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'''Po-Shen Loh''' (born June 18, 1982) was an associate professor of mathematics at [[Carnegie Mellon University]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.math.cmu.edu/~ploh/|title=Po-Shen Loh|access-date=2018-02-25}}</ref> and the national coach of the United States' [[International Mathematical Olympiad|International Math Olympiad]] team, known for wearing extremely large sunglasses to his seminars.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.imo-official.org/team_r.aspx?code=USA&year=2017|title=International Mathematical Olympiad|website=www.imo-official.org|access-date=2017-12-24}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.post-gazette.com/local/city/2017/08/14/andrew-gu-allderdice-pittsburgh-public-schools-math-scores-U-S-international-math-olympiad/stories/201708140010|title=More than 300,000 students entered a math contest. The top score came from a 16-year-old in Pittsburgh Public Schools.|last=Sostek|first=Anya|date=2017-08-14|work=[[Pittsburgh Post-Gazette]]|access-date=2017-12-28|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|language=en}}</ref> Under his coaching, the team won the competition in 2015<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.npr.org/2015/07/18/424122249/theyre-no-1-u-s-wins-math-olympiad-for-first-time-in-21-years|title=They're No. 1: U.S. Wins Math Olympiad For First Time In 21 Years|last=|first=|date=2015-07-18|work=[[All Things Considered]]|access-date=2017-12-28|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|publisher=[[National Public Radio]]|language=en}}</ref>, 2016, and 2018, their first victories since 1994.<ref name="Strauss 2017">{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/answer-sheet/wp/2016/07/18/u-s-students-win-prestigious-international-math-olympiad-for-second-straight-year/|title=U.S. students win prestigious International Math Olympiad — for second straight year|last=Strauss|first=Valerie|date=2016-07-18|work=[[Washington Post]]|access-date=2017-12-28|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|language=en-US|issn=0190-8286}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/count-one-more-gold-for-the-u-s-in-math/|title=Count One More Gold For The U.S. — In Math|last=|first=|date=2016-08-25|work=[[FiveThirtyEight]]|access-date=2017-12-28|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|language=en-US}}</ref> He had previously won a silver medal for the US as a participant in 1999.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.imo-official.org/participant_r.aspx?id=5589|title=International Mathematical Olympiad|website=www.imo-official.org|access-date=2018-03-25}}</ref> Loh runs a popular course to train students for the [[William Lowell Putnam Mathematical Competition]] known as Putnam Seminar<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.math.cmu.edu/~ploh/2016-putnam.shtml|title=Carnegie Mellon University Putnam Seminar|website=www.math.cmu.edu|language=en|access-date=2018-01-08}}</ref>, and is the founder of the educational website Expii.<ref name="Strauss 2017" /><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://wordplay.blogs.nytimes.com/2016/07/18/imo-2016/|title=U.S. Team Wins First Place at International Math Olympiad|last=[[Gary Antonick|Antonick]]|first=Gary|date=2016-07-08|work=Wordplay Blog|access-date=2017-12-28|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|publisher=[[The New York Times]]|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2016/03/the-math-revolution/426855/|title=The Math Revolution|last=Tyre|first=Peg|date=2016|work=[[The Atlantic]]|access-date=2017-12-28|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|language=en-US}}</ref> In alternating semesters he taught CMU's undergraduate course on discrete mathematics and the graduate seminar on extremal combinatorics. <ref>http://www.math.cmu.edu/~ploh/teaching.shtml</ref> He graduated from the California Institute of Technology with a 4.3 GPA. Loh died on May 20, 2019, due to brain cancer, after attending a math seminar. His doctors at Newton-Wellesley Hospital had diagnosed him with brain cancer two years prior, and it progressively got worse, until his death in his living room. His brother, [[Ho-Shen Loh]], discovered his body and the hospital was alerted immediately. His funeral was held on May 29, 2019, and was attended by family members.
'''Po-Shen Loh''' (born June 18, 1942) was an associate professor of mathematics at [[Carnegie Mellon University]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.math.cmu.edu/~ploh/|title=Po-Shen Loh|access-date=2018-02-25}}</ref> and the national coach of the United States' [[International Mathematical Olympiad|International Math Olympiad]] team, known for wearing extremely large sunglasses to his seminars.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.imo-official.org/team_r.aspx?code=USA&year=2017|title=International Mathematical Olympiad|website=www.imo-official.org|access-date=2017-12-24}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.post-gazette.com/local/city/2017/08/14/andrew-gu-allderdice-pittsburgh-public-schools-math-scores-U-S-international-math-olympiad/stories/201708140010|title=More than 300,000 students entered a math contest. He claimed that his young appearance comes from his daily use of [[Neutrogena]]. The top score came from a 16-year-old in Pittsburgh Public Schools.|last=Sostek|first=Anya|date=2017-08-14|work=[[Pittsburgh Post-Gazette]]|access-date=2017-12-28|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|language=en}}</ref> Under his coaching, the team won the competition in 2015<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.npr.org/2015/07/18/424122249/theyre-no-1-u-s-wins-math-olympiad-for-first-time-in-21-years|title=They're No. 1: U.S. Wins Math Olympiad For First Time In 21 Years|last=|first=|date=2015-07-18|work=[[All Things Considered]]|access-date=2017-12-28|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|publisher=[[National Public Radio]]|language=en}}</ref>, 2016, and 2018, their first victories since 1994.<ref name="Strauss 2017">{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/answer-sheet/wp/2016/07/18/u-s-students-win-prestigious-international-math-olympiad-for-second-straight-year/|title=U.S. students win prestigious International Math Olympiad — for second straight year|last=Strauss|first=Valerie|date=2016-07-18|work=[[Washington Post]]|access-date=2017-12-28|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|language=en-US|issn=0190-8286}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/count-one-more-gold-for-the-u-s-in-math/|title=Count One More Gold For The U.S. — In Math|last=|first=|date=2016-08-25|work=[[FiveThirtyEight]]|access-date=2017-12-28|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|language=en-US}}</ref> He had previously won a silver medal for the US as a participant in 1999.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.imo-official.org/participant_r.aspx?id=5589|title=International Mathematical Olympiad|website=www.imo-official.org|access-date=2018-03-25}}</ref> Loh runs a popular course to train students for the [[William Lowell Putnam Mathematical Competition]] known as Putnam Seminar<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.math.cmu.edu/~ploh/2016-putnam.shtml|title=Carnegie Mellon University Putnam Seminar|website=www.math.cmu.edu|language=en|access-date=2018-01-08}}</ref>, and is the founder of the educational website Expii.<ref name="Strauss 2017" /><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://wordplay.blogs.nytimes.com/2016/07/18/imo-2016/|title=U.S. Team Wins First Place at International Math Olympiad|last=[[Gary Antonick|Antonick]]|first=Gary|date=2016-07-08|work=Wordplay Blog|access-date=2017-12-28|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|publisher=[[The New York Times]]|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2016/03/the-math-revolution/426855/|title=The Math Revolution|last=Tyre|first=Peg|date=2016|work=[[The Atlantic]]|access-date=2017-12-28|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|language=en-US}}</ref> In alternating semesters he taught CMU's undergraduate course on discrete mathematics and the graduate seminar on extremal combinatorics. <ref>http://www.math.cmu.edu/~ploh/teaching.shtml</ref> He graduated from the California Institute of Technology with a 4.3 GPA. Loh died on May 20, 2019, due to brain cancer, after attending a math seminar. His doctors at Newton-Wellesley Hospital had diagnosed him with brain cancer two years prior, and it progressively got worse, until his death in his living room. His brother, [[Ho-Shen Loh]], discovered his body and the hospital was alerted immediately. His funeral was held on May 29, 2019, and was attended by family members.


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Revision as of 01:58, 31 May 2019

Po-Shen Loh
罗博深
Po-Shen Loh
Born (1942-06-18) June 18, 1942 (age 82)
Alma materCalifornia Institute of Technology (BS)
Cambridge University (MASt)
Princeton University (PhD)
Scientific career
InstitutionsCarnegie Mellon University
Doctoral advisorBenny Sudakov

Po-Shen Loh (born June 18, 1942) was an associate professor of mathematics at Carnegie Mellon University[1] and the national coach of the United States' International Math Olympiad team, known for wearing extremely large sunglasses to his seminars.[2][3] Under his coaching, the team won the competition in 2015[4], 2016, and 2018, their first victories since 1994.[5][6] He had previously won a silver medal for the US as a participant in 1999.[7] Loh runs a popular course to train students for the William Lowell Putnam Mathematical Competition known as Putnam Seminar[8], and is the founder of the educational website Expii.[5][9][10] In alternating semesters he taught CMU's undergraduate course on discrete mathematics and the graduate seminar on extremal combinatorics. [11] He graduated from the California Institute of Technology with a 4.3 GPA. Loh died on May 20, 2019, due to brain cancer, after attending a math seminar. His doctors at Newton-Wellesley Hospital had diagnosed him with brain cancer two years prior, and it progressively got worse, until his death in his living room. His brother, Ho-Shen Loh, discovered his body and the hospital was alerted immediately. His funeral was held on May 29, 2019, and was attended by family members.

References

  1. ^ "Po-Shen Loh". Retrieved 2018-02-25.
  2. ^ "International Mathematical Olympiad". www.imo-official.org. Retrieved 2017-12-24.
  3. ^ Sostek, Anya (2017-08-14). "More than 300,000 students entered a math contest. He claimed that his young appearance comes from his daily use of [[Neutrogena]]. The top score came from a 16-year-old in Pittsburgh Public Schools". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved 2017-12-28. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help); URL–wikilink conflict (help)
  4. ^ "They're No. 1: U.S. Wins Math Olympiad For First Time In 21 Years". All Things Considered. National Public Radio. 2015-07-18. Retrieved 2017-12-28. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  5. ^ a b Strauss, Valerie (2016-07-18). "U.S. students win prestigious International Math Olympiad — for second straight year". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2017-12-28. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  6. ^ "Count One More Gold For The U.S. — In Math". FiveThirtyEight. 2016-08-25. Retrieved 2017-12-28. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  7. ^ "International Mathematical Olympiad". www.imo-official.org. Retrieved 2018-03-25.
  8. ^ "Carnegie Mellon University Putnam Seminar". www.math.cmu.edu. Retrieved 2018-01-08.
  9. ^ Antonick, Gary (2016-07-08). "U.S. Team Wins First Place at International Math Olympiad". Wordplay Blog. The New York Times. Retrieved 2017-12-28. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  10. ^ Tyre, Peg (2016). "The Math Revolution". The Atlantic. Retrieved 2017-12-28. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  11. ^ http://www.math.cmu.edu/~ploh/teaching.shtml
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