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Wolfram High School
Summer Research Program

Formerly known as the Wolfram High School Summer Camp

Bentley University, Boston, MA June 25–July 13, 2024

Faculty

Our faculty is carefully selected from Wolfram Research employees and highly accomplished external experts. We choose our faculty for their strong subject knowledge, their experience with students and their real-world work in science and technology. Our teaching assistants are selected from the top-performing alumni of the Wolfram High School Summer Research Program and the Wolfram Emerging Leaders Program.

Directors

Rory Foulger

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Program Director

Rory joined Wolfram in 2019, and is currently the Pre-College Education Programs Manager. Rory graduated as part of the first graduating class at Minerva University, where they received a BS in computational sciences. While working at Wolfram, Rory gained their MA in education and technology from University College London. Rory's academic studies have focused on data science, statistics and designing software to improve educational experiences for gifted students. This is Rory's fourth year as Program Director for the Wolfram Summer Research Program, and they also run the Wolfram Middle School Summer Camp and the Wolfram Emerging Leaders Program. Rory is passionate about gifted education, radical pedagogy and youth justice.

Eryn Gillam

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Academic Director

Eryn joined Wolfram in 2021 as the Technical Team Lead for Public Relations, and is now a part of the Pre-College Education Programs team. They graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology with a degree in materials science and engineering, focusing on computational modeling. Before becoming Academic Director, Eryn was a mentor at the Wolfram Summer Research Program for four years. In their free time, they enjoy various creative hobbies, including knitting, baking and painting.

Megan Davis

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Academic Director

Megan joined Wolfram in May of 2019 as a Technologist after completing her MS in mathematics at DePaul University. She now works at Wolfram|Alpha in the Design Analysis group as a Manager of Design Analysis. In addition to studying mathematics, Megan is a professional dancer based in Chicago, Illinois. She enjoys dabbling in various areas of analysis and computer science and likes finding unique ways to integrate the two together with her dance background.

Carol Cronin

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Admissions Director

Carol Cronin joined Wolfram in 1996 and leads the program administration for educational initiatives, including Wolfram Sponsorships, the Wolfram Foundation and the Wolfram Summer Programs. She attended Eastern Illinois University and has six kids. She is a court-appointed special advocate and guardian ad litem for foster children in her community, and has served on her school district's Teaching and Learning Advisory Committee.

Mentors

Andrzej Odrzywołek

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Mentor

Andrzej Odrzywołek is an astrophysicist with a patent in igloo construction and experience in symbolic regression tools. His professional interests include stellar structure and rotation, neutrino astrophysics, supernova explosions, and, recently, dark matter accretion onto moving black holes. With over 15 years of experience in teaching and using Wolfram Language, he enjoys solving mathematical puzzles and tackling other intriguing problems. As a long-time enthusiast of modern mapping software like Google Maps and OSM, he actively contributes to the development and automation of software that aids in efficient bicycle routing and more.

Anika Patel

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Mentor

Anika Patel is a computer science major at Georgia Tech focusing on computing theory and linguistics. Other topics of interest include math, chemistry and mechanical engineering. She has experience in various subjects ranging from geographic-based projects to engineering research, with a passion for interdisciplinary studies. Anika attended the Wolfram Summer Research Program and the Wolfram Emerging Leaders Program in 2020 and has been both a Teaching Assistant and a Lead Teaching Assistant before becoming a Mentor. In her free time, she loves to take care of her various plants, play the violin and bake.

AnneMarie Torresen

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Mentor

AnneMarie Torresen is a developer on the Wolfram|Alpha math team, where she creates and improves math content for the Wolfram|Alpha website and Wolfram|Alpha Notebook Edition. She holds a bachelor's degree in mathematics and a master's degree in teaching secondary mathematics. Before joining Wolfram, AnneMarie worked as a high-school math teacher and researched multicultural education and education policy. She enjoys cooking, composting, printmaking and making math engaging for diverse audiences.

Athanasios Paraskevopoulos

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Mentor

Athanasios is a mathematics teacher with a proven track record of working in the field of education management. He achieved a bachelor's degree in mathematics from the University of Aegean and is currently a graduate student in mathematics and applied mathematics at Hellenic Open University. His research interests include partial differential equations and he is interested in course design and instructional technology.

Carolyn (CJ) Applebaum

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Mentor

Carolyn "CJ" Applebaum is excited to be returning as a Mentor for her second summer! She graduated from the University of Chicago with a degree in linguistics and digital humanities and now works as a linguistic programmer for Wolfram|Alpha. Her professional interests lie in the intersection of STEM and the humanities, in particular the ways in which technology impacts communication and language. She's also passionate about helping minorities succeed in tech. When she's not teaching computers how to understand English, she sings in a chorus and haunts her local bookstore.

Daniele Ceravolo

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Mentor

Daniele Ceravolo is a developer on the Wolfram|Alpha math team, where he creates new physics content for the Wolfram|Alpha website. His main scientific interests regard quantum field theory and general relativity. Other than science and math, Daniele enjoys literature and creating games.

Edward Oropeza-Rodriguez

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Mentor

Edward Oropeza-Rodriguez is a fourth-year biochemistry and molecular biology student at the University of California, Irvine. His research includes riboswitches and studying the genetic basis of Spiroplasma infection in tsetse flies. He has been a tutor at Fullerton College and a teaching assistant at his former Hispanic-serving high school. Edward is interested in learning how to leverage Wolfram Language in his studies and is actively involved in outreach programs at his university and former high school. His strong computational skills allow him to teach minoritized students scientific research methods, preparing them for careers in STEM.

Eli Morton

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Mentor

Eli is a computer science and theatre double major at Tufts University. He was a student at the Wolfram Summer Research Program in 2020 and 2021 and the Wolfram Emerging Leaders Program in 2021 and 2022, and was a Mentor at the Wolfram Middle School Summer Camp in 2022. Their Wolfram Language interests include sound- and music-based projects and finding creative ways to use the language in combination with his artistic interests. When not at the computer, Eli enjoys knitting and crochet, the performing arts and bothering his cat.

Eric Rimbey

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Mentor

After completing a master's in mathematics at the University of Washington, Eric joined Wolfram Research as a Software Tester. He went on to fill several other roles in the software industry outside of Wolfram, including developer, trainer and program manager. Eric's interests include category theory, functional programming, classical guitar, knot tying, 3D printing and dog training. He shares his home with two very well-trained whippets.

Isabel Skidmore

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Mentor

Isabel works at Wolfram as the Lead Nutrition Developer, where they direct food content development in Wolfram|Alpha. During their time pursuing a degree in integrative biology, they conducted research on the symbiotic relationships between bacteria and insects. They enjoyed using technology and programming to sequence genomes, model population dynamics and understand metabolic interactions. Since joining Wolfram in 2019, they have enjoyed working with Wolfram Language in both professional and personal applications. In their free time, they enjoy playing in local bands, drawing, printmaking, 3D modeling and gaming.

Jack Madden

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Mentor

Jack Madden uses his experience as a scientist and artist to research and design creative ways of connecting us more closely to the universe. He holds a PhD in astrophysics from Cornell University, where he studied how to look for life around other stars, and has an MFA in digital+media from the Rhode Island School of Design, where he built immersive spaces about cosmic solitude. Using rich data, powerful computation, scientific tools, open-source practices and a cosmic perspective, Jack creates art, language and experiences around bridging the gap between unfathomable scientific discovery and genuine human understanding. His achievements range from discovering an extragalactic pulsar to winning the RISD Museum's Dorner prize and has had artwork exhibited on the International Space Station. Jack uses Wolfram Language to do science, make art and teach artists and designers how to use code as a creative medium.

Jeremy Stratton-Smith

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Mentor

Jeremy joined Wolfram in 2018 after graduating from Middlebury College with a BA in mathematics and is now the Lead Developer for Wolfram|Alpha Math Content. Since starting at the company, Jeremy has been involved in a variety of projects including step-by-step solutions and paclet development and served as an Academic Director at the Wolfram Summer Research Program. In their free time, Jeremy is an avid vegetarian cook and a gamer and loves to explore the outdoors.

Kegan Allen

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Mentor

Kegan Allen is a software engineering major at the University of Waterloo in Ontario, Canada. Born in Texas, he's a Davidson Young Scholars alumnus and a graduate of the World Science Scholars program. This is his second year working as an intern at Wolfram. Kegan's interests revolve around computing principles and mathematics, and he loves sharing his knowledge and excitement through teaching. When he's not coding, Kegan enjoys strategy card games, bouldering and reading.

Simeon Buttery

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Mentor

Simeon Buttery is majoring in civil engineering at UC Davis. During high school, he attended and then became president of the CT@TP club, wherein he used Wolfram Language to create and run activities as well as learned new ways to approach problems. Simeon attended the 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022 Wolfram Summer Research Program as a student, TA, Lead TA and then Mentor, respectively. Other than exploring Wolfram Language, Simeon enjoys tinkering with engineering projects and competing nationally in archery.

Yana Outkin

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Mentor

Yana Outkin is a student at Swarthmore College, studying computer science and political science. She is interested in the applications of data science and cellular automata. Yana attended the Wolfram Summer Research Program and Wolfram Emerging Leaders Programs in 2020 and 2021 and was a Teaching Assistant in 2022. She especially enjoyed completing a project where she and her team created adversarial pair AIs to play simple combinatorial games such as tic-tac-toe. In her free time, she goes rock climbing.

Teaching Assistants

Theodore Moustakas

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Lead Teaching Assistant

Theo Moustakas is a curious student who has always held deep interest in music programs and science classes. His favorite courses include physics, algebra and geometry. He participates in multiple musical ensembles, including the school wind ensemble and marching band. He was accepted into the audition-based Western International Band Clinic in 2020, where many mentors and other influential figures helped shape his talents and mindset. He attended the Wolfram Summer Research Program and Wolfram Emerging Leaders Program in 2021 and was a Teaching Assistant in 2022.

Henry Gustafson

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Teaching Assistant

Henry is passionate about math and computer programming, in particular, number theory, machine learning and game theory. In Wolfram Language, he likes to explore math and physics computationally and has done projects doing this with cellular automata and combinators. Henry enjoys competition math (his favorite competitions are BAMO and AIME). At school, Henry is on the math, policy debate, baseball and basketball teams. He likes to volunteer to share his interest in math and has participated in several tutoring programs. In his free time, he likes to play chess and other board games and read science fiction. He attended the Wolfram Summer Research Program and Wolfram Emerging Leaders Program in 2021 and 2022.

Joseph Stocke

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Teaching Assistant

Joseph joined Wolfram in 2022 as a Research Intern. Joseph is a high-school student who is passionate about organic chemistry, quantum physics and computer science. He is also an alumnus of the World Science Scholars program. He attended the Wolfram Summer Research Program and Wolfram Emerging Leaders Program in 2021 and 2022.

Karan Chakravarthy

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Teaching Assistant

Karan is an avid surfer and loves everything to do with the ocean. The time he spends in the water has led him to become involved in activities related to preserving the health of the oceans. He attended the Wolfram Summer Research Program and the Wolfram Emerging Leaders Program in 2022. His interests include coding, physics and math, where he gets more opportunities to develop his Wolfram Language skills. In his free time, Karan enjoys playing fingerstyle guitar, making pop-up greeting cards and hanging out with his brothers.

Logan Gilbert

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Teaching Assistant

Logan attends a performing arts high school, majoring in violin. While in middle school, he was also a student at a local college and took math courses such as Modern Algebra and Complex Analysis. He attended the Wolfram Summer Research Program and Wolfram Emerging Leaders Program in 2020 and 2021 and was a Teaching Assistant in 2022. In addition to his passion for math and for music, he has a strong interest in physics and astronomy. He enjoys collaborating in math research—particularly in the areas of graph theory, number theory and linear analysis. He performs in various ensembles, including orchestras, choirs and musicals. Other interests include attending math conferences, coding, playing video games with friends and spoiling his two dogs.

Macy Levin

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Teaching Assistant

Macy Maurer Levin is currently studying at Harvard Extension School, majoring in philosophy and minoring in Russian literature. She is passionate about exploring the intersection between philosophy and mathematics (mainly pure math and mathematical logic), as well as the sciences. Macy attended the Wolfram High School Summer Research Program as a student in 2018, 2019 and 2020 and was a Teaching Assistant in 2022. She was also a mentor at the Wolfram Middle School Camp in 2021 and 2023 and attended the Wolfram Emerging Leaders Program in 2019. When not immersed in academia, Macy enjoys playing music (violin and bass), reading and gaming.

Nicolò Monti

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Teaching Assistant

Nicolò is a high-school student interested in rocketry, space and machine learning. His primary research interests are fuzzy automated reasoning systems. Aside from artificial intelligence, Nicolò is a big fan of everything space related and divides his time between his hobbies and reading the latest space news. He attended the Wolfram Summer Research Program and Wolfram Emerging Leaders Program in 2022.

Nora Popescu

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Teaching Assistant

Nora is a high-school student who is passionate about all possible subfields in psychology and neuroscience. She also participated in the 2022 Wolfram Summer Research Program, where she did a linguistic project on the classification of English-language adjectives. Additionally, she worked on a group project in the Wolfram Emerging Leaders Program that covered fake-news detection on Twitter. Aside from this, Nora engages in tackling climate issues in Austria by doing research on energy storage systems and representing her country at the GALLESS Global Responsibility conference. In her free time, Nora likes to play volleyball, go running and play board games or cards with her friends.

Samikshaa Natarajan

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Teaching Assistant

Sam is a high-school student passionate about mathematics and biology. She attended the 2021 Wolfram High School Summer Research Program, where she did a project on implementing and analyzing counter machines. Later, she worked on projects with a team in the 2021 and 2022 Wolfram Emerging Leaders Program and recently created a mathematical model of ionic currents and examined the impact of lidocaine. She's currently a Wolfram Student Ambassador and enjoys publishing projects combining math, biology and music. In her free time, she likes to listen to music, stare at clouds, analyze video game lore and drink boba.

Sophie Chen

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Teaching Assistant

Sophie is a high-school student. She enjoys math, reading, birding and computer science, especially CTFs (online capture the flag challenges). She likes learning computer languages and used Python and Java prior to learning about Wolfram Language. In her free time, she runs, plays tennis, volunteers with the local library and learns about French culture through books and movies. She also enjoys playing movie soundtracks, particularly those of Joe Hisaishi, on the piano. She attended the Wolfram Summer Research Program and Wolfram Emerging Leaders Program in 2022.

William Wei

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Teaching Assistant

William is a full-time high schooler who attended the Wolfram Summer Research Program and the Wolfram Emerging Leaders Program in 2022. He has created projects in Wolfram Language in the areas of computational music as well as fake-news detection on Twitter. Following closely behind (and sometimes in front of) his interests in STEM, he enjoys training and competing in Chinese martial arts (wushu), playing tennis, playing jazz in combo groups and playing solo classical piano.

Zoya Brahimzadeh

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Teaching Assistant

Zoya Brahimzadeh is a high-school student who has always been intrigued by the world. She participated in the Wolfram Summer Research Program and Wolfram Emerging Leaders Program 2022. She enjoys exploring her passions in STEM through clubs such as Robotics, Girls Who Code and Computer Science Club, but also through personal projects regarding a variety of things she's interested in. Ranging from fields of interest such as psychology, philosophy, neuroscience and robotics, she hopes to work with social AI to make a positive impact on people's lives in the future. Outside of STEM, she enjoys walking her dog, participating at her taekwondo studio, competing in FBLA, giving impromptu speeches and exploring nature.