Cryptography Andrej Zlatos UCSD Math | Introduction to Patterns and Predictions 2:00pm - 3:30pm | Feb-23 | ||||||
35 | Mar-1 | Introduction to Geometry: Circles David W. Brown SDMC | Make your own Algebra Jacob Cordiero AoPS | Introduction to Quantum Computing David Meyer UCSD Mathematics | Creating Simple ML Models 2:00pm - 3:30pm | Mar-2 | BACKUP OPTION ONLY Winter ARML Power Contest (ARML Power II) UCSD Math Department Applied Physics & Math Building basement | |||||
36 | Winter ARML Power Contest (ARML Power II) Immediately following morning Gauss/Cauchy class. Students walk uphill to the UCSD Math Department Applied Physics & Math Building basement | ARML Power window is 2/22 - 3/8 | ||||||||||
37 | Bay Area Mathmatical Olympiad March 5, mid-day SDMC will host a local satellite session of BAMO. This is a signup event. | |||||||||||
38 | Mar-8 | Lists of Numbers Tristan Shin UCSD | Invariants and Monovariants Andrej Zlatos UCSD Mathematics | Convexity and Applications, Part II Orest Bucicovschi | Creating Simple ML Models - cont' 2:00pm - 3:30pm (Last Class) | Mar-9 | SAT verified Mar. 8 | |||||
39 | Mar-15 | Introduction to Geometry: Polygons David W. Brown SDMC Applied Physics and Mathematics Building | Random Walks and Markov Chains Stephanie Shi Northwestern University Applied Physics and Mathematics Building | no class direct conflict with Division C Science Olympiad | End of the season | Mar-16 | ||||||
40 | USA(J)MO March 19-20, 2025 Qualifiers Only UCSD Mathematics Department | USA(J)MO Verified | ||||||||||
41 | Mar-22 | San Diego Math Olympiad Middle School Division Qualifiers only Applied Physics and Mathematics Building State MATHCOUNTS conflcited students may join the alternate. | San Diego Math Olympiad High School Division Qualifiers only Applied Physics and Mathematics Building | Mar-23 | Alternate SDMO for State MATHCOUNTS conflicted students | AAPT PhysicsBowl Date pending student/family feedback | BAMO Awards pending | |||||
42 | Mar-29 | Mar-30 | AAPT PhysicsBowl Date pending student/family feedback | AAPT PhysicsBowl TBA | ||||||||
43 | Apr-5 | Apr-6 | ||||||||||
44 | USAPhO Semifinal April 10 Details TBA Qualifiers only. | |||||||||||
45 | Apr-12 | Apr-13 | ACT verfied Apr. 13 | |||||||||
46 | Apr-19 | Apr-20 | ARML Local TBA | ARML Local TBA | ||||||||
47 | Apr-26 | ARML Team Practice | Apr-27 | ARML Local details are not yet available | ||||||||
48 | May-3 | ARML Team Practice | May-4 | SAT verified May 3 | ||||||||
49 | May-10 | ARML Team Practice | May-11 | |||||||||
50 | May-17 | ARML Team Practice | May-18 | |||||||||
51 | May-24 | Memorial Day Weekend - No Activity (Memorial Day in 2025 is Monday, May 26) | May-25 | |||||||||
52 | May-31 | American Regions Math League (ARML) May 30 - 31 Students inicially indicate their interest through an open signup, but actual participation is based on an evaluation and invitation. | Jun-1 | |||||||||
53 | Jun-7 | ALL RETURNING STUDENTS FINALIZE THEIR SDMC MEMBERSHIP DOCUMENT UPDATES (Students should be updating incrementally all year.) The Liability Wiaver for the 2023-2024 season will be distributed at least by this date, and probably much sooner (~June 1). | Jun-8 | SAT verified June 7 | ACT verified June 8 | |||||||
54 | Jun-14 | Jun-15 | ||||||||||
55 | Jun-21 | Jun-22 | ||||||||||
56 | Jun-28 | RETURNING STUDENTS HAVE UNTIL JUNE 30 TO FINALIZE THEIR MEMBERSHIP DOCUMENT UPDATES AND SUBMIT AN ACCEPTIBLY CLEAR AND COMPLETE LIABILITY WAIVER FOR THE NEXT SDMC SEASON Any student out of compliance with this requirement will be dropped automatically and the released memberships made available to new students. | Jun-29 | |||||||||
57 | Aug-1 | NEW STUDENT REGISTRATION OPENS New applicants should go to the New Student Registration page of the SDMC website and follow the guidance given there. In particular, give careful attention to the presentation "How to Apply". | Aug-2 | |||||||||
58 | Aug-31 | NEW STUDENT REGISTRATION CLOSES | Sep-1 | |||||||||
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60 | ACT Calendar | www.actstudent.org/regist/dates.html | ||||||||||
61 | American Mathematics Competitions (AMC) Calendar | www.maa.org/math-competitions/about-amc/events-calendar | ||||||||||
62 | ARML (American Regions Math League) | www.arml.com | ||||||||||
63 | ARML Local | http://www.arml2.com/arml_2019/page/index.php?page_type=public&page=6&show_page=arml_local_results&show_arml_local_result=2019 | ||||||||||
64 | ARML Power Contest | http://www.arml2.com/arml_2019/page/index.php?page_type=public&page=5&show_page=main_page | ||||||||||
65 | AP Exam Calendar | apcentral.collegeboard.com/apc/public/exam/calendar/index.html | ||||||||||
66 | CHMMC is now CMM | chmmc.caltech.edu/ | ||||||||||
67 | Caltech Math Meet (CMM) | www.caltechmathmeet.org | ||||||||||
68 | Del Mar Union School District Calendar | www.dmusd.org/Page/2 | ||||||||||
69 | Math Kangaroo | http://www.mathkangaroo.com/mk/default.html | ||||||||||
70 | PhysicsBowl | https://aapt.org/Programs/PhysicsBowl/ | ||||||||||
71 | Poway Unified School District Calendar | www.powayusd.com/calendars/ | ||||||||||
72 | PSAT/NMSQT | https://collegereadiness.collegeboard.org/psat-nmsqt-psat-10 | ||||||||||
73 | San Diego MATHCOUNTS | http://cspeef.org/competitions/san-diego/ | ||||||||||
74 | San Diego Science Olympiad | https://sandiegoso.org/schedules.html | ||||||||||
75 | San Diego Unified School District Calendar | www.sandi.net/calendar | ||||||||||
76 | SAT Calendar | sat.collegeboard.org/register/sat-us-dates | ||||||||||
77 | UCSD Applied Physics & Mathematics Seminar Room Schedules | http://www.math.ucsd.edu/announcements/seminar-room-schedules/ | ||||||||||
78 | UCSD Calendars | http://blink.ucsd.edu/instructors/resources/academic/calendars/ | ||||||||||
79 | US Holidays | www.timeanddate.com/holidays/us/ | ||||||||||
80 | US Holidays (federal) | www.usa.gov/citizens/holidays.shtml | ||||||||||
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